Struggling, the girl tried to escape from his embrace, but it was of no use. "Master, this is not appropriate." Scarlett said softly.
"You are very cute when you are angry. Do you know that?" Demetri said with a deep voice, as he hugged her tighter. "Do you like the new shoes?" Demetri continued to say as his hot breath tickled her ear, causing a shiver to run through Scarlett's spine.
"That's right, how did you know my measurements?" Scarlett asked. Now that he mentioned it, she remembered Marion had mentioned that Demetri had given her the measurements.
"I got your measurements while you were asleep last night." He said nonchalantly.
Listening to his words, the girl's eyes grew with surprise. He took her measurements while she was asleep? She did not feel a thing. "Y--You did not do anything else did you?" She asked as she crossed her arms across her chest, as if the man had done something perverse toward her.
Her response caused the man to be more amused. The little bunny's thoughts seem to be quite wild, he thought. With a teasing smile, he said, "Did you want me to do something more?"
"T--That is not what I meant, master. Do not twist my words." Scarlett replied, timidly.
"Are you sure? Because I can do much more if you would like me to." He said, as he inched closer to give the girl a kiss on her neck. This caused the girl to squirm in his arms, her soft bottom rubbed against his manhood, igniting a fire within him as his eyes grew dark. He hugged the girl tighter so she would stop her actions. However, this caused Scarlett to increase her movements. "Stop moving, Scarlett." Demetri said through gritted teeth, as he gripped onto Scarlett's waist to keep her in place.
His insistent tone caused the girl to stop her movements immediately. He slightly loosened his grip on her waist when he was sure she had stopped squirming. Turning his swivel chair back to face his desk, Demetri had his right arm wrapped around the girl, while his left hand held the case file he was reviewing.
After sitting on his lap for a while, Scarlett's leg grew numb. "Master, can I be let down now?" Scarlett asked quietly.
"Stay here." He said in a soft whisper, as he nuzzled her neck before resting his chin on her shoulder and continued to read the file.
"What are all of these, master?" Scarlett questioned, pointing to the papers that were scattered all over his desk.
"Case files." He responded nonchalantly.
"This is what you do when you leave the manor?" She asked, curiously. Since she had arrived at the manor, Marion had never mentioned what the master's line of work was. She noticed that the master was always out, but she had never learned what he did during the times he was not at the manor.
"Umm hmm." He answered with a hum. "I look into and help close cases and complaints that are related to the demon world." He continued, flashing her a proud smile.
"So this is what you have been spending late nights doing in your study? Reading these case files?" She tilted her head as she picked up a few sheets of the scattered paper and inspected them carefully.
"Are you asking because you are worried about me, sweet?" Demetri questioned with a smirk.
"It's not that." Scarlett responded with a blush, before turning her attention back to the files in her hand.
Seeing her look intensely at the papers she picked up, Demetri questioned, "Do you know how to read them?" He turned to look at her, his chin still resting on her shoulder.
Shaking her head, Scarlett replied with a soft sigh, "No. I have not learned how to read."
In Blue Moon Village, it was common for girls to be illiterate. In fact, the men were also illiterate. The people in Blue Moon Village spent their days hunting and gathering to feed their families. Whereas, reading and writing was a luxury, in which money and time had to be exchanged in order to learn those skills. It was time and money that people of Blue Moon Village could not afford. Hence, no one possessed the skills to read and write.
"Would you like to learn?" Demetri asked with raised brows. He noticed the gloominess in the girl's voice when she told him she had never learned how to read. He guessed it must have been something she wanted to learn but did not have the proper resources to do so.
Turning to look at Demetri with sparkling eyes, Scarlett questioned with excitement, "Can I?" She never believed she would have the opportunity to learn how to read. To her, being brought to the manor and given food, shelter, and clothing was already enough. Would it be too much to be taught to read?
"Of course! I will have Marion teach you." Demetri said, tenderly looking at the girl before him. Seeing the excitement in her eyes, he felt a sense of warmth spread in his heart.
Demetri continued to review the missing persons case files for a while longer until he noticed that the girl in his arms was starting to doze off. As Demetri switched her position so he could carry her to bed the girl had awoken and quickly jumped off his lap.
However, after taking a couple steps, she gripped onto the desk for support as she felt her legs go weak. She had forgotten that her legs had been numb for a while now. Fortunately, Demetri had quick reflexes and held her waist to provide her with additional support. Realizing that her legs were numb, Demetri swiftly picked her up and carried her towards his bedroom.
"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked, scoldingly, after placing her on the bed.
"I did." Scarlett responded, defensively. She had asked to be let down, but he refused.
"You asked me to let you down, you did not say your legs were numb." Demetri retorted as he began to massage her legs, slowly but surely getting rid of the tingling sensation in her legs.
Silence filled the air, as she had no response.
"That's good." Scarlett said as she felt the numbness in her legs disappear.
"Good. Would you like to bathe now?" Demetri said as he stopped his movements and stood up from the bed.
Scarlett's brows furrowed at his words. Wrapping her arms tightly around her body, she retaliated, "No! Master, you said you would not have me do anything I didn't want to. You cannot ask this of me."
"I mean, would you like to bathe first. But we can do it together too. It would save us from having to fill another tub of bath water." Demetri replied, in a teasing manner, with a smug smile showing on his face.
Shaking her head, Scarlet replied in a soft whisper, "No, master. I will bathe on my own."
"Alright. As you wish." Demetri said with a small smile. He knew the little lady was going to deny his request, but since she had given him the opportunity to tease her, he surely would not pass up on it.
Hearing the man's response, Scarlett scurried towards the washroom.
Demetri raised his brows in amusement seeing the girl shuffling her feet toward the washroom in a quick manner. "Aren't you forgetting something?" He said in a low voice.
Turning back to look at the man, she gave him a look of confusion.
"Do you plan to come out of the washroom unclothed?" Demetri said with a smirk.
Scarlet's eyes widened, as her cheeks turned rosy from embarrassment. She was in such a rush to get away from her master, she had forgotten that she did not bring her night clothes to change into.
Looking at the girl's flushed face, Demetri let out a small smile. "Marion has hung your night dresses in the closet."
After hearing his response, Scarlett walked briskly toward the closet to retrieve her night dress, then dashed toward the washroom, never once looking at her master.