It's payback time

"Hey, what's wrong with you?" he asked while holding her up with one hand as to not let her completely collapsed on the moist ground.

'... Her temperature is quite high.'

The unnatural warmness transmitting to his palm despite the layer of clothing in between their skin made him flinch a bit. 'A fever? So this is why she's not acting like herself?'

Then Irene spoke up again, her voice sounding so sultry with it being accompanied by her audible breathing.

"... I just want you to know... that I am not really about to fall."

The man held both her shoulders since her knees seemed to be failing her. Irene was so close to him when she gave him a tearful smile. It was very beautiful, but due to her reddening face and few beads of sweat on her forehead, she appeared so weak yet... alluring?

In the next moment, all crazy thoughts that he was having flew over the reddish horizon when she laughingly said, "I'm telling you, my knees are not really failing me. I was planning to kneel down."

The ma