FERAN (The Rise of The Worthless Live-in Son-in-law)

Chapter 5

Feran stared at everyone waiting for him to obediently apologize. The smirk he saw on Mark's face made him sneer.

He glanced at Laura as she walked back to their spot. Observing his hesitation which was starting to irk her.

"Feran!" Laura bawled as she rushed up to him. She pulled him to face her and slapped him so hard across the face making him stumble back. “Apologize!” she grabbed him then whispered: “please…’’

Feran slowly shut his eyes. There was a brief silence.

"Apologize now, you fool!" Mark ordered, making others giggled.

Feran folded his fists and flicked open his eyes, but when he saw Laura obviously trying hard to fight her back her tears, his anger slipped away.

He could clearly see Laura was hurt and upset. He understands Laura's feelings. She has always been miserable and ridiculed by her siblings and cousins,even outsiders on some occasions because she’s married to him.

She was treated no better than himself since they got married. The last couple of years were not at all pleasant for her.

Feran turned to face Mark and said calmly:

"Mark, I'm sorry. I was wrong." 

Hearing Feran’s apologize, Mark laughed softly.

"At least a dog knows best how to obey his master for he would always be a dog." 

Laura felt so angry and humiliated. She was boiling with rage inside her. If Feran hadn't try to show his ignorance, she wouldn't have been reduced to this awkward position, this she thought, gritting her teeth. 

Mark was inflating with pride after he heard Ferak apologize. He walked up to him and made a move to irk him.

"Feran," he called in a whisper, a crooked smile appeared on his face. " You've got to upset, aren’t you? You know she wouldn't have even thought of taking your side even if the earth starts to crumble."

Feran said nothing. He shot a glance at Mark with such contempt that it wiped the cocky smile out of Mark’s face then walked out of the door. He saw Laura had excused herself and headed for one of the spare guest rooms.

Mark was left in the room, a little annoyed. He won again, that useless loser was being humiliated in front of everyone again, but why did he feel he lost?

After calming down, Laura realized that slapping Feran in front of everyone wasn't all great. She heard a knock on the door and Feran walked in.

"Um, are you okay?" He asked as he walked up to her sitted on the couch by the bed.

"Yeah. I'm good. And…" Laura paused contemplating on whether to apologize to Feran or not. 

"And?"

"I shouldn't have slapped you out there. It was improper. But I won't say you deserve it. All I can say is that I owe you a slap," she paused and sighed.

"So, you can slap me back now if you wanted." She shrugged.

"Our marriage is most likely to end eventually and I don't want to owe you anything. You can slap and we'd be even now."

She tilted her face, giving her right cheek to him to have access to and slap her back.

Feran stayed in silence for a while before giving off a bitter smile and chuckled, making Laura furrowed her brows.

"What's so funny?" She inquired with a frown.

"Nothing really," Feran simply answered and I'm not going to hit you back. I would never do that."

"Oh, ok," Laura flung her hair backward.

"What's going on out there?"

"There is a preparation going on for the family lunch. Your cousins will be here soon."

Laura's expression turned grim. As if she hasn't gone through a lot in a short span of time, she was going to get a mothful from her coming cousins again.

As if he did read her mind, Feran uttered.

"Don't worry. You won't face any more problems because of me."

"I hope so," Laura said. She exhaled.

"Laura, I'm sorry you've been going through alot since we both got married."

" 'Sorry'? That's barely going to do a thing for me. I feel like I am stuck with you for eternity, Feran. That's undeserving."

"I know, Laura…"

"No," Laura said, clasping her ears with her hands as she shut her eyes. "Stop saying 'sorry'." She flicked open her eyes.

Hearing that, with a sudden courage and determination Feran didn't know where it came from, he asked Laura.

"Do you want me to change? I can do that if it’s for you."