Ch 3: The Mistress Moves

Rina opened her eyes the next day, only to see her tears have dried up and her eyes had swollen. She went out of her room, still tired because of crying herself until midnight. She realizes that there's a sandwich on top of the dining table. Nabila smiled at the discouraged Rina.

"Mistress I have prepared your breakfast", she bowed with a smile.

She nodded to her and sat on the dining table, the sandwich tasted wonderful to the point Rina scarfed it down hungrily. Nabila told her that the young master isn't around so she recommended I take a detour around the condominium. She looked around the condominium curiously and found herself mesmerized by the large swimming pool on the balcony.

Most of the house interior is white, in contrast to his usual stern look he seems to like the color that reflects gentleness. She traced her fingers to the dining room grey mahogany table, she soon walked to the balcony where the open swimming pool was located. Rina dipped one of her feet in the swimming pool, enjoying the coldness she felt on the surface of her skin. Noticing how big the condominium is, she felt rather lonely with only Nabila around watching her every movement from afar.

She returned to the dining room, only to be welcomed by Nabila's kind smile. Rina smiled back at the friendly maid, she then later explored her husband's bedroom. It was the bedroom where her husband pinned her down roughly, at that time she couldn't see the whole interior of the bedroom. The source of light only came from the moonlight that shone brightly that night.

The bedroom is big and spacious, the king-sized bed looks messy because of Eka's rough treatment to her. She sighed as she remembered last night's treatment, she sat on the king-sized bed with heaviness in her heart.

She texted her dad to send her laptop tomorrow, she has to find a job to keep herself busy and also to repay her family debts. She also has to pay for her mother's medical expenses. She laid on the king-sized bed, her eyes fixated to the beautiful ceiling. She just realized that the ceiling has pictures of flying angels. She reached her hand toward the ceiling, admiring the beautiful painting.

"I can no longer come back to him, my childhood friend", Rina thought sadly.

Her heart and her mind are not synchronized like it has to be. She hates seeing how she is weak and below Eka, her nemesis. She crumpled the sheets on the bed and fell asleep soundly on the king-sized bed.

Nabila watched the mistress from afar, she patted Rina messy hair and put a blanket on her.

"Sleep tight", Nabila smiled to Rina.

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She blinked her tired eyes, the smell of freshly baked pies awakened her smelling senses. She woke up tiredly as she rubbed her soggy eyes. She stared at the fresh pies on the nightstand, confused why would pies suddenly appear out of nowhere inside the bedroom. She drew closer to the pies, not sure whether to scarf it down or left the delicious pies alone. What if the pies are for Eka to eat? She's not sure if she should eat it leisurely.

"Mistress, it's for you to eat", Nabila spoke out of nowhere.

Rina turned around only to see Nabila peeping from the door with only her head sticking out. She walked closer to Rina and patted her shoulder kindly.

"I noticed that the mistress is in great distress, which is why I made the pies to make you feel better", the old woman smiled sincerely.

"I see, thank you Nabila" Rina spoke quietly.

She chomped on the pies happily without a care in the world, Nabila encouragement made her plummeted heart rise from the darkness. She wonders why a good person like Nabila ended up as Eka's servant, isn't she far too nice for that perverted president?

As she eats one slice of pie she notices that the skies are getting darker. She looked on her cell phone screen to check the time, that's when she suddenly choked. Nabila was surprised by the sudden cough and ran to the kitchen as fast as her old body could. She gave the glass of water to the coughing Rina.

"Mistress, are you alright? Please stay calm" Nabila said concernedly.

"Ahh sorry, it's my time to work so I will have a quick shower Nabila", Rina replies quickly.

"Oh right, you can share the pies with Mr. Eka".

Rina's last words seem to baffle the old maid, Nabila chuckled and nodded slightly as Rina made her escape to the bathroom. She quickly undressed and showered under the steamy shower.

She prepares her clothes beforehand, a ten minutes shower is done and then she puts on a baseball t-shirt and trousers. She carries her work uniform secretly inside her bag. She stuffed her work uniform in a sports bag along with high heels, Nabila guided her toward the entrance.

"Are you going to be alright Mrs. Rina?", Nabila asked worriedly. "It's almost night, 5 pm".

"Ah I'm going to be fine Nabila, thank you for worrying about me", Rina waved her hand as she hurriedly made her way to the elevators. She pressed the 'down' button, hoping that she didn't bump her tyrannic husband Eka.

Unfortunately fate says otherwise, Eka appeared from the right elevator and with a perplexed expression toward Rina commoner outfits. Eka roughly grabbed Rina's shoulder when she wanted to escape to the elevator.

"Where are you going?", he asked sternly.

Rina flinched because of his death grip on her shoulders. Rina sharpened her gaze and pushed him back, much to the President's surprise.

"Where am I going is none of your business Mr. Eka, I am very thankful for your support regarding my family debt and my mum's medical bills", Rina clenched her fist tightly.

"However, I have to excuse myself for a while".

Rina pressed the button to the elevator and left the premises, of course leaving the confused President behind as well. As she made her leave, she walked quickly to exit the condominium area. She turned around hoping that the President didn't follow her. However, much to her displeasure she saw the President's smile grew wider from the lobby area.

His sharp eyes are aiming at her, as if a hunter looking at his prey she felt a chill surrounding her body.

"I had a bad feeling about this", Rina muttered to herself.

She escaped to the public toilet and changed her outfit there, wishing that by stopping there she would avoid the President's cold gaze. She quickly changed her T-Shirt attire to a skimpy shirt outfit with black trousers, it is the typical bartender attire. Reaching deeper into the sports bag, she found her makeup kit, she opened the hand-sized mirror as she put on her makeup meticulously.

She put on the BB cream and other makeup such as mascara and lipstick. Rina tries her best to smile confidently on the hand-sized mirror she carries around.

"Perfect", she smiled.

She exited the public toilet quietly while walking faster toward the slump area of the Metropolitan city. She entered a suspicious alleyway that most people would avoid, she knows very well that the place she works is the kind of place people would judge and avoid but she has no choice.

An exotic looking building can be seen after a few meters of a walk from the alleyway, a building with a kiss and naked woman signs. Rina barged in hurriedly, welcomed by the smiles of her coworkers.

"Oh my God Rina! I'm so worried! I thought you're late!", a girly looking man with a waiter suit came and hugged Rina affectionately.

"Sorry about that, something came up", Rina smiled to her affectionate coworker.

The blonde girly man smiled and rubbed Rina's head kindly, for Rina he seems to be the kindest coworker she ever knew despite his difference in sexual orientation. Kevin may be handsome but he's not exactly into women like other men, but his soft gesture radiates sensitivity and kindness.

He is Rina's first friend and her senior in work, Rina feels thankful for Kevin's presence right now.

"At least my day isn't that bad after all", Rina thought sullenly.

She works in a nightclub named Sweet Kiss, it's a secret nightclub for LGBT people to gather around and have fun. She knows how they 'had' fun incidentally, and happened to always bump at the at most inconvenient times.

The night bar is quite colorful in its way, decorated with lots of vibrant rainbow colours and still exudes nightclub vibe because of the neon lamps.

Embarrassed by her cluelessness, she's getting used to seeing awkward situations. "Rinaaaaa!", another coworker of hers greeted her bubbly.

This time it's Maya and her boyfriend Alan come, they both snuggle to Rina much to Rina's surprise.

"What's wrong?", Rina asked the couple.

"Can you help me with table number ten? They order lots of beverages I just can't bring them all", Maya begged.

"I'm only accompanying Maya here to talk to you" Alan said relaxedly.

Maya can be a little bit childish for her age, while Alan, her boyfriend acted like a big brother to Maya.

"Sure", Rina nodded. "But after mixing the drinks I'll be there".

Not long after that, she spotted a newcomer entering the bar. She noticed that caramel-skinned man who just passed by in front of her. It was none other than her tyrannic husband, Eka. It seems like he came with a male friend although it's not Rizky from the wedding party, it's someone else.

"Oh my God he's so handsome", Kevin commented with a blush on his face.

"Great, now what?", Rina sighed.