Severo stepped forward leading Allyce by the hand.
Allyce was making a secret effort all the time, scratching Severo’s palm with her fingernails.
“Is that what you call it, Princess Eka getting a hobby?”
He had misunderstood her when she had deliberately explained that it was “because he was a man”.
Xabat had also said earlier that it was a life event.
“If not, what kind of fun do you think it is?”
By then, the two had reached the car and Severo opened the door and stood back, looking at Allyce as he spoke, gesturing for her to get in.
It was the look on his face that made Allyce uncomfortable.
Severo leaned over and planted a kiss on her lips before Allyce could speak again and pushed her into the car.
“Be a good girl and get in the car.” He said, moving gently without touching the bruise on her arm.
Allyce bristled and grunted, tilting her head to one side.
Severo climbed in and fastened it with some amusement.
“I don’t feel comfortable playing mahjong”. It was not convenient to do anything with an injured arm.
Severo spoke with derision: “I don’t know how to play mahjong.
“So what did you promise Princess Eka I would do?” Can’t you play and promise to play?
“You know how to play, why don’t you teach me?” said Severo as he started the car.
Allyce asked: “How do you know I can do it?
When she went to school abroad, her brothers dragged her to play mahjong together, but she was really bad at it.
Severo’s tone carried a hint of cockiness: “There’s nothing about you I don’t know”.
Allyce assumed he was making it up.
As a result, the next moment she heard Severo’s sensual voice: “I know you had your first orgasm when you were seventeen”.
Eh?
Severo then said to himself: “A bit late for my age”.
Allyce shook her fist: “Shut up!
Severo stopped talking, but the sound of laughter echoed through the carriage.
Allyce felt that one day she would not be able to resist domestic violence against Severo!
…
When some people arrived at Kimdis, the room for the mahjong game was already set up.
As Allyce could not move his arm, a three-way tie ensued, so a makeshift Kimdis employee was called in.
After a few rounds, Allyce and Severo, the husband and wife team, lost the most.
Xabat won with trepidation, but also with joy.
Finally, something the boss is not good at!
Allyce watched as the money came out in fistfuls and whispered to Severo in a somewhat apologetic voice: “Or else you should find someone else to play with them, if you keep losing like this, you’ll lose all the money for Beef’s dog food”.
I really didn’t expect Princess Eka to be so talented, even playing mahjong, an ancient Z game, could be learned so quickly!
Severo pursed his lips, his ink-dark eyes tinged with laughter: “What are you afraid of? I’ll beat you at the next game.”
Allyce didn’t know what to say to Severo’s defiant and arrogant tone, but she knew he would keep his words.
So at the end of the next game, Severo got it all back.
Allyce beamed as she counted the money, knowing that Severo would do what he said he would do.
At the same time, however, I was a little sad.
Was it really a question of intelligence?
Did she have a history of playing mahjong for years, at least, while Severo was a quick learner?
“Severo, I thought you said you couldn’t play!”
What do you know, Princess Eka suddenly got angry.
Allyce was a little confused, after all this time together, Princess Eka really gave her the impression that she was still too nice to get along with, there was no way she was going to get mad just because she had lost at mahjong.
Princess Eka gave him the impression that she lacked neither that temperament nor that money.
Severus, for his part, said with an indifferent look: “There is an old saying in Z that winning and losing is a common thing in a soldier’s house.
Eka scoffed: “Hmph, don’t talk to me about that nonsense, I’ve studied Chinese since I was a child, I understand all this!
“Since you understand, there’s no need to get angry.” Severo leaned back a little and looked slightly serious.
Allyce saw Princess Eka’s face change again.
I was a bit confused, it was just a game of mahjong, so why was I angry?
At the same time he realised that something was not right in the room.
Xabat sat with his eyes lowered, not saying a word.
The atmosphere was a bit stagnant, a bit depressing.
“Severo!”
Eka’s voice sounded a little gritty.
Xabat, who had remained silent, suddenly turned to another employee who was playing mahjong and said: “Go ahead, get to work.
That employee smiled and immediately got up and walked out.
“I’m going back to J in a few days, I still have a lot to do, so I’ll go to my room”.
With those words Eka got up and left, staying in Kimdis.
But the back of his head, whichever way you look at it, looks a bit angry.
When the door closed, Allyce asked Severo: “Why is Princess Eka angry?
“Women are like that, they’re always erratic, there’s nothing strange about it. Severo’s tone was extremely relaxed.
Allyce blinked, thinking it wasn’t as simple as Severo was making it seem.
He looked back at Xabat, but saw that he was standing there counting his money, looking like he had nothing to do with it.
Allyce felt a little helpless, these two men …
…
After dinner, the two went home and took Beef for a walk around the bay.
On the way back, Severo suddenly said: “Go for a walk sometime.
Allyce had never dated Severo before and, without thinking, said, “Yes.
Severo added: “Tomorrow, then”.
Allyce was stunned: “Didn’t you say you’d go when you had time?
“I’ll have time tomorrow.” Severo took his hand, squeezing it lightly.
Allyce thought, on the rare occasion when Severo was free, and nodded.
…
The following day.
Severo got up early in the morning, unpacking his bags.
Allyce got up later than him and sat on the bed with the blanket, watching Severo put all his clothes in the suitcase.
Daily toiletries, regular medication …
well organised, not a single thing was left out.
Even the pads … that Allyce needs to use on those days of the month were packed in the suitcase.
Allyce was a little embarrassed: “You’re going out for a year?”
Severo said without looking back: “If you want to, it’s not impossible”.
She did want to.
“How about quitting your job at Cultura Moon first?
Severo shoved a suitcase in and lifted it for storage, turned back to the bed and sat down, reaching up to smooth Allyce’s hair, which was a little frizzy from the night’s sleep, with an inexplicable coaxing in his voice, “All right?”