Contract Marriage starring Love and Revenge
Chapter 50. Daddy molds.

Chapter 50: 50. Daddy molds.

"Hah! Daddy wis making nonsense." Shelly points his clay muddied finger at his father, causing myself and Renny to join in his laughter.

"Seriously Daddy, what are you making?" I ask, because even I can’t recognize his masterpiece. He keeps saying it will take shape soon, but that has been over thirty minutes now and I’m still not seeing any recognizable shape.

Turns out our date was taking place in an amusement park, but the twins didn’t seem so amused about the amusement stuff other kids were amused about.

So we took our time looking around, asking the same question over and over, "Would you like to do this?"... "Woukd you like to do that?" We asked this question every time we came across something we thought they would like, or something their age grade is allowed to partake in, but these kids are something else.

They either want to get on rides they are too short to take or they don’t like the ones we’re suggesting altogether.

That is until we pass by an open space where little molded works are displayed and also being made.

And like they both telepathically communicated to themselves, they insisted on doing this stuff. I think they like it because they get to get their hands dirty.

Now here we are, Father, mother(if I’m allowed to call myself that) and children, in long aprons molding... And it’s fun.

"The three of you will be so shocked when you see the end result. You are all so impatient." He doesn’t take his eyes off whatever he’s doing. He just focuses his entire attention. He really is serious about whatever that is.

"I think he doesn’t know what he’s making." I whisper to the twins and they giggle and nod with agreement.

"Me on the other hand, can you look at my cup!! It is so beautiful, I think I can drink from it when it’s ready and dry. All that remains is a handle." I point it at the two of them with much enthusiasm.

"Mummy wis wally smart." Renny says and I shrug with pride.

"Yook at my own, it’s pyate." She says and I want to laugh at her wavy plate but I just smile brightly instead.

"Wow!!! That’s a beautiful plate!" I say.

"Mine wis a bowl." Shelly says, carefully lifting his piece up so I can see it, well... it’s a bowl alright, a bowl with lots of cracks, I think it will fall apart soon.

"Oh my gosh!" I exclaim, "That is a fancy bowl." I say to him and he smiles proudly. "My babies are professionals."

"Yay! We are pwofesonals!!" They both happily say with their hands in the air and their cheeks red from the cold.

"Renny, yets make a spoon too." Shelly suggests and Renny nods.

"Okay." She says in a sing-song manner. "Mummy and daddy will use the spoon to eat, wight?" Oh my gosh that is if it doesn’t fall apart before you finish making them.

"Of course my darlings! We will use your spoons." I say and with their enthusiasm fanned, they set their bowl and plate aside and move on to work on spoons.

Gosh, they are so cute, I swear.

I continue with my cup and God knows what Duke is actually creating there that he’s so focused. He just keeps rolling and rolling clay with his palm, I really can’t wait to see the outcome.

By the time I and the twins finish making our creations, Duke is still busy carving! Now we’re waiting for ours to dry and he seems to be nowhere close to being done.

Seeing this, I decided to take the twins around the park for a bit. To go get some popcorn or cotton candy while we wait for our stuff to dry and for daddy to finish his work.

...

"No way!!" We return after walking around for almost an hour, buying stuff and eating stuff only to find Duke standing with a miniature tiger in his hand! Painted and carved so beautifully!!

"Sir, come clean, he bought that from you, didn’t he?" I turn to the man in charge of the place.

"Wha— Pagne, you have so little faith in me." He scoffs in disbelief.

"This has nothing to do with faith, mister!" I poke his chest with my finger. "There is no way you made that! We all saw you, you’ve been fiddling with the clay for hours, and then conveniently when we are away, you complete it and it turns out to be a perfectly molded tiger! Come clean now mister. I will not have you win me fraudulently." I say.

"Daddy, it’s so byubwiful."

"See! The twins are already loving it! They are not even looking at my perfect cup again!" He’s a cheater!

"Pagne, I did it myself."

"I refuse to believe that you can be that good at everything!" I mean why?!!!

I turn to the man running the place again and with my hands clasped together and my face cringed in a pitiful manner I beg, "Please, please, please tell me he bought that piece from you. Please he can’t be so good. Please!"

"Sorry miss, but what can I tell you? The gentleman really made it himself. I was quite surprised to see the end results too."

"No!!"

"We go it on surveillance camera if you’d like to see." He points and I look up at the camera staring down at us. Ahhh! Dear God, why did you make him so well? He is unrealistic!!

"Still don’t believe me?" I flinch as his voice sounds so close to my ear.

I don’t even know what to say to him! I want to cry, the kids are not even looking at my cup now! It’s that damn tiger that has caught their fancy.

"You know dearest, I should punish you for not believing in your husband." He croons into my ear and I slap my ear again and again as though a mosquito is buzzing there.

"Mummy daddy was not making nonsense." Shelly says with big eyes that are so blindingly adorable.

But I hate to admit it! I had wanted my cup to look more beautiful than whatever he was making! "Y_yes. Turns out your daddy is a genius." I force a smile on my face.

"I really should punish you," He repeats.

"Well, who would have known you were actually making anything when you refused to tell us what you were making." I snap. "It’s not even that good." I mutter lies to make myself feel better. Why am I being so petty?

"Liar." He says and all of a sudden his likes presses on mine.

"W_what are you doing?" I push him gently and place a palm over my mouth, looking around like a thief scared of being caught. The irritated feeling has quickly left me, in fact I don’t know what I was irritated about in the first place.

"We are outside." He’s making me blush like an idiot.

"You’re too cute." He says as he stands up straight again. "even when you’re sulking and pouting."

"You’re mad, I swear."

"For you, yes. That is not contestable."

Gosh! I can’t even pretend to be annoyed anymore. What could I possibly be annoyed about? Right now I don’t care if the kids like his tiger more than my cup... The fact remains, I like this man more than any other thing.

...

{Alicia’s POV}

"Ahhh!!" I scream.

"Ali, calm down. Calm down, my dear daughter." Dad says.

"Whay do you mean calm down!!!" I scream again. "That bitch got the contract yet again! She got the contract and was bold enough to act like I don’t exist throughout the entire meeting!"

I’m still angry. I can’t get the entire morning out of my head! To think, I, Alicia tried to start up a conversation with her and she snubbed me!! Me!!

"Ahhh!!" I scream and with anger I pick up a flower vase and smash it into the ground.

But then a sudden sound different from the shattering sound of the vase fills the room. It takes a while for me to realize that my left hand is on my left cheek and that cheek is burning.

"Mom!" I scream as I realize she just slapped me!

"If you’re going to show your rage, do it somewhere else, not in my father’s house! How dare you show your anger by breaking vases centuries older than you!"

What?! I can’t believe her. "Mom, can’t you see I’m in pain right now?! That bitch keeps taking everything from me!"

"Then pour your anger on her! Are you even my daughter? Where did my daughter go? Right now you’re just a hotheaded mess! If Champagne is thriving, it’s only because you allow her to! Instead of wasting time on that useless doctor husband you took from her, shouldn’t you be thinking of ways to break her new backbone?!"

Mother is right, but that backbone she speaks of is so hard to meet! Apart from the party that time, I’ve tried to meet the man, but nothing has worked. Appointments are denied before I even get a chance to make them and he never goes to any major gatherings! How the heck should I break her new backbone?!

I still don’t believe it! I still don’t understand how she was able to snatch something so good!!