After dinner, Amber helped him clean up, and then told him, “I have to do something tonight, so I won’t be able to mess around with you. If you feel bored, you can go outside and play.”
Ian didn’t respond. He didn’t go out and play, but neither did he bother her. Amber stayed in the study and quietly did her own thing. When she was about halfway done, she came out to stretch her legs and found him sitting lazily by the sofa, a laptop on his legs.
She thought that he was busy working on something of his own and so, she politely asked, “Do you want a glass of water?”
He nodded.
Amber went to pour him a glass of water, but just as she was about to hand it over, she unintentionally glanced at his laptop screen. Oh god, he was watching another adult video!
But instead of a Japanese one, it was an even more revealing Western one!
Amber was speechless.
“Forget it. It doesn’t look like you’re thirsty.” She stood back up, finished the glass of water in one gulp, turned around, and promptly went back into the study.
When she finally finished and came out again, Ian wasn’t looking at his computer anymore. Now, he was talking on the phone with a particularly relaxed tone.
When she listened in a bit more closely, she heard him say, “Yes, they’re all not nice to look at. They’re disgusting.”
The other side most likely asked back what type he wanted, and as Amber walked by him, he glanced at her as he said, “Are there any with doctors in them?”
Amber was stunned speechless for the second time tonight.
She massaged her forehead, very much regretting her mouth that had despised his lack of skill! When he finished his call, she said quite earnestly, “Your technique is already quite good. You don’t have to study, really.”
Amber didn’t actually think that watching adult videos were that bad. She also looked at them when she had nothing better to do, to be fair.
However, for someone like Ian, who seemed to be seriously watching it to improve his technique, and then who even asked around for more resources and things like that … she really couldn’t bear to watch or think about him doing it afterwards.
Ian raised his eyebrows. “Then let’s try it.”
Throughout the night, Amber was forced to try some of the new things Ian had learned. She didn’t know if Ian had ended up satisfied, but she was so “satisfied” that she was about to die!
***
The next day, Amber felt like she had woken up into a nightmare, as she had to climb out of bed and go to work after such a night. She had intended on catching up on sleep in the evening when she got home, but Ruby came over to find her before she could do so.
But before Ruby met up with Amber, he had first called Ian. He didn’t know Ian’s personal number, so he had called his office. Ian’s assistant responded, and didn’t confirm whether or not Ian was free in the evening.
Ruby was just following orders. Honestly, he was a lot more relaxed when he heard that Ian wasn’t around. So, he didn’t say anything about this to Amber. Out of consideration for Amber, who didn’t have a car, he found a restaurant close by the hospital to eat dinner at.
When the two of them sat down, Ruby immediately noticed her dispirited face. Unwilling to let go of the opportunity, he joked, “Looks like Ian isn’t just a pretty face!”
Amber annoyedly responded, “… Can you be more serious? I’m your sister!” And then she asked, “Why did you come to find me?”
“Em, according to mother’s wishes, I’m here to ask, ‘How’s the marriage planning coming along?’ Also, shouldn’t the Axton family meet with us about now?
Mom said that she would reimburse them for your apartment’s renovation. She also said that when you two get married, she’ll also give you a car. Anything within 40, 000 dollar.” Then, Ruby’s tone turned bitter as he complained, “And when I asked her what she’d give me when I got married, she said, ‘A whole bag of debt. Do you want it?’ Aren’t we twins? Didn’t we both climb out of her stomach? Why is the difference between us so big then?”
Amber hesitated for a moment. 40, 000 dollar, in addition to the cost of the apartment, would be about half of her parents’ savings, wouldn’t it? She said somewhat agonizingly, “I don’t need it. I can make my own money.”
“Oh, what’s this? Mom’s gotten you this worked up over just 40, 000 dollar?”
Amber pursed her lips. “It’s not that.” She refused to admit to her softheartedness. “I just feel wronged. It feels like Mom can’t wait to get rid of me.”
Ruby shot her a supercilious look. “Alright, stop it. If she spent dollar to get rid of me, then I’d leave our house right away.”
“Cih!” Amber spat at him, but she did end up laughing from his antics.
Then, Ruby said, “Pick out a car you want. Ian’s got a pretty good eye, so you can probably just let him choose one for you. And if it’s a bit over dollar, that’s fine. I’ll put up another 20, 000 dollar, so as long as it’s within a hundred dollar, it’s fine. Of course, if you exceed it by a little, that’s fine too. Just look around and choose something you like.”
Amber shook her head as she rejected his offer. “I don’t want your money. And I’m really not going to get married this early.”
Ruby yelled, “Early? You’re about to turn thirty!”
Amber glared fiercely at him, and Ruby immediately mimed zipping his mouth shut. “I’m sorry. I made a mistake. I meant to say that you’re about to turn eighteen, so you’re right of age to marry someone now.”
“Do I have to marry someone like that just because I can?”
“What do you mean ‘just like that?'” Ruby fidgeted with his sleeves. “Are you saying that Ian isn’t a good person?”
At this time, the door was pushed open, revealing the aforementioned Ian who was suspected of not being a good person. As he stood outside, he coolly asked, “Can I come in now?”