Chapter 24
Eyebrows crossed and blood about to reach the boiling point, Aff looked furiously at her husband and the unknown woman who was clinging to him like a monkey. She couldn't imagine her husband was cheating on her! Aff was 120% sure that the geeky-looking doctor on the outside but one hot sexy guy on the inside is so addicted to her! And only her! He often tells her that his world only revolves around her but why is there another woman in his world now?!
"Look at her, Aff… She seems so young…" Rita whispered at her best friend while looking at Aum and the girl.
"Yeah…She's like around 18 or something…Your hubby is a pedophile…" Ann whispered to her as well. Aff didn't say a word but she kept on looking at Aum and the girl.
"The girl looks so familiar though…" Aff quietly said to herself. She was indeed she already saw the girl somewhere but couldn't remembered it clearly. Aum and his girl finally spotted Aff and company. The girl smiled so warmly at Aff but she ended up staring at her. The girl and Aum started making their way towards Aff's table. The unknown girl was still clinging to Aum's arms.
"What the?! She has the guts to smile at the legal wife! What a whore!" Rita said disgustingly.
"What is Aum thinking?! He's coming our way! With his other one!" Ann said while looking at Aum and his company. Aff, who was sitting there quietly for quite sometime, suddenly began to laugh.
"What's wrong with you, woman?" Rita asked her while looking at Aff with complete confusion. Before Aff could speak, Aum and the unknown girl were already standing right in front of them.
"P'Aff!!" The girl squealed the moment she saw Aff. Aff stood up and gave her a warm hug. Rita and Ann were both dumbfounded and didn't know what was happening.
"Natalie, how are you, dear?" Aff said excitedly as she and the girl named Natalie broke their hug.
"I'm great, P'Aff! How about you? Pregnant already? I'm so excited to have a niece!" Natalie said happily.
"We're working on it, little girl." Aum said from behind. Natalie gave her an evil stare for calling her little girl and Aff laughed at her reaction. Natalie is Aum's youngest sister. She's studying in Barcelona for about a year now and she decided to go back to Bangkok to spend her vacation with her brother, Aum.
"Natalie, these are my best friends, Rita and Ann. Rita, Ann, this is my beautiful sister-in-law, Natalie." Aff finally introduced Natalie to them. Ann and Rita smiled at her and tried to stop themselves from laughing.
"Nice meeting you, P'Ann, P'Rita. Oh, excuse me, I think my date is waiting for me over there." Natalie said and made her way towards the other table. Ann and Rita started to laugh out loud the moment Aum's little sister left.
"What's wrong with them?" Aum asked as he wrapped her arms around Aff's waist pulling her closer.
"Oh…They thought Natalie was your "other girl"…" Aff whispered. Their faces were so close to each other now. Aum chuckled at his wife's remark.
"My other girl? No way…I miss you, gorgeous…" Aum said and gave a gentle kiss on her soft lips. Both Rita and Ann shook their heads because of their public display of affection.
"Hey hey hey! Stop kissing here, you two!" Ann told them.
"Yeah! You're making Ann jealous here! I know she and Ken haven't gone as far as that!" Rita blurted out and laughed at her own remark. Aff and Aum stopped their mini kissing session and Aff began laughing as well. Aff took her seat back while Aum went to where his little sister. His mom instructed him to never leave Natalie alone with her date.
"Good thing you're pregnant or else I should have killed you now." Ann told her ironically. Rita pouted again upon hearing the P word. Ann's cell phone suddenly began to make noises. She took out from her bag and read the text message.
"I better be going." Ann said as she was still reading a couple more messages.
"I thought you don't have work today." Aff asked as she grabbed a broccoli from Rita's plate.
"Yeah but we have to accompany Jaguar to the airport." Ann said as she grabbed her bag.
"Airport? Where is he going?" Rita asked.
"Tokyo. He's grandparents are there right now and they badly want to see the little boy."
"Is Ken coming with him?" Aff asked with a different kind of smile on her face. Ann shook her head. Aff and Rita began to giggle, again. Aff took something out from her bag and handed it to Ann.
"Kama Sutra: The Sensual Art of Lovemaking…Aff!!! Why are you giving this to me?!" Ann tried to give the DVD back to Aff but she refused to take it.
"Watch it with Ken tonight, love and I'm sure you'll be the happiest woman soon…" Aff said seductively and Rita started to laugh again. Ann shook her head once again and left the table. She made her way towards the rest room before leaving the restaurant. Since Ann left her bag on their table, Rita immediately took the DVD copy and placed it inside Ann's bag. Ann took her bag, said her goodbyes to her two best friends and left. Rita decided to go back to the bar while Aff joined Aum, who was acting as a chaperone.
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Back in Rita's bar, Rome was drinking his 5[sup]th[/sup] glass of Martini. He had been waiting for Rita to arrive. He couldn't concentrate well on work a while ago since Rita was bothering him. It was all Rita he could think about now. Her silly remarks, her clumsiness, her soft lips that were always ready to kiss him, everything about Rita is very addicting. Rome couldn't tell what exactly their relationship status from this point. Sure there are friends but still, would they remain friends forever after all the things that happened between them? Rome was so confused right now.
As Rita drove back to the bar, she suddenly felt dizzy. Slowly, she walked inside the place and didn't even notice that Rome was waiting for her. Rome immediately approached his friend the moment he saw her by the entrance. Rita sat down to the nearest chair since her vision started to get blurry.
"Don't tell me you've been drinking with those 2? It's too early to get drunk!" Rome said as he took a seat beside Rita. Rita tried to shove him away but she was too weak.
"Go away, jerk… I'm not feeling well because of you…" Rita said weakly. Rome examined her appearance. She looked so pale as if she was sick.
"You don't look go-… HEY!! Rita!!!" Rome shouted. Rita suddenly passed out. Instinctively, Rome carried her to his car and drove her all the way to the hospital.
"Geez, don't die yet, Rita… I still have something to tell you…" Rome whispered as he hurriedly drove his car to the hospital.
---TBC---