"Do as I say, but not as I do, huh?" Zoe complained, but she had toned down now after John's outburst.
Seriously? John had been a father since he was twenty-one!
"Get out," John ordered, not wanting to talk to her anymore.
Zoey reluctantly obeyed his words, as was her habit. She got up to leave, but suddenly stopped to say, "Aren't you afraid you'll suffocate to death with how tightly you wrapped yourself in that?"
John ignored her and pulled the covers even more tightly around him.
Zoe then remembered that Cordy had mentioned going out to buy John some clothes. Could it be...
Was he wearing nothing underneath the covers?
Wow! How intense had last night been?
So he was trying to indicate that no one could take a peek at his body apart from Cordy? Not even his cousin?
'Oh, this virtuous man! May all the male compatriots in this world put up with you!' Zoe thought as she walked out of the bedroom in a huff, and closed the door behind her.
With her cousin's personality, he might kill her if she accidentally saw anything. She opted to wait in the living room.
Thirty minutes later, Cordy came home with a set of men's clothes and went straight to the bedroom.
"Try it on and see if it fits," Cordy said, handing the clothes to John.
John saw a black windbreaker, a white shirt, khaki pants, and black underwear; she even bought a pair of black socks for him.
He lifted the covers, and Cordy turned around hurriedly before exclaiming angrily, "Are you an exhibitionist?"
Had this man no shame?!
"...Only with Miss Sachs," John said.
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