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"Why are you zoning out?" Livy brought hot tea to Arthur who was sitting on the edge of the pool.

Arthur's body was still slightly wet and the towel was slung over his shoulder. At that time, Livy accidentally saw a scar on his left abdomen that was open. This was her first time seeing, but she didn't dare to ask, she felt that the timing was not right. It was two days since having dinner with the others at their house, after that day somehow Arthur often zoned out.

"You didn't go to uni today?" Arthur asked back and began to dry his wet body.

"There's only one in the afternoon."

Livy picked up the towel robe on the chair and gave it to him when he finished. Drops of water were still on the ends of his long hair, Livy instinctively helped dry them.

This activity was commonplace, he did not refuse it.

"You can go back to the dorm again. You must be tired going back and forth like this." He said.

"Hm?" Livy tilted her head to glance at Arthur. "You mind me being here?"

Arthur smiled and rubbed the back of the girl's head. "That is not what I mean."

"Well, I'm glad I did. After all I promised Dave to watch over you not to work too hard. So, I'm doing an errand here."

"You still listen to him?"

"Yeah, Dave was right about you being so stubborn anyways. As proof, you really are." Livy giggled so much saying this, before she corrected, "Every day I see you never let go of that black tablet or earphones. Do you listen to meeting recordings every day?"

The earphones in question were the only ones connected to her watch. He always listened to the recordings when she was at her college.

When she once asked about the earphones, he said that it was a recording of a meeting. Didn't expect that she still believed.

"I listen to music," Arthur said.

"Is that true?" Livy rubbed his hair rather vigorously. "What kind of music do you listen to?"

"No. Actually it's radio. I only heard a few channels that were active. The songs varied."

Livy nodded in understanding. "You know, it's not good to always listen to music through earphones. You better cut it down. And don't listen to it at high volume, your ears might be damaged. Besides that, you also started using the tablet again, I didn't stop you because I thought you were bored, don't secretly take care of work anymore."

Hearing how chatty his wife was, Arthur almost laughed, he said, "Yes, my bunny."

Behind him, Livy immediately blushed. She finished her activity and Arthur immediately grabbed her. She then fell right into his lap.

"I've been listening to your order all this time, will I get a reward?"

"Reward?" Livy was confused. "Why do you always ask for rewards all the time?"

"Can't I?"

"I-It's not like that …" Livy let out a nervous sigh. "Is it near your birthday?"

"Nope. It's just a reward for my good behavior." Arthur teased her.

Livy held back her smile. She held his cheek to get a closer look at the complexion in his eyes.

"What reward do you want? You obey me, it's all for your good. Your eyes should be a little better now," Livy said quietly.

Arthur held her hand against his cheek. "It's okay. It's just that it's still not clear to see your face."

"So you didn't know how I looked all this time?"

Arthur didn't answer right away. At this close distance, he could see her face. How were her eyes, nose and lips that he liked so much.

After all this time, Evander finally realized that Livy was very similar to Gwen. It was true, the two had similarities. And now that there was news that Gwen has returned, Arthur didn't know what attitude he should adopt when he meets Gwen next.

"I know."

Arthur let go of Livy's hand and looked down.

"What is it?" asked Livy when she noticed Arthur's change in mood and immediately hugged him. "Did I say something wrong?"

Instead of returning the hug, Arthur's hand gently pushed her shoulder. When the two locked eyes, he grabbed her chin and kissed her on the lips. It was the dragonfly's brief kiss on the water. But that brief kiss had made her face blush.

She held his cheek, she came closer and kissed him again.

At first he had no intention of retaliating, but he couldn't hold himself back and turned to dominate the tussle between the two of them and started chewing on each other's lips. His hand crawled to her back, while she didn't move and let the hot tongue play in her mouth and made her moan.

Arthur's lips were so sweet. Livy took a few gulps to adjust the taste on her tongue.

Then the kiss ended as both of them were out of breath.

Her face was a bit messed up as they separated. Her lips parted and she let out a gasping breath. She felt her lips had swollen by now.

Without saying anything, Arthur suddenly hugged her.

And Livy felt that this hug was so fragile as if a heavy burden had drained this man's strength and he desperately needed a backrest to get up again.

"So what reward do you want, hm?"

***

At lunch time, neither of them said anything. Livy seemed to realize that Arthur still had something on his mind. Even when she asked about the reward, Arthur said their kiss in the swimming pool was enough.

"I'll take you today." Arthur wiped his mouth with a napkin when he finished.

"That's not necessary. Usually you don't accompany me, right? Besides, I'm fine since the driver brought me." Livy refused.

"It's okay. I'll drive you."

Livy didn't argue anymore. Until late afternoon, they were in their respective rooms and did not engage in conversation at all. She was still worried because he suddenly becomes strange. Did she say something wrong before?

Livy felt that she didn't say anything wrong. She only remembered, he asked her to go back to the dorm. Maybe that's the reason.

"Young Master is waiting in the car." The maid warned her.

"I'll be right down."

Livy looked at herself in the mirror once again and fixed her appearance. She wore white trousers and a long-sleeved light green floral blouse. Very beautiful.

This shirt had been in her wardrobe when she moved into this house, but it was her first time wearing it. Usually she doesn't really like green like this. It turned out that after use, this color was suitable for her white skin.

As soon as she got down, Arthur was in the car in casual clothes and on the phone with someone. Arthur hung up the call when she walked in.

"You smell good," Arthur said.

Livy secretly sniffed herself and was embarrassed. Arthur reached over to stroke her head and kissed her on the cheek. Her face was getting red.

"Are you going to meet someone?" asked Livy.

"Mn."

Livy noticed he wasn't wearing formal clothes, meaning he wasn't going out to talk business. She hesitated to ask where he was going, in the end she said nothing.

"I'm going to meet an old friend," Arthur told her.

"Ah? Oh ... So, can you not drink today? I mean, Dave also warned you to drink less alcohol. I just ..."

"I will not."

Livy didn't feel relieved after he said that. She still found Arthur odd today, and his tone was back to its former coldness.

An hour of travel filled with silence because both choose to be in each other's thoughts. Upon arriving at the university gate, Livy said goodbye briefly and opened the car door.

"Hold on," Arthur held her back.

Her hand stopped and she turned her head. She thought Arthur would give her a goodbye kiss, but instead he pulled something from her collar that immediately made her eyes widen.

"You haven't thrown this away." Arthur slightly tugged at the shirt tags that are usually attached to new clothes. Livy felt very embarrassed.

Arthur didn't find any scissors or anything sharp to cut it. Thinking briefly, he stepped forward and intended to cut it with his teeth.

Livy's heart beat fast seeing Arthur about to do that, her hands immediately clenched into fists. Unintentionally the tip of his lips touched the nape of her neck and sent a dim feeling all over her body. Her eyes opened and closed.

"A-Arthur, I ... just let me." Livy stuttered.

Damnit! The brief touch made her tremble.

Arthur pulled the label off and said, "This is done." He realized that his lips had accidentally touched Livy's skin, and it seemed to be a sensitive area. "Sorry I did not mean it."

Deliberately, Arthur rubbed the nape of her neck where his lips touched, he rubbed his finger gently. As if electrocuted, she immediately dodged.

"No, it's okay. Just a little touched." Livy's breathing was very rapid and her cheeks and ears were red all over.

Arthur couldn't see clearly, but he could still see the red color on her cheeks. He discovered the girl's sensitive area.

"I'll go. S-See you."

"Wait," Arthur held her again, this time until she was startled to feel a wet touch on her neck.

Arthur licked her neck!

"See you soon. Be good." Arthur smiled.

Livy blushed badly.

The car door opened and she fled as fast as lightning. Her legs were so weak that she stopped for a second and hid behind a fence. She always felt nervous when Arthur touched her, even though the kisses had gotten her used to it. But a wet touch on the back of the neck has another effect.

They love each other now and have done it several times. Why is she still thirsty for his touch?

Livy shook her head. If she thought about it she would go mad!

When she was about to turn around, someone suddenly blocked her and it was a tall man, much taller than Arthur. She felt a very familiar face, but couldn't remember who it was.

The man was still smiling. "Sister-in-law, do you remember me? I'm Matthew."

***

Arthur opened the door of the ethnic restaurant where someone agreed to meet him. The restaurant looked classic because the overall design was made of green bamboo and was away from the crowds.

To enter the restaurant, the car will go to the outskirts of town and find a large gate on the side of the road. After entering the fence, the car still has to walk a few meters past shady trees on either side to the parking area. The restaurant will be seen after going around a large shower and part of the ground was filled with synthetic grass.

A woman waved at him, but then her movements stopped and she walked over to him herself.

"I'm here. Did you see me?" asked the woman softly.

Arthur didn't look at her, his face was very cold.

Gwen Estelle smiled bitterly, aware of the cold rejection, but pretended not to notice. Then her smile turned gentle, her thin lips painted with bright red lipstick. Very beautiful. She led Arthur to sit at a table.

"Am I interrupting your schedule?" asked Gwen when they sat down opposite each other. "I asked Evan, he said you weren't working. So I was thinking of asking you to meet."

"What do you want to talk about?" Arthur didn't mince words.

There was no way Gwen could not have noticed the sarcasm in Arthur's tone, but she just ignored it on purpose.

"I missed you. Did you want to keep this meeting so short?" Gwen was a little gloomy.

"..."

"How are you right now? Your eyes ... are they healed?

Arthur stopped himself from looking at Gwen. He wished he was truly blind to see her again. Unfortunately, even though his vision wasn't very clear, he could still make out that face.

A face that was almost the same as Livy.

"Miss Estelle, tell me what you want. Otherwise, I'm leaving."

... to be continued ...