The next morning, I went shopping early to cook my husband his favorite dish. Every weekend he likes to have a seafood soup in the morning. He loved it when there are several tomatoes and onions.

When I came back from the market, I immediately took a shower to get rid of the strange smell from the market before cooking. It's quick to cook because we have a rice cooker at home and it only takes a few minutes to prepare the soup.

Aside from the seashells that I bought, there was also a kilogram of fish. I would fry it later. Or maybe, I can ask Brent to fry the fish.

Yes, and we are quite relaxed in life, but we have not yet been able to hire another helper. I am still sending my siblings to school and Brent continues to support his children born out of wedlock.

“Good morning my love!”

I looked at Brent and Karla who entered the kitchen. As usual, Karla's smile was wide because her father carried her.

“Are you hungry Brent? Breakfast is almost ready,” I told him.

“A bit. I was tired this morning so I ran out of energy,” he said softly to me because the nanny was just in the living room arranging the children's toys.

And when Brent and I talk sweetly, I can temporarily forget the man's shortcomings in me. The ten times I've been hung up because of his insensitivity to my sexual needs can be temporarily put aside whenever he does something that I love most of all.

“Alright, sit there and I'll follow. Call nanny so we can have breakfast together,” I ordered her to go to the table first.

“Alright, my queen! Your word is my command,” the man replied and I don't know why I was shocked by what he said.

My God! Was I just too in love with my husband? The man was not deserving of my total devotion, but he really knows to make me smile.

“I will handle our budget first,” the man proposed while we waited for Karla's nanny.

I frowned because it was not clear to me what he wanted to happen. “What do you mean?” I asked him.

“Let me handle our finances here at home,” said Brent.

“You mean, I'll give you my salary instead of you giving it to me?”

“That's how it is,” he replied.

At that moment I didn't know whether to be happy or angry because I'm not stupid, eh! He just told me how much his salary is but he has no intention of giving it to me. Then, he wanted to have my salary, too! My goodness, I was really amazed at the way his brain worked. Honestly I was insulted by his proposal but I didn't show it. As soon as his salary increased, his true behavior when it comes to money came out immediately.

“No problem,” I answered.

I don't want to lie to him anymore but it looks like I still have to do it to protect myself.

“You are really smart, my love. I'll take care of everything and you don't have to worry about bills or buying things we need at home. All you have to do is transfer your salary to my account once you have it,” the man explained and I just nodded.

“That's good so I can spend more time with our daughter,” I told him because grocery shopping is a waste of time, especially when supermarkets are crowded every payday. “By the way Brent, Levi will be moving to sales and I will be replacing him,” I informed him about my promotion.

“Is there a salary increase?”

“Of course, there is. Maybe around 5k,” I lied. With what the man wanted to happen, I felt it was only right that I not tell him everything.

“You talk about dinner later, but we have to do it next week.”

I wondered why his plan suddenly changed because we ate out yesterday. “Why are there changes in the plan?”

“Hmmm because our new GM called an emergency meeting,” the man replied.

“Is that so? Or, it's up to you,” I said because I understood that he first needed to show off his new position.

After breakfast, Brent and Karla went upstairs to sleep but I stayed in the living room. My brain is still messed up because of what Brent wants to happen, eh. Overnight the man changed just because of his income.

It's not just about our finances that changed because of Brent's promotion in the company he joined. Also the man's behavior gradually changed. I asked him several times if we had a problem or not but he didn't answer properly.

“I think you're constantly working overtime now, Kylie!”