Chapter 87

87 Dad Who Has Disappeared

“So, are you satisfied with family time for a week?” Arthur asked with a sweet smile etched on his handsome face.

Kalea nodded hesitantly, she was a little surprised by Arthur’s actions just now even though it wasn’t the first time he had done it. It’s just that, because they haven’t seen each other and communicated for a week, Kalea feels weird.

Arthur started to drive his car back away from around Kalea’s house. The girl was worried if someone saw her with Arthur, but hopefully not.

“You don’t miss me?” Arthur asked, keeping his focus on the road ahead. Instead of answering, Kalea asked back.

“What do you want me to say?”

“I want you to feel the same way too.”

Kalea pursed her lips, turning her face to face the car window. “But you didn’t call me at all?” she pouted softly.

“Huh? You once said, when you’re with your family, you rarely check your cell phone,” Arthur said defensively.

Kalea was silent, she forgot she had said such a thing.

.....

“Then let’s just say I miss you,” Kalea said without intending to look at her sugar daddy.

Arthur’s eyebrows rose and he slowly smiled amused at Kalea’s shy words. “It seems so hard for you to be honest with me,” Arthur teased, pinching the girl’s cheek.

“I-it hurts!” Kalea shouted clapping Arthur’s hand to release the pinch from her cheek.

“By the way, Lea. Can you make me some more lunch tomorrow?”

“Eh? Do you like it?” Kalea asked, surprised.

“Yes, I like the sensation,” Arthur replied with a slight grin.

Kalea frowned, not understanding. What sensation was this man referring to? “Huh? What sensation?”

“Like a husband and wife.”

A blush slowly appeared on Kalea’s cheeks, she turned her face away again not wanting Arthur to know if her face was red because of the man’s ridiculous words. “Nonsense, you don’t want to get married.”

“It’s not like that, but I’m not ready to get married,” Arthur corrected.

“Yea, yea. Whatever, I’ll make one tomorrow.”

“You come to my office,” Arthur said, as he stopped his car on the side of the road close to the Kalea campus.

“What? Why should I go there again?” Kalea asked surprised, even though Arthur could carry it himself like that time.

“I’m not going home today, honey. I still have something to do,” Arthur replied as he unbuckled his sugar baby seat belt. Kalea was holding her breath when Arthur’s close proximity and the scent of his masculine body filled Kalea’s sense of smell.

“Even though I’m home, but still,” Kalea muttered very quietly.

“What?”

Kalea gasped in surprise when Arthur was actually right in front of her face only inches away. “No-it’s nothing.”

“I heard it, Babe,” Arthur said, his sharp gray eyes staring intently at the girl’s hazel eyes.

“Then why are you still asking? D-don’t get too close to me, what if someone sees it?” Kalea pushed Arthur’s chest back to its original position and let her breathe normally again.

“Huh? Doesn’t everyone already know you’re a sugar baby? Why are you still afraid? Just let it go,” Arthur said, surprised.

“Still unethical!” Kalea exited the car by opening the door. “Thank you and see you later,” she said goodbye without waiting for Arthur’s response, the girl was already walking along with other students who went by public transportation and walked to campus.

Arthur was still looking at Kalea until he narrowed his eyes when he saw a car making the girl stop walking and talk to someone in that car.

“Lea is close to another man?” Arthur muttered in surprise, he had no intention of leaving there until Kalea was no longer talking to anyone. Moreover, her sugar baby face seems to be forced to smile and uncomfortable. Arthur had opened the door and wanted to approach Kalea, but the car was already driving back into the campus. Arthur also gave up his intention and closed the car door again.

Even from a distance, Arthur could still see the expression Kalea was showing. The girl turned sad and walked a little sluggishly.

“Damn it, who was that person in the car earlier? Why make Lea like that?” Arthur cursed in annoyance, he squeezed the steering wheel.

***

Kalea placed her groceries on the kitchen table. After the lecture was over, she first stopped at the supermarket to buy some groceries for her sugar daddy’s lunch. Since Arthur won’t be coming home, it looks like she will try various kinds of food so that tomorrow she won’t be confused about what to make for Arthur.

Without changing clothes first, Kalea put on her cooking apron and started washing the ingredients for the food that she would use this afternoon. Since Kalea hadn’t eaten yet, all the dishes she was about to make would be her dinner.

For some reason, apart from cooking for her mother, Kalea felt something that made her so excited when cooking food for Arthur. She really enjoyed her time in the kitchen while turning on the music so it wouldn’t be too quiet.

For about two hours, Kalea was engrossed in her cooking activities until finally everything was finished. “Looks like I made too much,” Kalea muttered putting her fork in her mouth, looking at the delicious looking food on the dining table. She swallowed her saliva roughly, there was no way the girl could spend it all alone. However, this apartment has no neighbors because it is on the top floor.

“Did I just invite Zeline here?”

Kalea took the cell phone that was in her bag, typed in the blonde girl’s contact and without much thought, she called Zeline.

[What?!”]

Kalea moved her cell phone away a bit because the noise was coming from the other side of the phone.

“You at the club?”

[No, it’s seven o’clock at night, Sis. I’m doing karaoke, why did you call me?]

“Ah ... actually I have a lot of food, do you want to come here?”

[Huh? Is that it?]

“Sorry, but that’s it.”

[Where is Arthur? Isn’t his mouth like a vacuum cleaner? He will suck up your homemade food in an instant.]

“... it turns out you’re good at joking too, Zeline.”

[The point is I can’t go there because I’m with my daddy. Sorry, bye!]

The corners of Kalea’s lips curved downwards, looking at the screen of her cellphone, which was no longer connected to Zeline. She didn’t know who else to invite because she didn’t have any friends anymore.

“Okay, that’s fine. I’ll just finish it myself or put it in the fridge later,” Kalea said to herself, she sat on one of the dining chairs and started eating her homemade food. Nothing is lacking, everything feels right on the tongue.

That night, Arthur really didn’t come home. Kalea spent her time alone studying and watching movies until she finally fell asleep on the sofa with the television screen still on all night.

Kalea woke up feeling very sore because of her uncomfortable sleeping position on the sofa. The girl held her neck as she walked towards the bathroom, her life not yet fully collected. Today, there is only one class that will be attended by Kalea, because other lecturers cannot attend class and ask students to study independently.

She would go to Arthur’s office first to give him his lunch. After everything was ready, Kalea glanced at the clock that was wrapped around her wrist. Soon it was time for lunch, the girl came out of the apartment carrying the lunch.

Kalea approached the receptionist who was there and said, “I’m sorry, I want to give this to Mr. Arthur Jefferson,” she said politely as she handed her a small bag with the contents of lunch that had been arranged neatly and beautifully in it.

“Ah, Miss. Lovaata? Mr. Jefferson asked you to come straight to his office.”

“Eh?”

Kalea blinked, she didn’t refuse when the woman ushered her into Arthur’s study like the last time she came. However, she thought that she was just dropping off and didn’t need to meet her sugar daddy.

“You can come in, Miss. Lovaata,” the woman said, after knocking on the door and hearing Arthur’s answer from inside, she welcomed her with a friendly smile.

“Th-thank you.”

Until the woman moved away, Kalea started to open the door to Arthur’s room with a straight face.

“Hi!” Arthur said cheerfully.

Her expressionless expression immediately changed drastically, returning Arthur’s smile very sweetly. Kalea walked over and put the small bag in front of Arthur with a little rudeness, so that the man was a little surprised.

“This is your lunch, Mr. Jefferson,” Kalea said deliberately sarcastically.

“Yes, thank you.” Arthur opened his lunch box right then and there, the corners of his lips rising even more. He has never been disappointed with Kalea’s cooking. “You are suitable to be a wife, Lea,” Arthur praised, as he rolled the spaghetti carbonara with a fork and devoured it.

“I don’t think I need to come here, I should just leave this to your employees,” Kalea protested, frowning in annoyance.

“I wanna have lunch with you, is that wrong? Why have you been angry since yesterday? You should have been nice after a week of not seeing me,” Arthur grumbled no less.

“I-I don’t know why either,” Kalea squeaked, pursing her lips.

Arthur looked at Kalea, he put his fork in the lunch box. The man grabbed Kalea’s arm and led her to sit on Arthur’s lap. “Something’s bothering you, hm?” Arthur asked in such a gentle tone of voice, that the girl’s emotions slowly faded.

Kalea wrapped her arms around Arthur’s neck, hugging him to vent her longing after spending last night alone in the apartment.

Arthur smiled, he returned the hug from his sugar baby. “You missed me, didn’t you?” he asked, and got a nod in response from Kalea. “You’re really adorable. Why are you really hard to be honest,” Arthur snorted, tightening the hug even more.

They had been in that position for fifteen minutes until Arthur’s voice interrupted. “Babe, it’s going to be lunch soon and Juan will be here.”

Kalea quickly let go of her arms and got off of Arthur’s lap. “Then I’ll go now.”

“Are you sure? I wanna have lunch with you,” Arthur said, holding the girl off.

“Next time, I don’t want to bother you. Bye!”

“Lea!” Arthur called.

Kalea stopped, she turned to her sugar daddy then returned to Arthur. The man’s eyes rounded as his lips felt something springy stick to there. Kalea kissed him on her own initiative.

“S-see you later.”

Kalea quickly walked out of Arthur’s room, not even realizing that Juan had just come out of his room and saw the girl. Kalea got into the elevator, her heart beating too fast and hard to control. She got out of the elevator once she was on the first floor.

.....

“Ah, Mr. Johnson! I heard you got another promotion, didn’t you?”

Kalea’s footsteps stopped when she heard a name that sounded familiar to her ears. She turned around to check again, her body stiffened just from seeing the man’s posture from behind.

The shock didn’t end until the man’s face became very clear.

H-her dad?!