Lie Flat, Sugar Daddy

Jensen hit a nerve and Rae stayed silent.

But the topic went sideways because of him, so Rae didn't continue to be mad with what happened just now. She felt bored after sitting for some time, then turned on the radio and listened to it for a while before drifting off to sleep with the stable speed of Jensen's car. When they arrived at their destination, parked their car and boarded the cruise ship, it was already 10 o'clock at night.

The whole ship was waiting for them.

Because not a few minutes after they went up, the cruise started, and the incessant sound of waves entered everyone's ears.

The cruise ship, owned by the business partner of Jensen, was much grander than Rae thought. She originally reckoned it would just be a small cruise ship with one deck where a few people gathered up together to play. She didn't expect this ship to have four decks from top to bottom, which was more than enough to rent to a tour group. It was estimated that there were at least fifty to sixty people on board. Rae followed behind Jensen, looking exceptionally well behaved, but her eyes were looking around curiously, and reaching out to touch the railing from time to time. From the moment they boarded the ship, there were people gathered around to speak with Jensen. She followed the crowd all the way up front, through the narrow walkway towards the front deck, and the view suddenly opened up. With a deck that wasn't a few square meters large, there were twenty to thirty people gathered together for barbeque. There were three grills which all were quite large, and about ten people were in one group. At a long table on the side, there were waiters skewering the ingredients and next to it was a table full of drinks. Everyone was dressed very casually, walking here and there to look around, and the atmosphere was also good.

"Welcome, you must be hungry after such a long bumpy ride. How should I address this lady?" The partner looked at Rae and asked in confusion. He thought that Jensen would attend alone tonight, and even if he brought female company, Karina should be the one that he brought along. But how come he brought an unfamiliar looking woman?

"Miss. Jordan." Jensen answered for her, "Sorry, we ran into something when we were leaving and came late."

"Oh it's nothing. It is already a great honor that Mr. Knight can come. Then Miss. Jordan you must be hungry, quickly go grab something to eat. Barbeque grills were set up specially for tonight, hope that it suits your appetite." Considering the relation with Jensen, the partner didn't dare to be negligent to Rae as well.

Rae nodded and didn't speak, nor did she move and run to get something to grill immediately. Instead, she turned her head and took a glance at Jensen first.

She looked just like a woman who listened to men in everything and was so well behaved.

The partner saw it and said with a smile, "You got a nice girl, Mr. Knight... Ease, Miss. Jordan, you'll get more familiar with people by chatting more."

"..." This was exactly what Jensen was afraid off. The better she pretended to be well behaved outside, the more she would want to get back from him when they returned home. But it must be said that she was doing quite well in this regard. Although he could indulge her capriciousness, but sometimes it was equally pleasing to him for her to stand by the side being well behaved. He nodded his head as a silent acknowledgement of what the partner said.

Only then did Rae take a step towards the food area. She was extremely starving, but her steps stopped before she reached the food area, because this time she finally had a clear look at the people present. Not only Eric was there, but Stanley and his family were there too!

Eric was holding a cocktail in his hand and talking with a few men. There were quite a few people surrounding him. Not surprising, after all, he would become the next mayor very soon. Those people definitely wanted to fawn on him.

Eric's gaze was looking at her. It looked like he had long noticed that she had arrived but hadn't come forward. Reckoning that he was scrupled of Jensen who was with her.

Whereas Stanley and his family of two were also huddled together and barbequing. Stanley's gaze was constantly on Rae, as if a little surprised that she would come. And didn't know whether Nia was intentional or not, she had obviously deliberately threw the chicken wings that was in her hand into the stove right at that time, then pretended that she got a mistake and asked Lola to get it. Also Rae didn't know whether Lola really didn't realize it or just pretended that she didn't, she saw Lola had obediently got up to get it.

Rae was surprised as she was thinking enemies always met each other unexpectedly. All her good mood was instantly ruined. She turned around and enter the cabin. She had heard the staff saying that her room number was 221 just now, so she left without looking back. She used the room card handed to her by the attendant and pushed open the door. The room wasn't big, but it had everything she needed and there was a small glass bathroom too. She sat down on the soft bed and thought to herself, 'I should have known better than to come!'. She picked up her luggage bag frustratingly and toppled all the stuff inside onto the bed. She planned to just take a shower and head to sleep, even if she was currently starving...

Immediately after that, she heard the door being pushed open from the outside. Needless to check, she knew the one that came in was definitely Jensen.

"Didn't you say you wanted to go out to the sea? Now that we're here, you're hiding in your room?" Jensen asked knowingly and closed the door behind him, pretending as if he didn't know why she was hiding "I don't want to see them." Rae said with anger.

"Why?" Jensen sat down in front of her, reached out and held her wrist so she wouldn't fiddle with her clothes, and said slowly, "Hating on others is a punishment to yourself. Look at you, giving up on this trip for the sake of the people you hate. It's not worth it."

"It always makes sense when you talked, making it so easy for me to wet..." Rae looked at him.

Jensen frowned, and was going to blame her for talking nonsense when...

"My eyes." Rae only then completed her sentence.

"..." Jensen adjusted the expression on his face, then stood up and laid out his hands towards her, "Let's go then, you must be hungry."

Even though Rae was still reluctant to go, but what Jensen said wasn't without sense. He was right, why should she give up her trip for those annoying people? It's not a wise choice.

Back on deck.

The partner came around again and spoke a few words of courtesy and asked if it was the hospitality that wasn't good. Rae certainly wouldn't go against Jensen's will and just said that she was a little

uncomfortable just now, but was fine now. The partner nodded and believed her words, then invited Jensen to the side to chat. Jensen felt worried and looked at her a couple of times. Rae signaled him to go and that she'll find a place to sit and barbeque something to eat on her own later. After they left, Rae walked to the food table, only to find that all of them were raw, and there wasn't even one bit of cooked food. Looking at those chicken wings, chicken legs, leeks, corn, fish,

eggplants and so on...

She felt she was so hungry that she was about to pass out and couldn't last until they were cooked.

"Why isn't there any cooked food at all? Can I have a small piece of cake?" Rae said pitifully towards the waiter.

"Sorry, our chef is in the kitchen preparing the ingredients for tomorrow, so you can only cook it yourself for tonight." The waiter with a mask replied politely.

"Rae..."

A familiar voice sounded behind Rae, and her back stiffened.

She didn't have to turn around to know that the voice came from Stanley Barnes.

But due to her promise to Jensen on not making a scene, even if she was reluctant, Rae still turned around, "Anything?"

Stanley Barnes was more than fifty years old. His body was still very strong, and he had a very righteous face, where he would definitely be looked upon as one of the good guy in a TV series. Although a set of Hawaiian styled casual clothes didn't match his temperament, but it did make him look much younger. Nia's probably the one who chose this outfit for him. But so what if he looked decent on the outside? The act of hooking up with a married woman already showed how nasty he was inside!

The thought of her father who was lying in the hospital made Rae's face stiffened even more.

"You must be hungry for arriving so late. I have two pieces of grilled chicken wings here, you can have it first. What else do you want to eat? I'll grill it for you." Stanley handed the white paper plate in his hand towards Rae and was acting like he wanted to please her. He was afraid that he was being overly initiative and got her scared, so he deliberately added, "I've been grilling here for an hour and I'm full already. It's boring sitting here with nothing to do anyways."

Rae looked at the two pieces of chicken wings on the paper plate in his hand. Although the color was very attractive and it smelled very fragrant, if it was any one of the people here that handed it to her, then she would thank for his kindness. But it was from Stanley, so Rae shook her head, "I'm not eating." He destroyed her family, so didn't expect that he could just write that off by giving her some small favor every time he saw her.

"Don't be polite. There's no cooked food now, so just eat it. Or are you worrying that you'll gain weight if you eat meat at night? It's alright, you're so thin, eat more..." "I fucking said no!" Rae was really annoyed by him and subconsciously cursed out. Her voice was quite loud. Although there was the sound of the waves as acover, a lot of people still heard it, and everybody was looking at her sideways at that point. Also, probably because her voice was too loud, Stanley got startled by her. His body stiffened, and the plate fell to the ground. The two pieces of chicken wings were also thrown far away.

The scene looked exactly like she was bullying a nice person.

"Rae Jordan you bitch, who are you to talk to my father like that! He has heart disease, are you trying to scare him to death?" Nia blanked out for two seconds, after which she stood up from the small stool and walked angrily towards Rae, looking like she wanted to fight her.

Rae stood still with her backbone straight up, which looked totally like she had an expression of "I am bullying, so what? Come over and hit me then."

Stanley saw Nia coming over then quickly reached out to pull her, and calmly said, "It's alright. It was me who didn't hold it steady. Rae doesn't want to eat then don't force her, it's okay."

"You're ill-mannered!" Nia gritted her

teeth and glared at Rae, her eyes were full of unwillingness! She couldn't be as cruel as Rae. Although her mother's accident was due to her father's cheating, but she could never be cruel enough to hate her father. She just hated the woman who intruded her family! And she could never understand why her father always looked so humble and ingratiating to that woman's daughter. Was it because Rae was that woman's daughter, so he loved her as well? Or was it because her father felt guilty of destroying someone else's family, so he

planned to make up for it?

"I don't want to slap you today, watch your mouth!" Rae lowered her voice while looking straight at Nia.

Neither of them was backing down.

Seeing that the tension was getting stiffer, Stanley shouted, "Nia, go back to your room!"

"Dad, why me?" Nia laughed.

Her dad's favoritism was way too much. For the people who didn't know, would probably think that Rae's his daughter!

"Go back to your room or don't expect that you're getting allowance for next month!" Stanley could only apply financial pressure.

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