Having Had My Bride Stolen, I Just Want to Live Peacefully - Chapter 20

One evening.

“Didn’t you make it well?”

I had just finished cooking dinner.

In addition to being taught how to cook by Nene-chan, I also make things that I have researched myself.

Thanks to that, I feel like I’m getting better at handling knives little by little.

The taste is not as good as mother-in-law’s recipe.

Ding dong.

The intercom rings.

“Huh, who is it?”

It’s not morning, so it’s not Nene-chan.

I wipe my hands with an apron, move, and watch the screen on the intercom.

There was a frivolous-looking person on the screen.

It was my friend and colleague, Ootori Kyouhei.

“Hey, Arata.”

There was something interesting in his voice.

I have a bad feeling. At times like this, he’s usually planning to think strange things.

“What is it, Kyouhei? It’s unusual for you to come to my house.”

“That’s right. Well, good luck with the rest.”

What else does he want me to do my best?

When I was wondering that.

“Long time no see, Ichinose-kun.”

There is a calm husky voice.

A beautiful woman smiling seductively while scratching up her long hair appeared on the display instead of Kyouhei.

“Miyoshi-senpai!?”

It was Miyoshi Yui-san, my immediate supervisor and headhunted by an American company.

I had a bad feeling.

“How have you been?”

◇◆◇

“Please excuse my intrusion.”

“Please.”

Since they came all the way to my house, I invited Miyoshi-senpai and others in.

Miyoshi-senpai, who came in with a large carry case and a handbag, takes off her pin heels at the entrance.

Her long legs wrapped in black stockings stretching from tight skirts are noticeable.

She was as beautiful as ever as if she were paying attention to a single gesture.

“Huh, where did Kyouhei go?”

“He left earlier because he had an urgent matter. I really wish he’d stay.”

When I asked about Kyouhei, who was not following her in, I received such a reply.

What, urgent matter?

In other words, is it just me and Miyoshi-senpai?

That’s a different story.

Kyouhei is always there, but it’s the first time I’ve ever been with Miyoshi-senpai.

Miyoshi-senpai tries to avoid being alone with me.

She said she wanted Kyouhei to stay.

There was a time when I made a false assumption that she might be interested in Kyouhei.

“What’s the matter Ichinose-kun, are you conscious?”

“No, that’s not the case.”

I can’t say anything bad to my former supervisor, so I’ll respond calmly.

“Right.”

Miyoshi-senpai held her arms as if to judge me.

The way her arms lifted her chest made it difficult to know where to look.

“Please come this way, as we talk standing up.”

I overdo it by showing Miyoshi-senpai to the living room.

“Thank you. Let me sit down.”

Miyoshi-senpai sits on the sofa, crosses her legs, and lightly brushes the seat with her hand.

This alone creates an atmosphere of a seductive adult woman.

“But Ichinose-kun is homely, aren’t you?”

“Huh? Why?”

“Because you’re wearing an apron.”

After I’m told that I realize how I look.

I’m a little embarrassed to have my former supervisor see me like this in my daily routine.

“Well, uhm… I started cooking recently. So I got this.”

“That’s all right. It suits you very well, doesn’t it?”

Her clear eyes of the parallel double eyelids looked at me.

“Ah, I think the shape of the dots on the embroidery of ‘I.A’ on the chest is a little different from regular dots.”

“Huh, is that so?”

When I checked it, I felt that it was distorted for a dot.

I thought it was a dot, but it was a very small heart.

“If you look closely, it was a heart. I didn’t notice it until now. Miyoshi-senpai noticed it well.”

She was the same at work, but suddenly there’s a sharp indication about the details that no one would notice.

Her attention to detail is something else. This person is truly amazing.

“No, I just noticed it when I looked at it casually.”

Miyoshi-senpai answers casually.

I think she was staring, but I guess it was just my imagination.

Come to think of it, this embroidery is not so much a machine-like regularity as a human warmth.

I wonder if mother-in-law went out of her way to sew it herself.

Switching the dot to a heart was a cute touch.

But first, there is something I need to ask Miyoshi-senpai.

“Miyoshi-senpai, why did you come to my house?”

“That, I came to comfort Ichinose-kun.”

“Huh?”

I felt a strange sense of attraction pulling me in with a compassionate expression.

“Oh my gosh, I’m kidding.”

Her lips cut a strange arc.

If such a beautiful woman says such a thing, I’m afraid I’ll get it wrong.

Miyoshi-senpai takes a pause and continues.

―Ichinose-kun, why don’t you come to America?

“What do you mean?”

I’m confused by the suddenness.

“I’ll tell you more about it, and I’ll drink it today!”

It was a marble jar that she took out of nowhere.

Did she put it in the handbag that she had with her other than she carried?

“Is that by any chance Kameshizuku Kiwami?”

“That’s right. What’s more, it’s raw sake.”

Kameshizuku is a little expensive.

Among them, the most expensive is its original sake, so it will be more expensive.

It’s hard to get it in the first place.

“I brought some snacks, too. Ichinose-kun looks like you’re going to have dinner now, right? Why don’t we have a little talk while drinking together?”

I can’t keep up with her thoughts.

However, my time as a member of society moves me to treat my former supervisor properly.

“Yes, I shall be accompanied by you. I was making pork belly and other small side dishes, would you like some? I think it goes well with sweet potato shochu.”

“Pork belly made by Ichinose-kun…”

Miyoshi-senpai stood there with a worried face.

“I’m sorry. Were you not good at making things by hand?”

“No, I’d love to try it.”

An unexpected big smile came back to her.　

Miyoshi-senpai is the type of person who drinks better if she has not only snacks but also solid side dishes.

It’s amazing that she maintains this outstanding style when she drinks and eats a lot.

It’s going to be a long night.

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“Ugh, it hurts…”

I woke up with a headache.

I look back on yesterday while holding my temples back.

After that, we talked about various things while eating and drinking.

If we haven’t seen each other for about three years, we won’t talk about it.

In addition, Miyoshi-senpai knew for some reason that I had been fired from my job because I had broken off with my ex-fiancé.

If she still has a connection with the people in the company, she may hear about it.

Rather than talking about coming to America, that was the main topic yesterday.

Miyoshi-senpai was more angry with my ex-fiancé and that person than I was.

It was the second time I had seen her so angry.

Miyoshi-senpai, who was heated up, drank more and more, and I joined her.

I wasn’t forced to drink, but I just felt like it too.

Well, it was mostly Miyoshi-senpai who drank because I don’t drink well.

She came to my house all of a sudden and was troubled, but it may be true that she came to comfort me.

And after taking care of Miyoshi-senpai who was drunk, and carrying her to the bedroom, I slept alone on the sofa.

Once before, when I drank at senpai’s house, I got drunk and stayed at home. I caused a lot of trouble at that time. I think that I was able to repay that favor this time.

However, unlike then, Kyouhei is not here today.

Now that I think about it, it’s a pretty good situation…

I had to make sure that some empty drinks, open snacks, and flat plates were lying on the table, and I thought I had to clean them up.

Ding dong.

The intercom rings.

“Good morning, brother-in-law.”

It was Nene-chan.