Chapter 53

53 Lift Up Your Mood

[Hey]

[What?]

[What did you do to Lea?]

[What do you mean? I don’t do anything.]

[Her face is annoying, like someone who hasn’t been fed for three years.]

[That’s a hungry person’s face, not an annoying face, Zeline.]

[FUCK. UP TO YOU.]

[What exactly are you trying to say? I’m busy, you can talk later.]

[Anyway Lea is so gloomy, actually I don’t care either. But it must be your fault, you bastard man, bye.]

.....

Arthur furrowed his brows, not understanding that the bad girl was saying was none other than Zeline.

“My fault? I don’t even know anything,” Arthur muttered in annoyance, unable to accept the sudden spill of a mistake he hadn’t made at all. However, because of those words, he became thoughtful and curious about what happened to his sugar baby. “Is she lonely?” Arthur pressed the chat room between himself and Kalea. He did not reply to the girl’s message from a week ago because it was not a very important message. Arthur also deliberately kept his distance for a while, but he didn’t realize that he had not seen Kalea for more than two weeks.

Arthur sighed heavily, this was how it would be when dealing with a young girl. Their ego and prestige are very high, including Kalea’s.

“Then, I’ll see her.”

***

At eight o’clock at night, Kalea had just arrived at her apartment because she was talking about many things, such as her next assignment and what she should do, Garren treated Kalea to a restaurant as a form of guilt for making her come home late at night. Though Kalea wasn’t a problem at all, and when Garren offered her a ride, the girl vehemently refused. Because she was going back to the penthouse, not her home with Freya. Besides, she didn’t want to bother Garren even more.

Kalea’s eyes rounded when she saw Arthur in the room. After nearly three weeks, the man finally came back and was gazing at the cityscape of the skyscrapers sparkling at night. Kalea lowered her head, put her bag on the study table, and ignored Arthur’s presence. She was too tired and wanted to take a bath.

“Hey, you didn’t welcome me?” Arthur protested when he realized that Kalea had gone home.

“It’s been a while, how are you?” Kalea asked casually as she untied the hair tie.

Arthur looked at Kalea seriously, he wanted to know what Zeline’s words meant at that time. “I’m good, how about you?”

“Me too, then I’ll take a bath first,” Kalea replied as she walked towards the bathroom but Arthur grabbed her arm.

“I haven’t bathed either, let’s take a bath together,” Arthur asked with an innocent look on his face.

“You take a bath in the outside bathroom,” Kalea replied, refusing the man’s invitation. She immediately let go of Arthur’s hand and ran to the bathroom. Arthur chuckled amusedly, Kalea was as shy as ever. Isn’t there nothing to worry about? Finally, Arthur took a bath in the outside bathroom according to Kalea’s words.

After she finished drying her hair, Kalea came out of the bathroom. She was a little taken aback when she saw a glass of hot chocolate sitting on her study table. She looked around for Arthur, but the man wasn’t in the room. Kalea walked out to the kitchen, it turned out that Arthur was there brewing coffee with his upper body still bare-chested, only wearing black pajama pants.

“Is that hot chocolate made by you?” Kalea asked.

“Of course, who else? A ghost?” Arthur replied nosily. Kalea pursed her lips in annoyance, talking to Arthur always made her emotional. Although sometimes she missed the man’s annoying babbling.

“It tastes good, doesn’t it?” Kalea asked again.

“Hey, I’m really good at food plating even though the taste of the food I make is really bad. But ... it can’t be just a cup of hot chocolate I can’t make it?!” Arthur grunted in annoyance that Kalea had underestimated him. Kalea returned to the room laughing mockingly. It turned out that mocking Arthur made her mood go up.

Kalea decided to keep studying and ignore Arthur’s arrival. Although in her tiny heart, she was a little happy that she was no longer alone for today. She has completed all the tasks for this week. She reviewed the lecture material in the class earlier, if there was something she didn’t understand, Kalea would look for it in other books or on the internet. The girl stopped the movement of her pencil when she heard the phone ringing continuously.

It wasn’t her cell phone ringing, it was Arthur’s.

Kalea sighed, she couldn’t concentrate because of the noise. Kalea got up from her seat, planning to give the phone to Arthur who was still in the kitchen, maybe. However, just as she reached for Arthur’s cell phone which was on the top of the drawer, the call from someone didn’t get answered. Kalea furrowed her brows, confused. And now a lot of messages are coming in, Kalea doesn’t even have time to read them all because there are so many. After all, she shouldn’t be curious about other people’s privacy.

“What are you doing?”

Kalea turned to Arthur who had just entered the room. The man raised an eyebrow when he saw the cellphone in Kalea’s hand.

“Th-this, your cell phone keeps ringing. I intend to give it to you,” Kalea replied as she gave the flat object to the original owner.

“Oh ... thank you. Did you see the contents?” Arthur asked, checking his cell phone.

Kalea shook her head, she walked back to the study table. “No time.”

“If you have time, would you like to see it? Are you curious?”

“I-I didn’t say that!”

Kalea shook her head, she couldn’t care less about Arthur’s presence in the room. She still has a lot to study.

“Hey, Kalea,” Arthur called.

Kalea didn’t answer, so she kept taking notes.

“Hey, don’t ignore me.”

“Lea.”

“Lea ....”

Kalea took a deep breath as Arthur clung to her neck. She really couldn’t focus on studying when Arthur came.

“I’m studying, Arthur. Can you just let me study in peace for a moment?” Kalea asked, her face flat, holding back emotions.

“No, I have something to ask,” Arthur said, burying his face in the girl’s neck.

“What is it?”

“You don’t usually come home late, what are you doing on campus?” Arthur asked a little curiously. Even though he usually came to the apartment every time he came, Kalea was always there. However, today he found that there was no one in the apartment.

“I have something to discuss with the lecturer,” Kalea answered simply.

“Does it have to be late?”

“As well as dinner.”

“Huh? Did you have dinner with the lecturer? Really just dinner? Or ....” Arthur asked, surprised. He moved away from Kalea in shock.

Kalea scowled in annoyance, the man’s mind must have gone wild and headed in a perverted direction. “Your brain is always dirty, Arthur,” Kalea snorted.

“Then tell me in detail!”

“What should I explain? I did discuss the errands and didn’t realize it until the evening. Then, out of guilt, Mr. Garren took me to dinner before going home,” Kalea explained forcefully. Kalea thought, Arthur was like Aluna. If they are curious, they must get the answer until the curiosity runs out.

“So his name is Garren? Is he still young and handsome?”

Kalea raised an eyebrow, surprised. “Why do you want to know so much?”

Arthur shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. “Just curious. Who is more handsome? Me or him?”

“No one,” Kalea replied casually.

“Don’t lie, I know deep down in your heart, admit that I’m handsome,” Arthur teased, raising his eyebrows. Kalea was silent, not wanting to reply to the man’s words. “Well, actually I just wanted to say to be careful of any man. Isn’t there a lot of sexual harassment everywhere? I’m afraid you’re experiencing it again,” Arthur said as he lay down on the bed.

For some reason Kalea was annoyed, even though she knew Arthur’s intentions were good. “Mr. Garren wouldn’t be like that! He’s a person I really respect and a really good person,” Kalea defended, not accepting that a lecturer like Garren was suspected of such a thing, especially when Arthur said it. Wasn’t Arthur the one she had to watch out for? The man who is perverted and a womanizer, Kalea firmly believes Garren is not the lowly man her sugar daddy meant.

Arthur blinked, not expecting Kalea to be so upset and defend her teacher. Arthur squeaked. “Whatever, I’m not forbidding you to be close to anyone. After all, it’s written in the contract, I won’t restrict you from having a male backup, as you please,” Arthur said indifferently.

“Huh? I have nothing to do with my own lecturer! Am I like you? Everywhere, in every corner of the world, you have lots of women!” Kalea replied, her emotions running high.

“Yea, yea, yea, okay,” Arthur said relentlessly and didn’t want to prolong the matter. “Hey, looks like you’re being angry today. Are you on your period?” Arthur asked in surprise. Even though he came well and wanted to make out with Kalea, but the girl continued to be mad at him. However, Kalea didn’t answer. as if lazy to serve Arthur again.

After Arthur asked that, she realized that she was too serious and too emotional when talking to Arthur.

Kalea’s eyes rounded as Arthur carried her body like a sack of rice and carried her to the bed. “W-what are you doing?! Put me down, I’m still learning!” Kalea protested, constantly struggling to be taken down by the man. However, Arthur paid no heed.

Arthur dropped Kalea onto the bed a little rough making the girl gasp in surprise.

“Didn’t I say if I was here you should serve me?” Arthur asked seriously. His gaze was so deep it made Kalea bite her lower lip, a little scared.

“You didn’t say this day would come! At least you tell me first, I also have a lot of work to do!” Kalea defended herself, ignoring her fear of Arthur when the man was in serious mode.

Arthur took a deep breath, he pinched Kalea’s lips to keep from nagging again. “Lea, let’s have a nice talk without using emotion,” Arthur said softly with a sweet smile. “Or please tell me how to make your heart feel better? Aren’t you lonely? That’s why I came to accompany you here.”