THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTERS 31 – 40
BY SIR ZACH
CHAPTER 34
As they were eating, Rex walked in with Celestine… To be fair, Rex was pulling Celestine along.
“Sister-in-law… oh my God! That’s the aroma of food!!” He let go of Celestine’s hand and hurried to the dining room, afraid they would finish the food before he gets there. When he got there, they were just starting. He pulled out a chair for himself while saying: “Bravo! I’m right on time. My mummy refused to cook for me, and I drove all the servants away when she came. Now, I’m hungry.”
As he was about to use his spoon to put some rice on his plate, Jeslyn used her spoon to hit his, while saying: “Valen got the kitchen to make those for me. Get up and ask the kitchen to make you something too.”
“Sisters-in-law, don’t be a greedy glutton. The table is filled to the brim. It’s obvious you can’t finish the food. Share some with me…”
“Not a chance. If I can’t finish it, I’ll save the leftovers for later.” Jeslyn refused.
“Your teacher did some exercise last night that lasted for a few hours and she hasn’t eaten. Won’t you give her some? You know how tedious such exercises are. Even though one swallows the milky fluid, they still get hungry for food…”
*Cough, Cough, Cough*
Jeslyn choked on her food. Valen quickly pushed a glass of water to her with his small hands before glaring at his uncle who had taken the chance to start filling his plate.
“Uncle, why are you so shameless?!”
“Only shameless people get what they want in this world of ours. Look at me, am I not eating now?” He smiled.
Valen almost choked. He knew his uncle was no good but this was an award-winning shameless behavior. He turned back to Jeslyn who was gulping down the water in haste.
“You rotten child.” Celestine slapped Rex on the back of his head when she got to the table. She heard everything on her way here. Shame almost made her find a place to hide. If it wasn’t that she was already in view, she would have run back.
“Ouch, Celeste.” He pouted.
Celestine blushed and walked away to hide her blushing cheeks. She sat on the seat opposite Valen and started to serve herself.
Valen looked at the two intruders speechlessly. His mother was still coughing and they were busy eating?! Did he make the food for them?
“Have you also become shameless, aunt?” He asked Celestine.
“Shamelessness runs in the family. Your father taught me.” She smiled at him. She was hungry and weak. What happened last night, this morning, and this afternoon was her fault. She seduced Rex after going to his place, so she can’t really complain about things.
Ever since that first time, she couldn’t stop thinking about him. It was killing her, so she hurried back to the Country and went to him. He didn’t reject her when she made a move on him but rather accepted her with a cunning smile. While they were on it, he said to her: “I told you I’ll hook you so badly that you’ll be addicted to me.”
Celestine stole a glance at Rex who was already staring at her with a playful smile. She felt her cheeks heating up and quickly turned her face away to look at Jeslyn. “Are you okay?”
Jeslyn nodded. “I’m fine… ahem.” She looked at Rex with disdain. “Your mouth surely doesn’t have a filter.”
“How can? Am I lying? Haven’t you drunk milky juice before?” He raised a brow.
“Stop talking nonsense,” she glared at him before lowering her head to start eating.
“Mummy, what is milky fluid? Can I have a taste?” Valen looked at her with cute eyes.
Celestine coughed and covered her lips with a handkerchief.
Valen looked at her strangely. “Just now, mother coughed when she heard milky fluid. Now, you are also coughing. Does milky fluid make one cough?”
“Yes.”
“Yes.”
“No.”
“…”
Valen was speechless. The two ladies agreed simultaneously like they were sitting on pins but his Uncle disagreed immediately too. What is going on?
“You three are hiding something.”
“That’s right, they are hiding something from you. The process of milking the white juice is so delicious that you won’t want anything else, ever. However, they don’t want to tell you.”
“Rex!” Celestine immediately cried out. Has he gone crazy?
“Then, you tell me about it.” Valen got curious.
Rex choked and immediately cleared his throat. “Ahem…” He wanted to trap the two ladies but it seems he has shot his foot. “Child, you are too young to know such things. When you finally step into the adult world, you’ll understand without being told.” He smiled. Hoping the child won’t ask him anymore.
Valen glanced towards Jeslyn. Seeing her nod like a lizard, he decided he won’t ask anymore and kept it at the back of his mind for another time.
Rex didn’t dare to make the bedroom jokes anymore for fear that Valen would force him to go R–18.
As they were eating, Celestine accidentally caught sight of Jeslyn’s glowing ring and in no time, it changed from Pink to red.
“Your ring changes color?” She asked in doubt.
“Huh?” Jeslyn looked down at her finger and saw that it had changed to red. “Eh? What is going on?” She frowned when she saw the glow disappearing.
Rex also caught sight of it and immediately left his side of the table to rush to Jeslyn’s side. He took her hand and studied the stone in the ring before he gasped and cried out. “Rainborite!”
Celestine’s spoon fell on her plate of food when she heard that. Her eyes didn’t blink for a moment as she looked at the ring on Jeslyn’s finger.
“Why would Mav give you a Rainborite stone knowing fully well what it entails? How much does he hate you?” Celestine frowned.
“Aunt, don’t say it like that. You’ll make my mummy hate my dad.” Valen looked at Celestine with displeasure.
“That’s not what I mean. However, this is dangerous. Having the rainborite stone on you will get you in trouble. Mav knows that, yet he gave it to you. Why?”
“What is going on? What is Rainborite?” Jeslyn asked.
‘She doesn’t even have an idea.’ Celestine sighed and shook her head.
“Ehm…” Rex scratched his head in frustration. This is a bad move from his brother. He knew what his brother was trying to do but he wouldn’t dare to say it out loud. “Rainborite stone is…”
After the explanation, Jeslyn looked at the quiet red ring on her finger and smiled. “The danger aside, I love it.”
“Huh?”
“…”
Celestine couldn’t believe her ears. “Jeslyn, do you know what you are saying?”
“I trust my husband. He didn’t mean to hurt me. He has his reasons for giving it to me without even telling me what it is.” She looked from Celestine to Rex and continued with seriousness. “I’m the mother of his child and also his beloved wife. You are one of his best friends and you, Rex, are his only brother. Do you believe he would hurt me?”
“Of course not!”
“If he can’t hurt his mother, then he won’t have the heart to hurt you.” Celestine replied.
“Then, trust him on this too.” Jeslyn smiled at them.
Valen couldn’t help but smile in glee. He was very satisfied with Jeslyn’s reply and for that, he picked a piece of meat from his plate and put it on Jeslyn’s food. “Mother should be rewarded for your full trust in dad.”
The table turned lively again after the earlier panic.
“Oh, Jeslyn, you should create an account in the community platform to gather some fans before your official debut. Also, don’t forget to fill the form I sent you and submit it to Fearless’ official website. Ruben and Lolita already submitted theirs this morning.”
“Ok, I’ll do that after the meal. By the way, what’s so special about this platform? I did hear a few good things about it in the past but had no time to check it out before the disaster that befell my family.”
“The entertainment industry has different platforms and forums for specific industries. The fashion industry have theirs, the movie industry have theirs, and the music industry got theirs too. Every platform has millions of fans and what they do is help the celebrities they stan to promote their arts.
There are also executives in those platforms, including high ranked people from Agencies, both big and small. They come there to scout for underrated artists.
Newbie artists and Aspirants are also there. As a singer who is undoubtedly going to succeed in a few years, that place is the best for you to start. Make good use of the platform.”
“Wow, that’s interesting. I’ll do that. That you… oh, one more question. Is it ok if I don’t show my face when I make music videos?”
“That’s right. I’ll also recommend you stay incognito and mysterious for as long as you can. It will help you alot.”
“I can help you with that so hackers don’t steal your data and ruin your plans.” Rex chimed in.
“Then that’s perfect. Thanks.”
…
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTERS 31 – 40
After the meal, Celestine and Rex left after helping Jeslyn set her security protocol on her laptop.
Jeslyn returned to her room to start her work. Sitting on the bed with her laptop in front of her, Jeslyn opened the account that Rex had created for her and logged in before uploading her music with beach video and the lyrics of her song displaying on the screen.
After that, she logged out and went to apply for debut on Fearless entertainment’s official website before she opened her reading app to check if her beloved author had released some new chapters.
To her surprise, Hassy updated only 10 chapters in a month. Jeslyn almost cried. “Hassy, how could you do this?” She lamented but couldn’t help reading the available chapters.
“Mnn, not bad, although I’m not impressed with the scanty update, however, it was indeed a great read. For that, here’s your gift.” Jeslyn gifted the book with the highest gift available on the app.
Having nothing else to do, she decided to call Maverick but he couldn’t be reached. He had done this everyday after he left. Despite knowing his number won’t be reachable, she still calls him.
Jeslyn then called nanny Martha, Yellow, and Lolita for a little friendly chat before she decided to chat up Emma and Ava to know how they were going.
Their friendship has grown over time and it was the best decision she had ever made.
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTERS 31 – 40
A few hours later, Jeslyn was sleeping with Valen in her arms when her phone rang. It was already midnight. Who could be calling her so late at night?
Grabbing her phone from the drawer, it was Lolita. She answered the call but immediately pulled it away from her ear. Why was she screaming in joy? The foolish girl is even in the club by this late hour. Jeslyn sighed.
“Calm down and talk.” Jeslyn said drowsily.
“Jeslyn! You can’t believe it. Your music broke the chart for newbies. You are rocking the platform right now!”
“Oh, I’ll check that at dawn. I’m dead tired and sleepy.”
“I’ll call you as early as 5 AM. You better be awake before that time.”
“Hmm… I will.” Immediately Jeslyn replied, she disconnected the call and put her phone on flight mode. She needed her beauty sleep to maintain a beautiful face.”
While Jeslyn was sleeping, the platform was on fire. It all started with a male A-lister coming across the video and leaving exclamation marks and screaming gifs on the comment section of Jeslyn’s video. Then he followed her afterwards.
His stalking fans immediately followed suit. But the music was a killer. They genuinely loved it and the transition between different voices got them spellbound.
In no time, they made a hashtag. ‘#listeningtoloveintherain.’
It became the most trending hashtag for the week.
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTERS 31 – 40
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