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Cooking Matters

BYUR!

A bucket of water soaked Hana's body intentionally.

"What kind of daughter-in-law can't get up early, huh! There's cooking and taking care of the house! Your husband is about to leave for work and you have absolutely no intention of preparing proper clothes for him?" Getting that statement made Hana immediately scoop up her face and was shocked.

"Hurry up and get up! You have to be ordered around like that. No wonder your ex-husband left you. This is how you behave. Just like a queen!"

"Mom... can't it be later? I haven't breastfed Daniel yet,"

"I don't care! You have to cook right now!" Mrs. Kelly grasped Hana's right arm tightly and led her towards the kitchen without a care in the world for the baby boy who was crying because of the quarrel going on in their house.

Oek... oek... oek...

Hana tried to break her mother-in-law's grip but it wasn't that easy.

"Mom, Daniel is crying, Mom. I need to breastfeed him first."

PLAK!

Instead of getting permission, Hana gets a hard slap on her left cheek.

"How dare you challenge me!"

"I said cook, cook! Also prepare all the clothes for Franz's training!" Hana still couldn't get over her mother-in-law being so cruel to her.

"If you don't make it to the kitchen within one minute, then get out of this house forever, do you understand?" After saying that, Mrs. Kelly walked away leaving Hana still crying.

"Oh my, how is this? Geez, Daniel please calm down for Mama's sake." She muttered. Her footsteps had now reached the kitchen and started cooking.

Though it is clear, in that big house there is certainly a maid. But why was Hana asked to cook? Instead of many unanswered questions, Hana began to take over what the maid was doing.

"Auntie, let me do the cooking."

"Oh? But it's almost natang, Miss. You just need to set it on the table, how about it?" Asked the maid.

"All right, Auntie."

'Fortunately, the goddess of fortune is on my side. I don't have to cook so much, just prepare it. I hope Mom won't be angry even though I didn't do the cooking. That way I can breastfeed Daniel. Franz also seems to be finishing his bath soon. If I don't prepare his needs for work, you might get mad at me again.' Hana thought.

"Miss? Why are you daydreaming? Let's arrange some plates on the dining table,"

"Oh? Yes, Auntie, sorry. Let's get it ready."

The food on the dining table was set and the family began to eat quietly. Hana, on the other hand, continued daydreaming.

'My relationship with Franz is completely unpredictable. Franz is sometimes kind, sometimes indifferent. Just last night he suddenly paid attention to me, is he starting to love me?' Hana thought.

Flashback

"Did I do something wrong when I spoke to the television earlier so you shut me out?" Franz asked.

"No, that's not what I meant," Hana replied briefly out of nervousness.

'I can't possibly tell you that your mother has been unkind to me, Franz.' Hana said to herself.

"Then because of what?"

"Never mind, there's no need to discuss it too much,"

"But this is important for our future relationship, Hana," Franz said.

"I'm just tired, Franz. That's why I'm quiet." Then Hana left the balcony of her and Franz's room.

"I'm sure there must be something she's hiding from him."

Flashback END

'I'll find out why Hana has become so quiet.' Franz said to himself.

Hana had everything ready when her husband was about to leave for basketball practice. Tidying up her husband's clothes a little, then preparing his shoes.

"You don't have to go to all this trouble, Hana," Franz began.

"I just don't want my husband to be taken by someone else," Franz was instantly shocked.

DEG!

It was like being hit by a boulder for feeling insulted.

"Is that a sign that you're jealous, hm?" Franz deliberately teased his wife. Hana smiled, but as she was about to leave, Franz grabbed her arm. He pulled her down until she bumped into his chest.

"I will always try to love you. I don't know how long that will be," Franz kissed Hana on the forehead which made her happy in his arms.

"Yes, I believe in you," Hana replies.

"You're not working at the television station anymore? Huh... yesterday wasn't fun because the interviewer wasn't my wife," he jokes as he puts on his shoes and still looks at his wife.

"I don't know, because I took so long off from giving birth to getting married, maybe Mrs. Joy won't want to take me back," Hana replied with a sad look on her face.

"That's obvious, she's a pain in the ass at home. Better get a job! I'm just sick of seeing his face at home all the time, like a woman who only relies on her husband's income without making any other efforts," suddenly Mrs. Kelly snatched away, making Hana who was about to stare something at Franz now undo it. The middle-aged woman folded her arms across her chest and approached the two of them.

"Mom! Don't talk to my wife like that," Franz said.

"You dare to yell at your mother for this ignorant woman?" The mother raised one eyebrow. Even the sharpest glances were cast at the woman who was still standing next to Franz with a hint of fear. She lowered her head slightly to hide behind Franz.

"Remember, Franz. From the beginning, Mother did not approve of you at all. You are better suited to Karina who is clearly still a girl!" His mother emphasized with an index finger pointed at Franz's eyes.

"But fate says otherwise, Mother. Please understand that Hana is now my wife. So please, respect her in this house. Besides, whether Hana works or not is between the two of us. It has absolutely nothing to do with Mom. Moreover, now there is also Daniel who is clearly my son, my own flesh and blood," Franz explained. But it wouldn't be his mother if she didn't corner Hana.

"He's not necessarily your son, Franz. It could be that during the DNA test, she deliberately switched the results so she could marry you," her mother quipped.

"Stop, Mom! I don't want to argue with you. It's already 8:30. I'll be late if you keep nagging me." Franz said and left the house. Mrs. Kelly immediately approached Hana.

"It's all because of you! What magic did you use to trap Franz, huh!" Hana shook her head in fear, backing up to stop against the wall behind her.

"I'm warning you again, if you don't file for divorce from Franz, then Karina and I will force you to!"

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