Finally, with a sullen face, Ruby had no other choice but to watch Amber rush off to work, feeling that his sister finding a man like this was akin to her committing a sin.
But Amber wasn’t scared of Ian at all. Perhaps it was because she was still subconsciously treating him like a patient, and that she believed that once his condition improved, he would have a different perspective on romance and marriage.
At that time, perhaps all this nonsense about a contract and him giving her all his assets in exchange for her life would just be a joke for them to laugh about.
She truly wasn’t even going to consider marriage in the short term, or at least, not before Ian’s mental illness was fully treated.
She went to work, did what she was supposed to do, and then when she returned home at night, she discussed the topic of marriage with Ian again. She asked him, “Why do you want to get married?”
Ian’s response was simple. “That’s the best promise a man can give to a woman, isn’t it?”
That’s right. It was the best promise, but to him, this was just the next step in the flowchart that was their relationship. As such, Amber threw all thoughts of marriage out of her mind, but she still engaged in romantic activities with him.
After Ian finished expressing his viewpoint on marriage, he too didn’t take their conversion to heart, and instead focused on improving his technique.
Over the next few days, he went through multiple Japanese and Western adult videos, until he finally found something that he was able to watch, erotic Korean movies.
During this period of time, Amber was quite busy, and she had also entered the danger zone with regards to her fertility. Additionally, Ian had also gone on a business trip, so Amber initially didn’t realize that he hadn’t given up on improving his technique.
But one day, Ian, who was out on a business trip, suddenly sent her a message “I’m coming back today”. And then, at around 10 AM, a man who identified himself as Ian’s assistant called Amber and said that Ian had something to give to her.
When Amber received the call, she had just finished bringing her students around the medical wards, and they were currently in the office discussing medical cases. After hearing that Ian had something to give to her, she casually said, “Then please bring it up.”
And so the assistant did, and even specially told her, “Director Axton says to please use this in a timely fashion.”
‘Use it in a timely fashion ….’ Everyone was curious about what it was, and when Ian’s assistant left, all the students began to create a ruckus about the delivery. “Was the person who sent this your boyfriend, Professor? What did he send you? Look at this colorful wrapping! Professor, please open it. Let us all see it too.”
Amber didn’t mind her students’ curiosity, primarily because despite the box’s somewhat small size, its design was quite exquisite. She even thought that Ian had bought some little trinket or gift from a far, and was feeling pleased that he had learned to send her little surprises.
And so she handed the box to one of the louder girls, saying, “Alright, you guys can open it.”
But she regretted her decision just a few seconds later as she saw her students take a set of ovulation testing strips out from the box. As doctors, even though they were all just future psychiatrists, which one of them wouldn’t recognize these things?
The students’ eyes were so wide that they were about to fall out of their sockets. “Professor, are our eyes mistaken? Are these actually gold bars wrapped in testing strips?”
Amber: o()o
‘Ian Axton, you’d better get back here! I promise that I won’t beat you to death!!’
***
Ian returned home quite late that night, and by then, Amber had already had dinner and finished a round of yoga. Currently, she was taking a bath. She had been working very hard recently, and this was her little reward.
But while she was enjoying herself, Ian suddenly intruded on her space, abruptly pushing the door open and dominantly striding in. He scared her so much that she almost drowned herself in the bathtub.
She couldn’t help herself from becoming furious. “Why are you in here? Get out! Get out!!”
No matter how close they were, she wasn’t even close to being ready to bathe together, and she even had unfinished business to talk to him about. If they did this now, she wouldn’t be able to discuss it with him later.
But before she could say another word, he interrupted her. As he lazily leaned against the doorframe and completely ignored her attempts to chase him away, he asked, “Did you test yourself today?”
… Mr. Axton was perhaps the only person who could ask something like this with a straight face.
Amber immediately understood what his intentions were, and she definitively replied, “Yes! We can’t!”
But Ian didn’t react to her unfavorable response. Instead, he stretched out his hand and opened his palm, revealing a square-shaped piece of paper that he then slowly unfolded. “Then why is this blank?”
Amber swore in her head. ‘… Crap!’
She had forgotten that besides ovulation strips, the box that this fellow had sent her in the morning also contained a little note, which detailed the results and times at which she would have to test herself.
If her students had seen this demeaning note, she would have lost all authority as a teacher. How could she have tested herself there?! She couldn’t! So she had no choice but to bring them home to throw them at his face, all right?
But Amber had never expected him to come home at this time, or that he would question her about the tests while she was taking a bath.
The poor Dr. Camille was rendered speechless.
Having gained the upper hand, Ian smiled coolly. “You didn’t test yourself, did you?” He rolled up his sleeves and walked inside.
Amber curled up pitifully in the bathtub, looking at him warily. “What are you doing?”