When Amber heard Ian’s shocking request, her whole body went numb, and then she felt like a lightbulb had turned on above her head. She had been suddenly enlightened as to why this fellow had come over to pick her up today.
Her thoughts meandered back through the past; for his first attempt to get her into bed, he had remodeled her house and then prepared a sumptuous candlelight dinner. Compared to that day, picking her up and then attending a dinner party with her was a paltry preparation.
Amber didn’t even know what expression to make towards him.
His desire for sex had come on so abruptly that she was somewhat unable to respond.
She stuttered, “B-But I’m not prepared.”
Ian raised his eyebrows, looking surprisingly patient. “What’s there to prepare?”
Amber hesitatingly replied, “My emotions … aren’t too stable.”
“Because of what happened this afternoon?”
“Yes.”
“Why?” Ian had a perplexed look on his face. “It’s not like you said anything.”
Amber carefully explained, “Because I didn’t dare to. I knew that if I spoke up, I’d definitely start arguing with Trysta, and I don’t want to argue with her. Although she has very likely carried out a very scary deed, I feel that, at this time, she also needs support the most.”
Ian looked at her, a piece of softness surfacing in his eyes. He remembered the first time he had seen her, in Nancy’s office, sitting in front of Nancy. Back then, she had smiled freely as she said, “I’m sorry, Professor, but I can’t stand this sort of experimental treatment. As a psychiatrist, my hands should hold the key to their recovery, not cold, hard data.”
Then, as she left, she brushed by his side. Her face had still been smiling, but her eyes had held a clear evident sadness within them.
She hadn’t noticed him, but he had noticed her, a laughably determined … doctor.
Nancy had told him then, “Her determination is a precious thing, and I don’t want her to lose it.”
That’s right, a precious determination.
He lowered his head and gingerly kissed her newly washed hair. It smelled nice and clean, and Ian felt that he could wait awhile longer for her. “Then, what do you want to do right now?”
What did she want to do? Of course, it was to not have sex.
Somewhat pitifully, Amber said, “I want to let Sarah know that she might have contracted AIDS, and that her best option is to get tested and receive treatment immediately. And we should let Frank know as well.
I believe that Trysta certainly won’t let him go either. The two of them right now know nothing about their situation, and if we leave them be, they’ll be two walking bombs ….”
“Then do it.”
“Huh?” Amber raised her head as she frowned. “But what about Trysta? No matter how guilty the two of them feel towards Trysta, if they found out that they’d fallen for her scheme, they’d surely kill her, wouldn’t they?”
“Then just don’t let them know.”
“N-Not let them know? Isn’t that hard to do? And I also think that Trysta’s still planning something big ….”
“There’s nothing hard about this.” Ian turned around, let go of Amber, and grabbed his phone from his desk. Then, as he was preparing to make a call, he asked, “If I solve your problem, will you feel sufficiently at rest to make love to me?”
He had noticed that she had felt uncomfortable when he said “have sex,” so he had “considerately” changed it to “make love”.
Amber was shocked speechless at Ian’s audacity. “….”
At that moment, she realized that she wouldn’t get through this night without doing it at some point, and Ian also knew that she had accepted this fact, so he immediately called a number.
“Tomorrow, have someone go to these two branches and say something about how, due to the recent influenza outbreak, the company’s providing free testing.
I don’t care what reason you use, but you have to get a blood sample from every single one of them, and then, with the fastest method you can think of, send it all to the lab to test for HIV.
At those addresses, there are two people in particular that you have to test. I’ll send you their corresponding information later.”
After he hung up, he rapidly typed out a text message and sent Frank’s information out. When it was Sarah’s turn, he raised his head and asked Amber, “Where does she stay?”
“….”
She was still dazed, alright? She couldn’t have expected that Ian would be so direct and rough in his plan, and the feeling that having a boyfriend who managed a pharmaceutical company was a powerful tool surfaced in her heart.
Ian looked at her silly expression and shook his head somewhat exasperatedly. “It’s fine if you don’t. Since they both stayed at the Axton Hotel at some point in time, Sarah’s contact information is probably still recorded down there. I’ll have someone retrieve it.”
“….”
After he received the information and sent it over, he looked at her and gently asked, “Is there anything else?”
Amber shook her head vigorously.
And with that, Ian put his phone away as Amber continued to fidget, even more nervous than before. Ian was one of those people who despised saying a single more word than necessary.
Thus, once he heard her say that she had no more requests, he stood up and started to strip. Once he was fully naked, he leaned over, licked her lips lightly once, and then again. His appetite whetted, he half-knelt by the bed, caressed her head, and kissed her deeply.
Amber tilted her head in response to his advances, and then his lips landed behind her ear as a hot breath enveloped her being. It was somewhat itchy, and as she squirmed around, she breathlessly asked, “What … about contraception?”
His allergic reaction was honestly a pain!
Who knew that Ian had actually already made preparations in anticipation of that issue. He paused for a moment as he lightly said, “I’ve already calculated it for you. Today’s safe.”
Amber was shocked. “… How do you know that?”
“Oh, after the last time I had an allergic reaction, I started thinking of a way to avoid having to use contraception.” He turned around and opened the drawer by the bed.
Amber looked inside, only to find that a whole drawer of … ovulation, testing, strips, had mysteriously appeared out of nowhere.
He took one box out as he told her, “If you’re concerned, we can test it right now.”
This time, Amber didn’t even have words to respond. “….”
She fell limply back onto the bed, and somewhat helplessly said, “Alright, do whatever you want.”
This level of thoroughness … She’d even feel slightly sorry if she didn’t satisfy him!!