Chapter 5
John looked down at himself, then closed the bathroom door.
………
Andrea searched every area near the hospital and finally found the steak that John asked for.
John had been a picky eater since he was young. He didn't eat anything but he did love steak.
He only ate the dishes with steak.
But he requires high qualies in steak.
The August weather outside made people felt like living inside a sauna house. Andrea was drenched in sweats when she finally came back with dinner.
Good thing was that the air conditioner in the ward was on, but no sign of John in the room.
Looking at the empty room, Andrea felt her heart just dropped.
Putting down her bag, she searched around for John. "Mr. Burns?" She said in a hurry.
"Mr. Burns, are you here? I brought you some dinner."
Click.
Soon after Andrea finished her sentence, the closed bathroom door suddenly opened.
The sound of open door was a bit too loud for this deadly quiet room. Andrea was scared by the sudden sound.
John came out after a bath when he saw Andrea stand there and still shaking.
His vision was a little blurry because he didn't have his glasses on, but he did notice her waist. It was so thin which made her even more attractive.
John just wanted to walk to her and grab her waist.
Andrea turned around and saw John who had just came out of a bath.
He had changed into hospital gown without his glasses on, and his hair was still dripping.
It was probably because of the steam from the bathroom, there was a faint blush on his fair face as if he felt shy.
However Andrea gave up on the idea within the next second.
She had known him for almost his entire life and she never saw him shy.
"Mr. Burns, come and eat." Andrea walked over to the table and layed out all the take out boxes.
John glanced at the table and looked the other way without a word.
Andrea had already gotten used to him being like this. "So... Mr. Burns, I'll just go do some laundry." she said for herself.
She hadn't got time to wash the dirty clothes, not to mention there were a couple of underwears in there. She didn't feel good to just leave them in the bathroom.
"Don't bother." John glanced at the bathroom and said, "I had the maintenance cleaned up before I go in and took out all the trash."
"...." That almost got on her last nerve.
Andrea could only tell herself to stay calm and not to mess with him.
She forgot that John was a neat freak.
Calming herself down, Andrea squeezed out a smile and said, "I'm very sorry for causing you any trouble Mr. Burns."
Walking over to the bed, John picked up the glasses and put them on. Then he was looking at Andrea.
With that warm smile on her face, she stood there respectfully waiting for his order just like the housekeeper at home.
She was different when she's with Jason though.
John chuckled silently then he took out his backpack from the cabinet and sat on the sofa with a pile of papers.
Andrea was confused. Was he going to study again?
"I have to work on all these questions and I don't have an empty hand to eat." said John as he was sitting down. "I need you to feed me." He gave her the order without any gratitude.
"......" Andrea was speechless.
In fact, she had almost lost it. John got so used to being served at that house, that he just asked for anything he wanted.
If Jason was the angel of that family, then John was definitely the devil child that tortures everyone around him.
However, this "devil child" was the beloved crown jewel of the entire family. Andrea couldn't do anything else other than just feed him.
She tried to comfort herself to let it go. Besides, she used to feed him anyways.
Andrea sat next to John and smelt his body wash.
Picking up the fork, she stuck in steak and sent to John's mouth.
He just opened his mouth and took every bite without a care in the world while working on those questions.
The two of them sat very close to each other, so close that she could see the hair on his face.
He had very light and smooth skin with those finest pores that just like the skin of a baby.
Gees, he was even prettier than a girl.
"What are you looking at?" John caught a glimpse of her staring at him from the corner of his eyes.
"Ummm,“ said Andrea, "Nothing, I just think that your skin looks even better than a girl." she answered.
"Even better than my brother?" John asked.
"Ja....Your older brother's skin was just fine."
John started laughing very happily out of the blue. It was the brightest laugh that she had never saw on his face.
Andrea suddenly got the chills when she saw him laughing.
**
The young Mr. Burns was picky, and by the time she finally put him to bed, it was already 11:30 p.m.
Andrea looked at John sounded sleep in the hospital bed. Finally she felt relieved and went to take a shower.
The hot shower felt so nice. She stretched, changed and then ready to come out.
As she was stretching her body while coming out of the shower, she felt that she was hugged by someone the moment she opened the bathroom door.
Chapter 6
Andrea felt tense for a few seconds, but afterwards a familiar scent slowly filled the air.
Realizing who it was, Andrea finally relieved and her tensed body was completely relaxed. She even wrapped her arm around his neck.
"Jason, what are you doing here?" Afraid of waking up John, Andrea whispered.
The whisper voice sounded more flirty than the regular voice.
Not to mention, Andrea was basically whispering to Jason's ear.
Jason was kind of turned on by her. He grabbed her and tightly hold her in his arms.
"Grandpa said John's in the hospital and you are staying with him, so I just drop by and see how things are." said Jason while glanced at the hospital bed.
There was only one light on in the room, but he could still see John was sound sleep through the light.
Jason quickly withdrew his gaze. "I'm sorry you have to go through all of this." Pressing his forehead against her's, Jason said to Andrea in a sad tone.
"Hey!! I'm fine. it's not like this is the first time." Andrea shook her head.
"But it will be your last." Leaning her against the wall, Jason said to Andrea while kissing her with a big smile on the face. "Just wait until after we told everyone about us, and then you will become grandpa's future granddaughter-in-law. No one asks the future Lady Burns to be a housekeeper. "
Andrea was amused when she heard the words, "Lady Burns". She bumped him with her elbow, "The future Lady Burns? Sounds like something that people from the ancient time would call."
Jason could never resist Andrea. Right now she just got out of a shower, looking like a blooming flower just waiting to be picked.
After making out with her for a while, Jason couldn't hold it anymore.
He glanced at the hospital bed and asked randomly, "What's wrong with John?"
"I don't know. He felt dizzy all of the sudden so we took him here. They didn't find anything wrong with him so the doctor said it might be the pressure from school."
"He's under the pressure? Seriously? I think it's all about grandpa being way too careful with him." said Jason.
Andrea felt there was something slightly wrong with Jason's tone. It was as if he didn't care about John at all.
But she quickly let go of that thought. Jason had always been nice to John.
Andrea's sudden slience made Jason realized that he probably said something wrong.
He rubbed her hair, "Did I just scare you? I just don't want to see them working you so hard."
This time Jason sounded like he felt bad for his girlfriend.
Andrea felt really sweet in the heart that Jason would spoil her like this.
It was inevitable for a girl to act coquettish in front of the guy she likes. "Well, to be honest, it was a little too hard." said Andrea.
"Huh?"
His facial expression showed obvious interest in her.
"Well John could be a little bastard sometimes, you know?" Said Andrea.
"Did he do something to embarrass you?"
"No, not that. He just spilled water on me. It was an accident. " Andrea answered.
"......"
"I would have hit him already if he were not the young Mr. Burns"
Jason was amused by what she said. He held her even tighter. "Enough about him. How about we go into the bathroom?" Said Jason with a lowered voice.
Andrea was no longer a little girl. She knew what he meant by "go into the bathroom"
Usually, this type of things would be normal between couples, but it was really not a good time at the moment.
"No, you wish." Andrea glanced at the bed. "John is here, what if we wake him up? It would be so embarrassing. "
To Andrea, John was still a little kid.
Good thing was that John was laying in bed, looking very much asleep.
Jason was a bit jealous when he saw Andrea was looking at John. He then turned her face around and kissed on her cheek hardly.
Under the dimmed light, Jason saw the blush on her face, and those wet lashes as well as her lips that were a bit swollen because of his kiss.
Everytime Jason saw her like this, he would felt the sense of achievement that he had never felt before.
He lowered his head to her ear and said, "Just to punish you for not being attentive."
Jason dragged Andrea into the bathroom without giving her any chance to refuse.
With a "click", the bathroom door was closed followed by a sound of locking from the inside.
At this time, the person who was sleeping soundly in bed slowly opened his eyes.
His eyes were sharp and bright, which didn't even look like that he just woke up.
Chapter 7
John turned over and looked at the bathroom.
There was faint light leaking through the cracks of the bathroom door, and he heard some noises.
John took out his cellphone with a blank face. He then opened an IMessage chat window and texted someone.
"I'm in the hospital now. Drop by tomorrow and bring the laptop and the flashdrive."
Finishing up with the text, John threw the phone on the side.
He closed his eyes and continued to pretend to sleep.
………
John had no idea how long had it passed until the room was finally quiet down.
Jason came out with Andrea in his arms. He was still kissing her on the lips and didn't want to let her go.
John opened his eyes again but didn't have his glasses on. The light in the room was dim and all he could see was two people all over each other.
"Stop it... You need to go home soon." Andrea pushed Jason's shoulder, "We're really gonna wake him up if we don't stop now."
"Then I'll come back tomorrow." John finally let go of Andrea. "And I'll tell Grandpa about us at the family dinner in a few days."
"Once we got engaged, we can finally live together legitmately." John seemed really excited about it.
Andrea pushed him out while telling him "Okay, you are leaving now, and text me ok? "
"Ok, I'll text you when I got home"
"Alright, be safe."
After Jason had took off, Andrea glanced at John in the bed.
Then she took a long breath.
Thank god John was still asleep.
What just heppened was way to cross the line.
And she would be shamed to death if he had ever heard them.
Feeling really tired, Andrea turned off the lights and passed out on the sofa.
**
The sofa in the ward was not comfortable, Andrea woke up really early the next day.
On the one hand, she couldn't sleep, and on the other hand she had to serve the young Mr. Burns his breakfast.
After washing up, Andrea went out to buy some breakfast for John. And he just got up when she came back with the food.
"Here's your breakfast Mr. Burns." said Andrea while setting the table. "Bread and milk."
Giving her a cold shoulder, he didn't even look at her and just sat down to eat.
Andrea was happy with John being like this. At least the young Mr. Burns showed great mercy this morning and did not give her any trouble.
Andrea bought herself milk and pancake. She sat next to John and start to eat.
She was so tired last night that she had a really good appetite this morning. That pancake was so delicious.
John glanced at her, "What are you eating?" He asked all of the sudden.
"A pancake."
"Is it good?"
"Yeah... It's delicious."
John directly took away the pancake that Andrea had only ate less than one-third. His movement were fast and she can't stop him.
Before Andrea said anything, John had already took a bit out of it.
He tasted it carefully and showed a face of disgust.
"Ewww, gross!" said John while threw the pancake back at Andrea.
Andrea was so close to scold him for being a childish little jerk, but she didn't go there. "Maybe you just not used to this type of food Mr. Burns." That was all she said.
Andrea really liked the pancake and she didn't seem to mind that John just took a bit of it. She still picked it up and kept eating.
John caught a glimpse of her at the corner of his eyes, and he smiled slightly.
He picked up a glass of milk and finished it all up.