Ms. Secretary

Chapter Fourty Two ✨

Rosie's pov

That kid is just pure demon. That's all I can say. She has been kicking me underneath the table for two minutes straight and her kick is always harder than the previous one.

I bite my lower lip harshly, hoping I don't easily blurt out the f word in the middle of a very crammed family restaurant. I have no doubt that if I do so, the host will quickly have me removed from the premise. No bullshit at all.

"I'm gonna go to the toilet for a sec" Lisa says, standing up and I look at her to say yes whatever suit yourself. She doesn't say anything back. Her eyes trail from me to her daughter and then to our Ji - Ae before she sighs softly and heads for the washroom.

Once Lisa steers clear from my gaze, I whip my head to look at her seven year old. The kid is brave, I should applause her for that because when I give her my scariest stare, she just looks at me back in the eyes; completely emotionless.

"You have to stop doing that or I'm not going to play the nice card anymore"

I say but Lili just keeps doing it. I move my hand to her small, clammy palm and she hates my touch so much that she slaps her free hand against my arm. I wince to silent my pain. This kid is literally a fat soul from hell.

"No, don't do that" I say again, my voice comes out firmer this time. "And I mean it, Lili. Stop it"

"I don't want to stop it" she whines. "You're bad! You're bad! You didn't allow mama to buy me that coke!"

"Because children aren't supposed to drink such thing"

I explain, pointing at Ji - Ae's own cup of juice. "See Ji - Ae? She has the same drink like yours and she doesn't fuss at all"

"Well, I don't care about that fat lil cow..."

"Haven't you seen yourself in the mirror before?"

If anything, Lili narrows her eyes bitterly as she speaks. "Are you saying I'm fat?"

She points at her bloated cute tummy and I shrug, grabbing a fries from my own brown bag. "Well, I don't know. What say you?"

"You're so mean!' she mutters and I want to say that she is meaner because she exists between Lisa, Ji - Ae and me. Before this, we were just happy being three of us.

But now, with Lili inside the damn frame; I have always go fear if Lisa pays more attention to the kid with cheeks that look a lot like dumplings than our own kid that has always been there with us.

"Is everything okay?"

Lisa asks as she sits down back, pushing her chair closely to Ji - Ae and opposite from Lili. I take a short breath, shaking my head before diving for a new one. "Everything is alright. Don't worry"

"She called me fat"

Her daughter blurts out and Lisa turns her head to look at me. "Rosie, you can't say stuff like that to Lili. She's growing up and such word can result in damaging kid's self - esteem"