"Like I said, you could only see my face, " said Hiram. He had already put on the bathrobe that Rachel had brought to him and was now tying it with his eyes on the vigilant woman.
After Hiram left the bathroom, Rachel heaved a sigh of relief. She stood in front of the misted-up mirror and wiped off the steam clouded on it. She coyly looked at herself in the mirror.
'Rachel, you are already twenty-six years old. Why are you so shy? Even a younger girl would have had more courage than you did, ' Rachel thought to herself.
'Hiram was obviously making fun of you. Why did you close your eyes? Why didn't you dare to look at his body? Why couldn't you just face him directly?
He has a well-toned body, and he has such an honorable social status. You won't suffer any loss even if you see his body! So why not?'
A few moments later, Rachel stepped out of the bathroom. She saw Hiram leaning against the headrest of the bed, reading the file in his hands. The loose silky bathrobe didn't completely cover his long and sexy legs. His muscular and hairy shins were exposed in the air, radiating masculinity.
Rachel felt considerably less embarrassed now. She was becoming bolder. Maybe it was because she had already seen parts of his body earlier, or maybe it was because she had overcome her shyness after what she had thought to herself in the bathroom. Now, she couldn't keep her eyes away from Hiram's body.
She took out a bottle of cold water from the refrigerator and drank a few mouthfuls to slowly compose herself.
"It's normal for a man and a woman to have mutual attraction to each other. I understand your desire for me, it's quite normal. You don't need to feel shy about it, "
Hiram said smilingly, looking up from his file and watching Rachel behaving awkwardly.
Rachel abruptly put down the bottle of water and walked towards him. She pointed to herself and asked, "What did you say? I desire you?"
"Am I wrong? I saw the eager look in your eyes, " teased Hiram. He kept smiling and lowered his head to look at the papers in his hand, and went on to say, "If you do feel lonely and you can't control your lust, I'll consider doing my obligation to you as your husband."
"You..." Rachel was dumbfounded by his words. It took her a moment to find her voice again. She let out a hum, raised her chin and said, "I think you're just doing this on purpose to try and embarrass me, right?
Or maybe you're the one who is feeling lonely and can't control your lust, am I right?"
Hiram didn't get angry. He turned a page in his file and replied, "Yes, you're right. I desire you. So, are you going to satisfy my lust?"
"Are you trying to irritate me?" Rachel finally grasped what he was implying. He was beating around the bush to say that she hadn't truly become his wife. She hadn't done what a wife should do.
"Am I? I was just speaking the truth. Anyway, at least I had the courage to admit it. But what about you? You don't dare to admit your desire." Hiram seemed to understand Rachel's weak points very much. He knew how to provoke her into facing the true feelings in her heart.
Rachel was irritated by his words. Her eyes fumed with rage. She clenched her fists and stared at him.
Moments later, she took a deep breath and walked towards the bed. She pretended to be flirtatious and said playfully, "I can do my obligation as a wife, too. But, you know, we have a marriage contract. If you really want to sleep with me... Then okay, I can give myself to you, but I need to be paid for it! I can give you a price."
If Hiram wanted her to do some thing that was not written in their contract, of course he needed to pay for it.
It's not like they were a real couple now.
Rachel's words triggered Hiram's curiosity. He closed his file and flung it to the desk before turning back to Rachel with a playful glimmer in his eyes.
"You need to be paid?" he teased. "Tell me, what makes you valuable? Let me see if you deserve a price."
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