Secret Beast

10. Back

Lee Jia nodded slowly with a sore nose and quickly lowered her eyes. Kang Ray sat at the edge of the bed and pulled her in his warm embrace.

“Don’t worry. I will make everything right.” He said firmly. Lee Jia hid her face on his chest and tightly grabbed the corner of his coat and sobbed. He patted her back and put his chin on her head.

“Don’t cry.” He said while caressing her long hair. After a while, he loosened the embrace and wiped her tears. She was cute and helpless. He was sad and angry because he had never seen her crying in the past life when she was the princess fairy. She was cute and naughty and used to tease him and that caused the reason that he fell for her. But, now, she did not have her memories, she did not have her wings and energies. She did not even know the truth of her identity. Kang Ray was helpless too because he could not help her. He was sad because he could not go back to that world where they originally belonged to. He was sad that he could not make love with her even they were married and in love with each other. He couldn't make things right for her. But, still, he was consoling her in sense of supporting her.

Kang Ray kissed her forehead and looked at her with a gentle smile.

“I will drop you at your mother’s apartment.”

Lee Jia trembled when she heard those words. Was he really going to leave her after seeing her ugly back?

“You can stay there till evening. On my way home, I will pick you up from there.”

Lee Jia sighed deeply and leaned her head on his shoulder while clinging to his arm.

“Go and get ready.” He said while caressing her hair. She breathed deeply and walked to the bathroom at a slow pace. Kang Ray looked at the closed door of the bathroom and swallowed saliva. He stood up and walked to the couch and sat there while reading the documents.

After a while, Lee Jia walked out of the bathroom in a white bathrobe and stopped when she looked at Kang Ray. He was sitting on the couch and reading the documents. She blushed and bit her lips because she was going to dress in front of him. She was shy and wanted to turn her back at him but when she recalled the last day, she did not dare to do that. She did not want to spoil his mood either so she decided with the courage to get dressed in front of him. She opened the slider of the dressing and found a sweet dress for her. She turned back and looked at the man whose eyes were still on the documents. She lowered her eyes and started untying the bathrobe. She peeped at him for a moment while changing but he did not even look at her.

A beautiful woman was dressing in front of Kang Ray, how could not he be seduced? Kang Ray held back his desires and did not look at her with his red eyes. After getting ready, she walked to him slowly, sadly. Kang Ray closed the documents and stood up then looked at her.

“Shall we go?” He asked. Lee Jia nodded slowly. He wrapped his arm around her waist and they came downstairs for breakfast.

Lee Jia looked at the man who was stunningly handsome and eating elegantly.

“Aren’t you getting late?”

“Nope.”

That’s it. He did not speak and she did not ask. Kang Ray dropped her at the apartment and left for the company.

Lee Jia opened the door of the apartment and quickly covered her mouth and nose with her palm. She felt nauseous due to the intense smell of alcohol and vomiting, and when she saw her mother lying drunk on the ground, she was shocked. After changing the expensive sandals and the pretty dress, she put on her old clothes and first pulled her mother up and let her sleep on the couch. Her mother was mumbling drunk because of consuming too much alcohol.

Lee Jia tied a cloth over her mouth and nose so that it did not cause her to vomit due to a bad smell and then she started cleaning the house. The house was very small but the dirt was so much that four hours passed while cleaning it. She cleaned her mother's body with a wet sponge and put on other clean clothes. And then finally after spraying perfume in the whole house she went to take bath.

When she came back after wearing her dress, she saw that her mother was looking for a bottle of alcohol and she was still drunk. She quickly rushed to her and stopped her.

“Mom, what are you doing?”

Si Tu Mo looked at Lee Jia with her heavy eyes and smiled.

“Oh, my precious daughter. Are you back? Then go and get me a bottle of alcohol.” She said in a heavy voice.

“Are you crazy? How much do you drink? Get up and go to take bath.” She scolded her mother.

“I told you to get me alcohol.” She got angry and threw the bowl at her but it was on the point. Lee Jia frowned and got irritated. She had cleaned the house for four hours and did not eat till now and her mother was creating a mess again.

“Mom, behave yourself.”

“Huh, are you teaching me to behave myself? Oh, you got married to a rich man so now you are teaching me how to behave?” Her mother shouted. Lee Jia walked to her and pulled her arm to let her stand up but she jerked off her grip.

“Jia, go and borrow some money from your husband.” She said with a hickey.

“Mom, what nonsense are you speaking?”

“Is it nonsense? Don’t tell me that you did not marry for my sake.” She began to cry.

“Aaa… I thought my daughter married a rich man for her poor mother and she will take care of me. But, now she is scolding me and even not giving me at least money.”

Lee Jia frowned and sighed deeply.

“Mom, okay I will give you money.”

“Really? How much?”

“As much you need.”

“Oh, my daughter.” She exclaimed with joy.

“But, for that, you have to do something for me.”

“I will do whatever you want me to do.”

“Then tell me, why I have those scars on my back?” She was serious. For a while, Si Tu Mo stared at her and swallowed saliva. She did not want to tell the truth that she was not her biological daughter and she did not know why she had scars on her back. If she would tell her about it, Lee Jia would leave her and she could not drink and gamble.

“You were a little girl when you accidentally fell from the tree and got those scars.” She hesitantly said without looking at her.

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, dear. Mom can’t tell a lie to you.” She pretended a smile. Lee Jia sighed and reached her arm and pulled it to let her sit on the couch.

“Sit here. I will cook something for us then I will give money to you.”

“Okay.” Si Tu Mo smiled and stumbled on the couch and closed her eyes.

Lee Jia was standing at the window of the living room and her mother was drinking alcohol while sitting on the ground. The familiar car stopped at the gate of the apartment and Lee Jia looked back at her mother. Kang Ray had come to pick her up. Just then, a message was dropped on the mobile.

“I am here. Come out when you will be free.”

Lee Jia walked to her mother and sighed.

“Mom, I am going back.” She said.

“Okay. Tell your husband to bring me a branded alcohol at least. I am tired of drinking cheap ones.” Si Tu Mo was drunk and even did not care about Lee Jia.

Lee Jia wanted to hug her mother but she could not do it and left with tears in her eyes. Kang Ray turned his head and looked at the thin and weak figure that was walking out of the apartment while wiping her tears. She got into the car and pretended a smile at him. He reached out his palm and caressed her cheek.

“Are you okay?”

“Yes, what could happen to me?”

“Your mother kept drinking and did not talk to you.”

Lee Jia lowered her eyes.

“This is my destiny that I have such a mother. I can’t change anything.” She replied sadly in a low voice.

“You have me. Let her do in what she is happy.” He said in a low and deep voice as if he was supporting her indirectly because she was feeling sad and broken on her poor and helpless destiny where she could never think about her future only she earned for her mother.