Sexy Bodyguard Jack
False Harmony

A few dozen minutes passed, James still leaned over my body while stroking the top of my chest with his thumb, while I: I was like a puppet unable to do anything, she said, don't even know what to say.

We stayed in that position until James' phone rang, he got up. Before he got the call, he told me to get up. "Wear your cape. Prepare food for me, yes. I'm hungry."

"All right," I said.

"Now, Rose."

"Y-yes. I'm getting it ready now."

I got up, put my bathrobe back on and tied it up neatly, and I walked out of my room, leaving James to receive a phone call from his cell phone.

In the kitchen, I met Bang Jack. He stood in front of the fridge and took water. "You're okay, right?" tanyakanya. He looked at me softly, but refrained from approaching.

"No," I said. "I'm fine." I smiled and walked towards the refrigerator which contained food. "What breakfast do you want to make?"

She shook her head.

"Will fried rice?"

He didn't say.

"Not many thoughts. Sit down and wait until I finish cooking. Okay?"

I went straight to the ricecooker and pulled out the leftover rice dinner last night. While waiting for the rice to cool, I prepared the spices and the complements.

Honestly, I tried to cover up my feelings and my circumstances from Bang Jack, but I couldn't. It was precisely the way Bang Jack looked at me with his hurt feeling, it made me unable to cover my wounds.

"Abang," I said, I turned to face him. "Please don't be. Just ignore my situation. That'll make me better, huh? Would help?"

He's nodding.

"Smile, please," I asked.

And he had to comply with my request. He forced himself to smile in front of me.

"Is there anything I can help you with?" tanyakanya.

"Nothing."

"On cooking, Rose. Not anything else."

"none. Just sit there."

"alright. I'll comply with your request."

Yeah, I'm smiling. I'm glad he's following me. That way my situation, and the situation between the two of us just feels better. I can cook and finish my cooking quietly, then heat up the opor and rendang I cooked yesterday. In the next few minutes, all the dishes were on the table following his breakfast: sliced tomatoes and cucumbers.

"Abang wait here, I. I call James first."

He nodded, and I immediately went to the room. There, James was still busy with his phone.

"Yes, I'll work on it" he said on the phone. "Please see yourself well. Love you's. Bye, darling."

Hmm. It seems like my guess is right. He had another wife, it seemed like he already had a child. But never mind, whatever. I can't pester his real life.

"Rose?"

"Eh?"

"You're here? Since when?"

"New. I was just, I just finished cooking and wanted to call you."

"All right," I said. Hopefully when James sees Bang Jack in the kitchen, he doesn't have any thoughts. If necessary, hopefully he installed a cctv also in the kitchen and checked it out. So he can be sure that Bang Jack and I didn't do anything in the kitchen. I don't want to accept his anger for a mistake I didn't make.

Restlessly, I quickly took off my bathrobe and got dressed and combed my hair. Then I immediately came out of the room. And as soon as I got to the kitchen, apparently Bang Jack and James were chatting. They look very familiar. From the glasses of an outsider, they must have looked like a very familiar brother-in-law and sister-in-law, a harmonious relationship. While from my glasses, I know the two are hostile. And I also know that Bang Jack doesn't know that James hates him so much, let alone the reason behind that hatred: what and why? I don't even know why James seems to hate Bang Jack so much. For sure, I don't feel like it's because of me. I'm skeptical. I feel that James doesn't really love me. And I felt like I was just being used as a tool - maybe as a tool of revenge - by James to Bang Jack. Revenge for what and for what, I don't know.

"Why, Honey? Is there something you're thinking?" James asked me who -- might seem to be thinking - was doing my job at the time: spooning fried rice to the plate.

I'm shaking. "It's okay" I said. Then I put a serving of fried rice in front of him.

James smiled and thanked me.

I'm nodding. "Sama-sama," I said. Then I did the same for Jack.

Oh, what a shame to realize this fact: I serve my lover and my husband - both at the same time. Again, this helplessness tells me to be patient. And if I could, I'd love to get out of this place - between these two guys. But I couldn't, so I sat down, filled my plate, and had breakfast with them. They kept chatting which I did not understand and did not want to know what they were talking about. Yeah, well, if I'm not mistaken, it looks like James is scraping information from Bang Jack about his father's dark business. Maybe about details that James didn't know.

Whatever it is, whatever it is.

"Daughter-in-law" said Bang Jack after the long chat, "so Mama called me, she said she missed Rose. If you can, let Rose visit her the day after tomorrow. Mama's birthday. She wanted to celebrate with Rose."

James nodded. "All right," he said. "I'll make sure Rose meets him. But unfortunately I can't come."

Good though. Who wants to go there with you.

"So? How's it?" ask Jack again.

"Rose can go alone, I mean, with the driver and some bodyguards."

"OKAY. Thank you, Sister-in-law. That way I won't worry. Rose will be safe." Then he turned to me. "Greetings to Mama. I'll send him a gift too."

I'm practically astonished. "Kok so? You're not going there?"

"This morning I must sail again. There is a problem in Thailand. My fault. I left that job yesterday."

Oh, I'm stunned. "Because of me?" my many. "Because I was kidnapped back then?"

"No, Rose. I don't mean it."

"It's best not to discuss, '" said James.

"Yes. Don't feel guilty. It's not your fault at all."

"Jack's right. I mean Sister-in-law is right. What your brother said was right, Rose. He's your brother. If something bad happens to her sister, a sister will prioritize her sister. Especially if his sister is kidnapped, where maybe a sister will ignore him. Never mind just because of work, an older brother could leave anything for the sake of his sister. For example, my friend first, when he heard his sister was kidnapped, my friend left his college, even though he lived in college alone. He even left his girlfriend to go home. That's actually a brother. You're lucky, you have a brother like Jack. Tough bodyguard, more than a cop."

The deg!

Something's. Did James tell you about Bang Jack's past? Does she know, too...? She heard...? Gosh darn. How'this? Oh my God, I'm sorry, Bang....

"Rose?"

"Emm?"

"You think of something?"

I'm shaking. Uneasily. "No. No, My James," I said nervously.

"Ehm, since Sister-in-law will sail again, can we hitchhike here as long as Brother-in-law leaves? I know my wife lives here."

What else is he planning, God? Wherever I live, it's the same. Wherever there is a cctv, wherever there is a bodyguard. I'll stay cooped up.

"You want to, don't you, honey? Let's just say we're on our honeymoon here. Aye, right?"

Honeymoon of your head, James...! What is your intention exactly? You little fucker....