Chapter 6 I Am The Boss In This House
After closing the door, Ca tousled her hair, seeming to be so frustrated. She couldn''t help but let out
an audible sigh as she walked toward the couch.
She stared nkly at the wall while five minutes had passed.
And then ten minutes...
Twenty minutes...
Subconsciously, Ca took a nce at the door.
But everything was still the same, and the door just remained shut. The silence was so deafening that
she somewhat yearned to hear even just a single knock on that door.
After getting a whiff of the delicious sparerib soup that Terence had left for her in the kitchen, the guilt
Ca felt toward him crept up more and more into her gut.
Although he just came around out of the blue and didn''t even bother telling her who he really was, he
might have had a good reason to keep it from her.
Besides, they stayed almost a day in the hospital, and it was actually already close to dusk now.
''Where could he have possibly gone? He doesn''t even have any money with him, ''
Ca contemted for most of the next hour as she couldn''t stop herself from feeling sorry for throwing
Terrence out.
All of a sudden, the door was flung open from the outside. Sean put away his key and noticed that his
sister was curled up on the couch in fetal position.
Ca didn''t bother looking up because she knew it was just Sean, who had just gotten home from
school.
"Sis, how could you ask Terence to pick me up from school? He had a fever this morning and still
hasn''t fully recovered from his earlier injuries yet. But I have to say, he is really an awesome guy.
Jeremy invited me to y basketball with him after school and Terence came to look for me. It was so
amazing when he did a m dunk!"
With the look of admiration in his bright eyes so crystal clear, Sean sat down beside his sister on the
couch.
As soon as Sean was done talking, Ca lifted her head up and saw the man who had just walked into
the house carrying some onions.
"Terence, you''re back."
Seeing as Terence just got there, Sean stood up immediately and weed him after taking the onions
from his hand. Then he added with an excited voice, looking up to Terence,"Terence, could you please
teach me how to pull off that m dunk so I can be just as awesome as you are?"
After checking up on Ca first, who, at the moment, still looked so surprised at his sudden
appearance, Terence patted Sean on the shoulder and replied,"Sure. as soon as I can get my strength
back, we can practice it after you''re done with school. The basketball court in the neighborhood would
do just fine.
I''ll take care of these onions for you. The soup is almost done. Let me just go check it."
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Finishing his words, Terence walked into the kitchen with graceful strides just as usual.
Acting as if nothing had happened, he proceeded cooking in the kitchen. Ca, on the other hand,
could not be just asposed as he was.
She sprung up from the couch and turned to Sean as she said,"Sean, go back to your room first and
take care of your homework. I''ll call you when the dinner is served."
"Alright."
Nodding his head, Sean grabbed his schoolbag and headed toward his bedroom.
Step by step, Ca walked into the kitchen and then leaned against the door with her eyes almost
piercing through the back of the man. The man, who was busy with kitchen work at the time, seemed
so tall and somewhat reliable.
"Why did youe back? And how did you find out which school Sean goes to?"
When he heard Ca''s questions, Terence was still in the middle of washing the vegetables. He turned
to take a look at the woman standing behind him, then gave a soft smile and answered,"The soup
wasn''t done yet. I can''t just leave it like that for too long.
As for what school Sean goes to, I found out from the awards in his room when I was cleaning the
house. It wasn''t that hard."
In contrast to Terence''s apparent calmness, Ca was actually struggling silently. She had thrown him
out earlier, and yet there they were standing under that same roof again.
He was even preparing their dinner in the kitchen without anyint.
"I told you I''d pay you back.
If I leave you now, I won''t be able to forgive myself. So I chose to stay and help you and your brother in
whichever way I can.
All I want is to pay you back, nothing else. If I upset you in any way, then I''m sorry about that."
With all sincerity in his voice, Terence exined while chopping up the vegetables.
She might''ve been a little too furious with him before he exined things to her, but now, she felt much
better and was no longer in a mood where she wanted to throw him out again.
After he was done with cooking, Ca was quite astonished to see the fine and fabulous dinner on the
table, four dishes and a soup as well. It was such a fancy dinner. Because of this she couldn''t control
herself from staring at the man who was sitting right next to Sean at the opposite side of the table.
Before she could begin to say anything, Sean asked instead,"Terence, where did you learn to cook
such delicious food? Are you a cook?"
Sean was so overly astounded by the delicious food as it tasted much better than the simple dishes his
sister could make.
"No, I''m not. But I have an aunt who is a famous chef. I used to live with her, and I learned a few things
while I was there, so preparing dinner is not too hard of a task for me."
Saying that, Terence gently put down a bowl of soup in front of Ca.
It was hard for her to admit it, but Ca was so deeply touched by the hot soup served in front of her. It
was the first time that another man had cooked for her besides her father. Her feelings were a bit
conflicted.
It had been such a long time since she, along with Sean, had a meal with others after their parents
passed away.
Their rtives only saw them as an inconvenience and wouldn''t spend so much time with them. And
even if some of them would go out of their way toe to pay a visit, they''d leave as soon as possible
and wouldn''t even bother staying to have a meal with her and Sean.
After the dinner, a problem suddenly came up.
How were the three of them going to sleep in that tiny house which only had two bedrooms?
Aside from that, Sean had to do his homework in the evening so he needed a quiet room in order to
focus. And also, his bed was only 1.2 meters wide. It''s barely enough to fit two persons to sleep on it.
"Sis, Terence can be your boyfriend. Then he can stay with you in your bedroom,"
Sean advised as he always saw such simr plots in the TV series that he watched.
And above all else, Terence cooked good food and was also good at ying basketball. Due to that,
Sean was 100% pleased with the idea of Terence living with them.
However, before he could even finish his words, a cushion with a picture of a cute dog was thrown
directly into his face.
"Shut up! And go back to your bedroom now. This isn''t a problem for you to take care of."
Ca rolled her eyes at Sean and sat back to the couch when she saw him go back to his room. She
turned her gaze toward Terence, who was sitting opposite to her on the couch, and said,"Our house is
way too small. We don''t have any spare ce where you can stay."
Fixing the brokenptop which he had found from a corner of the house, Terence didn''t raise his head
and replied,"I can just sleep on the couch."
Upon hearing his answer, Ca pursed her lips and said,"All right. But you''re not allowed to move
around in the evening, especially not without any clothes on.
And you need to take care of the breakfast and the dinner every day, in addition to being in charge of
the housework. Furthermore, don''t bring anyone else home and don''t you dare enter my bedroom
without my permission."
"No problem,"
Terence replied without even raising his head because he was still preupied with fixing theptop
with the help of a screwdriver at the moment.
Noticing that he didn''t even bother to take a look at her after all the things she said, Ca couldn''t help
but feel like she had been disrespected. So she raised her eyebrows and stepped in front of him. She
lifted his chin up with her hand and warned,"Terence, look into my eyes whenever I''m talking to you.
You hear me?"
She was the boss in this house, who earned money for their living expenses. Hence, she surely
needed to be respected, especially by him.
Terence was a bit surprised at the moment since it was the first time for him to have his chin lifted up
that way by a woman. He was caught in a daze for a second there, but soon let a gentle smile slip from
his lips and put down theptop.
"Yes, my queen. Whatever you say."
Terence looked into Ca''s eyes with a glimmer of amusement in his deep eyes.
Ca got lost in his eyes for an instant before she could process what had just happened, then she
suddenly felt embarrassed and quickly let go of his chin.
"All right. It''s alreadyte. I need to go to bed now."
Ca mumbled and slightly shook her shoulders, trying to shake off her embarrassment, then headed
toward her bedroom.
The bathroom was located in the other end of the living room. When she changed into her pajamas in
her room and tried to take a bath, she had no choice but to walk past Terence.
She looked up and saw him looking at her as she walked by.
It was summer now, and that being the case, the pajamas she was wearing were pretty thin.
Terence''s eyes were fixated on her body in that moment, showing a hint of amusement.
He gave her a look from head to toe without so much as an attempt to even try hiding his gaze. This,
without a doubt, drove Ca mad immediately.
"Terence An!"