“I will not touch you unless you ask for it,” Gabe said without hesitation.“Mm…” Mia paused for a moment before saying, “What if I never ask for it then?”“W-What?” Gabe’s heart trembled. “What do you mean by that?” Did she have some kind of a trauma? He wondered.Mia went into the room. He followed her inside.“You loved Kiera in the past, didn’t you?” Mia sat down and looked up at him. “And you love me now, right? Which one do you love more, and why?”(Is she feeling jealous and anxious that Kiera is in the same building now?) Gabe thought. “You don’t even have to ask that question, Mia. Even when I was loving Kiera, you’ve always had a special place in my heart.”Mia’s heart fluttered upon hearing that. She was expecting him to give some random explanation or excuse, but his answer felt rather genuine, and it touched her heart. Still, she said, “Just that? No explanation or anything?”“What’s there to explain?” Gabe calmly said. “There are things that Kiera does, which I don’t lik
After Mia slept, Gabe woke up and looked at her.“How can you be so beautiful, Mia?” he asked her in a low voice. “You look cuter when you’re sleeping.”She was at a touching distance. He wanted to run his fingers down her face and feel her cheeks, but having already given his promise, he had to refrain himself from acting on his romance-driven thoughts.[The nanobots in you are starting to go crazy…] Systa’s voice rang in his mind. [Do you feel that?]“No. I can’t feel them as well as you can…” Gabe replied. “What are they doing now?”[They are trying to attack your cells and are corrupting your blood.]“My cells? For what?”[It seems they are capable of changing your DNA. If we don’t do anything, in a few days, they’ll turn you into some hybrid. And you won’t be a human anymore.]“W-What?” Gabe’s heart shook at once. “Then what are you doing? Destroy them. Didn’t you say you would do that after we realize what they’re up to?”[You might still look human, though.] Systa teased him. [
The next dawn.Gabe woke up and was very surprised to see that Mia had an arm across his chest, and her face was very close to him. He could smell her, and she smelled quite pleasant like a freshly bloomed flower. Her sweet fragrance filled his lungs and stirred his sleepy soul.He didn’t move an inch, not wanting to wake her up. He didn’t want this moment to end so soon.Even though he wasn’t moving, his heart gained wings and was flying away to different dimensions.Where was his heart going now? He had no clue, but he didn’t care.The joy of sleeping next to another person in bed… He hadn’t experienced this before, and it was so lovely and rich beyond any experience he ever had. This was probably the loveliest morning he had in his entire life.He felt like his eyes existed just for this moment, to see her from up close and to take in her beauty.Her hair was loose, silky, and shining. He felt like touching it and kissing it. Would that mean he broke his promise? Technically, he wa
Mia woke up and did not find Gabe in the bed. A second later, her heart skipped a beat. She quickly left the room and looked down from the first floor.Ulf was still talking with Natasha and Kiera and was not opening the door for them and was annoying them.Mia felt relieved that Gabe wasn’t with these women. “Where did he go?” she began to look around, but then her system told her to sharpen her senses. And she did.And she found that Gabe was in the backyard, training under a tree. She went to the balcony and just observed him as she didn’t want to disturb him.He was more than 200 feet away from her. He was not punching the tree, but he just kept moving around throwing his attacks in different manners.“He’s moving like a pro boxer…” Mia uttered. “How can there not be a single mistake in his movements? His movements are so perfect.”{That’s because he’s found out the flow…} Her Luna system, Stemmer, appeared as a yellow rose in her hair. {Every art has a certain zone where you expe
“Let us out, please,” Kiera was begging Ulf. “I will give you whatever you want.” Her plan was to get out first and then deal with this little kid.“Hmph, what can aunties give me?” Ulf retorted.Every time he uttered the word ‘aunty,’ both Kiera and Natasha looked like they were aging by a few years at the least.Kiera looked at Natasha. “Who is he exactly? Russell’s kid?”“No, Russell has a daughter, I’m sure,” Natasha replied. “I’ve never seen this little brat before. He must be a maid’s child or something.”“A child of a maid, and he’s this arrogant?” Kiera gritted her teeth. “When I get out, I’m going to lift him up by his hair and then slap him left and right.”“I’m going to beat his ass with a stick so much he won’t be able to sit anywhere for a year!” Natasha added.What they didn’t know was that Ulf could hear their words. “These women are crazy. I only called them aunties, and they want to beat me black and blue for it?” He created a dozen cockroaches out of his body and rel
For almost twenty minutes, Logan felt it unbearable to watch the married love birds talk to each other in a friendly and romantic manner.And then Logan went up to them and said, “I’m sorry, but can I get some alcohol for myself?”“It’s morning, though,” Gabe said.“That’s not the issue,” Mia quickly added. “Alcohol is bad for your health.”“They say just one glass a day is fine,” Logan retorted. “I’m just going to drink a glass.”“Whoever said that just wants to hook people into drinking alcohol,” Mia said. “Don’t be fooled by their business tactics.”Logan ignored her and looked at Gabe. “It’s only one glass.”“Dude, my system is telling me right now that even that one glass a day will destroy your brain little by little and make a mess out of you,” Gabe told him. “So, for your sake, you shouldn’t drink alcohol.”Logan frowned. “So you’re saying you never drank.”“I’m saying you should never drink,” Gabe calmly replied.Logan’s frown deepened. “How about some meat then? Can I at lea
At eight in the morning.Ulf was eating grapes right outside the window. He stayed out of reach, just to annoy Kiera and Natasha even more. They were hurling curses at him, but he let them out through another ear.“I wish these were seeded grapes so that I would have spit at them,” Ulf said.Kiera and Natasha had enough and tried to bang the door together. The door was absurdly tough because it was made out of teak wood, and their shoulders hurt.“Haha,” Ulf laughed. “Do you want some grapes to replenish your strength?”“Yeah,” Kiera quickly said.“Then come out quickly,” Ulf replied.“Kugh, this little…” Kiera frothed at her mouth. “I’m going to kill you when I come out.”Ulf just pulled his eyelid down and teased them some more.Kiera felt utterly furious as well helpless. She and Natahsa had tried everything. They tried to persuade him, yelled at him, threatened him, lied to him, begged him, and did everything they could, but nothing worked. This was why they were profoundly frustr
Kiera and Natasha ran at Ulf like dinosaurs. He was playing with grass, and when he saw them coming at him, he stood and waved the blade of grass at them, causing a bit of gale to blow past them.Before they realized, their clothes were cut here and there.“Kya!” Kiera screamed and covered herself.“H-How did this happen?” Natasha gritted her teeth because her favorite blue jeans were cut up. She was about to attack Ulf again.“Do you want me to completely strip you?” Ulf warned her while holding the blade of grass in his hand.Natasha didn’t even believe for a second that he had cut her jeans with that grass, so she was about to attack him again, but Kiera stopped her.“Don’t,” Kiera grabbed Natasha and took her away. “Let’s first change into new clothes.”Natasha still waved her finger at Ulf. “I will break all of your teeth soon, brat. Just wait!”Ulf snorted. “Next time, I’ll shave your head in a way that your hair won’t grow again.”Meanwhile, inside the estate building.“Did you