Chapter 103 - Her Burdens

Elaine finally managed to meet Jennet on their third visit to the villa. This time, they came in the morning just to try their luck.

Jennet was speechless the moment she saw her own sister standing in front of the door. It was like a dream. No, a nightmare for her!

All of the fears she had before, suddenly flooded into her heart, shattering all of her confidence. The unbearable stress that she had for more than ten years suddenly came crashing on her at full force.

She turned mute instantly and lost her ability to act like how she had been around her husband. Her whole body trembled and her face turned pale.

Elaine, who had finally seen her after five years, was in both shock and guilt. She was in shock because her sister looked much more mature and livelier. She was in guilt because she knew, her sister was still tormented by the feeling of hopelessness. She knew her sister was still having a hard time to believe in her.

But, this time, she honestly came to make everything right. She came to correct the mistakes that she had done.

"Siste-" Elaine reached out to her but...

"Stay away..." Jennet spoke with a faint voice.

Her heart was beating out of control. She steps back a step to avoid her hand. To be touched by that hand, she would lose all of her strength that she mustered for years.

Pain and helplessness stabbed Elaine's heart repeatedly. She didn't mean to hurt her. She never intended for it to happen. However, she was helpless too. She couldn't extend a hand to her but now she had finally able to reach out for her.

"Go home..." That was the only words that Jennet could utter before she suddenly loses her footing and was about to collapse to the floor.

Before Elaine could catch her body, Hue rushed out of the kitchen like lightning. He was in a pink apron. His face was a mixture of panic and shock as he caught Jennet's weak body in his strong arms.

"Jennet!" He called out for her in alarmed. He held her weak body carefully when he carried her in his arms.

"Hue..." She said before tears broke through the dam of her eyes. Those precious tears that she didn't even want to spill were spilt so easily. For years she held them back but she couldn't hold them the moment she set eyes on her own family members.

"Take me away... " She whispered and then she dug her face onto his chest, finding shelter and solace in his embrace.

"I'll take you away..." Hue said, assuring her softly. His heart, too, was saddened just by looking at her helpless look.

He carried her all the way to the bedroom upstairs, leaving Elaine and Royce alone at the entrance of the door.

Elaine felt even more depressed. The immense sadness and painful stab she felt in her heart made her teary in silence. Her own sister wanted to stay away from her and she knew she deserved to be hated by her own sister.

Royce hugged her from the side and caressed her back softly, "Don't cry. It's normal she acted like that. Think of her situation. It's not easy for her to trust us in her condition."

Elaine nodded her head and wiped her tears. "I know but I do not know what I should do now. Should we go-"

Her words were left unspoken when she spotted a little head poking out from the door of the kitchen. The little fella had a super cute look with black hair and blue eyes. The little kid was looking so timid.

Elaine smiled at the little kid. Her heart bloomed as she tugged on Royce's sleeve, taking his attention.

"Look, who's child do you think he is?" She asked him. She was astounded by the cuteness of the kid. She just couldn't believe such a kid could exist.

Royce saw the kid who was in hiding behind the door, poking his head out once a while to look at them.

"Must be your sister's." He said with a wide smile. "Don't be sad now. You should be happy because your sister finally able to be happy."

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Inside the bedroom, Jennet cried in Hue's arms. She clutched tightly to his shirt as she pressed her wet face against his chest. Her body trembled in his embrace. She cuddled in his embrace like a little child she had been before and cried all to her heart's content.

"My love, I am here for you..." Hue whispered in her ear, comforting her. He kissed her head and tightened his hold around her trembling body.

"T-they fo-found me..." Jennet spoke in between her hiccups.

Fears tormented her silently when she cried her heart out in his embrace. She feared that her mama would show up in the future. She feared that so much. She had run far away from them to start a new life, to forget all about her misery. She had tried her best to have a much better life than what her mama expected. But she wasn't aware that by time, her family would be able to look for her.

Hue shushed her softly and he patted her back gently. "Love, they won't be able to hurt you. Remember, I am with you. I'll protect you..." He whispered to her.

He kissed her head again, "I won't let them take you away." he added.

Jennet looked up at him, staring deeply into his jade-blue eyes that were burning with determination.

"Don't betray me..." She said without averting her gaze. "Please don't betray me..." She begged him earnestly.

She looked like a small child who had been abandoned and betrayed countless times by those she trusted the most. Hue saw the fear in her eyes and he found her helplessness was boundless.

What had she gone through all these years? Why would his better half had to be a person with such a sad life? Even under his watch, she was still having the most difficult times in her life.

"I won't betray you." Hue said honestly. He lowered his face and kissed her eyelids softly, "I won't betray you."

He had vowed not to betray her. Though he did not know what future holds for them, he would at least try to give her a life that she seeks.

Hue tightened his hold around her body and shifted his kisses on her head again, "Sleep now and rest. Don't stress yourself, it'll be bad for our babies. I'll keep watching over you." He said.

As he said that, Jennet dug her face even deeper into his chest inhaling his scent that had become a remedy for her to fall asleep. Shortly after that, she fell asleep in his embrace but her clutch on his shirts was still too tight.

The burdens that she bore alone for years made her so tired instantly whenever she wasn't on her guard. But, this time, she had found solace in the arms of the man who suddenly appeared in her life, lifting all of the burdens from her shoulders.

Hue embraced his wife on the bed until she was truly in a deep sleep that won't be able to stir her awake. After making sure that Jennet slept comfortably, he rose from the bed.

As he waved his hands in mid-air, the wind blew softly into the room, bringing the sound of nature with it. There were even the sound of the river flowing inside the room but only Jennet heard them in her sleep. A faint smiled appeared on her lips as she was being lulled to sleep.

Hue bent down and gave her a light kiss on the lips before he pulled the cover up to her chests. He left the room silently with the pink apron in his one hand.

While he walked down the stairs, he heard voices talking at the living-room. There was also the voice of a little kid mixed in between.

Since when did their house had little kids around?

He pondered and fastened his feet down the stairs. He was speechless when he saw Little Veen sitting on the lap of the lady and played with her phone.

Little Veen was giggling happily. So unlike him at all!

Hue approached the three people and was about to snap at the little boy however before he could say anything, the boy had already spotted him.

"Daddy!" He called out loud. His eyes sparkled so brightly like the sun. Hue was nearly blinded and was nearly deceived by his sudden cheerful act.

Daddy? Hue was nearly deaf in denial. Little Veen wasn't like this. He didn't have the ability to smile so happily like this. It was creepy to see him smiling like a real and normal kid. This was a fraud!

Hue didn't know what he should do when Little Veen jumped down from Eliane's lap and ran towards him. Although he was debating deep within, he still carried the boy in his arms, just like a real father.

"Daddy!" Little Veen said and smiled at him.

The little guy tilted his head to the side and said, "Look, Aunty Elaine and Uncle Royce had games in their phones." He pointed towards the smiling couple.

"No playing games at your age, my son," Hue answered him, pressing on the word 'son'. He forced a smile on his face as he smiled at the couple politely.

He sat down and placed Little Veen by his side. But still, the kid crawled his body and sat on his lap. Only before the humans did Little Veen could do what he wanted towards his master.

'Veen, I want you to clear this mess later!' Hue grumbled angrily within.

'Isn't it a good time to show them that you and your wife already had a child and that's me?' Little Veen answered him in his head.

'My wife is currently pregnant and they are my real children and you're a naughty sidekick of mine!' Hue growled in his head.

'Thank for complimenting me. I'll be even naughty than ever and will present myself as your child in front of the rest of the humans, master.' The kid answered him brazenly.

The couple before them couldn't hear the mind banter between the master and the sidekick. Well, they are humans with no ability to know what is being said in their heads.

Elaine eyed the handsome blonde who kept smiling at them. His long hair was tied in a low ponytail. He had a very alluring gaze and seemed a bit fragile...

So, this kind of man was her sister's preference? Not bad... Elaine evaluated him silently.

Hue, however, could hear her mind. He was silently happy to be acknowledged by one of his wife's family member. Also, at the same time, he was silently saddened because only on the first impression, they see him as fragile when he was a super-strong being. Most people were deceived by his weak look.

'Will I really be able to duel properly with their father? He must be a domineering man.' Hue thought. He was having a major self-reflection at the moment and perhaps in his life because he had never done so yet.

The years that he ever remembered was about how he had been treated like a spoilt brat when he was first sent into confinement. As years passed by, the number of attendance decreased and only a few of them still stay with him. He didn't even know how or what he was like before the confinement. He probably was a really spoilt one and no one really liked that about him. Probably...

"We apologize for coming unannounced. I am Elaine Lockhart and this is my husband, Royce. I am Jennet's sister." Elaine said, introducing herself and her husband.

Hue smiled at them and said, "Nice to meet you. I am Hue Hedo, Jennet's husband and this is...our child, Veen Hedo and he's only four years old." He patted the boy's small shoulders who sat on his lap with a smile.

Then, he eyed the couple again, "I am sorry for what happened earlier. My wife had a weak constitution and she wasn't feeling well."

"I understand. You don't have to worry about that." Elaine said. "Well, we should probably leave for now. If my sister is beginning to feel much better, please call us." She took out a small card and handed it to him. Her face was so gloomy although she forced a smile on her lips.

"I want to tell her something important." She added.

Hue took the card and smiled, "I'll tell her. Don't worry. Oh, before you leave, do you want to have lunch together with us?" He shifted the topic.

"We would love to," Royce interjected. He was actually so hungry after his meal in the morning. It was a miracle that Hue knew of his hunger.

Hue and Little Veen exchanged smiles among them. Humans are easy to be won through their stomachs.

Operation of a good brother-in-law is progressing steadily towards the light. At the same time, he will try his best to make them have a good impression towards him and most importantly towards his wife.

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