LOVER MONSTER!
105. Better to Shut up.

Demian left Rhoden manor the next morning. He slipped out of Jessica's room, full of caution so as not to create a scene. Demian did not want Jessica who slept well, woke up due to her movements.

The girl was still very tired due to their trip all day yesterday. Oh, and don't forget about their activities last night. Demian had completely drained Jessica's energy all day, Demian felt guilty.

Half an hour after Demian's departure, Jessica gathered her consciousness little by little. Jessica opened her eyes and found a pink sticky note stuck to the pillow where Demian slept last night.

...'I'll be back later in the afternoon, take a longer rest. Love, Marian.'...

Reading the message, a smile rose on Jessica's sleepy face. He lifted the note in front of his face, reading the message over and over while his sleepiness subsided.

Jessica didn't know what was funny or adorable about the message, but reading it made Jessica feel like flowers were blooming in her heart. Jessica felt her cheeks heat up just by reading the short message Demian gave her. He felt the man was very adorable and the feeling of anxiety was disgusting.

"Why am I like this?" Jessica was ashamed of herself. He's not a teenager anymore, for God's sake. Why did he blush at such an ordinary thing?

"Hmmmmmpp-" Jessica buried her face in the pillow, muffling her screams and her unbearable chills. His feet were swayed with joy and pleasure.

Jessica recalled her date and Demian yesterday and it was so much fun. Jessica didn't think everything that happened was real. It feels too perfect. Jessica's heart was racing just by remembering it.

Thanks to the beautiful day that Jessica had lived yesterday, Jessica got out of bed with enthusiasm. Autumn outside, the withered leaves faded, as invisible as before him. He looked at the world in a pink lens. Everything is beautiful and beautiful.

Even the aches on her waist and the pain in her knees did not make Jessica angry, Jessica just scowled wide out of the room. He almost jumped up and down.

"Good morning, Miss. Jessica." Lisa the bodyguard greeted Jessica who had just opened the door.

Jessica's performance was very fresh, very different from the warning that Demian had given Lisa and Robin when the man came home. 'Jesse is so tired and tired today, just make sure he doesn't do heavy things.'

"You remember being very cheerful today, Miss." Robin voiced Lisa's confusion. The dimpled young man seemed to be questioning the same thing as well.

"That's..., good, right?" Jessica asked somewhat astonishedly. I mean Jessica, what's wrong with being cheerful? Why were his two escorts staring at him with two raised eyebrows?

"Very good, Miss. Jessica. You look more excited than your first day here. That's a relief."

"Young, then. Thank you." Thank you." Jessica nodded. "Ah..., by the way, I'm a little late waking up today.., I'm sorry."

"No problem, Miss. Jessica."

"What Miss. Jessica wants to have breakfast in the room today? Or...,"

"I think Miss. Hestia still enjoys her breakfast in the park. If you want to join...?"

"That's a good idea." Jessica replied.

Although Jessica had a bit of displeasure with Hestia, Jessica still knew where she was now. Jessica felt she needed to greet the host once in a while, maybe, who knows, they could get along better.

With the intention of eating breakfast with Hestia, Jessica went to the park in the special yard Rhoden Manor. The garden was filled with flowers and some shady trees.

Maybe because it is autumn now, the nuances in the garden are shady and soft. The leaves fell from the top of the tree, soiling the rocky path where Jessica stepped. Jessica imagined, if now was summer, this place must be very green and fresh. The heat might sting your head too.

"Jessica.., Cerise." Hestia-among the orange-fading gardens-greeted Jessica's arrival.

The old woman sat in a wooden gazebo whose pillars and roof were lined and covered with vines. Some of the roots of the plant were even dangling around, like snakes. If Jessica hadn't noticed, Jessica would probably have cried out in shock the moment her shoulder hit one of those roots.

"Good morning," Jessica greeted Hestia. "May I join and eat my breakfast here?"

"Secure yourself" said Hestia. The woman went back to reading the newspaper the next morning, seemingly not bothered at all about Jessica's presence in front of her. Jessica liked the woman's indifference. However, the silence that stretched between them was quite awward as well.

It feels wrong.

Damn, Jessica doesn't know how to communicate with her parents. Especially if they are the same age as Hestia, expression violent and difficult to approach.

Phews.

Jessica felt like she was facing a brick wall. Whatever he threw at the wall, it would likely bounce back at him, unresponsive.

'Tsk, I'm sorry I decided to eat my breakfast here. What do I expect to happen? This wanitai is scary!'

Eating her breakfast in silence and filled with a deep sense of awkwardness, Jessica thought that this morning would end in silence. However, Hestia folded her newspaper and put the paper on the table. Hestia's eyes shot towards Jessica. Jessica returned her gaze while chewing sluggishly.

What would he say now?

"I heard you and Demian spent the whole day outside yesterday." Hestia opened her voice.

Jessica nodded, giving justification.

"That's great. I thought he'd forget you here."

"He can't forget me." Jessica would bet.

"You say that because you don't know. My niece once brought her lover to stay here, in the room you occupied.., she made her dreams with various promises and the next day, she instead went with her friends to Rome. She was picked up by her family while crying. I feel..., pity?"

Kidding, huh?

Jessica scratches the cheek, awward. "Ahaha.., I don't know about that, but.., Demian won't treat me like that. You don't have to worry about me, Hestia."

"I'm not worried about you. I've stopped worrying about the cute girls that roam this house. They just come and go."

"Well, if I go, I'll definitely go with Demian."

"Las Vegas" said Jessica. He answered with seriousness. "Me and Demian are going back to Vegas once the family's problems are resolved."

"That's kind of...., funny? I didn't know Demian had any family problems at all. She and her family have always been close, Jessica. If there's a problem, I'm definitely the first to know."

"If they were familiar enough, Demian wouldn't have left for Vegas and left his family for years. Oh, and if you forget, if it wasn't for me stopping Demian, Erthian who was his family could have been critical in the hospital by now. I don't know what you mean by familiar."

"Demian has always been angry with Erthian, it has become a reasonableness. Those brothers, sharing blows is commonplace. You probably don't know because you don't have a family...., ah, what did I say out a little harshly?"

"Not rude at all, Hestia. Hahaha..., how could it be rude?" Jessica clenched her palms. Withstanding generosity. "You're just telling the truth" Jessica said. "However, just because the things you say are natural, it doesn't necessarily cover up the fact that Demian cursed his family and desperately wanted to escape from there."

"Then, how about I say you're wrong?"

"Yes?"

"Demian will not leave his family. He was, after all, a Bellamy. Do you think that just because of a woman, she'll leave the ingrained things in her life?"

"He didn't leave Bellamy for me, Hestia. He left Bellamy to himself." Jessica corrected patiently.

Hestia grabbed her teacup, eyes glancing at Jessica wittyly. It was as if Jessica was throwing a joke in front of her face. "That's funny" Hestia said after sipping her tea.

"There's nothing funny about that. If you love Demian, you should think of Demian and support her."

"Trust me, Jessica. There is no one more supportive of Demian than me. I put the best in front of my nephew. You don't know the slightest thing I've sacrificed for their side.., I..." Hestia paused her speech, she was somewhat surprised when she felt herself a little provoked by Jessica's speech.

How could he lose his composure while arguing with a girl like Jessica?

Very inappropriate!

"Forget it," Hestia said. He returned in his haughty pose. "I'll just give you a little information. Here, in this place, we greatly appreciate the existence of our family. We consider our family to be worth more than just our lives. Because of that, I believe you know what I mean."

In other words, Jessica was only an outsider and only 'a woman' in Hestia's eyes. Jessica has no higher grades than the Bellamy family. What a sweet way to say Jessica doesn't matter. Jessica moved. Is this the elegant way the rich cuss others?

Angela needs to learn from Hestia, to be honest.

Uh!

Jessica's on that fucking woman's mind, isn't she. Goddamnit!

"Your information is very useful, Hestia. I appreciate. However, I will tell you as well.., I believe in Demian, and Demian trusts me."

"Crust, huh? How long has that trust been built, Jessica?"

"..."

"One month, three months?"

"..."

"You feel like just a few days with him is enough of a foundation in your relationship?" Hestia was holding back a laugh. "Absounding. Now I can see a little something that makes Demian like you."

Hestia gives Jessica a witty look for the umpteenth time. No need to open her mouth, Jessica already knew the woman was underestimating her existence.

"That naivety, oh, Demian greatly admires that naivety. Haha. He likes the innocence of a woman. I think it's comforting him. You know, it's like looking at a music box with a ballerina dancing in it. Jessica, you too. Seeing you dance in his rhythm, it must have wowed the eye."

"Why are you willing to say such a bad thing, Hestia?"

Jessica was amazed at Hestia's words. Other than that the woman's speech was spearing through to her heart, hurting her. Jessica was also very unnerved at the fact that Hestia could be so evil.

Does she have no conscience at all? Doesn't his heart hurt when he says something like that? Did he not feel suffocated by feelings of guilt? Where is the moral?

"I'm just giving you honesty."

"It's not honesty at all." It was an insult.

"Right, the real truth is, Christian will point to who his successor is next week. For now, Demian and Erthian were preparing to accept the position. Some exams may be being given by Christian to them, so both will be very busy going forward."

"Eh?"

"You spent all day with Demian yesterday. However, it seems like this is the first time you've listened to this information."

Jessica felt her throat dry up. What did Hestia just say?

"For people who trust each other, I think you share too little honesty. Whether it was Demian.., or you..," Hestia's remark referred to Jessica who had not revealed anything regarding Erthian. However, as Jessica had already said, nothing happened between her and Erthian. He didn't need to explain anything to Demian!

Jessica is honest when she tells Demian nothing happened and Demian trusts her. Yet.z...,

"Demian will tell me later in the afternoon" Jessica said. "He just forgot because we were too cool yesterday."

Demian couldn't possibly have missed that important information on purpose. He must have just forgotten.

Hestia moved from her seat. "Hmmm. Just make sure he doesn't forget you either."

Motherfucker!

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