“Babe!” Mason called gently. “You scared me to death!”
Janet stiffened and feigned a look of ignorance. “What’s gotten into you?”
He lifted her puzzled face at her neck and looked over her once, making sure that it was his beloved Janet.
“The housekeeper said you disappeared into thin air!” As he hugged her, his low and soothing voice echoed from beside her ear. It did not seem like the panic had subsided yet and he was speaking to comfort himself. “Thank goodness you’re okay!”
Being held tightly by him with only a towel between them made her feel very uneasy.
Squirming in his embrace, she patted his back as though she was appeasing a young child. “Where else would I go? I was home the whole time and only went to take a shower earlier!”
She leaned against his shoulder and grabbed onto his shirt tightly. A feeling of guilt slowly rose inside her.
She knew that trust was the most important thing between two people in a relationship, but she could not reveal her identity to him yet. She had to be responsible for her people at the MX.
After a while, Mason finally came around and felt her damp hair by accident. “Did you wash your hair?”
“Yeah,” she replied softly.
Fortunately, the car did not break down after going at 600. Otherwise, she would be covered in a dreadful stench of perfume while standing in front of him.
Looking up, Mason met her eyes and said, “I’ll go get the hairdryer!”
She blinked at him as she let him go.
Then, she walked to the front of the wardrobe and took out a shirt to put on, revealing a pair of thin and enticing fair legs.
She was not used to being looked after by someone. Growing up, no one had ever cared for her and worried about her like he did before.
Nonetheless, she was not going to let herself be a woman who relied on a man.
“Let me.” Walking up to his side, she reached forward to grab the hairdryer.
With his long arms, he lifted the hairdryer high up in the air and walked past her.
The absurdity dumbfounded her. “I’ll do it myself.”
As she spoke, her small hands reached up but she still failed to grab anything.
Mason scoffed and continued to wear a blank expression on his face. “Sit here!” he instructed and pulled her onto the bed.
Her eyebrows shot up. While listening to the sound of the hairdryer from above her head, she carelessly asked, “Did you get the deal with the MX?”
He paused for a moment as he was not expecting that question from her, so he also answered nonchalantly, “Yes! She agreed to let our Lowry Family start a base in Markovia!”
“Oh!” The tone of her voice was ambiguous. “Seems like the head of the MX is quite nice to you.”
His hands stopped abruptly, then they gently massaged the top of her head. “Oh, someone sounds jealous. Would you feel better if I took you there with me?”
Jealous? He thinks I’m jealous? How is that possible? How can I be jealous of myself?
She witnessed for herself how well-behaved he was that he did not even give ‘her’ a handshake.
Just then, he put the hairdryer back in its place. Janet got up as she fixed her hair and was about to get off the bed to go eat.
When she looked up, she realized that he was taking off his shirt. It was a sight for sore eyes.
She gulped.
Her throat tightened and suddenly went dry.
He already looks this attractive with only his shirt off. If he takes everything off…
He lowered his eyes toward her and a subtle smile grew on his lips.
“Come here!”
“What?”
She moved away from him and looked him straight in the face again.
She had only taken a couple of steps when he went up to her, pulled her into his arms, then leaned down and kissed her.
The lighting in the room was still dark. After being held in his embrace and kissed for a long while, she didn’t even know where to put her hands anymore.
When their deep French kiss ended, Janet was breathing heavily as she looked at him with a bright red face and asked, “Dinner?”
“I’m going to take a shower first.” He looked intently at her. “Join me?”
