Chapter 15
“What?”
I didn’t understand what he was saying.
As I watched disappointment slowly sweep across the depth of his eyes, I felt a little embarrassed,
“Sorry, I have a bad memory. I really might not remember you.”
He elegantly picked up a piece of beef and placed it on my plate.
“Eat first. I’ll slowly explain it to you later.”
After dinner, Gray suddenly picked me up and placed me on the dining table.
I instinctively pulled back, staring at him in shock.
“Mr. Nelson, what… are you doing?”
He leaned in, his tall figure slowly closing the distance between us.
“North, there are two things I need to clarify with you.”
“What things?”
“First, there’s nothing wrong with my mind. Second, there’s nothing wrong with my body.”
I silently cursed my best friend for her big mouth. How much had she sold me out?
“I… I was just guessing, Mr. Nelson, please don’t take it to heart.”
“Hasn’t my wife been avoiding me all this time because of these two misunderstandings?”
So he already knew.
Gray lifted my chin with his long fingers, lowered his head, and his soft lips slowly brushed from the corner of my mouth to my ear.
He whispered in my ear,
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“When I was fourteen, I was kidnapped by enemies and left on the streets in the suburbs.
lt was a little girl who was helping her father with his street stall who took me in, made me a plate of fried rice, and helped me contact my family.”
Did that really happen?
For a moment, I couldn’t remember.
But Gray was fourteen when I was just seven, so it made sense that I wouldn’t recall it.
But why did he remember so clearly?
nd was he really so attached to me just because of a plate of fried rice?
That seemed so childish.
He seemed to notice my confusion.
Biting my earlobe, he murmured,
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t remember, North. All you need to know is that I haven’t had a girlfriend all these years, not because there’s anything wrong with my mind.”
My face flushed hotly.
I instinctively apologized, “I’m sorry, Mr. Nelson. I misunderstood you.”
“It’s alright.”
He swiftly lifted me off the dining table and pressed me against his body, his strong arms holding me securely as he strode upstairs.
I instinctively wrapped my arms around his neck.
“Mr. Nelson, what are you going to do now?”
“The misunderstanding about my mind has been cleared up. Now it’s time to clear misunderstanding about my body.”
“Wh–what?”
My face turned bright red instantly.
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A misunderstanding about his body?
Wait… Was he about to prove with action that he wasn’t lacking in that department?
That really wasn’t necessary, was it?
Gray laid me down on the large bed, his tall figure following, his body pressing down on me,
His eyes, gazing down at me, were so gentle it felt like they could drown me in tenderness.
“North, I’ve been waiting so long for you to graduate, I don’t want to wait any longer…”
“Huh?”
His long fingers gently traced my cheek, softly outlining my features as though sketching a priceless
treasure.
“I want to be your real husband. Will you be my real wife?”
I was, after all, a normal woman.
Under his tender and passionate advances, my body had already softened, my heart melting with every touch.
Without a second thought, I wrapped my arms around his neck and responded to his deep kiss.
Gray seemed surprised by my initiative.
After a brief pause, his body stiffened.
Then he flipped me over, pinning me beneath him.
The entire night unfolded with him proving through actions that his mind was healthy–and his body even healthier.
When the passion reached its peak, he would always pause, whispering my name in my ear over
and over.
Only when I repeatedly responded, assuring him that I was there, that I was always there, would he finally relax, pulling me closer.
It was as if he feared that if he let go for even a moment, I would disappear.
With that kind of devotion, how could I still feel uneasy?
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