TN: Hello, people. If you’re going to read the other stories written by the author, this part mentioned a few spoilers. And there’s a minor cat-fight at the end, lol.
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"There's nothing funny girls! He's so off-fashioned. Do you know what his endearment is to me?"
"What?"
"Wife!"
"Oh, that's sweet!" Crystal Jane commented.
"It's kinda off-fashioned, but, yeah, it's sweet," Lavender added.
She pouted and walked towards the comfort room. When she came out, she's only wearing a bathrobe. Her cousins' attire are the same. They all went together in the sauna.
"However, is Johann kind to you? I mean, is he not taking advantage of you?"
"Y-yeah. He's respecting me." She doesn't have to tell them about their accidental kiss which she had responded to. And she also won't ever tell them about that one afternoon when Johann and her slept hugging each other. She remembers that time, when they woke up, the two of them were acting as if it was nothing. The situation back then didn't turn awkward.
"Is it also true that the two of you sleep in one room and one bed?" asked Haley.
She nodded. "Yes. His bed is satisfactorily huge. We sleep on opposite sides, and he's somehow behaved. Sometimes playful. He never ran out of green jokes at night." Both Johann and her always have difficulty sleeping early. To fall asleep, they always chat about anything. And that 'good' man, he really likes saying green jokes. She always has to hit him with pillow. But most of the times, she can only laugh.
They continued asking her and she always answer. After their sauna session, they went directly to the massage room. They removed their bathrobe and wrapped themselves with towel. The next thing ,they’re lying on their stomach on the massaging bed,
What a very comfortable feeling for Sapphire when the massage for her began. "Oh! I really need this! My back hurt so much when Johann made me do the laundry the other day. The back of my neck also hurt when he made me iron the clothes."
They giggled.
"You'll get used to it, Saphi."
She groaned. "I could only remind him every time that we'll only be with each other for one year. So it's somehow okay."
"You got your part of inheritance, right?"
"Yes," she replied with a smile while her eyes were shut. She really feels good while her back is getting massaged. "This week, I would be able to get half of the money. I can now start looking for a place for my future bookstore!"
Her cousins became happy for her as well. She began telling them her plans. After some time, she fell asleep even while the massage was ongoing. After an hour, she woke up feeling so light.
They left the spa with light feeling and now she's also all smiles. They went to the mall, had their lunch and shopped for new clothes. Saphi is always happy whenever she is with her cousins. She's treating them like her little sisters although they scold her from time to time.
"Haley, is what in the newspaper true?" Crystal Jane asked Haley while they're trying on the shoes.
"What's in the newspaper?" the girl asked.
"Today, a vice-mayor from a small province was on the blind item section and was seen making out with a young socialite who was also the daughter of the governor in that same province."
Her eyes widened and looked at Haley. "Vice-mayor? Is it Gideon? You made up with Gideon? Eh, he has a fiancée, right?"
Haley winced. "We're drunk that night, okay? I-it's nothing."
"Don't be stupid, Haley. You're being like this again, eh," she reprimanded her cousin. "He's too old for you!"
"He's only older than me by twelve years. The others out there, the gap is more than decades. Also… it's actually just nothing."
"You're young. Can't you look for someone in the same age as you, twenty-one or twenty-two? Also, the one with no attachment?" she said again. "But that Gideon was also at fault. He has a fiancée but still make out with you. Ugh, men!"
"You talk as if your husband is not his cousin."
She folded her arms in front of her chest. "I don't care. You have made a fool out of yourself once. Don't repeat it again." She glanced at Crystal Jane and Lavender who are quietly trying on the shoes there. "The two of you as well. Try being foolish again for the same guy and you're all going to get hurt. I know you guys have no closure with Reynald, Ramses and Gideon, but that does not mean there will never be a closure in the future. Once and for all, all of your foolishness for those guys must end. They, have moved on. You guys, can't find another? Because of what? Still expecting to end up with them?" she said as a sermon to her cousins.
"Yeah, right, Saphi. You can talk like that because you have yet to fall in love," Haley muttered. "You can't blame us or Gideon and the rest on why we're still hoping despite all the pain. Foolish if we're really foolish, but won't you hope for another chance with the man who made you feel so special?"
"No. If that same man is the one who made me feel how stupid I am."
"It's not all men's fault." Crystal Jane defended. "We chose to love them so we faced the consequences."
"So you agreed to be your guy's rebound girlfriend?" Her sarcastic remark turned Crystal Jane into stone.
"Hey!" Lavender stopped them. "That's below the belt, Saphi. We get it, you're a man-hater. But you are only mad at them, not because they manipulate women. You're mad at men because you're jealous of your Mom's past boyfriends. Because your Mom always give time to her boyfriend, but to you, she has none!"
"Lavender!" Crystal Jane chastised the other woman.
Sapphire gritted her teeth. "That's not true!"
"Get real, Sapphire! You're a man-hater if you're a man-hater. But in reality, you're just a daughter who was deprived of her own mother's attention!"
Sapphire could no longer stop herself and charged at Lavender. Among her cousins, this woman had always been fighting with her the most. "You, bitch! You feel hurt because you cling to Reynald although you know he has a steady girlfriend before! You feel more hurt when he chose his girlfriend rather than you! Instead of hating him, you just loved him more since you're the one who seduced him! You're the third-party!"
Haley screamed when Sapphire and Lavender started pulling each other's hair. Crystal Jane tried to stop them and also the shoe store's saleslady attempted to be the middle-woman.
They looked like children angry at each other's hair. They even threw many knife-like words to each other. Their cousins and the saleslady couldn't stop them until someone called the security guards.
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green jokes – ahem, dirty humor/jokes
rebound – it’s basically a distraction to keep a guy or girl from thinking about their recent breakup.
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