58 Stop Your Acting Now

Prang!

Kenji slipping the glass from his hand and that makes a few guests turn to look at him.

"Honey, are you okay?" Saya immediately supports Kenji's body which suddenly turns weak and trembling a bit.

With a trembling voice, he says "I wanna…take some air for a bit." With some energy left, he stands up and leaves the room.

Once Kenji leaves the ballroom, Saya and Erika went to Risa. The closer they got, the scare Risa's face got.

She immediately makes a self-defense act and said with trembling voice.

"I..I..I'm sorry mother. I didn't know wearing my mom's dress is a taboo." Her eyes start to redden and ask some sympathy.

Saya and Erika startle a moment when everyone's gaze falls to both of them. Saya tries to calm and said with a soft voice.

"Risa-chan, what are you talking about? We're not gonna hit you."

"M…Mother, I'm sorry. You ask me to find something decent to wear, however, I had no money to find and buy new clothes, that is why I find something old that I can wear. If..if you don't like, then..I..I..should go and change my attire right now.." She put on the act. Being as pitiful as she can and humiliate those two.

"Risa, stop this right now!" Erika grabs her hand, she's a bit impatient with Risa's acting right now.

"Ah!" Risa makes it look like she tries to harm her with a violent. All the guest couldn't believe their eyes that Erika uses violent toward Risa. They start to talk to each other and look at the two of the woman with a disgusted expression.

"What's going on here?" A man voices make all of them turn to the voice's owner.

Akatsuki Shou just arrives with his father and mother. Upon seeing the helpless Risa was grabbed by Erika, he sprints to her and pushes Erika a bit.

Being pushed by him makes her more irritated, but she knows she can do nothing right now. She grits teeth and clenches her fist.

"Babe, are you okay?" He asks with concern.

Risa's eyes were teary a bit. She said with a slow voice. "It's hurt."

Shou looks at her hand and hugs her after that before he shot a murderous glare at Erika which is now startling with Shou's appearance.

"Mom, dad, I shall bring my fiance to get treatment right now." He then turns to look at both of his parents.

Both of them nod their head and his mother went to Risa, caressing her hair gently. "It's okay dear. We're here."

She nods her head and tries to smiles. "Thank you, Auntie"

"Mm...Shou, bring her now." Akatsuki Sata also adds after his wife went to his side again.

Nod his head, both of them leaving the party.

"Er..Mr. Sata-san, it just a misunderstanding.."

"Madam Saya. I believe you well aware that Risa is my future daughter-in-law, no?" He interjects her before she could finish her sentence. He also didn't call her Mrs. Igarshi, instead, he just calls her using her name.

"Y..yes.." She lowered her head a bit. Feeling ashamed when all the gaze focusing on both of them.

"Then I shall warn you to not make an enemy with me. Where's Kenji-san? I should talk to him too."

"Urm.." She fidgeting a bit.

"Sata-san, are you looking for me?" Kenji just returns from taking fresh air and he's a bit curious to what happens inside when he was gone.

"Ah, Kenji-san. I think we need to talk." He turns to look at Kenji and both of him and his wife went to Kenji and follow him leaving Saya and Erika at the center of the hall.

Erika narrowed her eyes and grunting a bit. Without any delay, she leaves the hall and went to her bedroom. Showing her rude attitude toward the guest who coming tonight.

"Erm, I'm sorry about tonight. The party still continues." Saya had to suppress her embarrassment and keep on smiling to the guest tonight.

….

"Stop your acting now," Shou said just after both of them get into the car.

Change her expression, she smirks a bit and ignoring him. She looks at the outside of the window.

"By the way..you look beautiful in that dress. Like a bride." He compliments her. She really looks beautiful tonight.

"Thanks," she replies short to him.

Smiling, he instructs the chauffeur to bring them to the airbase. The chopper that he said earlier already in standby.

It only took 10 minutes to arrives and once they got out of the car, Shou led her to his private chopper.

The helicopter takes off a minute later after they aboard and went to the designated route that Shou gives instruction to the pilot earlier.

…

"Ken...I know you love your woman and your step-daughter more than you love Risa. But treating her like an orphan is not something that I expect from you." Akatsuki Sata said with a cold voice.

"What are you talking about? I never treat her like that." Kenji finds a cup and pours the whiskey into it. They are now in his study room.

"Then did my eyes just lied earlier? Or you actually did not know your woman and your step-daughter did something bad behind you?" He hit him with a question.

"Sata-san..you know..regarding this...I also want to say something about my daughter, Risa. You know she grew up in the countryside, even though she is my daughter, her personality didn't fit Igarashi's image. Different from Erika, she grew up in this city and blend well with our society.."

"You're suggesting to change my decision?" He went straightforwardly striking Kenji before he finishes his sentence.

Silent for a moment, he nods his head.

"Sorry, Kenji. I valued our relationship like an old friend, and for that, I only accept true blood from Sakura-san."

"If the asset you're talking about, I can manage to ask Risa to transfer it to Erika."

"Hmph, and leave Risa with what? Do you realize who is your true heir? Or do you want me to help you to see it?"

Kenji turns silent.

"You abandon Sakura and now you want to do the same to your daughter? Aren't you a being cruel, Kenji? Why you marry her in the first place if you can't treat and care for her and her daughter?"

Sata has actually had a crush on Sakura back then in their university's day and his wife is well aware of it. But because Sakura insisting to stay at Kenji's side, he moves on and marries his wife now. Knowing that she had a daughter and he had a son, he comes up with an idea to make Risa as his daughter-in-law.

"Sata-san.." His wife tries to calm him down.

"I'm sorry. Maybe you were right. I shouldn't marry her in the first place." Kenji sits on the couch and stares the floor blankly. The regret he had still lingering inside his heart, and now Sata just rubs his wound with the salt.

"I'll leave. And Kenji..my decision is fixed. No one can change it except if my son decides it himself." He said and held his wife's hand before both of them go out of the room.

Kenji rubs his face a few times. "Sakura…"

…

The chopper land on the luxurious cruise.

"Where are we?" Risa asks and holds Shou's hand to get down from the chopper.

"My cruise." He smiles at her.

"Huh?" She looks around the deck below the airstrip deck.

There's a lot of foreigners and local people inside the cruise. It's like a normal cruise to her.

"What are you looking at?"

"Nothing, I thought it just the two of us here." She somehow feels a bit relieve to see there's a lot of people down there.

"Why? You want to be alone just with me?" He leaned closer to her and grab her waist close to his body.

"Erm.." She tries to push his body a little.

Chuckles seeing her red face, he kisses her lips for a moment before he releases it.