Rachel hesitated to go in. She wondered how she could face Hiram now.
Nonetheless, she thought that she's just worrying too much. Hiram must have been in his own bedroom now; she might not see him.
Rachel shook her head and walked into the villa.
Before she returned to her own bedroom, Rachel couldn't help but silently walk towards Hiram's bedroom. The door was closed. Rachel leaned her head against the door, rested her ear on it and listened carefully.
She wanted to know if Hiram was still angry. If what Celine said was true, Rachel was afraid that she had really irritated Hiram so much.
"What are you doing?"
Rachel suddenly heard a voice behind her. It sent a shiver down to her spine. She was shocked and immediately turned rigid.
She slowly turned her head around and saw Hiram standing behind her with a towel wrapped around his neck. Beads of sweat were dripping down from his bare chest. He seemed to have taken an exercise and come back.
Oh, right! Rachel suddenly remembered that there was a large gym upstairs.
"I...I thought this was my room..." Rachel forced a smile and said embarrassedly. This explanation sounded so ridiculous, but Rachel wasn't able to think of any other excuse.
Hiram didn't say anything. He steered away from her, opened the door and went into his bedroom.
He didn't close the door though.
Rachel saw him go straight to the bathroom.
Not knowing why, Rachel unconsciously followed him into his bedroom.
Rachel actually didn't dare to enter his bedroom. But it seemed that she couldn't control her body. She wanted to stay there and wait for him. She wanted to say something more to him, even just one more word.
Some moments later, Hiram had done taking shower and came out from the bathroom. When he saw Rachel standing near the doorstep of his bedroom waiting for him, He finally asked her.
"What's up?"
"Um... Well...I want to ask you something. What time will we set out tomorrow? What's the weather like there? Do I need to bring something else with me? How long will we stay there? Do I need to ask for a vacation leave for a few more days?"
Rachel unceasingly asked him.
When she realized that she had been asking too many questions, Rachel embarrassedly bit her lip and stopped.
Hiram turned around and tied his bathrobe tightly. Then, he sat on the bedside, grabbed his phone and looked at his schedule. "We will stay there for two or three days. Your days off are enough. The climate there is almost the same as it is here. Tomorrow morning, you need to go to my company with me. I have some work to handle first. It will take me just about one hour. Then, we will go straight to the airport."
Hiram answered Rachel's questions all at once. He didn't raise his head to look at her. Rachel understood that he might be still angry at her.
"Okay, I got it. I will get up earlier tomorrow morning, " Rachel said as she walked out the door.
She came out of his bedroom, closed the door, and then heaved a sigh of relief. Afterwards, she went back to her bedroom.
That whole night, Rachel had woken up from her nightmare for three times. She was so frightened by her nightmares.
Hiram suddenly became a horrible ghost and throttled her with his hands in one of her nightmares. Then, next nightmare, Hiram became a vampire and bit her neck to suck her blood. Rachel couldn't sleep well. When she woke up the next morning, she immediately looked at her watch. She was so surprised. 'Oh! It's nearly eight o'clock!'
Rachel immediately got out of the bed. She quickly cleaned herself and changed her clothes. She opened the wardrobe and pulled out the luggage which she had already packed last night. She then walked towards her bedroom's door.
Rachel saw Hiram standing outside when she opened the door.
Rachel was so frightened and immediately stepped backward when she saw him. She was frightened because she was in a hurry. Besides that, she also recalled the scenes from her nightmares where she saw Hiram hurting her.
"Why are you so scared of me? Do I look like an evil?" Hiram said. He was impatiently waiting for her. He strode forward, dragged her luggage and said, "Hurry up. You can have your breakfast in my company."
Rachel calmed down and came back to her senses. She hastily went after Hiram.
When they arrived at the company, Hiram quickly went to the meeting room. He left Rachel alone in his office.
Rachel waited patiently for him. After a while, Carl Fang brought her breakfast.
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