Chapter 89: Under the table
Although the day had been completely shit including the incident with the pen and the poem recitation program but just thinking of returning home put a smile on his face, as Monk sped back towards his home.
He stopped near a shop and bought some chocolates for his son, then he sat on the bike with some difficulty and again his ride started.
After a while he arrived at his house, parking the bike he opened the house\'s main door with the extra key he carried, then without making a sound he slowly walked inside to give Junior a surprise.
" Look, who is here Juni- Lucian? " After walking into the hall, Monk spoke in a loud voice but instead he was the one to be surprised as he saw Lucian sitting on the sofa along with Junior and they seemed to be playing together.
" Hello, Dad. " Junior said as he glanced up at his father then he continued to play, Lara heard the sound and walked out of the kitchen.
" You are back, how was your day today? " She spoke while glancing towards Lucian.
" It was... just fine. " Monk replied, as he placed his bag away and then walked up to Lucian.
" Hello sir, I had something important to talk to you so I came here. Anyway, how is your Ta-la-la? That in the morning must have hurt quite a bit, right? " Lucian spoke with a smile.
" H- Huh? What are you talking about? There is nothing wrong- COUGH Junior, look I brought your favourite chocolates. " Monk spoke as he took out a couple of chocolates from his pocket and extended his hand towards Junior.
" Dad I already ate some, big brother brought a lot of them for me. " Junior spoke with a big smile, he seemed quite excited.
" He can eat them later. " Lara spoke then she took the chocolate and placed them away.
With a frown on his face, Monk went to change clothes and wash up, then he walked back to the hall and sat on the sofa in front of Lucian.
" So what did you want to talk about? " Monk asked with a stern expression.
" I wanted to talk about Mason- " Lucian began to talk in a serious tone but he was interrupted by Monk who didn\'t want to talk about this in front of Junior.
" Let\'s talk about that later, so are you leaving? " Monk asked, he just wanted Lucian to disappear from there.
" No, I want to play with Big Brother for some more time. " Junior immediately refused.
" Haha It\'s fine then, you can play with Junior a little longer. " Monk spoke with a fake smile.
Lara was avoiding coming into the hall, she found it hard to control her expressions every time her gaze met with Lucian\'s.
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" Should I bring the food? " After a while, Lara walked there and maintained her gaze on Monk as she questioned.
" Uh... Yes. " Monk then looked towards Lucian and asked:
" So Lucian, are you going to lea- " he was about to ask him to leave.
" Oh sure, you can bring the food and I am not a choosey eater. " Lucian spoke with a smile, as he looked towards Lara, ignoring Monk.
" Yay, let\'s eat together. " Junior shouted excitedly, leaving his toys on the sofa he pulled Lucian towards the dining table.
After a few minutes, Lucian, Monk and Junior were seated around the dining table, which had four chairs, two on one side.
Junior sat beside Lucian and it irritated Monk quite a bit, so he spoke: " Junior, why don\'t you come to eat with me? "
" But I want to sit here- " Junior said but Lucian interrupted him.
" It\'s fine you can sit there, listen to your parents right? " After hearing his words, Junior nodded and sat beside Monk who had a proud smile on his face as if he had just won some game.
Then Lara began to serve the food after she had placed everything on the table and served the food to all three of them she just stood there.
" Mam, why don\'t you join us? It would be much better if we all eat together. " Lucian spoke before he even started eating while Monk didn\'t even pay attention to her and had already started.
" Ah no it\'s fine I\'ll eat after all of you are done. " Lara refused, trying to be polite while avoiding eye contact with him.
" It would be no fun if you ate alone, wouldn\'t it be much better if everyone eats together, what do you think, Junior? " Lucian said, turning his gaze towards the kid who was overly excited about everything.
" Yes mummy, let\'s eat together, eat together, come come. " Junior shouted, hitting the table with his spoons.
" Y- Yes, we should eat together, it doesn\'t feel right that you are the only one not eating with us here. " Monk spoke, while lightly chewing his food.
" O- Okay. " Lara could no longer refuse so she brought her utensils from the kitchen and when she came back she noticed that she would have to sit on the chair beside Lucian.
After some hesitation she sat down on Lucian\'s left side and served herself, then all of them began to eat in silence.
" I was quite excited about showing my poem to everyone today, but unfortunately it ended before my turn could come. How was the principal sir\'s reaction to my class\'s performance? " Lucian asked while eating.
" T- Those were certainly very unique poems, he liked them a lot. " Monk replied, though the principal was red in anger.
" Hmm He is always so energetic, right? Sir, I didn\'t know you had a good relationship with our English teacher. "
Lucian spoke while holding the spoon in his right hand, while his left hand sneakily went under the table as he placed it over Lara\'s thigh.
" COUGH COUGH " She coughed several times since she was not expecting him to suddenly touch her even more so since her husband and son were right in front of them.
" Are you okay? " Lucian asked as he passed a glass of water to her while keeping his left hand over her leg, through the thin fabric of the skirt he could feel her warmth.
" Y- Yes I\'m fine. " She replied, trying to act normal while she tried to move Lucian\'s hand away from her thigh while he began to squeeze her soft flesh.
" Yeah I have known her for a long time, she is quite good in her subject. " Monk replied while stuffing his mouth with food.
" Hah, It\'s hard to find a kind and honest teacher like her in today\'s time, you won\'t believe me there are even teachers who would trade their student\'s future just for some money and- "
Just as Lucian spoke, Monk and Lara coughed at the same time.
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