357: Chapter 364: Husband and Wife 357: Chapter 364: Husband and Wife The dinner didn’t last long, just a typical family dinner.
After they finished, Gina Lopez eagerly took on the task of clearing the table and then went on to wash the dishes.
“I’m telling you big sis, getting married really changes things.
You never used to do the household chores before,” Emily Lopez joked as she helped, giggling.
Gina Lopez gave her sister a glance and replied, “What was in the past is in the past.
I had our parents at ho, and I rarely ate at ho when outside.”
“But when my brother-in-law used to live here, I didn’t see you doing any of this either.”
“Back then, I paid him for it.
Why would I bother doing it myself?
I’m not that foolish.”
“True that!
Without paying now, you’d end up doing more chores, but…
hehe…” Emily stuck out her tongue mischievously, saying, “Now you pay much more, including money and soone, everything’s on my brother-in-law’s account.”
Gina Lopez glanced at Emily again and said, “Don’t say that.
Your brother-in-law isn’t after those things.”
Emily nodded consistently, saying, “Right, if my brother-in-law was after your money, he would have settled matters with you long ago, no need for to make such an effort.”
After cleaning up, it would usually be ti for Gina Lopez to return to the bedroom, pull out her laptop, and start working.
But today, she suggested, “We just finished dinner, let’s go downstairs for a walk.”
Emily imdiately exclaid, “Okay…” but then her eyes darted, and she quickly added, “Oh dear, I still have to watch TV.
You guys go ahead.”
Jas Brown understood Gina Lopez’s intent to ease the awkwardness between them and to tune their feelings, so he simply smiled and said, “Let’s go down.”
The two changed their clothes, walked out the door, and entered the elevator, finding themselves alone in the confined space, which suddenly fell into silence.
“Jas!”
“Gina!”
They both spoke around the tenth floor and then laughed together, which eased the awkward atmosphere quite a bit.
“Becoming husband and wife like this, I really need so ti to adjust,” Jas Brown spoke up first.
Gina smiled lightly and said, “Honestly, I was about to say the sa.
Becoming spouses all of a sudden, I wasn’t prepared for this either.”
Jas nodded and said, “I’m just afraid you might think I’m not willing.”
“I know that’s not what you an.
Sunny has already told so,” Gina spoke candidly, revealing that Sunny Nguyen had told her this.
ntioning Sunny Nguyen, Jas rubbed his nose and said, “Gina, if you regard as your husband, how could you let —”
Gina’s face turned red, and she interjected, “Is it bad for you to have a lover outside?”
“It’s not bad, but…
it kind of makes feel you don’t care.”
“It’s not that I don’t care, it’s just that Sunny was with you first, and even though I’m marrying you now, I feel sowhat like I’ve stolen you from Sister Sunny.
She’s my good friend, and I don’t want to ruin our relationship because of this.
As long as Sunny gets remarried, you two naturally break off, why should I be the villain?”
Jas looked at Gina with surprise, as won are usually supposed to be selfish, yet Gina was being so magnanimous, sothing he hadn’t expected at all.
The elevator reached the first floor, and Gina looped her arm through Jas’, saying, “Co on, let’s not dwell on this, otherwise I might regret it.”
Jas really didn’t dare to press on this issue anymore, especially now that they had reached the residential area which had plenty of people strolling around, making it inappropriate to discuss such topics.
The residential area where Gina lived was upscale, with excellent landscaping, shaded trees, blooming flowers, and an artificial lake andering between the high-rise buildings.
Taking a walk here in the evening was truly refreshing and enjoyable.
The two slowly strolled along the paths between the trees, Gina continuously holding on to Jas’s arm, which didn’t feel awkward to her, as they had often done so during their ti pretending to be lovers.
“Jas, I think we need to push the progress on lody Yoody’s project; don’t you think you should check on it?”
“You want to check on it?”
“Isn’t lody Yoody an old classmate of yours?
It would be much easier for you to interact with her.”
“That…
alright then.”
Jas Brown really didn’t understand the intention behind Gina Lopez’s arrangent, he could only agree for now.
“I’ll go too,” Gina Lopez added.
Jas Brown imdiately smiled and said, “Okay, let’s go together.”
“Aren’t you worried?” Gina Lopez tilted her head and looked at Jas Brown.
Jas Brown lit a cigarette and said, “She was my first love, you are my wife, you won’t be at ease if you don’t go.” However, he thought about how he had a car rendezvous with lody Yoody that day, but knowing that Sunny Nguyen had already told Gina Lopez, he wanted to see what lody Yoody’s attitude was.
Jas Brown really hadn’t thought about keeping both things in this scenario, but since he’s already registered for marriage with Gina Lopez and they had a relationship, he couldn’t just tell Gina Lopez he wanted a divorce.
Yet, he also couldn’t quite let go of lody Yoody, so he could only go with the flow for now.
Gina Lopez raised an eyebrow and said, “You still rember that you’re a married man, huh?
It’s endless with them.”
As Jas Brown talked about this matter to Gina Lopez, he really didn’t feel confident and just kept quiet.
“Alright, I am not forcing you, let’s go, have a walk over there.” Gina Lopez played it cool,
Gina Lopez didn’t push Jas Brown to commit, which slightly relaxed him, yet he felt different, thinking if he wasn’t married, his unclear relationship status would be more acceptable.
But now that he is married, his ties with lody Yoody made him feel quite pressured.
So say marriage is a shackle, and Jas Brown truly felt that faintly.
The two of them reached the artificial lake in the middle of the residential community where the fresher air mixed with the mist from the fountain brought a soothing coolness to the burning heat, making it a favorite resting spot for many residents, and it was quite crowded at that mont.
Jas Brown really wanted to find a topic to chat with Gina Lopez, but he just didn’t know what to say to her now.
Gina Lopez felt the sa, but she also didn’t know how to start a conversation that would put them both at ease.
Seeing Jas Brown silent made her sowhat frustrated.
Before they were married, Jas used to chat easily about anything with her.
After watching the fish at the lake for a while, they returned ho.
Grace Lopez was on the living room sofa, munching on sothing while watching TV.
As they entered, she cheerfully said, “You two having a romantic ti under the flowers and moon, huh.”
Gina Lopez gave her sister a look, “We just went out for a walk, what ‘flowers and moon’, stop talking nonsense.”
Grace Lopez popped a cherry into her mouth, chewed it a bit, then spit out the pit, saying, “You guys are like pre-love post-marriage, strolling under the flowers and moon should be right.”
“Can’t be bothered with you,” Gina Lopez huffed, “I still have so things to take care of.” but this last sentence was directed to Jas Brown.
Jas Brown responded, “You go ahead with your stuff, I’ll watch TV with Grace.”
Gina Lopez nodded, walked into the bedroom, and didn’t close the door.
Jas Brown went to the bathroom, slipped into his pajamas, and then ca back to sit next to Grace Lopez.
Grace handed him a bunch of cherries, giggling, “Brother-in-law, here’s so cherries for you.”
Jas Brown took them, laughed, and asked, “What show is this?”
“Just flipping through, put on whatever you feel like watching.
I can watch anything, just killing ti.”
“Then let’s watch this,” Jas Brown also felt like he was just killing ti since he didn’t really know what else to do.
“That’s fine, let’s watch this, hehe, let’s keep our voices down, sister is working over there, let’s not disturb her.”
Gina Lopez was indeed all ears for their conversation from the bedroom, even though Grace had previously claid her interest in Jas was just for Gina’s sake, seemingly arranging everything so they could be together.
However, Gina knew very well that Jas held quite an attraction for Grace, and she didn’t want Jas to be entangled with her sister amidst all his unresolved external affairs.
But hearing their conversation, which sounded normal, she felt relieved.
Plus, she had quite a bit of work to do, so she opened her laptop and began working seriously.
As Jas Brown and Grace Lopez watched TV, suddenly he felt a heaviness on his legs and looked down to see Grace’s two little feet resting on his lap.
Grace was lying back on the sofa, not looking at him but watching the TV with her head turned.
Grace’s actions made Jas think of the word ‘seduction’; he wanted to remove her feet but also didn’t want to.
So, he just pretended it wasn’t happening and kept watching TV.
But soon, Grace wiggled her feet a couple of tis and even kicked Jas’s belly.
Turning to look at Grace, he saw she was looking back at him, pouting her lips and gesturing a kneading motion with her hands.
Jas Brown caught the hint; Grace actually wanted him to massage her feet.
After hesitating for a mont, he finally grasped her small feet and gently started to knead.
However, Jas’s gaze kept darting towards the bedroom door, his ears perked up listening for any movent from Gina.
If Gina were to co out, he would instantly remove Grace’s feet.
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