Summer walked to the back of the couch and kissed Rosie on the cheek from behind.
“Mommy.”Rosie looked over her shoulder at her, her voice unenthusiastic. She then quickly focused back on the TV. Cartoons had that magical attraction to children.
Summer walked around to the front and sat down beside Rosie to watch the TV together. After watching for a while, she found that the cartoon was kind of fun.
Leonardo knew Rosie very well. She was totally engrossed when watching a cartoon. So he left her alone. Back to the bedroom, he had a shower, then came back down and saw Summer sitting beside Rosie and immersed in the cartoon. His expression froze for a moment. He checked the time, strode up to the mother and daughter, and turned off the TV with the remote controller.
“It’s time to take a shower and hit the sack,”he said.
Rosie pouted. She was apparently not happy, but since it was Leonardo who turned off the TV, she dared not say a word but replied with an”okay”before sliding down the couch.
However, Summer’s reaction was totally different—mad, even. She got to her feet and asked,”Why did you turn off the TV all of a sudden?”
Just as the show arrived at the most interesting part, this guy came up and turned off the TV abruptly. She suddenly seemed to understand how kids felt when adults switched off the TV while they were watching their favorite cartoon.
Unlike Summer’s expressive reaction, Leonardo appeared a lot calmer.
“What time is it?”he asked.
She checked the time.”Half-past nine.”
Leonardo turned around and went upstairs. She understood what he meant:it was half-past nine and she should take a shower and hit the sack. She knew the rationale behind his words, but he could have told her in a better manner or spoken more clearly. He had been treating Rosie very well. It was just that the way he handled things was still too crude.
Sensing someone pulling at her clothes, she looked back and saw Rosie smiling at her.”Mommy, I still want to watch cartoons.”
How should she tell Rosie that she, too, wished she could watch the cartoon, but it was time to sleep? She thought for a moment, then squatted down.
“How about we continue to watch cartoons tomorrow? It’s late at night now. Mommy feels sleepy. Why don’t you sleep with Mommy tonight so we can watch it together again tomorrow?”
“All right.”Rosie nodded as if she understood her.
“You’re my best baby!”
After spending a few days with Rosie, Summer was still surprised by how easy it was to coax Rosie.
…
She brought Rosie upstairs, and they showered together. After that, Rosie refused to go back to her room and insisted on staying with her. She naturally gave in and let Rosie stay.
Rosie fell asleep not long after. Only then did Summer get up and go downstairs to get some water. On her way, she walked past Leonardo’s reading room and saw light seeping through the gaps in the door. He was still working?
She had just stopped for a couple of seconds and was quickly leaving. Right then, the door was opened from the inside and Leonardo appeared.
“What are you doing here?”He wore casual and looked at her, his face emotionless and pale.
It reminded her about the scene of him in pain in the room that day.
“I… just want to fetch some water downstairs.”She had wanted to ask if he was okay, but she hesitated, holding back her words.”Do you want some water too?”
“Coffee, please.”She only asked out of politeness, yet to him, it was a matter of course.
She nodded in acknowledgment, going downstairs to pour herself a glass of water and make him a cup of coffee. When she came back up with the coffee, she saw the door to his room was open ajar. He was letting it open for her;she supposed.
She carried the coffee in a tray and entered. Leonardo was sitting behind the desk, concentrating on the document in hands with his brows knitted together. She walked over and put the coffee beside him. Only then she noticed how pale he was.
“You should rest for the day,”she could not help but say.
He looked up at her, face calm like the coffee on the desk.
Summer felt like a busybody under his gaze. She did not know why she said that previously. It sounded as if she was very concerned about him, and she became uneasy.
“I’ll go out now.”
She turned around and was about to leave, but she felt a hand around her wrist. Anger rose within her, and it showed in her voice.
“Leonardo… Mmm…”
Her mouth was blocked before she could call out his name. Leonardo’s lips were warmer than hers, the feeling shaking her. They locked eyes just as their lips touched.
Summer froze for an entire second before she came to her senses and pushed him away. But as soon as she touched him, he wrapped his arm around her waist. The powerful male arm pulled her toward him and clutched her wrist with his other hand. There was zero distance between them now, and their breathing sped up at the same time.
Summer instantly blushed amid the heavy breathing. She turned her head away and flew off the handle.
“Let me go now, and I’ll pretend as if nothing happened.”
Her trembling voice and reddened face made her such a lovely creature. So instead of letting her go, Leonardo again came down to peck her on the lips.
“What if I want something to happen?”
He was shameless, yet his voice was calm. She could not move her body a bit as she was frozen in place.
“Leonardo, do you get your sense of accomplishment from bullying a woman?”
“I don’t know about other women, but when it comes to you, I’m not getting only a sense of accomplishment but also a…”He paused on purpose, pleased to see the anger in her eyes.”… hard-on.”
At first, she did not understand what”hard-on”meant until she felt one part of his body change… They were pressing against each other. It was hard for her not to know what was going on with his member.
Her body stiffened, even her breathing becoming cautious. Leonardo’s odd temperament made him unpredictable. She did not know what he would do next or what was in his mind.
“What do you want?”She swallowed hard and started to lose courage, her voice gradually turning submissive.
Leonardo seemed to loosen his grip a bit.”I just want to tell you that before I fully recover my memory, you are not allowed to mingle around with any other guys.”
“What is that supposed to mean?”Summer frowned.