บท 174: Moving Foward

Yuuki didn't stop his car but answer her.

"What's wrong, Yaeko?" Yuuki asked her but his expression was very softly as if afraid to hurt her. He was afraid that a loud voice would make her dizzy since she had drunk a lot of alcohol.

Yaeko was blushing when she heard him called her softly. She felt a different kind of excitement when she heard him calling her first name. Being called your name directly by a young man who was several years younger than her was something that made her happy.

His tone was very soft and this made her muddy head became slightly better. The dizziness on her head slowly disappeared and she could think more straightly.

Yaeko started to remember her first husband who left her because of her daughter. She almost forgot how it felt being called affectionally like that. She had decided to focus on raising her daughter by herself and ignored everything about the relationship with the opposite sex. She didn't want to associate herself with other men but he disrupted her life. He entered her life suddenly without notice and made her became slowly dependent on him.

Yaeko remembered when she was drunk and he carried her back to her room. She was very ashamed when she woke up in the morning. She didn't expect she could act very spoiled toward him. She was also very embarrassed being teased by her mom. Luckily, her daughter had already fallen asleep and didn't see her.

Yaeko also felt quite jealous when she saw him laughing and chatting happily with a woman named Akiyama. She felt her stomach was churning and she couldn't bear it. She knew that he had a lot of women outside since his mannerism, appearance, personality and this aura that made you safe from everything. She also wanted to become his women but her identity made it hard for her to do that.

Yaeko was the mother of both Shouko and Yuzuru. She knew that both of her daughters had known him for a while and their relationship was very good. She didn't know how they would react if they knew their mom had fallen in love with their friend but the most important thing was her daughter. She knew how her daughter feeling toward this young man. She knew how painful was her daughter life and she wanted her to be happy but she felt very uncomfortable. When she thought that she couldn't be together with him.

Without even noticing tears started to fall from her eyes. Yaeko was in deep thought thinking about how to get her happiness.

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Yuuki felt weird when she didn't answer him. He looked at her and noticed she was crying. She was stunned and stopped his car. He took his handkerchief and wiped her tears.

"Are you okay? Don't cry okay?" Yuuki wiped her eyes tenderly afraid to hurt her but he saw her tears didn't stop. He frowned and said, "Who makes you cry? Do you want me to beat up this person?"

Yaeko shook her head hard, "No, nothing happens. Something is just got into my eyes. Really, nothing happens." She said while wiping her eyes with her hand.

Yuuki frowned further when he heard him there was nothing wrong.

When girls or women said there was nothing wrong there must be something wrong with her.

"No, tell me what happens," Yuuki said. He wanted to know the reason why she was crying. He wanted to help her and made her smile again.

Yaeko looked at him. She looked down and said, "Why do you care about me?"

"Because you're my mother-in-law," Yuuki said with a soft voice. He liked Shouko and wanted to marry her to make her happy but since he was very busy. He was only talking to her through the phone. She had said she would give him a surprised and told him to wait.

Yaeko was Shouko's mother and he cared about her since they would become family.

"Do you really see me only as your mother-in-law?" Her tone was a bit down. Yaeko raised her head and looked him straight in his eyes. She wanted to hear his answer directly.

Yuuki looked at the woman in front of him. Her eyes were focused on him and he could see her clear eyes. This was his first time to see her like this and he had to admit that she was a very charming woman, many men would be very fortunate to have her in their life. Even though she had aged a bit but she was still very beautiful. He wanted to take her but his morality said differently.

Yuuki didn't want to take the mother of his targeted girl as his harem. Both relationships between him and her would be frowned upon but he didn't really care about that. What he was afraid was to make Shouko sad because he dated her mother.

What kind of face he can show to her when she knows about their relationship.

Yuuki had very complicated expression and couldn't answer her immediately.

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Yaeko smiled when she saw his complicated expression. She knew at least she had some place in his heart and she got her chance. She also knew the only thing stopped him from going forward was her daughter. She also didn't know how to tell her daughter when she knew about their relationship. She knew she had played with fire.

Yaeko felt she was like a moth who was drawn into the fire. Their relationship would be frowned upon but she wanted her happiness. She moved foward and touched his lips with her lips. She kissed him and felt something had been freed.

'Yuuki.....'

If it was dream, she didn't want to wake up.