Mia was only in her underwear, a very tiny underbra that barely covered her nipples, and the support it gave to her breasts was almost non-existent, except for two thin lines with embroidery.

Jack gulped, and his gaze went down, stopping on her pants, which were also minuscule. He immediately looked up into her eyes when he realised where he was looking.

It was then that he noticed. Mia’s silence was because of sadness since she had her eyes wet and seemed to be fighting to hold her tears. “We… only get along? I thought… maybe it was foolish of me… but I thought you were my friend…”

“I… Wait, what? You can barely stand my presence at all! You used to despise me, and you said every day that you were only with me because your father told me to protect you!” Jack said as he slowly approached the almost-naked woman.

“That was in the beginning, stupid! I then got to know you, and we spent a lot of time together; we talked for hours, we went running, we played a bunch of games, and I… I… Oh, forget it!”

Jack grabbed Mia’s arm, preventing her from escaping to her room, and he said, “Wait a minute, please! You wanted me to tell that maid that I like to be near you? That I found it funny the way you get stressed over the most normal things, and it surprises me that even with all the recent changes in your life, you keep moving forward, and I admire that part of you? I would give her the wrong idea!”

“And what wrong idea is that? Tell me! That you barely endure my presence? That you only accepted to be my bodyguard because of money? I thought you wanted to protect me, and you actually cared for me!”

“But I do! This may come as a surprise to you, but I was hoping we had gone past our previous lack of patience to be near each other! It is also a shock to me to consider you a friend after the little time we spent with each other! I still remember very well how badly you treated me every time you went to your father’s company!”

Mia bit her lower lip, still struggling to keep her tears at bay, and said, “I already apologised for doing that! Why do you need to keep reminding me of my past self? I am trying to change, you know? It is not as easy as you might think! Sometimes I get so fed up with things that I just want to scream or hit someone! Why do you think I like to spar with Sophia so much? When it gets too much for me to handle, I need someone to hit, and she is tough! She also never has any problem saying what is on her mind or pointing out what she doesn’t like about me! Unlike you!”

“What are you saying? Since when have I never said what is on my mind or what I don’t like about you?”

While poking his chest with her index finger, she said, almost blowing up in anger, “I am right here, on the brink of crying my eyes out, almost naked, and you only see a spoiled brat! I am a woman! And a very beautiful and sexy one! Why can’t you see that?”

“How can I not see it when you appear to me more times than I can count with so little clothing? I am starting to think you do that on purpose to mess with my head!”

“Do you want to see me messing with your head, do you?”

Without waiting for another word, Mia grabbed the back of Jack’s neck and pulled him to her, kissing him passionately. Her other hand clenched on his back, almost piercing his skin over his shirt with her fingernails.

Jack didn’t return the kiss. He was too surprised to do anything. Instead, he just stood there with his eyes wide open, unable to move or act. Mia slowly stopped kissing him, and while looking into his eyes, she asked with a gentle tone, “Now do you understand? Or do I need to do anything else?”

Her hand went down his chest, stopping on his belt. Jack blinked a few times and asked, “Mia… what… what are you doing?”

“What do you think I am doing? I am messing with your head. That was what you said, so…”

As she was trying to unlock his belt, Jack grabbed her hands and stopped her. “This… you can’t be serious… You told me over and over about your social status, that you were supposed to marry a man from a rich family, most probably the son of one of your father’s friends. That I am merely a security guy, and I have no idea how our lives are different.”

Mia made a slight smile and said, “What about if you stopped talking about what I used to say and you thought about what I just did? Still dumbfounded, I see, judging by your dead eyes. Let’s make a deal, then.”

“What… What kind of deal?”

“I am going to try to make you fall for me, and you will pretend you didn’t know me before you saved me. Like that, we can start over. As friends, for now. As a couple in a few months, if everything works out. Deal?”

“Wait… First, you appear like this, almost naked, then you kiss me, then you… I think you tried to take me to bed… and… Did you just say you wanted us to be a couple… like… for real?”

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While caressing his head, Mia said with a gentle smile, “For real. I am a good catch, you know? And I am not only talking about my family’s money. I am pretty, darn sexy, and extremely smart. Heck, I am even learning all the stuff there is to know about my father’s company to be a proper heir! So, what do you say? Can we start over? As friends for now, of course. I don’t want to scare you or anything. I usually don’t approach a man in my underwear and start kissing him out of nowhere!”

She then looked down and turned bright red, and she immediately turned away and said, “I… should go change. Get ready, because I can’t arrive too late. I am supposed to be the host of that event. You have to stay near me at all times, okay? Not because I think there will be danger, but because… I want you near me...”

Jack looked down, and his jaw almost dropped. Mia’s panties were a mere string, tucked between her round buttocks, and that string connected to another one, which surrounded her waist and connected to the small piece of fabric at the front.

Mia stopped under the door frame, and while looking back, she smirked and said, “It seems you like what you see… I also like what I see, but I am not going to stay here and wait for you to undress, because if I do that, I might attack you, and we will never go to that fundraising event!”

“Attack me?”

Mia slowly turned to him, and while placing her hands behind her back, she said, trying to sound puzzled, “Oh, I don’t know. How could I attack such a strong and good-looking guy? I don’t know if I have the right attributes to even think about that!”

She closed the door after winking at him with her face completely red. Jack stood in front of the closed door, unable to mutter a single word.

He then turned away and walked to the bed. As he was taking out his shirt, he looked back at the door and whispered, “That was… strange, but at the same time, very hot… I never suspected… Is she really into me? She said she is… Now what do I do? I… I am not sure, but… if she… Yes, I am sure. If she didn’t go away, I would have grabbed her. But… just for… no. She didn’t seem to only want me for a night. She sounded like…”

Jack took off his trousers, still wondering what he would do. Having a woman, a Human woman, interested in him was not something he had considered. He was still getting used to living in that world. How could he possibly think about searching for a woman? Despite that, there she was — an extremely beautiful and sexy woman, like she said, who wanted to start as friends and then evolve into a couple in a few months.

On the other side of the closed door, Mia was peeking through the keyhole and biting her lip. She knew she shouldn’t be doing that, but her curiosity took the best of her.

She almost drooled as she looked at Jack’s muscular chest and stomach. His toned thighs made her cover her mouth with one hand, preventing a surprise shout from coming out the moment he turned back to the bed and leaned over.

She moved away from the door and sat on her bed, feeling her heart trying to come out of her mouth.

With trembling hands, she unzipped the dress at her side to put it on and whispered, “How can he be so hot? I saw him in casual clothes at his house, but I didn’t know he looked anything like that! His seriousness makes my heart race, but if he ever approaches me with only his underwear and frowns at me like he usually does, I will surely melt! How am I supposed to keep my composure near him now? I shouldn’t have looked... I shouldn’t…”

Mia rushed to the door again and peeked through the keyhole. Jack was already putting on his shirt, with his abs showing off. That sight made Mia think about touching them, and licking them, and then… She stopped her hand in time. She was already grabbing the doorknob, almost turning it open.

Slowly, she released the doorknob and continued to peek. Jack was already tucking his shirt in and making circular movements with his arms in the end, checking if he could move freely.

At each movement, the muscles in his arms stretched, and Mia gulped, thinking about him holding her tightly with those arms and pushing her to the bed.

When he went to the private bathroom and closed the door behind him, Mia returned to her dress and mumbled while carefully the bed it on, “I am going nuts… Really, how am I supposed to remain calm at the fundraising with him by my side after I saw all that? Stupid, why did I look? Stupid, stupid, stupid...”

In the bathroom, Jack Cross put his hand over the mirror and sighed at his reflection. He started to wash his face with his other hand until a voice spoke to him in a low tone, “You look rather handsome in those clothes! What’s the occasion?”

He raised his head, made a slight smile to his Demi-Cat counterpart, and said in a low voice as well, “I kind of got the scare of my life. Mia Mills, remember her? We are going to some sort of social event tonight, like I told you last time we spoke. Well, moments ago, she appeared in my room, barely dressed. I didn’t know, but the guest room where I was changing connects to her room through an inside door.”

“Really? Why did she do that? Did she try to seduce you or what? And if she did, for what reason?”

“She… kissed me… and… tried to take off my clothes. I stopped her, but now… I am not sure if it was the right choice. She confessed her love to me… I had no idea she felt like that! I noticed she has been very friendly ever since she was living with me, and she is… I don’t know; I guess I am also looking at her differently, and maybe I gave her some signs. I don’t have any idea. I am not used to dealing with Human women.”

Craydon Crawler smiled and said, “They are not any different from Demi-Cat women, you know? I also got myself into a strange situation with the Guild’s receptionist, Rusha Banei.”

“You got her pregnant? Even after I warned you about her?”

“If it were only like that… Things got way out of hand, and now she is living on my farm in an empty room. She is also going to help with farm work. She needs money because she quit her job at the Guild.”

Jack Cross jolted and asked, “What happened? You look too serious, way more than usual.”

“Do you have time? It is quite a mess.”

“I have to go with Mia to that event, but I think she is still getting ready. Start from the beginning. I may need your opinion after I tell you everything that has happened ever since I came to her mansion to meet her, because all this is confusing me.”

“First you, then me, because your adventure sounds funnier than mine, and I need a few laughs right now!” said Craydon, barely holding his laughter. “You and Mia Mills! I was not counting on that!”

“Yes, especially after I threatened her father when she returned home. I know, I was a fool; you already told me that. Do you want to hear me or not? And stop laughing!”