A heavy rain fell all night and came to a stop at dawn, hours later, sunlight gently poured in through the slightly parted curtains and reflected into her eyes, and Mina wakes up from her exhausted sleep.
The long and luscious eyelashes flutter for a few seconds like butterfly wings and she open her eyes, blinking in confusion a few times before her eyes fully adjusts to the light. She stares around the large bedroom, her black woolen eye cover untied and on the floor. Thinking back to what had happened the previous night, her small round face face suddenly becomes terrified. She looks, gently, to the other side of the bed and it is not occupied, the room is empty except for her, and thankfully, there is no man.
She sighs, partly in relief that at least, she has the morning to herself, can freshen up and get out of there.
She moves her fingers over her body, examining it and feels her whole body is sore. She struggles to get out of bed while holding back tears stinging at the back of her eyes. She calmly puts on a sleeping gown laid at the edge of the bed, while her clothes are neatly folded right beside it. She drags her fatigued body to the bathroom.
Taking one step at a time, she reaches the door and pulls down its handle, pushing the door open, she stiffens on the spot, gasping very softly.
Lying nonchalantly in the bathtub is an indifferent man with god sculpted and extremely handsome features but his expression is quite like an ice cold sculpture. He looks pretty much like a living deity with all his facial features looking like they were intricately and meticulously made.
Hearing the door opening, the man slowly opens his eyes and looks at the door.
Both look at each other.
This moment is charged with electricity. A sudden moment when something unexpected like an electric shock happens and neither party can't help but stare at one another like there is no other human in the world.
She has never met such a person with so much powerful aura. Those cold blue orbs were like a beautiful, cloudless blue sky right over some snowy mountains. Mina's legs immediately go soft like jelly. When she sees him like this, Mina fights the urge to kneel on the ground and crawl into his embrace..
Could he be the man from last night?! Her eyes resist the urge to dart to his hands hanging lazily off the edge of the tub. For a while, Mina doesn't know whether to sigh at the man's handsomeness, or how to break the awkward atmosphere now, sine their eyes are still locked together, staring into the other's eyes.
Mina pushes herself to snap out of it. The man's eyes were just too cold, and she doesn't know how to react, so she has to step back cowardly, to just run from there, anywhere her legs will take her.
"Stop." The man orders, his voice hoarse and commanding after he was satisfied when he sees her about to run away, when he sees that he intimidates her.
Mina stammers: "That...Uhm… I… I didn't know you were in there taking your bath, I'll go out now."
Who could this man possibly be? He is definitely not a cook, nor an ordinary gardener. Is he a bodyguard? He definitely has the body but the power and authority in his face and voice does not match.
"Come over here." He orders again, leaning up just a little bit, but enough for Mina to see his upper body a bit clearly when she turns around for s plit second, but turns her head back forward, willing to run.
Just after turning around to leave, she takes one more step forward, away from him, she can feel his eyes on her like a thorn in her back and she can only stand motionless like an hare being stared at by a giant eagle that's ready to pounce on its prey.
And, she's the prey.
"No, it's not very convenient." She refuses and takes another step forward.
"Don't let me say it a second time. I hate repeating myself. And you are in my house, so you obey what I tell you." He threatens, the man is obviously used to being aloof, and every word, every sentence that drops from him has an irresistible compellation to be obeyed.
Mina didn't dare to disobey his words, turns around and takes very small steps and walks over to him.
"You asked me to come here. I listened and I am here now." Mina mutters quietly.
Strangely, now that she is standing right above him, with all of his lower body and half of his upper body in the water, is glow seems to double up from where she had been watching before and she keeps swallowing and avoiding looking down at those particular places that seems to be urging her to look at them.
He smirks, seeing her predicament and the effects he has on her.
A big steamy palm suddenly reaches out and grabs her wrist, Mina let out an almost flirtatious cry, and falls heavily and not so girlishly into the water, getting soaked immediately.
She can swear she hears his chuckle at that moment. "What are you doing..." Mina manages to cry in pain, tears gathering immediately in her eyes as her body reminds of the ache between her legs.
Her chin is lifted like he had done the previous night, and the man's eyes as deep as treasure coves stared straight into her own hazel eyes. The petite lady with full red lips and white teeth faded away after her dipping. Her gown becomes transparent and all her curves and treasures are outlined on the gown because it got wet.
"Come to me so early in the morning?" His voice is hoarse, which seemed very indescribable in this air. "I didn't take you for that type of woman."
The little head shakes frantically, "I didn't, I thought you already left and wanted to take a shower." Mina explains earnestly, looking like a lost puppy and it amuses him. Honestly, Mina didn't hear the sound of water before she had opened the door, so who knew there would be someone inside, certainly not her.
"This excuse..." The man whispers in her ear, running his fingers on her lips: "It sucks."
His scorching breath was in her ears, and she wonders if the water vapor was too hot and had something to do with it, and Mina's face turns red over and over again, tons of times.
"I'm not lying, sir, please let me go. I'll just put on my clothes and leave your home."
"Heh... you just got here in the tub and you want to leave so soon? Remember, you don't have the right to choose. You are with me."
Mina struggles frantically, messing up and splashing all the bath water in the tub on the pristine white floor, while he stays amused at her frantic, his eyes roving all over her body, his skin getting hot over and over again.
She has absolutely no idea just how much this thrashing mak
es him want to tie her down again.