Not even bothering to give an immediate response, Zivon simply glared at the doe-eyed woman for a full minute… before ultimately pinning her against the car door and growling, “No misunderstandings between us, huh? You don’t even feel a need to explain yourself…?!” …He… He was enraged because of what she had said to Sophia earlier?! Now seeing the full picture, Xavia whimpered, “I-I didn’t mean-” “Also, a tailor-made dress, huh? What sizes did he measure, hmm? Your waist? Chest? Buttocks…?!” growled Zivon as he glared at her body before raising her chin, prompting Xavia to go even paler than before. How could he insult her like that?! Besides, wasn’t it perfectly normal for designers to take measurements of their clients?! Glaring at him, Xavia couldn’t help but retort, “…You’re being far too paranoid. If you’re only going to insult me, then wait till you’re calmer before we talk again!” Before Xavia could even attempt to push him away, Zivon increased his force on her before g
Unbeknownst to Xavia, Sophia was together with Zivon at the time… and upon hearing the woman’s yells, Sophia couldn’t help but frown as she muttered, “…What is she doing in the villa?” Retaining a poker face, Zivon replied in an icy tone, “She misbehaved, and she had this coming. Regardless, if you aren’t fine with her being here, I can just take her to another condo. Bear in mind, however, that that’ll be a bit difficult for me.” The fact that his words suggested that this wasn’t the first time he was doing such a thing made Sophia clench her fists. So she still managed to come here in the end…?! Sophia wasn’t about to let her off that easily then! After ensuring that she had a calm façade on, Sophia took a deep breath before saying, “…I believe you’ll abide by the contract, so just keep her here. That aside, I’ll be heading in to check on her.” “There’s no need for that. I’ll just bring her downstairs with me,” replied Zivon as he began ascending the stairs, instantly prompti
He was also doing all this to punish her… To prevent her from meeting up with Mark! How shrewd…! Now that Xavia had seen how much of a scheming man he could be, she couldn’t help but wonder what he’d do to Sophia if she enraged him any further…! Now looking incredibly pale, she couldn’t help but stutter, “W-what do you plan to do to me…?!” Upon hearing that, Zivon scoffed, “Your main task is to be nicer and to stop trying to piss me off! Now get dressed already and head downstairs to prepare dinner!” Before Xavia could reply, he had already strode out of the room, leaving the frightened woman petrified in place… Be nicer…? The way he put it almost made it seem like he was trying to coax a child… But even so, it was clear that his words were simultaneously a threat! Bah, so be it! Sophia was here too so she may as well get some food ready…! With that in mind, Xavia sighed before changing into a conservative dress and heading downstairs… For some reason, Maison wasn’t present, th
Though the thought was displeasing, Xavia remained silent. After all, she knew that she owed Sophia at least this much. Despite her kind thoughts, however, Sophia assumed that Xavia was ignoring her, and this prompted her to get even angrier…! Grabbing Xavia by the shoulder, Sophia added, “Hey, I’m talking to you! Do you seriously think that doing all this will make up for my mother’s death?! Do you know how revolting it felt to eat that meal you made for me?! Regardless… What is your actual goal for coming here?” Though Xavia felt slightly hurt from how forceful Sophia was, she also knew that Sophia had only been pretending to be fine whenever Zivon was around. What’s more, she knew Sophia’s ultimate goal as well. Any person with a brain would know… Still, instead of calling Sophia out, Xavia simply replied, “…Before anything else, please understand that what I’m about to say is the truth. Not like I could ever deceive you with how smart you are… Either way, I haven’t contacted
By this point, Xavia’s heart was racing. After all, regardless of what they did, if Sophia learned that Zivon had come over to her, there’d surely be a terrible misunderstanding…! Now worried to bits, she ultimately decided to sit up and flick the lights on before saying, “Y-Young Master Burton? What brings you here? A-also, my stomach hurts all of a sudden…! I’m sorry, I need to use the restroom…!” Before she could squirm out, Zivon blocked the entrance while retorting, “Your acting skills are terrible.” “…I-I’m telling the truth…! T-that aside, it’s past midnight so you really should get some rest in your room… I’ll return to bed once I’ve relieved myself…!” stuttered the embarrassed Xavia. Upon hearing that, Zivon couldn’t help but smirk as he replied, “Whatever helps you sleep at night… Regardless, I’m only here to tell you to prepare three meals per day here for the next two days. Until then, don’t even think about leaving the house, and if I learn that you’re still in conta
Naturally, Zivon had no idea that his meal had been drugged, and he headed upstairs to resume work after dinner. However, moments after he had finished his tasks and watched Sophia fall asleep, he felt an odd sensation within his body… An extremely familiar one. After all, this wasn’t the first time he had been drugged by someone…! Was the culprit tired of living or something?! Now extremely irked, Zivon immediately attempted to leave the room… Only to realize that it had been locked shut! Not even the finger scanner appeared to be working! Thoroughly displeased, Zivon turned to glare at the sleeping woman. Only she could manage to come up with this elaborate plan…! With that in mind, he strode over to her side before grabbing her by the collar and growling, “How dare you, Sophia…! Did you think drugging me would be without consequences…?!” Instantly startled awake, Sophia couldn’t help but quiver in fear as she stared at the terrifying man. It took her a while, but she eventuall
“…Um… Why don’t you head home for the night, Miss Harrison…? Young Master Burton is really angry at the moment… That aside, I’m sorry I didn’t attempt harder to talk you out of it earlier… I shouldn’t have just agreed to help you…” muttered the concerned Xavia as she handed Sophia a black umbrella. Hah! As if things would proceed this smoothly if she hadn’t helped her earlier! This buffoon of a woman…! Despite her malicious thoughts, Sophia was careful to keep her saddened façade on as she replied, “…It was my choice to do it. Regardless, since you did everything that I ordered, I’ll believe in your sincerity for the time being. Now head back to the villa. As you said, he’s furious right now. I’ll take care of all this tomorrow…” Following that, Sophia got into a kneeling position and remained silent… Despite how drenched the depressed woman was, she didn’t appear keen to take Xavia’s umbrella at all… This left Xavia flabbergasted. Was Sophia really undergoing this torture just t
She just wanted to help Sophia! However, as she was attempting to come up with a proper explanation, she suddenly realized that she couldn’t do so. After all, if she outed Sophia now, then she wouldn’t be able to set the two up again after this! As for Zivon, the longer he stared at the pale-faced woman, the angrier he got! Weren’t women supposed to be possessive of their men?! Why was this one trying to set him up with another person instead?! Hell, hadn’t she done this on multiple occasions?! Unwilling to allow her to abuse his tolerance any further, Zivon glared at her while growling, “You want me to be with her that much, huh…?! Very well, then! I hope you won’t regret your choice! However, don’t think for one second that I’ll allow you to reunite with Mark! You’ll stay by my side forever, even if you have to become my mistress!” …S-so she wasn’t going to be able to free herself from him even after he got together with Sophia?! Though the terrified woman knew that Zivon was o
Staring in shock at the kneeling man, Yulia mustered her remaining sanity as she replied, “B-but you’re younger-” “Even if that’s the case, doesn’t that mean that I’m much more ‘capable’ than your older pursuers…?” …Why were his words so suggestive all of a sudden?! Forcing herself to calm down, she took a deep breath before saying, “…Elliot, I’m not sure what spurred this decision, but… I’m not the one for you. Please find someone your age. I’m sorry.” After saying that, she strode straight for the car… but before she could start the engine, she couldn’t help but notice how desolate he looked standing under the pouring rain… Clenching her fists, it took her a while to finally sigh and walk back to him… “…Are you really sure about this?” asked Yulia, much to Elliot’s delight. “I am! Please! Give me a chance! You won’t regret it!” …When he put it that way, all Yulia could do was help him up before finally deciding to return his kiss… Sure, things had taken a sudden, unex
She stared in horror as he removed his shirt right there and then! “W-what are you doing?!” yelped the startled woman as she quickly looked the other way. “…Huh? I mean, I’m drenched, so…” “E-even so, you shouldn’t change right in front of me!” “…Yulia, we bathed together as children… It’s not like you haven’t seen everything already…” “Y-you can’t compare that to this situation…!” “Fine, fine, I… Um… Go cook, I guess… I’ll go get a change upstairs first…” muttered Elliot as he headed upstairs. Yulia herself had to try her best to calm down! After all, Elliot had been plaguing her mind in the past few days, and… she even had dreams where he had… …No! She couldn’t be thinking about such things! She needed to cook! Maybe that would help get her mind out of the gutter! Once that was done, she’d leave and finally start devising a plan to get rid of him…! As Yulia scurried off, Elliot himself was currently staring at an old photo that showed him eating some candy in Yulia’
Just as she had arrived at her car, the president of the Halls Group suddenly walked up to her, a bouquet in hand! The Halls Group had collaborated several times with the Burtons before, and because of that, she was well acquainted with the man. Sadly, he had also proposed to her on multiple occasions… and though she kept rejecting him, he never seemed to get the hint! “There you are, Miss Burton… Since you’re off work, I was wondering if you’d join me for dinner tonight…” asked the charming man. Feeling awkward, she was just about to come up with an excuse when Elliot suddenly grabbed her by the waist and said, “Oh? Another one of your admirers, Yulia…? Sorry, but she already has a boyfriend, my man. If that doesn’t deter you enough, then you should know that she prefers her partners younger. Now please leave.” Startled to hear that, the man glanced at Yulia, his eyes begging for an explanation… Yulia herself was eager to just escape this embarrassing situation, but before s
With that tale done, it was now time to return to Yulia’s story… Ever since she was a child, she had undergone countless hardships with her mother… and even after she was able to reunite with her father, things didn’t go much easier from there. To make matters worse, Fabiola ended up getting kidnapped for the longest time, resulting in Frank ending up the way he was today… Because of all that, it only made sense that she’d mature much sooner than others her age, and unlike the naïve girl she used to be, she was an extremely competent woman today. Alas, because of how used she became with working, she soon lost the urge to find herself a romantic interest… Things continued that way until… Well, that time that Elliot… …Wait, what was she thinking?! He was younger than her, for heaven’s sake! Quickly shaking her head, she attempted to force herself to concentrate on work again… But before long, a knock was heard on the door. After being allowed in, the department manager entered t
Knowing that there was no point in keeping things a secret anymore, Rea took a deep breath before saying, “…Alright, so… The truth is, I’ve always been highly competent, but… I’ve been pretending to be useless just so that you’d eventually marry me… The trip my parents are taking… That was my suggestion too…” Feeling speechless, it took Frank a long while to reply, “…So you weren’t really drunk when you did all that last night?” Pursing her lips, Rea awkwardly muttered, “…I wasn’t… Luna suggested it, and since it sounded like a good idea to accelerate things…” …Fucking hell, to think that he had fallen straight into her trap without even putting up a fight! Watching as he glowered at her, Rea gulped before adding, “A-anyway, now that we’re married and there’s potentially a baby in my belly, you won’t divorce me, right…?” “…Oh, believe me when I say that divorce is the easy way out! From today onward, I’m making you pay for your actions for the rest of your life!” Fast forwa
Fast forward to the next morning, Rea awoke with a yawn… What a nice sleep… Wait. Why was she naked? And why was Frank…?! Her following scream immediately woke the icy man up… and upon looking at her, he was immediately reminded of what had transpired last night! Essentially, Rea ended up clinging to him, and though he initially wanted to just carry her to bed to let her rest… Damn it! Had she really been that sensual?! How had he lost control so easily?! His train of thought was cut short when he realized that Rea was bawling her eyes out… and after rubbing his temples, he was prompted to say, “…Why are you crying when you’re the one who initiated this? I’ll have you know that I never forced you-” “I-I know, but…! I’ve just…! This is my first time…!” whimpered the quivering woman, prompting Frank to purse his lips. As if he wasn’t in the same situation… “…You’re not alone there.” “It’s not the same! Men are free to sleep with whoever they want but when it comes to women, I’l
“Say, wouldn’t you agree that the food smells delicious…? Why don’t I teach you how to grill, Rea…? Oh, but make sure to take your clothes off first before we start! Wouldn’t want them to get dirty…” With how drunk Rea was, she wasn’t able to fully register his words… and just as he was about to touch her clothes, an icy voice roared, “Stop right there…!” Instantly feeling a shiver run down his spine, the man turned around… and to his horror, it was Frank! Young Master Burton’s perpetually icy son…! Why the hell was he here?! Before the frightened intern could think of how to even react, Frank walked up to him and growled, “Leave now before I chop your hands off…! Don’t make me repeat myself!” Nodding in terror, the man frantically bolted off… and once he was out of sight, Frank glared at the tipsy Rea before adding, “This is what you meant by learning how to be more responsible…?!” “Huh…? But the food really did smell super good… I want to learn…” mumbled the drunk woman.
After leaving his office, he headed off to look for Rea. She had said that she wanted to use the bathroom, but… It had already been half an hour since she disappeared. What trouble had that idiot gotten herself into this time? Thankfully, it wasn’t long before he found her laughing along with some of his interns… When the interns saw him, they were quick to bow and say, “Good morning, Mr. Burton.” Barely even glancing at them, Frank looked at Rea and said, “It’s time to head home.” “I… Won’t be following you back…” “…And why is that? Are your parents back?” “No, it’s just… These are my good friends back from school, and they’ve been staying together to learn to be more independent… With that said… I think that staying with them will be a good start for me to learn more about how the world works. Thank you for taking care of me up till this point, Frank… I won’t bother you anymore.” Raising a slight brow, Frank then looked at the interns for a while before saying, “…Are you
Regardless, after leaving her in the room, Frank returned to the shower to cool himself off… but no matter what he did, he simply remained irked. It got to the point where he couldn’t relax at all, and after wrapping a towel around his waist, he grabbed his phone to send his father a text. ‘Was there really nobody else who could’ve taken care of Rea?’ ‘What? Can’t even care for a woman properly.’ ‘I’m a busy man.’ ‘I trust in your time management skills.’ …Though he really wanted to tell Zivon that he had misplaced his trust in him, he didn’t want to disappoint his father either. With that, all he could do was clench his fists before giving Rea’s parents a call… “Hello? Frank? Why are you calling at this time of night?” “…When are you and Uncle Saltman returning, Aunt?” asked Frank who wanted them to take back their idiot already! “…Huh? What was that? Sorry, the line isn’t very good… I hope Rea isn’t giving you too hard a time! Don’t worry, we’ll be back after about a