CHAPTER 5

Mike was shocked to walk into his parlor and find Lara crying. "What's the meaning of this?" he asked her.

Mike was surprised to see Lara crying. His brows furrowed at her. Lara looked at him, but her red eyes came in contact with his unclothed body, making her stare at the floor.

Mike burst out laughing, surprising Lara. He walked up slowly to meet her, but Lara took some steps backward, falling onto the executive couch behind her. She sat down forcefully on the couch. Mike approached her, looking breathtakingly handsome and dark, even bare as he was.

Mike asked, "Are you trying to prove to me that you're innocent or forced to come here?"

Lara responded, "Yes."

Lara nodded. She didn't want to stare up at Mike, since she became visibly afraid of him. She remembered that her village friend had told her that sex was painful and that if she wanted to do it, she should opt for a man who truly loved her, not just some random guy. Here she was with a man whom she didn't even know his health status.

Mike leaned closer to Lara. She smelled so nice. He felt turned on again by her sweet blossom scent, feeling his member hardening.

Mike moved closer to touch Lara, but she shifted away from him.

Mike asked, "Why are you shifting away?"

Lara shook her head and stared downward in silence. She was visibly vibrating, afraid of what Mike wanted to do to her.

Mike sniffed Lara. He slowly touched her face to wipe off her tears.

He asked, "Come, I won't hurt you."

Lara replied, "No."

Mike was gradually losing his patience, but he slowly spoke to Lara, "Do you want me to call the security guards?"

Lara replied, "No." She shivered.

Mike stared at Lara's chest. Her red dress seemed to expose her full cleavage. Lara was indeed beautiful, but he didn't understand where Madam Alora had gotten Lara from. Her attitude clearly irritated him.

Madam Alora had been the one disturbing him to patronize her ladies. Mike didn't want to, since they obviously didn't seem to interest him. He had spoken to his best friend, Gideon Abram, that he didn't like Madam Alora's ladies. Gideon had advised him to give her ladies a trial, and here he was with a lady refusing him.

Mike stared at Lara, who was vibrating before him. He slowly bent beside her and took off her shoes. Lara shook, afraid as his bare hands touched her smooth legs. Next, he removed her black heeled shoes from her slender, beautiful legs and spoke to her, "Stand up and come with me now. I don't have much time to waste here with you."

Lara replied, "No."

Lara refused to stand up. She saw clearly that Mike was losing his patience and wanting to sleep with her, but she didn't sign up to become a prostitute. She didn't know how to explain it to Mike, either.

Mike raked his short black hair on his head in frustration. He was wearing an earring on his right ear and also had a visible eagle tattoo on his right arm.

Mike stared at Lara. Obviously, a lot of ladies had tried to create a facade with him, like they were innocent. But once he yelled at them, they cooperated at once and pleasured him. However, her case was totally different.

Mike said, "I see that you aren't ready to do it."

Mike walked up to his cell phone and wanted to place a call to Joseph, but Lara immediately stared at him, afraid, thinking he wanted to call his bodyguards to throw her outside.

Lara spoke, "Please, sir!... I'm not a..."

Mike paused his phone call and stared back at Lara coldly.

He asked, "What is it?"

Lara shrugged and couldn't speak. She met Mike's cold gaze on her, seeing that Mike was still bare.

Mike sighed and cursed, "I don't have time for ladies like you. Since you don't want to do it with me, then you will leave my house at once."

Lara begged, "No... please."

Lara shuddered in fright. She wasn't a prostitute, and she feared what her madam would do to her if Madam Alora found out that she didn't do what Mike had asked her to do.

Mike said, "Hello..."

Lara said, "Please, sir... Okay, I will do whatever you want me to do... but I'm not a prostitute and..."

Mike paused and stared back at Lara again. He gulped what he wanted to say to Joseph, as he was still bare and her voice was turning him on.

Mike finally ended the phone call. He dropped the landline and turned to face Lara.

Mike asked, "What are you talking about? Are you following me inside or not? I don't have time to waste here with you."

Lara replied, "Fine... I... will."

Mike said, "Hmph."

Mike was quiet at first, but he seemed to like Lara.

He said, "Okay. Stand up."

Lara stood up nervously. She didn't stare at Mike directly, even though she could feel his eyes all over her.

Mike said, "Fine, come with me..."

Mike walked to his bedroom. Lara finally picked up his towel on the floor. He was so shameless, comfortably walking fully bare to her view, while she was ashamed to be staring at him.

Lara wondered how many ladies Mike had hosted and fully paraded himself bare to their views. The thought of it irritated her.

Mike's home was beautiful, but all that didn't matter to Lara. She was new in the city, and she still needed her transport fare to return home to her village.

Lara thought to endure only a one-night stand with Mike and to endure whatever nonsense that Mike would do with her, on the note that she would get paid and finally leave to her village. She wouldn't be used for sex for money.

Walking into Mike's large bedroom, Lara was mesmerized by his bedroom interior decorations. From his large king-size bed that was covered in a light-pink bedspread to his flat-screen television that was displaying a music video at its lowest volume. To the beautiful artistic painting of Mike on the wall that was painted in red wine color. Lara sighed, "Hmm."

Mike asked, "What are you staring at? Strip now!"

Lara shuddered. Her gaze fell back on Mike. She asked him, "I should do what?"

Mike replied, "You heard me correctly. Why are you being so stubborn? I don't want to repeat myself tonight, so be quick."

Lara gulped heavily. She started to strip in front of Mike, but seeing his blue eyes glued to her body, not leaving her body for one minute... Lara used his white towel that she was still holding to wrap around her chest, but Mike immediately questioned her, "What nonsense are you doing?"

Lara shuddered again. She met Mike's angered gaze on her. Her brown eyes turned pure red as hot tears rolled up in her eyes.

Mike stood up confusedly and walked up to meet Lara. He asked, "Why are you acting like this? I don't get it?! Do you want to leave now?"

Lara shakily replied, "No..."

Mike sighed, "Fine. Then come to the bed now."

Mike wasn't that heartless. Even though he was interested in Lara, he decided to pamper her out of her fright, if that would make Lara succumb and pleasure him.

Mike said, "I wouldn't hurt you, okay?"

Lara replied, "Okay, sir." She sniffed.

Lara stared at Mike's face as she sat down beside him on his bed. She knew that she would still be reported to Madam Alora. She thought to beg Mike.

Lara begged, "Please, sir... can you help me with money?"

Mike stared at Lara's face in shock. He was angry that she didn't want to pleasure him, but here she was, asking him for money.

Mike knew that the majority of the ladies all craved money and nothing else. He stood up to leave his bedroom. Lara held his left hand back, thinking he wanted to call his security men to throw her out.

Mike asked her, "What's the meaning of this?"

Lara begged, "Please, sir, I need to go back home to the village."

Mike asked, "Is this a joke or what? How did you get here first? Damn it!"

Mike cursed. He was so annoyed that he had already sent Janet away instead of Lara. He stared away from her and said, "Just leave!"

Lara begged, "No, sir. Please, I don't have anywhere to go, too..."

Mike spat, "That's none of my business. Leave now, at once, get out!"

Lara immediately fell down to her knees and begged him, "Please, sir, I cannot leave here, help me, please."

Mike cursed, "Damn it! What's the meaning of this? Help you with what again? Alright, get up first."

Lara stared at Mike's face. She didn't want to stare at his member that rose up facing her again. She stared downwards. Mike walked towards her and collected his white towel away from her hand first.

Mike said, "You cannot stay here with me tonight. Since you don't know why you're here, and you don't want to do anything with me... You will leave my bedroom. Once you step outside, you will meet with Joseph, and he will show you to a room to stay until tomorrow morning, and you get lost."

Lara responded, "No, sir, Please, I cannot leave here."

Mike's annoyance got to its peak. He tied his towel around his waist quickly and walked up to meet Lara. He dragged her outside by her left hand and threw her out of his bedroom and into his parlor. He warned, "Leave now, go and meet with Joseph. Get lost."

Lara refused to leave. She rather stayed in Mike's parlor and cried. Mike shut his bedroom door closed on her and cursed out, "Damn it! What kind of a lady is that?"

Mike paced about in his bedroom, irritated that Lara didn't do anything to satisfy him. He was horny and needed a warm body to sleep with. 

Mike finally walked back into his bathroom to bathe again, believing that Lara would have left his parlor and went downstairs to meet Joseph.