The Windfalls of Love (Roxanne and Harrison) novel Chapter 9

Vincent was once a young gun too. He totally understood how a vibrant young man, even without love, could have some strong needs in certain areas. Although his son Harrison inherited his self-control and was always able to stay rational and cool in the face of temptation, he couldn't expect him to stay like this all the time, could he?

Vincent just wanted to throw some challenges Harrison's way, and Roxanne, she was his carefully chosen most challenging test.

Watching his son enter the bedroom, Vincent hummed a cheerful tune.

Ha! If nothing happened today, then tomorrow. If nothing happened tomorrow, then it would be in a week. If nothing happened in a week, then a month...

He really wanted to see how long this hot-blooded man could hold on.

Harrison was not used to sleeping on the floor, on top of his normal physiological needs not being met, he barely got any sleep for the first half of the night. Before, he had pushed women away, and no woman could get this close to him, so that intense feeling wasn't as evident. Even if it was, he could control himself.

But tonight, even though Roxanne was in bed and he was on the floor, the bedroom was small and narrow, and there was almost no extra space after laying out the bedding. Roxanne was not far away from him. The whole room was filled with the faint scent of her bath.

He forced himself to think about work, even reciting the periodic table several times. But Roxanne's slender waistline kept popping up in his mind.

It was really annoying! It had nothing to do with Roxanne's beauty. It was not her that attracted him, but simply a man's most normal and primal desire.

Unable to sleep, he sat up against the wall and sent a message to Alexander, [Send me the recent acquisition plan.]

Alexander was his talented assistant and shareholder partner, used to his offbeat work schedule, so he usually responded to these late-night messages within a minute.

[Boss, are you pulling another all-nighter? I just reported that acquisition plan to you during the day, surely you don't need it in the middle of the night?]

Harrison was terse. [Send it.]

Receiving the file, Harrison quickly dove into work, forgetting his primal desires. No woman could disrupt his focus!

Soon, he was completely engrossed, forgetting he was in a shabby rental room and forgetting about Roxanne.

The summer night was calm and beautiful. Just then, a low sobbing sound suddenly broke the silence.

Using the light from his phone, Harrison saw Roxanne quietly sobbing in her sleep. Her sobs were heavy, and her shoulders were shaking.

"Are you okay?" Harrison looked at Roxanne.

Roxanne was still dreaming, dreaming of the year her parents divorced.

Neither her father nor her mother wanted her. She clung to her mother's legs, crying, and begging her to take her away. Her mother just said coldly, "How can I remarry with you as a burden?"

She was harshly pushed away by her mother. That year, she was only four years old, just beginning to remember things, and many memories were blurry. The pain of her parents' abandonment was like a needle deeply piercing her heart, unforgettable.

"Roxanne, are you okay?" Seeing her still sobbing uncontrollably, Harrison gently patted her shoulder.

She came to her senses. The painful dream felt like it had just happened. But Harrison's low voice gently reminded her that she was just dreaming.

"I'm sorry." She wiped her tears. "Did I disturb your sleep?"

"Do you have something on your mind?" Harrison frowned. A dream that could make someone cry must’ve been a very sad thing.

Roxanne tried to control her emotions, not wanting anyone to see her vulnerable side. She put on a brave face. "No, just a bad dream. I'm really sorry, did I disturb your sleep?"

Harrison was still a little worried. "Are you sure you're okay?"

"I'm fine." Roxanne put on a brave face. "Go to sleep."

Harrison, "I need to go over some work stuff, you go back to sleep."

Roxanne, "You haven't slept yet?"

Harrison lied, "Didn't you say that since we're bankrupt, we need to accept the reality of failure? I just found a new job, I need to familiarize myself with the business."

Only he knew that it was because of a man's physiological needs, which hadn't been released or eased in 32 years. The more suppressed it was, the stronger the desire was.

Suddenly he was sharing a room with a woman, and this woman did not annoy him at all. He really couldn't sleep.