#THE_LAST_MINUTE_GROOM_S3
©Sir_Zach
EPISODE 30
Jeslyn returned home from seeing Lolita, yet her husband wasn’t back. Worried, she went in search of Rex and finally found him in the laboratory.
“You unreliable f_ck! Why haven’t you been answering my calls–!” Jeslyn immediately interrogated the minute she forcefully pushed the door open.
She held back her tongue after seeing the person in the ward… Celestine was sitting beside the gloomy Rex.
“Sister-in-law, you’re here.” Rex said, trying to forge a smile.
Jeslyn glared at him but still walked into the room. “Teacher,” she bowed slightly.
“Hm, you’re here… have a seat,” Celestine said.
Jeslyn did as told before asking, “I didn’t see your brother all through the day; where did he go?”
“My brother? Isn’t he with you? He was here to mock me last night.” Rex immediately uttered with a sad face. He gave nothing away, and he was just like himself.
“He was here? When was that, and what was I doing?” Jeslyn raised a brow and folded her arms on her chest. Obviously, she didn’t believe him.
“I bet you were sleeping at the time or probably in Valen’s room… wait, how would I know what you were doing?!” he snorted.
“Don’t you dare give me that attitude, you…” Jeslyn remembered Celestine was still around, so she swallowed the insult she wanted to rain on him.
Rex sighed, “Sister-in-law, it’s been a while; isn’t it time to forgive me?”
“No way! I won’t forgive you for lying to me!”
“But I didn’t lie,” he defended.
“You didn’t tell the truth either!” her eyes $h00ting daggers at him.
“You didn’t ask me!” he retorted.
“How would I know you owned Fearless?!” Jeslyn refused to relent.
Rex lowered his tone a tad, “Nobody knew, I was–”
“I’m not a ‘nobody!’ I’m your favorite sister-in-law and you said so yourself! Not only have you been bullying me because I’m an artist under you, you put my husband and son under so much stress just to be with me!”
Rex sighed and looked at Celestine to defend him, but she just ignored him and continued massaging his fingers.
“Sister-in-law, shouldn’t you be feeling sorry for me? Look at me, I got my head broken,” he pouted.
“Serves you right. Hmph!”
Her words reminded him of his brother, and a bitter smile crept up his lips as his face turned sour for a moment before he composed himself and smiled.
“Your heartless husband said that too,” he chuckled.
“Right… where is he?” she put aside the catfight and asked again with her eyes darting from Rex to Celestine.
“H– he—”
“He went out on a mission to eradicate some enemies.” Celestine came to Rex’s rescue.
“Ah? Mission?” her face scowled.
“After so long, you still don’t know your husband? His rainborite Ore disappeared, thanks to some nosy group, so he’s out to bring them to their knees… Although they are a large group, it should take less than a week to take care of them… unless he finds the lead to the rainborite Ore, then he’d take longer to return.” Celestine clarified, making it sound unimportant– like Jeslyn was overthinking. Celestine knew she lied but she dismissed it as a white lie.
“But, he should have told me about it. Also, his number is unreachable.”
“Mav doesn’t go to war with his phone. Secondly, you might have been sleeping when he left and he didn’t want to disturb you.”
Jeslyn said nothing and slowly nodded. That was right. She was dead tired last night and even if he woke her up, she wouldn’t have heard a thing he said.
Celestine’s explanation clears the air somehow, but for some reason, Jeslyn couldn’t stop feeling weird.
“Ah, before I forget, Brother-in-law, Can you help me find someone?”
“No, I’m unwell,” he threw his face to the side.
“Let’s see if you’d be so eager to refuse after I’ve set the table.”
Rex gulped and smiled sheepishly, “What do you want, dearest sister-in-law? ”
Jeslyn rolled her eyes before speaking, “My friend, Ruben. He went missing almost a year ago. At first, we thought that he went to practice more, but…” her voice trailed off when she looked at Celestine. She wasn’t surprised nor feeling concerned.
“Oh, you mean Ruben Yu?” Rex asked.
“Huh? You know something?” she asked.
“Ah, I remember my brother told me to look into him a long time ago. He is Ruben Yu, not Rubenstein, wh@ťěver.”
“You mean Damien’s twin brother?” Rex nodded.
“What the f_ck!” she grimaced. “And you didn’t tell me?!”
“Hmm…you shouldn’t blame me. Blame your husband when he returns. Hmph!”
“Don’t you dare show me attitude, else I’ll forget you’re sick.”
“Hahaha… heartless sister-in-law!”
The two bickered for a long time before Rex asked about Piper.
“How is she doing?”
Jeslyn sighed, “She’s scared that you two will start ignoring her from now on.”
“She’s so stupid. So, what if I choose to ignore her? What can she do about it?”
“Shut up, you rotten guy!”
“Hahaha…” Rex turned serious, “Frankly, I’m glad she’s not my biological sister, but nothing will change. I’ll still treat her like one… in fact, more than before, because that woman wronged her more.”
“You mean to compensate her for your mother’s doing?” Jeslyn asked.
“Hm, Piper deserves better.” Celestine sighed.
Outside the door, tears of joy ran down Piper’s eyes. After her operation, she had been thinking about what her fate would be now that things had turned out like this. Now that she knows, she is happy.
…
*In Watchway City…*
Brian could be seen leaving his room in a fit of rage. Just as he was about to grab his keys on the center table, a woman’s voice stopped him in place.
“You’re not permitted to leave the house by this time of the night!”
“Oh, please! What do you want?! Just tell me if you don’t want me to live anymore, I’ll die to make you happy!!” he screamed.
The woman ignored those words and walked into the sitting room from the house. Her aura screamed ‘a bully’. Even though she was the definition of a classy, wealthy, beautiful, and intelligent woman, one couldn’t ignore her toxicity, control, and arrogance.
“We won’t be having this conversation if you abide by what I said,” she uttered sluggishly while blowing on her pedicured nails.
“I’d rather die than marry her!” Brian yelled. The young man who used to look very handsome now looked unkempt. Sprouting bears could be seen on his face. His eyes looked sad, but thanks to the unconcealed anger, one would think he was a defiant and disobedient child.
She’s a beautiful woman, born from a decent, respected, and morally upright family. What more do you need in a woman? She’s intelligent, and most of all, you two grew up together.”
Brian grabbed the keys and started to walk towards the door. However, by the time he got to the entrance, a few men in black blocked his way.
“Listen to your mother, young mas–”
“Bang!”
“Arghh!”
Brian watched the guard with condescending eyes as he rolled on the floor from how ruthlessly he had tossed him over his shoulder just now.
Two guards blocked the entrance with their hands outstretched.
“f_ck!… I don’t want to fight today. Get out of my way,” Brian tried to rein in his anger. He had been fighting for his freedom ever since he returned home.
“What’s so good about that worthless woman…what’s her name again?… Piper? Will you only listen to me if I ki|| her?”
“You dare!” Brian screamed like an Insane person with eyes spewing fire.
“Fine. I won’t ki|| her… I won’t even touch a hair on her head, but only If you agree to marry.”
“Leave that boy alone. He’s old enough to make his own decisions.” A deep voice sounded before a middle-aged man walked out of the house in pajamas.
Nancy ignored her husband and picked up the glass of wine she was Just offered by a servant.
Seeing that his father was here, Brian took the opportunity to leave the house because the guards wouldn’t dare to stop him now.
Nancy dismissed her guards afterwards. Only she and her husband could be seen in the large sitting room a moment later.
“What do you think you are doing?”
“What else do you think?” she snorted and was about to walk into the house when her husband grabbed her arm.
“If you hurt my son or his girlfriend in any way, I will make sure you suffer a fate worse than death!” he thr_@tened.
Madam Nancy paused to take a proper look at her handsome husband, who was an older version of Brian before she chuckled and patted his face. “What can you do? You couldn’t do anything 27 years ago. What makes you think you can do anything now?”
“Do not tempt me, Nancy!” he uttered, obviously restricting his fury.
The woman laughed softly, “I’m not asking for too much. Stop spoiling your Son, and let me do my job as his Mother.”
The handsome man took a deep breath and lowered his tone. “I might have allowed my life to be ruined by the circumstances you and your family created years back, but don’t ever think I will allow you to ruin my son’s happiness!… Brian is no longer a child, and he can make his own decisions.” The man had no intention of backing down.
“Hehe,” She chuckled and closed the distance between them. The atmosphere was intense, but she wasn’t feeling it. She raised her slender and beautiful fingers and started drawing circles on his chest, then articulated, “On two conditions darling… get me the rainborite Ore, or spend the night with me… it’s been 27 years since you last touched me… do it this time. Make me feel like a woman, and I’ll leave our son’s affair alone.”
The man grabbed her wrist, stopping her from going further with her fingers that were messing with his pajama’s button. His face looked disgusted as he stared at her.
She smirked and wiggled her hand off his hold, “See, you can’t do it.” She walked away from him while saying, “Brian is my son, and as his mother, I know what is best for him, and that’s what I’ll do!” She entered the inner room and shut the door behind her.
The middle–aged man shut his eyes and tightened his fist while gritting his teeth.
….
Brian was seen on his motorbike, breaking road protocol as he sped across the night city without a proper destination in mind. The young man was enraged, and the only way to calm his head was to feel the wind, sing in the studio, or do dangerous sports.
After running a few kilometers away from his estate, another motorbike joined him. Brian first thought the person was another guard sent by his mother, so he increased his speed, but after realizing the person was minding their own business, he relaxed.
“Mind joining me in a dangerous race!” the other person asked. Her helmet was opened at the front so she could get her words across.
Brian, who had been down since he left the house, suddenly grew excited. He loves dangerous sports and does it a lot when he’s in a bad mood.
“The pleasure is mine!” he screamed across so the lady would hear him amidst the loud sound of roaring motorbikes.
The lady hit the high gear and sped off in a flash. Brian curled his lips before he also did the same and joined her in the race.
Their speed was so much that the power of the wind almost blew off their helmets, yet they had no intention of stopping. Good thing the road was free of vehicles.
After covering a long distance, the lady stopped beside the road. Seeing this, Brian, who had sped forward, came back.
“I won,” he said while taking off his helmet.
“It wasn’t a competition,” the lady said and also took off her helmet to reveal Pink in biker wear.
Brian was taken aback for a moment before he smiled for no reason, “For a moment, I thought you were a young lady.”
Pink glanced at him before she returned a stiffened smile, “Old habits don’t die. I used to be the best biker.”
“Obviously, but I’m impressed… I’m Brian by the way.”
“Call me, Pink.” she stretched out a hand for a handshake, and Brian didn’t refuse it.
Brian darted his gaze around the area, “Hmm, this place is not safe. Why don’t we….”
“I guess it’s too late to run now,” Pink gestured with her jaw for Brian to look behind him.