Chapter 29: 29: Worst birthday
The soon-to-be-married couple was having fun in the bedroom, rolling on the bed, getting sweaty all over. Meanwhile, at Stewart villa, the birthday girl is losing her temper as the person she's waiting for is not coming. The clock keeps ticking and it is already 12 in the morning. Most of the guests have started to leave the venue.
Only April's friends who still left with her. It's not like they wanted to stay and comfort the fuming woman but they actually wanted to meet or catch a glimpse of the Godly male, Tsujihara Kevin. To be in the same place and maybe a little closer to him is such a rare chance that must be grabbed. But seeing the situation now, they all think April was lying when she said Tsujihara Kevin promised to attend her birthday party. Their faces twitched with fake smiles, trying to cool her down.
Suddenly, one of her maids ran towards her. "Miss April, one of your guests asked me to give this to you before he left." April quickly grabs the sticky note from the maid's hand and reads its content.
'April, look for a Hermes paper bag among your gifts. That's something from Kevin.
-Raiden'
"Raiden? Didn't he leave almost an hour ago? Why are you giving me this now?!" She yells at the maid before.
"I- I'm sorry, Miss April. That man said to give it to you right at midnight. He said it is a surprise for you and he said you must be happy when you receive it. I- I'm sorry..." The maid keeps bowing. She didn't read what was written on the sticky note so she didn't know if it was urgent or not. As the guest asked her to do it like that, she just obeyed.
April is about to raise her hand to slap the poor maid but a rough hand suddenly holds her back. April was infuriated and turned around but her mouth shut tight when she saw her father's face. "Enough. There is no need to hit her. Shouldn't you go and find the paper bag? I thought you were expecting Kevin's gift?" Stewart had enough of the commotion caused by her daughter. He already expected that Kevin won't come but her daughter was being delusional.
April instantly went to the table where all the gifts were placed. She inspected it one by one until she saw the Hermes paper bag hidden behind a few other gifts. She hastily grabs it causing other gifts to fall over the table and hit the ground. One of April's friends turned sour when she saw her gift being pushed away and fallen, unappreciated. Without saying anything, she left the place.
April temporarily forgot about Kevin breaking his promise when she saw the branded handbag. The style is okay but not too much to her taste but she didn't mind it as long as it was from Kevin. Carrying the handbag and showing it off to the other two of her friends, April pretended to look sulky. "I was so sad when Kevin didn't come but what can I do? I guess he is just too busy 'cause you know... he is the CEO of Tsujihara Group. It must be hard for him even on the weekend. But you see this... he didn't forget about my birthday! He even sent someone to pass this HERMES to me. What a sensible guy!"
The two women who had to listen to her 'ranting' had a facial muscle cramp from forcing a smile. "True! Anyone who marries him must be so lucky!"
"Yeah. I'm so jealous of future 'Mrs. Tsujihara'" She wiggles her eyebrows as if hinting that Mrs. Tsujihara she mentioned is April.
April oblivious to the sarcasm smiles sheepishly. Swaying the handbag left and right, looking smug. "You guys are such a tease! Our marriage is...still unsure. Who knows we might go separate ways. We still can't predict the future."
Despite her calm words, her two friends know once April sets her target, she will get it even if she has to use underhanded ways.
April was checking the handbag when she noticed there was a card inside the main compartment. Thinking that Kevin wishes her birthday, April gladly takes out the card and waves it in front of her two friends.
"Let's see... how sweeter Kevin can be..." She said while taking out the card from its envelope. However, her proud smiles instantly faded as she read what was written on it.
"Happy Birthday, April. I hope you have a blissful birthday.
By the way, I hope you like the handbag. MY BOYFRIEND chose it for you. He was struggling so much when he was making the decision. Happy birthday again and enjoy your life! -Kevin"
The hand that holds the handbag strap is clenching tightly and shaking. April's jaw tightens and her lashes tremble. She tried so hard not to burst with curses and swears.
She needs to save her face. She just shamelessly shows off the present from Kevin in front of her friends so she can't let her friends know about the content of the card.
"What did Kevin say?" One of her friends tried to lean over to steal a glance but April automatically put the card back into its envelope. "Nothing. He just wished me a happy birthday and said sorry for not being able to come. He was busy."
The two friends look at each other and their mouths form an "O". Can't endure any more of these fake conversations, April's friends excuse themselves. As soon as they left, April took the gift from Kevin with her and went to her room.
Slamming the door behind, April throws the handbag to the floor harshly and steps on it. "Fuck! Bitch! You whore! You fucking bitch! I hate you! Arghh!!" She went hysterical.
Too bad, the branded handbag is still intact even after being stepped on and thrash here and there. April takes the card and tears it.
Slumps on the floor, April panting heavily. Her hair becomes a mess and if she goes out with her current look, people will say she is crazy.
Unbothered by how she looked right now, April takes her phone and calls Benjy. The call was connected after the third attempt. "Why is it so hard for you to pick up your phone?!" She yells.
The man on the other line pulls away his phone from his ear. He mutters, "This bitch can never shut up..."
Putting back the phone near his ear, Benjy answers lazily, "Because I was sleeping. Don't you realize what time it is now?" He slightly grunts. He barely gets sleep at night but when he finally has it, someone disturbed it.
April glanced at the digital clock on her bedside table and it showed "00:45". But she didn't want to admit her fault and continue finding fault in others. "Aren't you a night owl? Stalking people from midnight until dawn? Why would you suddenly go to bed so early tonight?"
Benjy grunts again. He is sleepy and doesn't feel like he wants to entertain the grumpy woman. "What else do you want? Call me at this time, you must be needing something from me."
"It's about the man that I asked you to find out. It's been more than a week but what did you get? Nothing!"
Benjy's mood is already down the moment his sleep was disturbed and now April yelling and pressuring him, he lost his temper. "If you think you can do better, then do it yourself!" He hangs up and turns off his phone.
April's eyes widen as this is the first time Benjy is being rude and ignoring her. Usually, even if she went mad, Benjy at most would stay silent and didn't fight back.
April threw her phone and it was smashed on the wall. "Fuck you!" She never thought this day that was supposed to be a happy day for her turned out to be the worst.
The next day, April wears a fitted black dress that holds her curves tightly. The dress is so short that if she bends her body, her undies can be seen. Setting her face with bold makeup and strong perfume, April went out to go and find Benjy at his apartment.
All night she was thinking. Benjy is her most reliable source. Benjy also knew so much of her secrets. Therefore, she needs to stay on his good side. She already thought of a way to make up with Benjy and the result won't be disappointing.
April had already gone to Benjy's apartment a few times before so she directly made her way to the tenth floor, room 1009. She rings the bell and a minute later the door is opened.
"Hey, can we talk?" She leans forward and gently rubs on Benjy's chest. The latter knows her intention so he rolls his eyes then lets her into his apartment.
Close the door behind, Benjy walks past her and slumps on the couch, pulling back the laptop onto his lap. He was just done with lunch as the emptied lunch boxes were still on the coffee table. Benjy didn't say anything and waited for April to speak up.
"Hey," April takes a seat beside Benjy, linking their arms and pressing her melons on Benjy's arm. "Sorry for last night. Something happened at the party and I accidentally vent my anger on you."
Benjy didn't turn to face her and continued scrolling Netflix. Getting no reaction from the man, April pressed her breast harder and even tried to put Benjy's arm between her cleavage, rubbing it softly.
"Benjy, I need your help. You're the only one that I can depend on. In return..." She leans closer and whispers, "I'll be yours the whole night."
Benjy's right corner lips raised. People usually admit their mistake and say sorry first but April will never do that. She will never admit her mistake. Instead, she would do other things to make up for her fault, just like what she is doing right now.
To be honest, Benjy has lost interest in sleeping with a loose woman like April. If he wants to do it, he can go to any club and pick up the girls there. Doing with them feels the same as doing with April. A whore who will spread their legs to any man.
Benjy pulls his arm away from the melons and slides his butt further, making a distance between them. April was stunned.
"What help do you need? Just double the amount of cash." Double the amount meaning he doesn't need sex.
April feels extremely humiliated. She even made an effort to dress up so sexy and lowered her ego and make her way to this apartment and offer herself but she was blindly rejected. Benjy not even once turned to feast on her body. April clenched his jaw and a tight fist formed. The skin on her palm was scraped by her long nails.
'Fine. It's your loss and it is even better for me not to do it with a tiny dick like you,' April coaxing herself.
Her mouth twitches to form a fake smile. "It's about Hamada Yuki. Have you found anything about him? Wasn't he taken by his uncle before? What happened to his uncle now?"
"No. I found nothing about his uncle. He only got maternal aunts and his father was a single child, so basically he got no 'uncle'."
"N- No... it can't be. All the neighbors said that he was taken by his uncle or...did they lie?"
Benjy shakes his head. "I don't think they lied." April frowns. "Either the man who took him away was not his biological uncle or that man's identity is not as simple as we thought."
"Then, is there any other way to find his uncle? Maybe you can find any man in his forties or fifties with the Hamada surname."
Benjy slams closed his laptop. He turns to face April and sighs. "You don't even know his age or his face, do you think I can find him with a surname and a huge range of age? No one saw that man's face clearly. Even the neighbors never saw him face to face so how can we recognize him?" He slightly raises his voice as April is getting more and more unreasonable with her requests.
April suddenly got agitated and bit her nails. Her eyelids tremble and she keeps muttering nonsense. "No...no... It can't be. Who is this guy actually? How is it so hard to find out about him? Is he someone special? That's why Kevin paid so much attention to him. Yeah! Must be that. Kevin is not the type that easily falls for someone. There must be something Kevin wanted from that slut. Yes...yes... Must be that..."
Benjy eyed her up and down. In contrast with her seductive and bold look, her face looks like a lunatic.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone