"Bill, can we just sleep now?" Arabella could not help but cut him.
Bill's words were venomous and she was afraid of taking the poison.
"Tell me why can't we, Arabella?" Bill's tone seemed to become impatient.
"Are you hearing yourself now? Are you forgetting that you are the mighty Bill Sky in Capital Z? The richest, the most handsome, and the person who is afraid of commitment... The person who knows no love." Mustering her courage to tell him everything, she trembled inside but she felt a great relief.
"What do you want from me?" The annoyance in his voice was about to explode.
He released her from his embrace.
Arabella knew Bill was not in a good mood right now.
She didn't move from her position.
"I'm... Trying to do this for Adam. Our son. We are his parents." Bill deeply explained.
Hearing him, she just felt more disappointed.
She hated the feeling but it was uncontrollable.
So Bill wanted her to be his woman again for Adam.
Shouldn't she be happy with it?
Why did she feel sad about it?
"I can be with Adam. I can take care of him. I will not leave him because I'm his mother and I love my son very much." Arabella explained.
She was just trying to say that she needed not to be his woman again.
She could stay with Adam just her son's mother and not his woman.
"Why are you so stubborn?" Bill grasped her naked body again. "Tell me, would you rather be with Eric than me?" He was pissed but it was controlled. "Does his touch make you wetter?" Bill was proving. He deliberately touched his erection on her wet entrance.
Again, Arabella gripped hard the bed and the quilt secretly.
Bill was starting to torture her again.
The tingling sensations of his movement made her crazy.
She blushed as she knew Bill's tip was whipped by her wetness but she maintained her position.
"Bill stop..." She mumbled a soft moan as she bit her lower lip.
"Why Arabella? Can't you admit to yourself that I'm the only person who your body wanted?" Bill slipped his index finger into her folds and touch the slimy part at the center. He stroked it slowly and repeatedly.
The strong sensations inside her body were just too much to handle.
She gritted her teeth trying to hold on to her senses but it was almost fading even if she was already trying her best.
"Bill stop..." She uttered. "Bill stop!" She hissed angrily.
She knew Bill was already punishing her.
It was not for pleasure anymore but as retribution.
Bill stopped then he gently flipped her head to face him.
"Tell me you didn't feel anything for me?" Even in the dark, Arabella could feel his eyes pierced sharply into hers.
Hearing these words coming from Bill Sky was just too absurd.
He was irresistible.
"Nothing...nothing at all." That was her answer.
She knew Bill would be very disappointed with her answer but that's what she wanted.
She wanted him to stop and she wanted to show him that not all women would go easy on him because he is the mighty Bill Sky.
She had to resist him for as long as she could still can.
Bill didn't say a single word.
The first time that a woman rejected him.
Not just that, it was the first time he asked and confessed to someone, and turned out bad.
"Are you sure about that? Just so you know, I only tell this once. I offered you a relationship. A commitment if you wanted to call it." His tone was like saying 'are you out of your mind rejecting the mighty Bill Sky?'
"Yeah... I just want to be with Adam. There's nothing more." She sounded soft.
"I offered you myself. Why?" His tone was like carrying the biggest question mark.
"Love...Can you love me?" Arabella was emotional.
She already knew the answer to her question but she still wanted to hear his answer.
Bill didn't answer.
"You know what, you don't need to disturb yourself with my question," Arabella exclaimed. "Goodnight, Mr. Sky." She said and flipped again to the opposite side.
Bill was unmoved.
After a while, everything fell into deep silence.
He flipped to his side and hugged her back again.
He rested his face on the side of her head.
"I... can't love you," Bill whispered on her side like he was talking to himself.
In the dark, Arabella slowly opened her eyes.
She heard him.
She clearly heard him but she didn't say any word.
Inside the small hut, the room was dark but for Arabella, her whole world became dark.
The next morning, Adam woke up backed to his usual high enthusiasm like nothing ill happened to him last night.
After his morning shower, he went straight out to the farm.
“Hi, cows!” He was waving to the pack of cows on his way out. “Hmmm… I wonder cows aren’t polkas like in the books.” He mumbled walking on a rough road and kicking some stones in his way until a ball hit his toe.
“Up for a play little buddy?” The man who passed the ball to him sounded cool.
“I know you,” Adam answered the man as he passed the ball back to him.
“I guess I know you too, Victor… I’m Victor.” He reached his hand to Adam. Adam looked at him like he was assessing the man’s whole identity before he shook his hand. “Adam… my name is Adam.” He smiled at Victor.
“So, buddy, do you like to play balls?” Victor passed the ball to Adam. Adam had stopped it with one foot. “Well, yeah… Online.” Adam answered honestly.
“Hah! Seriously? Online?” Victor could not believe what he was hearing. “You are abnormal, kid!” He commented like a close buddy.
“Mister… No, I am not. I’m a member of a genius club.” Adam claimed proudly.
He couldn’t accept being called an abnormal child.
No way! He could even make a virtual game on a farm but this time, his cows would no longer have polka dots but with mixed colors mainly brown, white and black.
“Oh! So, you are a genius? I can tell.” Victor sounded. “But you know what kid, there are so many things you have to know in the real world. Like… these rough roads, real animals, that real ball, that horse over there, the air you breathe here is fresh, everything here… you must feel it and enjoy. These, you will not enjoy it online. Do you understand?” Victor lectured Adam seriously.
He was also a boy once and he got all his experiences on this ranch.
Adam nodded repeatedly to acknowledge Victor’s words.
“Okay… Okay… Come with me! I will show you the real world.” Victor signaled his hand for Adam to follow.
He jumped onto his horse and then lend his hand to Adam. Adam took his hand and hopped onto Victor’s horse. “Hold on tight, buddy. Today, we will make so much fun!” Victor shouted.
Adam followed.
He was excited about what Victor could show him.
After all, Adam believed he had some point.
Since he lived with his father, he became an isolated boy.
Without his mom, he was not in the mood to do fun at all.
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