I'm Not A Loser

Chapter 4

By mid-afternoon, Steve Hart was back at his wife's family home. He ran from the bus stop to get there, making sweat pour down his forehead.

"Damn, I'm late," Steve muttered.

In the front yard of the luxurious house, the car that his in-laws used to use was parked, indicating that they were home now.

Steve Hart realized there was no point in regretting. If he had to accept insults, then only trying to be patient was all he could do.

Steve had just entered the house when on the living room sofa, there was already a woman in her 40s reading a magazine, a habit that had been passed down to Agatha, his wife.

Olivia Cattegirn, a beautiful woman who looked much younger than her real age. The same woman was also Steve's mother-in-law, one of the people responsible for making Steve's life so miserable.

"I only left home for a few days and guess what?" Olivia Cattegirn asked suddenly.

Steve Hart was silent, not wanting to answer because it would only make his mother-in-law even angrier.

"My useless son-in-law is starting to dare to neglect his duties, and instead chooses to have fun out there," Olivia Cattegirn continued.

"I've swept the house and mopped the floor as usual, I went out because I had something to do and it was done after my duty was over," explained Steve Hart.

"The floor is still dirty, you still dare to deny? Hey maid, come here because I have something to ask you!"

One of the maids came after Olivia called her, asking what Olivia wanted to hear from her.

"This trash, is he really doing his job?"

The maid glanced at Steve for a moment before answering, "As I recall, he did, Madam Olivia."

"Don't lie!" Olivia Cattegirn said in a high tone, refusing to believe it.

Realizing that what she had just said was not what Olivia wanted to hear, she could only stare guiltily at Steve before saying, "Not yet... Madam Olivia."

"Why didn't you say so from the start, what's the big deal? Now go and get back to work," Olivia said, ordering the maid to get out of her way.

After the maid left, Olivia's eyes fell back on Steve.

"Now, what are you going to dodge?" Olivia Cattegirn asked Steve.

Steve could only curse inwardly, Olivia's anger was clearly without reason and only wanted to corner him.

Despite feeling angry, Steve still tried to maintain his friendly expression.

Olivia Cattegirn let out an annoyed breath before saying, "Never mind, now go pick up Agatha from her campus. I won't forgive you if you dare to make my daughter wait even a second."

"Mother, isn't picking up Miss Agatha the job of her personal driver?" asked Steve Hart, since picking up Agatha was not his responsibility.

"Well, I just don't want to see you relaxing. Do you mind?" Olivia Cattegirn raised her eyebrows.

Steve Hart quickly shook his head before saying, "Absolutely not, Mom."

Steve Hart eventually made his way to one of the cars parked in the yard after receiving the keys from his mother-in-law.

One thing that made him reluctant to get this kind of assignment, was the fear of scratching the car he was driving and having to pay for it.

[The host doesn't need to worry, after all, there is already a system that can make the host so rich that he doesn't need to think about money]

"That's true, but can you help me if I drive this car off a cliff and my mother-in-law tries to kill me?" asked Steve Hart.

[Ehhh... that's out of the system's hands].

"Shut up then," said Steve Hart.

Steve Hart realized that his $100,000 was nothing compared to the Cattegirn family's wealth, so he couldn't be rash or the system would be useless.

[The system appreciates the Host's intelligence, it is quite impressive that you are not blinded by the desire for revenge and still think about the consequences of your actions]

"Hey, stop reading my mind," muttered Steve Hart as he drove towards the campus Agatha was on.

After driving for a long time, Steve finally arrived at a famous university in the town of Avebury.

Avebury University, a place where the descendants of rich families as well as the smartest people in the town were educated.

Steve Hart arrived in front of one of the university buildings around 3pm, there was still half an hour until Agatha's class ended so Steve could breathe freely.

Steve Hart got out of his car to wait for Agatha. Sure enough, thirty minutes later Agatha was seen coming out of the building with her friends.

"Wow, look who's here," said one of Agatha's friends.

Hearing these words, Steve's presence there was immediate.

"Agatha, what happened to your personal driver that they sent a house servant to pick you up?"

Steve Hart could only let out a long sigh at this, Agatha's friends didn't know who he was, they just said things like that to embarrass her.

"Stop bothering him," Agatha said to her friends.

Agatha Cattegirn walked straight up to Steve, a quizzical look on her face as to why Steve had come to pick her up.

"I know you may feel uncomfortable because of my arrival, but it was Mrs. Olivia who ordered me here to pick you up," explained Steve Hart.

Agatha nodded in understanding. However, she could not go home with Steve because she still had things to do now.

"Why? You know I'll get scolded if I don't take you home with me, right?" asked Steve Hart.

Agatha was about to answer, however, one of her male friends walked up to her first, embracing Agatha right in front of Steve for whatever reason.

"Hey, you never really thought of Agatha as your wife, did you?" the man asked.

Steve recognized the man as Eric Daran, just like Cattegirn, the Daran family was also famous for their wealth earned from various businesses in Avebury town.

"Hey, what do you want to do here? If you realize your position, then get lost and don't tell Agatha what to do," Eric Daran continued.

Agatha, who felt uncomfortable with Eric's embrace, immediately slammed the hand off her shoulder, after which she said, "I told you to stop bothering him, after all, he came because he was ordered to by my mother."

"Really? Then tell him to leave, if he still doesn't want to... then I don't mind taking care of it for you," Eric Daran said as he gave Steve a sharp look.

Steve Hart just didn't move in his position, he was also confused about what to do if it was like this.

"Come back, I'm just going to the freshman welcome party after this. Tell that to my mom, she will definitely understand," explained Agatha Cattegirn.

Not waiting for an answer from Steve Hart, Agatha immediately left there with Eric and his other friends.

Knowing this, Steve Hart immediately understood that what Agatha had just said was an order, not a request or anything like that.

"This sucks," muttered Steve Hart.

Steve Hart had felt an extraordinary surge of emotion when he saw Eric dare to embrace Agatha right in front of him, it was really clear that Eric had never considered him as Agatha's husband.

Steve Hart finally prepared to return home to deliver Agatha's message to his mother-in-law. Although his pride was hurt, Steve didn't remember that he still had some pride left in him.

 [Mission triggered, Protect Agatha and show what the Host can do as her husband]