“No… I don’t believe you! Monica would never do such a thing! You’re just trying to pit us against each other, aren’t you?” Julia’s eyes went wide, and she shook me violently while shouting in my face, “It was you, wasn’t it? You drugged Chris on purpose to divide us all!”
“I didn’t! Calm down, Mrs. Lane!” My body felt like it would fall apart at any moment, and I nearly fell down due to the agonizing pain in my waist.
Smack! I felt a stinging sensation spread across my cheek.
Julia calmed down all of a sudden after slapping me and simply stood there in silence. Not wanting to get hit with another one, I held a hand to my cheek and walked toward the bed.
“Even now, you’re still defending the Martin family? Hmph… I’m really disappointed with you, Mom!” Darius said coldly.
“I…I…” Julia was consumed by sorrow when she saw the look of disappointment in Darius’ eyes. She then turned around and walked out of the door without saying anything.
“Mrs. Lane! Don’t you want to stay here until Chris wakes up?” I called out to her at the door.
“Look after him for me!” Julia said as she turned around and stared deeply at me before leaving.
It was already afternoon by the time Christopher’s fever subsided. My body was aching all over when I woke up next to the bed, and I gave Christopher a light smack through the cover while mumbling to myself, “You really have become a monster this time…”
“If I’m a monster, then you’re the one who made me one.” Christopher’s voice came from beneath the cover.
Still in a daze from waking up, I didn’t realize what was going on and replied angrily, “How can you blame it on women when you guys are the ones fooling around out there? That’s just shameless and irresponsible! Hmph!”
“Huh… It’s not easy being so excellent, you know? It’s not my fault I’m always the most handsome guy around!” It wasn’t until he reached his hand out of the cover and pinched me on the cheek that I realized he was awake.
I then quickly touched his forehead to check his temperature and saw that it had returned to normal. “How are you feeling?”
“I feel weak all over, but I’m otherwise all right. Man, I didn’t think having excessive sex would feel this terrible!” Christopher struggled just to sit upright in bed and leaned against the headboard. He then winked at me as he continued, “Honey, you nearly milked me dry this time! What are you, a succubus that drains the life force of men?”
Amused by his words, I lunged forward to give him a light pinch on the neck and said, “Yeah, that’s right! I’m a succubus, and I’m here to punish men like you who love flirting around! You’d better not let me catch you in bed with another woman again or I’ll have you bedridden for three days!”
Christopher snickered in response and caressed my face. “That’s odd, I feel like I’m kind of looking forward to it!”
“Hey, that’s not funny! I’ll probably die of a heart attack if this sort of thing happens again!” I gave him a smack on the head before fetching him a bowl of oatmeal from the kitchen.
Christopher was clearly capable of eating it by himself, but he insisted on having me feed him instead.
Shouldn’t he be the one taking care of me after banging the hell out of me last night? With that in mind, I lay down beside him and demanded that he give me a massage in return. Because he was still very weak, the strength he applied to my body felt just right.
Suddenly, there was the sound of knocking from outside the door. Thinking it was Darius, I got out of bed and opened the door. “Darius, you came right on time! Chris has woken up…”
“Ms. Tanner, I would like to see Chris!” Monica cut me off, staring at me with tear-filled eyes.
I was so shocked by her sudden appearance that I froze on the spot.
