Loving This Bitch

CHAPTER 31

"I love you, Lexi." Jake said to me.

We're so closed. We were just a hair's breadth away from each other. His eyes dropped to my lips, so I looked at his lips too. He held my chin and slowly brought his lips closer to mine. I closed my eyes and felt his lips.

"And Cut!" said the director, making us both pull away from each other. "Your last scene is with Kiyoshi, Nana." I nodded at the director. "Okay, let's continue this tomorrow. You can all go home now. Good work, guys."

Jake and I went down to the lobby together to pick up my son. When we arrived, I saw him sitting on the sofa playing with his toy cars.

"Kiyoshi!" I called to him. When he saw me, he ran over and hugged my waist.

"Mama!"

"How are you? Were you bored?" He shook his head and pouted, asking for a kiss. I bent down and kissed him on the lips, then stroked his red hair. I didn't dye it; that was his natural hair color.

"My son is so handsome."

"Of course, my mama is beautiful, so it's only natural that her son is handsome," he said, making both Jake and me laugh.

Jake drove us home. He always picks up and drops off Kiyoshi and me whenever we have tapings. Sometimes, he even goes out with us. When we arrived at the house, Jake was about to get out when we were surprised to see Kiyoshi, who was in the backseat, get out first. I thought he would run inside, but instead, he went to my door and opened it. Since he was still small, his whole body moved just to open the door. I think he used all his strength just to open it.

"Here, Mama." He even extended his little hand to me. Jake and I exchanged glances before I placed my hand in my son's hand and got out. Jake also got out and came over to us.

"Thank you, Yoshi."

"You're welcome, Mama," he said, then took Jake's hand and hung it on the handle of the door to the backseat, where Kiyoshi had been sitting. "I left my car toys inside. Can you open it, please?"

Jake laughed and opened the door for my son. Kiyoshi went in and grabbed his five big toy cars that Jake had bought for him.

"Thank you, Uncle Jake," he said, then ran inside.

Jake and I smiled at each other. "Your son is growing up to be a kind and gentlemanly boy."

I nodded. "Of course, I'm the one raising him." He laughed, and his deep dimples showed.

"Thank you," I said sincerely.

He smiled and nodded. "No problem, anything for you and Yoshi."

We exchanged goodbyes. I entered the house. It was just Kiyoshi and me living here because I didn't want a maid. I had someone come to clean every Wednesday and Saturday to keep the place tidy since Kiyoshi loved to play on the floor. I didn't want him inhaling dust because he gets sick easily.

"Yoshi?" I called out to my son as I walked into the room.

"Yes, Mama?" He greeted me, already dressed in his pajamas. He was wearing the pair with cars on them that I bought because he loves cars.

"Did you shower?" I asked.

He shook his head.

"Why?"

"I'm tired. I don't want to shower. Tomorrow, Mommy, please?" I walked over to him and knelt down to be at eye level with him. "You can't skip it, son. You were outside, right? So your body is dirty."

He pouted.

"Mama will just wipe you down, okay? Because you can't sleep with a dirty body. The dirt and dust from your body will stick to the bedsheet, and then you'll catch a cold again. Do you want to have a runny nose? Always sniffing and sneezing. Do you want that?"