Chapter 3 Compensation For You

"Be gentle," Bobby repeated her words to which Nina nodded. He tried to smile charmingly but it didn't reach his eyes. "I'm sorry but I can't."

As soon as he finished his words, he moved closer to her. His eyes burned at a patch of her shoulder before he took a quick sniff. "Very good. There's no trace of that cloying perfume now."

His closeness made her uncomfortable. She wanted to shout at him to take a step back but she remembered why she was here. So she kept the urge in. She didn't know why she was being so moody. It was her first time to interact with someone from the upper class. She didn't know how to read their movements and their thoughts. The only thing she knew was that she couldn't provoke him, not when he was the only person who could save her brother.

Nina might not know much about what usually happened between a man and a woman, but at least she knew she had to stand obediently and let him see his fill.

The only reference materials she had about what was about to happen were a few books and short clips from movies. The reality couldn't be any more different from all of them.

In an instant, Nina realized the alcohol was messing with her brain. Because she had low alcohol tolerance, she couldn't comprehend why Bobby was looking at her with cold eyes.

She was confused. Unconsciously, a frown made its way to her face. Bobby chose that moment to move slightly away from her. Nina was so nervous. She held her breath as her heart continued to pound in her chest. Bobby raised his eyebrows at her and noticed the light purple fabric underneath the towel. Angrily, he said, "Did you put it on again?"

She bit her lip nervously. She didn't know what to say. She thought she wouldn't need it but without it, she wouldn't have the courage to walk out of the bathroom.

"It is wet. Don't you feel uncomfortable?"

"No." Nina blushed as she closed her eyes nervously.

"So how much was he going to pay you?" he asked her.

"Three hundred thousand…" The tension between them made Nina even dizzier. She seemed to wait for his reaction but Bobby only smiled softly at her. He didn't share what was funny or satisfying to make him smile like that. He looked like a playful boy taunting her.

He raised one eyebrow at her before he pressed a button beside the bed. The curtains began to close automatically. Darkness began to blanket the entire room except for the neon lights that passed through the thin curtains.

The next morning, Nina felt her head was splitting in half. She was sure she was experiencing an out of body experience. She clutched the quilt tighter against her body as she squeezed her eyes shut.

She had woken up a minute ago but she didn't dare open her eyes. She couldn't even remember what had happened last night. The last thing she remembered was she only had a sip of the red wine. It was terrible for her because she didn't have any decent alcohol tolerance.

Beep! Beep! Beep! Nina's phone began to ring, which made it impossible for her to pretend she was still asleep. She hurriedly threw off the quilt and went to rummage in her bag for her phone.

She turned off the alarm clock and turned back in embarrassment. She didn't know if that would piss Bobby off. To her surprise, there was no trace of him on the bed.

That made Nina straighten her body.

She blinked and relaxed at once. She looked around the room to make sure he really wasn't there before she climbed back to bed.

'He left…'

She couldn't tell if she was saying that in her mind in disappointment or relief.

She rubbed at her temples, which were still throbbing from the alcohol last night when she remembered something. Hurriedly, she threw off the quilt again and saw the blood on the sheets.

She looked at the spot in a daze and reached out a finger to touch it. Unconsciously, tears began to fall down her cheeks.

"Why are you crying? This is your choice. At least, he is an excellent man, right?" Nina wiped her tears as she remembered the reward he had promised. She stood up again and looked around. This time, she noticed the paper and pen on the bedside table. She leaned over and saw it was a check and a business card. Bobby's name was printed on the card with three words written as a note: compensation for you.

Compensation.

Nina bit her lower lip as she picked up the check. The numbers he had scrawled on it didn't make sense in her brain.

"One million?"

She scratched her head and picked up the business card. After hesitating, she picked up her phone and sent a message to the number on the card. "It's three hundred thousand. You gave me too much."

A minute later, his reply came. "Take it all."

Nina had to read his reply thrice to make sense of it. "Thank you. You're a good man."

Bobby looked at Nina's message in confusion. 'A good person? Is she being sincere or sarcastic?'

He sighed before putting his phone away. With his hands encased in a pair of gloves, he picked up the high-powered telescope in front of him and looked into the distance. He could see the curtain of the opposite room was still closed.

A faint smile appeared on his face. Bobby dropped the telescope, took a few steps back, before opening the gas tap. He turned around to leave the room, leaving behind two corpses lying in eternal slumber.