"Oh, no! I'm so sorry. I didn't know you were home, Claire." Alex, who was also surprised to see his towel sagging, quickly picked it up and wrapped it around his waist just as Claire turned her back on him. Claire's face turned red as she clenched her hands nervously. She bit her lower lip, then said, "I'll wait for you at the dining room table," Claire said quickly, then walked out of the kitchen. Once in the living room, Claire sat fidgeting, biting the tips of her nails. "Ah, damn it! What did I just see? Even though he's wearing panties, but... it's huge." Claire grimaced in horror, but also marveled at how nice and athletic Alex's body looked. This was all because the house only had one bathroom, which was off the kitchen. Claire was sure that Alex had forgotten to bring a change of clothes to the bathroom. That's why he went to get his change of clothes, but bumped into her instead.Earlier, Claire had seen something sticking out from under Alex's underwear when her towel f
Hearing a familiar voice, Claire turned her head, then exhaled lazily as she saw Noah and Alice stop in front of her."Why are you wandering around here, Claire? Where's your useless husband?" Noah asked with a scornful look at Claire."None of your business," Claire replied firmly, then turned to leave."Where are you going, Claire? This is not your place. Don't you know where you are? You're standing in front of the Golden Era Enterprise. The biggest company in New York. How could you dare to come here with your shabby appearance. You didn't think to pick up trash around Golden Era, did you?" Alice grabbed Claire's arm as she started to walk away, then showered her with insults."You don't have to tell me, I already know where I am. I came here for an job interview.""What did you say, Claire? Job interview?" Alice repeated Claire's words, raised an eyebrow, and then laughed.Noah also laughed at the two funny words.Claire remained silent, watching them with her piercing eyes. She w
It was true.A few minutes later, Nova arrived and they immediately greeted her in a friendly manner.Sitting together, Noah and Alice expressed their intention to work with Golden Era. Ronald proudly introduced Noah as the new CEO of the Sanders Company."Noah is my nephew who is very reliable in business. Although he is new, he has extraordinary abilities. I assure you that Golden Era will not regret working with the Sanders Company," Ronald told Nova, who was studying the files Noah and Alice had brought with them.At first, the three of them smiled broadly when they saw Nova reviewing the files.However, the smiles on their faces vanished when Nova suddenly closed the file and half-threw it on the table, as if the whole file didn't interest her at all."I'm sorry, but unfortunately, Golden Era refuses to cooperate with your company," Nova said, causing the three of them to immediately tense up."What? How is that possible? Mrs. Nova, why did you make such a unilateral decision? I m
To celebrate her success in joining the Golden Era Company, Claire cooked more tonight and had dinner with Alex. "Congratulations, Claire! I'm proud of you. I knew you'd fit right in at Golden Era." Alex raised the glass of wine in front of Claire, to which Claire responded by bringing her own glass closer to make a clinking sound. "Thank you, Alex. I really can't believe I was able to do that." Claire blinked with a wide smile. But then his brow furrowed. "But... there are some things that make me wonder. During the interview with Golden Era, everything seemed so easy. They were very friendly. Even Mr. Knight's secretary was friendly. The interview was over in a few minutes. It surprised me and made me think... how could it be so easy?" Claire couldn't stop thinking. In all her life, she had never had such an easy interview. "This is because they already know your potential. Those people in the Golden Era must be able to judge which candidates are the best to join the company."
When Claire arrived at the office, she was ushered into one of the departments and seated behind a desk with several other female employees. Claire introduced herself as the new employee in her department. However, only some people welcomed her introduction. Others looked at her sarcastically. One of the people who didn't like Claire's presence was Camila. With her hands in her lap, she walked up to Claire and dropped her coffee on Claire's design paper. "I'm sorry. My hand slipped," Camila said, putting on a guilty face, but the corners of her lips curled into a mischievous smile. Claire scowled. She knew that what Camila had done was intentional. But since Claire was a new employee, she decided not to prolong the matter. "It's okay," she replied and went back to work."What are you drawing?" with an annoyed face, Camila grabbed Claire's paper and stared at it intently. "Please give me back my paper!" Claire tried to grab it again, but Camila quickly hid it behind her back. Se
"So you're a manager? If so, you should be more polite to your subordinates. A manager shouldn't act dirty," Claire said, holding back her irritation as her hand gripped the hot coffee cup. "The new guy is trying to advise me?" Ronald grinned. His footsteps came closer to Claire, which made her body tense even more and she slowly backed away."You are quite interesting. I can help you get promoted quickly if you are willing to keep me company for a few nights," Ronald whispered with a lascivious grin on his lips. Those dirty words ignited a fire of anger in Claire. Suddenly, she poured the hot coffee on his chest, making him scream and overheat as he waved his wet shirt."Damn woman! How dare you spill hot coffee on my shirt!" Ronald snapped loudly. His jaw clenched, his eyes narrowed and filled with anger. "Sorry, Mr. Ronald. I'm forced to tell you in such a harsh manner. Whatever you promised. Promotion, money or anything else, I have absolutely no interest in spending the night
A taxi finally took Claire to a large shopping mall. Inside the mall was a jewelry store called "Black Rose," which Nova had suggested. Claire entered the jewelry store and looked at the many pieces of jewelry in the display case. Seeing how beautiful all the jewelry was made Claire smile. She felt confused as she tried to decide what to buy. "Sorry, miss. You can't just come in here. Please leave before I call security to remove you." Just as Claire looked around, a saleswoman with a nametag that read Nora on her chest reprimanded Claire and pulled her out of the store.Naturally, Claire was confused; why would the saleswoman kick her out when she was trying to make a purchase? "But I want to find a necklace for my mom's birthday," Claire said, refusing to leave and letting go of Nora's hand that was holding hers. "Your mom's birthday? Why don't you go to the thrift store and find her a necklace? Maybe you can find a suitable necklace for your mom there." Nora's words immediate
Claire was just curious and silent. Meanwhile, the saleswoman looked indifferent and played with her red lacquered nails. She didn't care who Alex called. A few minutes later, the manager of the 'Black Rose' store, Leuwis, came through the door with a firm step. Seeing her boss coming, Nora, who had been busy with her nails, immediately pretended to be very busy and diligent and went to Leuwis. "Nora, what's going on?" Leuwis asked Nora with an irritated look on his face. "Mr. Leuwis, these two people came into the store to look at some jewelry. In fact, they have no money. Their presence is only disturbing the customers coming into our store. I have asked them to leave, but they insist on staying. You should call security immediately to remove them from the store. People like them might steal." PHow surprised Nora was when her complaint was met with a very hard slap from Leuwis. The slap landed on her right cheek, leaving a red mark and a sting, as well as a shocking sense of e
“So this is Valen's doing?” asked Alex. There was a big smile hidden on his lips."Yes. Who else. Mia and the other maids wouldn't dare lock me in Valen's room!" still with her back to Alex, Claire folded her arms across her chest. Her lips remained five centimeters forward in front of Alex."Valen is very understanding. She just knows what her father wants," Alex said, sighing with relief and standing up from his seat.Alex's steps moved towards Claire who was still standing by the door.“What do you mean, what do you want?” Claire knitted her eyebrows together. This time she turned her face to look at Alex, in order to examine the meaning of the meaningful gaze that was implied there.The two corners of Alex's lips pulled together even more, forming a wide smile. Now his strapping body had arrived in front of Claire's petite body.Realizing that they were very close, Claire took a step back until her back was against the wall. Then Alex quickly enclosed her and held both hands on th
"Claire! I'm so sorry. Let me sleep here tonight, honey. Don't get angry again. Tomorrow we'll buy more ice cream." Alex said as he knocked on the door."No! You go ahead and eat a lot of ice cream. I'll get diabetes later!""Well, tomorrow I'll take you to the diamond shop. You buy as many as you want. Yes, I will. But open the door, Claire. I'm sorry."“No!” Claire replied firmly from inside.Alex sighed softly while clutching the pillow to his chest. It looked like Alex's efforts to persuade Claire would be useless. Because Claire would be hard to persuade tonight.It was raining heavily outside. Even Alex already felt aroused when he saw his wife's body. The image in his mind was that they would forgive each other and finally do fun things on the bed.However, everything that happened was not what Alex had envisioned.In fact, Alex had to put his desires on hold and staggered into Valen's room.“Daddy?!” Valen was surprised when her bedroom light suddenly turned on and Alex was al
Three years later...“Valen, let's shoot Daddy!”“Bang ... Bang ... ” Valencia, the now three-year-old girl, was playing with Alex.In the living room, they were running around with each other. Alex would hide behind a table, chair or wall, and Valen would look for him until he found him. Then Valen swiftly raised his water pistol and fired it at Alex.Alex pretended to hold his chest which was hit by the water gun, then his body wavered and fell to the floor.“Daddy, you lost! Daddy lost!” Valen jumped up and down happily.Seeing Alex pretending to faint, Valen approached Alex and tried to shoot Alex in the face again. But before Valen could do so, Alex had already caught the water gun and fired it back at Valen's face and chest.This made the girl laugh out loud while trying to cover her face with both hands."Now you lose. Daddy wins!" Alex chased Valen who ran towards the kitchen.Meanwhile, Alex chased from behind while continuing to shoot with the water gun from behind."Mommy!
There was blood coming from Claire's hand which seemed to be scratched by the broken glass. It was possible that the glass broke first, then Claire's body faltered and fell on the broken glass."Claire! Honey, what's wrong with you?" asked Alex while putting Claire's head on his lap.“Alex, my stomach hurts.” Claire whimpered under her breath.“Alex, don't let your wife go into labor!” Emma exclaimed frantically.Making Alex's eyeballs go wide at the thought. Alex's gaze dropped to Claire's leg. He was surprised to see liquid dripping out of it.“We're going to the hospital now!” Alex carried Claire in his arms. Mike and Emma nodded in response.The three of them walked away with panicked faces.While carrying Claire, Alex called the driver while half shouting.Alex's driver immediately approached the man. His eyes widened at the sight of Claire who was in Alex's arms while grimacing and clutching her distended stomach.“Yes, sir.” the driver quickly moved nimbly. Running to the car g
A few months later...Claire was reading a book while sitting on the sofa in the living room.The large TV in front of her was left on. Even though her eyes were not looking at it.Meanwhile, Alex's head was lying on her thigh. While still busy reading the book, Claire's right hand occasionally moved gently to stroke Alex's soft mane."My son. Let's launch quickly! Daddy can't wait to see you. And Daddy is sure that you can't wait to see Daddy's handsome face. Right?" Claire chuckled amusedly at Alex's confident words.Alex said as he stroked Claire's nine-month-old belly. In just a few days, Claire would soon give birth.Alex's hand was still moving to stroke Claire's stomach. Alex's eyes shot up to look at Claire who was busy with her book that she was reading.“Alex!” Claire squealed as Alex started to be ignorant.“Yes, dear?” Alex asked back with his sinless face."If you want to stroke your belly, that's the right way. Hands don't wander around!" Claire said, glaring at Alex.Th
The question Alex asked made Claire's heart sink. "So you believe what Noah says? Even though when you fought with Noah in the boxing ring, I told you that everything Noah said wasn't true?" Claire's face looked disappointed.Her eyeballs locked eyes with Alex's blue ones. Alex tried to decipher Claire's look which implied seriousness.Alex's head lowered and her nose now traced Claire's neck and shoulders while inhaling the fragrance of the woman's body.“I don't smell any traces of Noah's touch here,” Alex whispered raising her head and making Claire smile. Alex was acting like he had a wolf's sense of smell. He was just joking around to get rid of the awkwardness between them.Claire sighed in relief that Alex believed her."He was going to touch me, but I refused him vehemently. I don't want to be anyone's woman, except Mr. Knight," Claire said which made Alex stare at her.Alex gulped roughly, then he cupped both of Claire's cheeks and immediately licked those sweet lips.Claire'
Three days passed.Today was the day that Alex and Noah would both make their bets.According to the agreement, Alex had to arrive no later than six in the evening."It's already five forty minutes. It looks like Alex won't be coming. That husband of yours would rather have you as my lady of desire than help you." Noah spoke to Claire who was standing beside him.They were currently standing on the front porch of Noah's spacious house. Their gazes were both fixed on the gate of Noah's house, awaiting Alex's arrival.Claire herself was getting nervous. Cold sweat flooded her temples.“Why don't you just kill me, Noah?” challenged Claire.Noah's eyes narrowed. He couldn't believe this woman still dared to challenge him.“I don't want to waste your body by killing you, Claire.” Noah showed the watch in his hand."Let's count together, Claire. If Alex doesn't come at the last second, then close your eyes and prepare to say goodbye to your life! Thirteen... twelve... eleven..."Squeezing h
“You don't want to involve the police? You must be afraid of going to jail again, right?” Alex taunted then looked sarcastically at Noah. “Okay, how about we fight one on one without using weapons? If I win, then you have to free Claire.” Alex offered.Noah's eyes narrowed for a moment as if he was thinking about Alex's invitation to fight with him.Even though Noah knew Alex was good at martial arts, Noah was not at all afraid because he was getting stronger and better at many things.“Alright, I agree with your offer. But, since Claire has such a delicious body. Then it would be a pity if I didn't utilize that for my own pleasure. If you lose, I'll set Claire free and won't bother you anymore. But if I win, then I will keep Claire as my woman of desire,” Noah said and then grinned with satisfaction at Alex's suddenly tense face.Yes! Alex himself had initiated the bet. So as a man, Noah agreed to accept the bet.Alex's jaw tightened until his neck veins stood out. His chest felt hot
“Mr. Noah is calling you to dinner.” A butler named Vely walked into Claire's room.Claire was sitting hugging her knees on the bed. Her eyes briefly turned to the butler, but she immediately glanced away.“Tell your master I don't want to! If he wants to eat, he can eat himself!” Claire refused unconcernedly.Even though her stomach was currently feeling a bit sore.“It's not an offer, it's an order! And in this house no one has ever dared to defy Mr. Noah's orders.” Vely's tone now turned stern.“Bring her!” Vely next ordered the two female servants behind him.“Okay.”“No! Don't come any closer! I don't want to eat dinner with your master. I'd rather starve to death here.” Claire shouted and tried to get away.But the two servants didn't seem to care. Their hands forcefully dragged Claire's hand, pulling her to go downstairs where Noah was currently sitting behind a spacious dining table by himself.There was a lot of sumptuous food spread out on the table.The handsome man's lips