"Little girl, you should know the temper of your sister-in-law. It'll be better if I don't get myself involved. She might yell at me if I do." Duke shrugged and laughed at himself as a picture of Belinda's scowling face came to his mind.
"What a discovery! So you're a henpecked husband too?" pouted Leena. It seemed that she had to face the blame from Belinda and felt that she deserved it. After all, it was her who had set them up in the first place.
"Who told you so? I just don't want to argue with her, okay? Stop. Don't talk nonsense. Remember to give her a call. That's all. Come home once you're back. Bye." Duke was afraid to ask her about how she was treated by Kevin's family. He felt anxious about it and it worried him that he might not get a positive answer. On top of that, he didn't want to give his sister any pressures about it too. He just said a few words to her then hung the phone up. He heard that Kevin was born in a military family. He wondered if Leena could even get used to the serious ambiance that type of family usually had.
Leena frowned as she stared at the call-end notification on her phone. 'So annoying. I even didn't finish my words! I can't believe he hung up on me! Is it necessary? It seems like he is afraid that I might ask him to displease his wife!' she thought.
"Didn't you call your brother last night?" Kevin asked as he shot her with a confused look. He was under the impression that she already called her family the moment she arrived. He never expected for her to forget the whole thing.
"Um! I forgot. I'll call my sister-in-law first." Belinda didn't cool down until Leena gave her a lot of explanations and talked like a cute baby.
"Girl, I'll punish you for this when you come back." She said with clenched teeth. She was worried about her for the whole night and she couldn't even figure out why she couldn't stop worrying. It wasn't just because she was her sister-in-law but she also loved her wholeheartedly. She cared for her to the bone even if Leena pissed her off sometimes. She attributed this to her love for Duke. It was a case of "Love me, love my dog".
"Well, then I'll never go back again." Leena shook her head. How could this happen? They were both someone's sisters-in-law. Why were their fates different? Belinda could get up on a high horse but she could only stoop to butter Claire up.
"You can give that a try. Do remember that I have a lot of ways to catch and drag you back though." Threatened Belinda with a cold smile on her face.
"Do you have to be so cruel? Okay! I'll go back to present my respect to you, old lady. Would that be all right?" Leena said. She might not have any idea of how Belinda would punish her but she could imagine how horrible the scene would be.
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