Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ Pretty Lady ❯ Vol Two, Chapter Ten: Motherly Love ( Chapter 10 )

Motherly Love

If Mai hated dinner with her mother-in-law, she would hate the next couple of weeks. Nikita broke the news to her one day after the dinner party. Mai was getting dressed for her job interview. She looked at herself in the mirror once she was dressed. She turned around to her husband.

“So, what do you think?” the wife asked. Nikita sat on the bed nodding.

“Good,” he said. “I'd give you an interview.”

“I mean it, Nikita!” Mai said sharply. “Is this good enough for the Inna's Designs?” Nikita nodded again.

“Yes,” he said again. “I would seriously give you an interview if I were the boss at that interior design place.” Mai sighed in distress as if she didn't believe her own husband. Nikita noticed her face.

“Okay, what's the matter?” he asked. Mai sighed out loud again.

“When is your mother leaving?” she asked. Nikita looked away a bit nervous. He bit his lip. It would have to come out some time. Just not in this moment when she's highly stressed. However, Nikita had no choice now. Might as well come out and say it.

“Momma…” he began. “She's… staying with us for a couple of weeks.” Mai tried not to scream out.

“What?” she asked, trying to stay calm.

“Momma wants to stay and visit for a couple of weeks,” Nikita explained as if he was trying a shot.

“Really?” Mai asked dryly.

“Yeah…” Nikita said uneasily. Mai fought down her bitterness silently.

“Not a problem today,” she forced herself to say. Nikita looked at her oddly. He didn't believe her, of course. She had to be plotting something.

“Why is that?” her husband asked. Mai kept grinning.

“I'm getting that new job today!” she boldly declared. “Your mother visiting won't ruin that at all! In fact, wish me luck today!”

“Okay, good luck…” Nikita said almost uneasily. His wife grinned on.

“Thank you, Nikita!” she said sharply. Then, the Asian wife marched right out of their bedroom. Nikita watched on nervously. He shuddered as she shut the door behind her. “She can be so scary when she's ambitiously plotting something!” he thought. These next two weeks would be a showdown between his wife and mother. Why is that wives and mothers are at odds with each other? Maybe there will be an answer for that. One day… Suddenly, an idea came into his mind as his eyes widened.

“Hey wait a minute!” Nikita thought. “If momma and Mai fight… Mai will be angry and then…” The man grinned wickedly as he began plotting for sex. Oh yes, this would be a *great* two weeks!

“Nikita!” Julija cried from the hall bathroom.

“Yes mama?” he asked.

“Can you help me run the bath water?” she asked. “I can't remember how this tub works!”

“Coming, mother!” her son answered gracefully. Nikita leapt off of the bed he shared with Mai and gracefully walked across the hall to the bathroom. Oh yes, this would be a jolly two weeks!

Nikita left for work once he got his mother settled through her bath.

“You're a good son!” she told her boy before he headed off to work.

“I know, momma,” Nikita said as he headed out of the guest bedroom.

“Nikita, sweetheart!” Julija whimpered as her son was leaving.

“Yes momma?” he asked. His mother tied her cream white robe around her tighter.

“You deserve much better than that Asian woman you're married to!” she protested. Nikita smirked to himself coldly. Hello Mrs. Opportunity. Show time! Nikita's smirk changed to an innocent smile as he turned around to his mother.

“Aw, don't be like that!” he cooed. “She's a lovely woman!”

“You can do much better than her and her sister!” his mother forced out of her mouth in a bitter and tangled way.

“But momma,” Nikita protested back. “I've grown to love Mai! Get to know her, you'll find that she is a fine woman.” Julija didn't look convinced. Nikita walked over to her and gently held her hand.

“Come on, momma,” he begged like a sweet little boy. “Just get to know the woman, do it for me! Please!” His mother looked uneasy at first. Her son waited for her answer. Julija sighed reluctantly at last.

“Fine,” she said in defeat. “But only for you!” Nikita put up an Academy Award act of joy.

“Oh thank you, momma!” he exclaimed. “You won't regret this!” The man hugged his mother to seal the deal. Julija looked uncomfortable the whole time. Nikita on the other hand, grinned at his plan. Game, set, match. Well, almost. Too bad Nikita couldn't witness the whole match go down later on.

The son left for work just as planned. Julija just stayed around the house and practically did nothing. She thought about the situation her son had gotten himself in this time. “Why couldn't he have just called me?” the old woman thought. Then suddenly, she heard the door open. Julija looked up excited.

“Nikita?” she asked happily. Instead, she saw Mai staring at her. She shook her head once.

“No,” she said. “It's only me.” Julija pouted.

“Oh,” she said flatly. Mai raised an eyebrow at her.

“Is that... a bad thing?” she asked. Her mother-in-law shook her head.

“No…” she mumbled. Mai walked into the doorway and took off her shoes. Julija looked at her bitterly. “And I'm supposed to be nice to this woman?” she thought. The mother-in-law didn't like the sound of that at all. Yet, she wanted to keep her son happy. If that meant being nice to his choice in girlfriends and wives, okay then. Julija swallowed her pride.

“So, Mai,” she spoke up, trying to sound civil. “Where did you go today?” Mai turned around to her after putting up her coat.

“Why?” she asked. The mother-in-law shrugged at her.

“Can't I just ask about my daughter-in-law?” she questioned. Mai sighed as she rolled her eyes.

“Job interview,” she said.

“For what?” Julija asked.

“Interior design,”

“With which company?”

“Inna Designs,”

“Are they any good?”

“The best in Russia.”

“Did you get the job?”

“Yes, yes I did.” Julija snorted at her. Mai looked at her puzzled and annoyed.

“What?” she asked. The mother-in-law glared at her.

“Why the hell would Nikita want to marry a slut like you?” she hissed. Mai automatically became offended.

“Excuse me?” she asked.

“What trick did you pull to trap my son into marrying you, you gold-digging hussy?” Julija asked. That really pushed Mai over the edge.

“For your information,” she barked. “My parents forced us to get married because Nikita and I had a one-night stand! I fell in love with him in these past few weeks! He may piss me off at times, but I love that man to no end!” Julija snorted again.

“And you expect me to believe your bullshit?” she hissed.

“You bitch!” Mai yelled. She slapped Julija right in the face. The mother-in-law looked at her stunned. She turned back to a glaring daughter-in-law.

“You slapped me, you… you… cheap whore!” she cried. The older woman slapped the wife back. Oh, it was on from there.

That evening, Nikita made it home. He slowly unlocked the front door. He opened it up and went inside.

“Hello!” Nikita called throughout the apartment. “And how are my favorite girls?” Silence everywhere. Good sign for him. The man walked further into the apartment. He came into the dining room. The husband found his wife sitting at the kitchen table. He smiled at her warmly.

“Hi honey,” the man said in a low whisper. “How was your day? Did you get the job?” Mai turned around to him. She looked as if the demon of wrath had possessed her body. Her eyes seemed to be an all-glowing red right now.

“That woman… is just evil!!!” she screamed. “She hates me and I don't know why! I just can't take seeing her face anymore. If I hear that bitch speak again, I swear I'm going to ended arrested for murder! That's it, Nikita! First thing tomorrow morning, you are sending her back to where she came from!!! Do you understand me?!?” Sadly for her, Nikita didn't. He was too randy by her rage. That made Mai even angrier when she noticed him staring at her in the same manner of starving wild dog.

“NIKITA!!!” she yelled. “ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME?!?” That did it for the night. Her husband rushed forward, grabbed her by the wrists, and pulled her to her feet. He forced a kiss onto her lips. Mai looked on at him confused. Once again, she fell into his little piss-off-Mai-for-sex trap. When would she ever learn?

She tried to fight him off, but her randy husband wouldn't let up. In the end, the woman had no choice but to give up and let him have it. “Better than facing his mother again, that's for sure!” she thought. Nikita then broke off the kiss and stared into her confused yet still angry eyes. Mai looked so sexy in a rage. He just had to have her.

“So what do you say, old girl?” Nikita propositioned. “Shall we take this back to our room like civil adults?” Mai looked away some.

“If you insist…” she mumbled. Her husband grinned at her.

“Sweet!” he said grinning. Then, the man picked up Mai and flung her over his shoulder like a life-size rag doll.

“Nikita!!!” Mai cried. “Put me down! Put me down!” The man didn't listen; he just walked down the hall with his wife. Oh yes, these two weeks would be a blast!

Mommy Dearest