Chapter 9 Chapter 9

After dinner, Master Scott and Dennis went to the living room. "You should treat her better from now on. Her life has been difficult since she was a child."

"The Bailey family is not only huge but also affluent. She had never worried about food and clothing since young. I don't see any reason that her life would be difficult."

"You will never understand. Anyway, she is now your wife, and you have the obligation to take care of her," replied Master Scott.

Dennis went upstairs and said, "This is not included in our agreement."

When Emmie was escorted to the room, she still felt her eyes dry. She flounced herself onto the bed right away.

After a while, the door of the room swung open and Dennis came in.

Emmie almost jumped out of bed. "This is my room."

Of course, Dennis understood Master Scott's intentions at once. "This is also my room."

"Then I'll leave."

Not long after Emmie left, she came back with a serious look on her face. Crossing his legs, Dennis was sitting on the sofa as if he had already expected that Emmie would return to his room.

"Miss Bailey, this is my room."

Emmie imitated his tone and said, "This is also my room."

Dennis rose to his feet and strode to her, but she avoided him as soon as he raised his hand.

"What are you doing?!" she barked.

Dennis retorted, "What's wrong with you? Are you afraid that I'll eat you up? Look at yourself. You don't even have what it takes to be regarded as a woman. No man will be interested in you."

Emmie raised her head. "I know better than you whether I am a woman or not."

Dennis clutched her arm and asked, "Where are you going?"

"I'll sleep on the sofa tonight," she answered.

Dennis asked, "Do you still remember the agreement between us? You and I are married on the surface, and we need to act like one."

"But there's no one else here."

Dennis gave a gentle push at Emmie. Like a startled rabbit, she fell down on the bed right away. Dennis could not help laughing out loud.

"There is only one blanket here. Mind you that I am not going to give it to you."

It was already March, but the night was still quite cold.

After thinking for a while, Emmie decided that she should not mistreat her. And therefore, she went to the corner of the bed.

Fortunately, the bed was huge enough; they wouldn't touch each other even if they shared the same bed.

A faint smile spread across Dennis' face. There were so many women who had tried so hard to hook up with him, but she was clearly the opposite. Besides, to her, sharing the same bed with him was seemingly a torment.

Dennis turned off the light and walked to the bedside before he took off his tie. Thinking he was going to turn off the bedside lamp, she said in a hurry, "Don't turn this off."

Dennis was quite stunned. "Are you scared of the dark?"

Emmie nodded. She always slept with the lights in her room on; she would have nightmares if the lights were turned off.

"I will leave it on then." Dennis' voice was so gentle that even he didn't notice it.

He didn't like to sleep in darkness, too; just like her, he preferred to have the lights on while he slept.

Emmie turned her back to him and held the end of the blanket right under her chin tightly with one hand.

When she agreed to this marriage, Emmie didn't give it much thought. After the two were officially married, Dennis and Emmie had not met each other for two weeks. Emmie almost forgot that they were now married.

At this moment, he was lying right beside her; Emmie, of course, could not ignore his existence. It was the first time that she had slept with a man.

Moreover, Dennis was practically a stranger to her.

Dennis turned over and got closer to her. Her long, silky-smooth hair flowed over her shoulders.

He could even smell her scent. He had to admit that her body odor made his heart drum inside his chest.

Earlier just now, when he caught her on the steps, he had already gotten a whiff of her fragrance. At that time, he was distracted and hence, he didn't pay much attention to it. Now, amidst the silence, he was reminded of the softness of her body again.

She was not only imp-thin but also had a small build. If he could hug her in his arms, with the redolence of her body, he was sure it would feel amazing.

Attracted by her scent, Dennis could not help but inch toward her.