Yesseca was baffled by what she had just heard.
Tremaine had come to see so late at night, only to ask her this?
Why would she go to Nashaland with him?
Before Yesseca could ask him this, he suddenly commanded her with an air of superiority. "Pack your things, I'm taking you to Nashaland. You will live there with me from now on."
After a brief pause, Tremaine added, "Don't worry. Nashaland will be a lot better than it is here in Agaphen City. You'll be treated with respect over there."
Yesseca looked at him with her mouth agape.
She then asked, "Why should I go to Nashaland with you?"
"No reason!"
"Then why should I go?" Yesseca asked.
Tremaine frowned.
He said stiffly, "Because you are my woman, you have to come to Nashaland with me!"
Yesseca blushed.
When had she become Tremaine's woman?
Red faced she asked, "Stop with this nonsense. When did I become your woman?"
Tremaine's frown deepened.
There were some things he wanted to tell her, but he couldn't say them.
Tremaine only managed to say, "What, just because you're a silly goose, does that mean you can't be my woman?"
This sentence made no sense out of context.
A regular would have no idea what it meant.
But, Yesseca understood.
She felt insulted.
Tremaine called her a silly goose, that's why she was his woman!
So the reason he wanted her to go to Nashaland with him was simply to be made fun of for his own amusement.
He was the personal bodyguard of the president of Nashaland after all.
The job must be dangerous and quite boring. He needed to find a clown to make fun of.
But why was he looking for her?
She wasn't a member of the circus!
Yesseca's eyes widened. "Tremaine, go look for a clown at the circus. Leave me alone, I'm not going to Nashaland with you. You're crazy!"
Tremaine's anger flared up. "How dare you call me crazy!"
Yesseca was also getting angry. "Yes, you're crazy, a complete whack job."
Tremaine then grabbed Yesseca's hand. "Yesseca, it seems that I really have to drag you to Marshland. You've become even more arrogant than before!"
She had been so cold towards him and would often say things that would upset him.
The last time was because of a misunderstanding.
But even after they had cleared things up, she was still acting this way towards him.
He was going to have to take her to Nashaland and teach her how to behave gently like a woman should!
Yesseca wasn't going to let a man drag her away like this.
She tried to free her hand from Tremaine's grip, but he was much too strong for her. She became anxious and then, in her flustered state, bent her head down and bit down hard on his hand.
Tremaine stared at her wordlessly.
He then gritted his teeth. "Yesseca, you're acting
like a dog!"
Yesseca ignored him and bit down harder.
Preslie stepped out of the bedroom to see what was going on.
She was worried because Yesseca hadn't come back after a long time. When she looked out of the bedroom she saw her biting down on a man's hand.
Preslie was terrified at what was happening.
She thought that the man at the door was a thief.
She then rushed over to the washroom and grabbed a mop.
Preslie then rushed towards Tremaine with the mop in her hand. "Let Yesseca go, you bad man!"
She had cooked dinner with Yesseca earlier today and made a bit of a mess on her floor. Yesseca told Preslie that she could use the mop to clean up the floor.
The mop was still very dirty as she hadn't cleaned it.
She held the mop up and thrusted it at Tremaine's face.
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