The girl in the photo looked innocent and obedient. 'She' would not mind wherever he touched, and would just let him handle her in 'silence¹...
'She' was not like Amelia herself at all.
At this thought, Patrick could not help but look up at Amelia.
At the same time, Amelia was peeking over her shoulder cautiously and happened to catch Patrick's bright eyes. He was not sleepy at all.
She could not help but feel dejected.
Glancing at the despondence on her face, Patrick leisurely said to her, "Haven't you found it yet? It's okay. Take your time, I'm not sleepy yet."
At this, Amelia gave up stalling time, hastily grabbed the set of underwear, and rushed into the bathroom!
Ten minutes after...
Amelia pulled open the bathroom door and emerged from it. But she was too shy, especially when she saw herself in front of the mirror in the bathroom, so she chose to wear a bathrobe over it.
Patrick saw her robe and raised his eyebrows in anticipation. "Where's the thing I want?"
"Inside." Amelia pointed at the neckline of the bathrobe.
Patrick rubbed his chin and said, "You wore a bathrobe on purpose. Perhaps you want me get on with it myself? Interesting, maybe that will tempt me even more."
Amelia was flustered in horror. She did not wear the bathrobe to seduce him!
"Come here!" Patrick looked at his shy wife and thought about where he should start to 'devour' her.
What else could Amelia do?
She could only comfort herself by telling herself that it was all for the baby. She raised her right arm and wrapped it around her left arm as she slowly approached him.
Before she could get any closer to him, Patrick stretched out his hand and tugged at the sleeve of her robe, causing Amelia to fall into his chest.
After a few heartbeats, Amelia raised her head with her messed-up hair and looked at him. "Wait for a moment!"
Patrick's hand stopped abruptly in the air. He then asked, displeased, "What's wrong? You want to go back on your words?"
Amelia shook his head, "No, I just hope that you won't play too many tricks!"
So it was not a rejection?
Patrick put on a better tone and said, "What else?"
Amelia continued her requests, "That it won't take too long!"
Patrick followed up, "And?"
Here came the key point!
Amelia blushed and said, "Not too frequent!"
The corner of Patrick's lips curled into a smile. "Okay..." As if he would agree to that.
Amelia looked relieved and said, "Well, you have to walk the talk..."
But sorry, the rest of her words were all swallowed by Patrick.
Tick took, tick took...
As the night darkened, Amelia cursed at the man with a feeble voice, "You're such a liar..."
"Good girl, one more time for tonight," Patrick smirked handsomely and continued his meal...
He proved to her that the words of a man should never be trusted, especially when the man was named 'Patrick Hopper'.
At six in the morning.
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