Chapter 7 Mortified

• The next day, Jessie had a headache, so she took the day off. Meanwhile, Gemma had a class in the afternoon, so she left after having breakfast. When it was only Jessie and me in the house, I walked up to her. She didn’t freshen up, so her hair was a touch messy. Also, she had on a white baggy T-shirt that bared her fair and smooth legs, giving her a unique sense of allure, especially since the T-shirt encased her butt, sparking one’s imagination about whether she was wearing shorts underneath it. All in all, the sight of her dressed like this was enough to make one’s thoughts run wild.
• As I gazed at her long and slender legs, I almost pitched a tent, but fortunately, I averted my gaze at once. I want to console her today, so I don’t want to embarrass myself at this time. “Can we talk?” I sat down beside her.
• “Buzz off!” Jessie snarled impatiently as she shot me a glare.
• “You’re going to be transferred from the Bureau of Land and Resources?” I inquired.
• “What has that got to do with you when I’ve already given you the money? My entire career is over now, so I don’t need you to act as my beard! We’ll get a divorce after a few days, and you’re going to be free shortly. Are you now ecstatic? Are you wishing for my downfall to come sooner?” Jessie snapped.
• “No. Well… Is there anything I can help with?” Her impatient expression was piquing my temper, but I stifled my fury and continued talking to her.
• “You? Help me? Haha, what a joke! A good-for-nothing man like you wants to help me?” Jessie laughed uproariously, disdain written all over her face.
• Upon hearing her say that I was a good-for-nothing, my temper flared, and I shot to my feet. Inwardly, I groused, Your life has got nothing to do with me, so why should I invite humiliation upon myself? However, after taking two steps away, I retraced my steps and swept my gaze over her from head to toe. I initially wanted to say that it was this good-for-nothing man who risked his life and saved her from the lion’s den a few days ago, but I then swallowed the words that were on the tip of my tongue.
• Her T-shirt was very baggy, so I could see right down the loose neckline of her baggy shirt since I was standing, while she was sitting. Furthermore, she wasn’t wearing a bra, so I could see everything. My retort turned into the sound of swallowing, and at the same time, a reaction manifested at my crotch in the blink of an eye.
• “You scoundrel!” Slap! Thud! My unusual behavior attracted Jessie’s attention, and she instantly realized that I was staring at her boobs through the neckline of her T-shirt, so she blew a gasket at once. Springing to her feet, she slapped me across the face before giving me a swift kick with her ivory leg.
• Ow! All at once, I bent at the waist and collapsed to the ground with both hands clutching my crotch. “Ow! The pain is killing me! Jessie Levitt, you’re truly an ungrateful wretch! If you weren’t dressed so sloppily, did you think I would want to look at you? Were you trying to neuter me? I haven’t even had a taste of women! Ow!” I roared at her amidst howls of pain as I clutched my crotch with both hands while lying prone on the floor.
• “Serves you right! If you dare peek at me again, I’ll gouge your eyes out!” Jessie threatened viciously. Then, she spun around and strode toward her bedroom.
• “Don’t you dare leave, you ungrateful wretch! Hurry up and send me to the hospital! The pain is killing me!” I bellowed at her back.
• “Who are you calling an ungrateful wretch? I’ve already paid you 300,000 for saving me and Gemma the other time, so we’re even. Only a good-for-nothing man keeps digging up the past,” Jessie declared provocatively after whirling around.
• “I—”
• Bang! I was just about to counter when she slammed her bedroom door shut with a bang. “F*ck off!” I lambasted softly.
• I wanted to chat with her out of goodwill to comfort her and help out to the best of my ability if there’s something I can do, but I have never expected things to end up like this. She mistook my goodwill for ill intent, and my member even suffered a kick! At this time, white-hot agony shot through me, and even my stomach was hurting badly. Stark fear that she’d unmanned me struck me deep in my mind. I’m still a virgin, so I really don’t dare contemplate further if it’s truly been impaired.
• Inwardly, I cursed out Jessie’s entire family. Only after I’d lay on the floor for about ten minutes or so did the pain gradually ease. Then, I slowly stood up and limped to the bathroom. The moment I went into the bathroom, I unfastened my pants at once and checked things over carefully. Fortunately, it’s still intact!
• However, pain was still assailing me at present, so my heart that had settled back into my chest went to my throat once again. “What if I can no longer get erect?” In the next instance, my gaze swung to the hanging rod beside the bathtub. Jessie’s panties and black silk stockings were hanging here, so I snagged the black silk stockings. Just when I was about to try it out, the bathroom door swung open with a click.
• I froze in that split second, and so did Jessie, who came in after opening the door. A few seconds later, she shrieked, “You pervert, Hudson Webb!”
• “Er… I… I wasn’t—” I was so mortified that I was gripped by the urge to find a hole and crawl into it.
• Bang! The bathroom door was forcefully slammed shut, and Jessie dashed out. “Come out here, Hudson Webb! Pack your things and get lost immediately, you d*mn pervert!” Jessie’s infuriated voice came from the other side of the door.
• I wanted to explain, but I knew that it wouldn’t do me any good. Hence, I instantly pulled my pants up and placed the black silk stockings back before hollering, “You know full well who the pervert between us is! D*mn it! I’m a young and vigorous virgin, so how could I possibly remain unmoved when I see your thong and black silk stockings every day? Is it illegal for me to jack off? Furthermore, why am I a pervert when I like women?! You’re the pervert here, Miss Moan-All-Night-Long! Yeah, that’s right! I heard you guys!”
• “How dare you, Hudson Webb?!”
• “What? You’re my lawfully wedded wife, yet I didn’t even touch you. What do you have to say?” Despite feeling incredibly embarrassed, I didn’t back down the slightest bit.
• “Come out here, Hudson Webb!”
• “No! If you’ve got the guts, come on in! But I’ve got to warn you that I’m currently naked, so come in if you want a man!”
• “You’re… shameless!”
• “You flatter me!” Since I’d already abandoned my dignity, I just went for broke. Suddenly, I realized that anything was possible when one was shameless.
• “Are you leaving? If you wait any longer, I’ll lodge a police report!”
• “Be my guest. Also, be quick about it. I’ve got our marriage certificate as proof, so I’d like to see whether the police can kick me out!”
• “You’re… shameless, outrageous, and vulgar!”
• “Right back at you!” As I bickered with her, I furtively turned on the hot water and let the water run so that she’d think that I was taking a shower.
• After some time, Jessie’s voice could no longer be heard outside. I then waited another ten minutes or so before opening the bathroom door silently. When I saw no one outside, I promptly slipped out and headed to the front door, planning to leave and hide out for a while before coming back at midnight to sleep.
• “Stop right there.” Unfortunately, Jessie’s voice rang out behind me just when I’d reached the front door. I turned around and looked at her, only to notice that she’d already changed into a milky-white dress that matched her skin tone very well and rendered her as beautiful as a picture. Thus, I fell into a trance for a moment.
• A trace of disgust showed on Jessie’s face upon seeing my salacious expression. “You’ll be getting it from me if you’re still here when I return. Don’t think that I can’t teach you a lesson just because I’m about to lose my power.” After saying that, she brushed past me and unlocked the grill before leaving.
• F*ck! She’s serious about kicking me out? I griped inwardly. Honestly speaking, I was a tad reluctant to leave when it truly came down to it despite always saying that I couldn’t wait to leave.
• After all, a stunning beauty like Jessie Levitt is few and far between. Now that I was used to living with her, I just felt that other women weren’t beautiful enough. Moreover, all my money came from her. Although it can also be said that I earned it, I would still be a destitute loser who would have to worry about my next meal without her. But now that I have 600,000 in my bank account, I won’t have to worry about such a day coming anymore. I’ll still be able to live well even if she kicks me out.
• In the end, I didn’t leave after turning it over in my mind. Rather, I waited for her to come back so that we could have another talk and see whether there was any room for maneuver. If she’s truly determined to kick me out, I can still leave at that time.
• Having nothing to do, I started cleaning the house. When night fell, I cooked four dishes as a peace offering for Jessie, but she still hadn’t come home at nine, so I ate alone.
• At one in the morning, Jessie finally returned, reeking of liquor. At that time, I was watching television in the living room while waiting for her. Noticing movement at the front door, I instantly stood up and walked over. I’d just reached the door when she happened to open the door and come in. “Huh? Why are you still here?”
• “I have no problem leaving. With the amount of money in my bank account now, it’s entirely sufficient for me to go back and buy a house in my small county before taking a wife,” I said.
• “Then, why are you not leaving?”
• “I’m worried about you,” I said seriously.
• “You’ve fallen for me?” Perhaps because she was intoxicated, Jessie actually leaned into me and even caressed my cheek with her hand, a teasing expression on her face.
• I’d gotten a taste of her retaliation, and my member was still aching faintly now after her kick this afternoon, so I didn’t dare transgress the boundary even though she was plastered against me. “Who wouldn’t fall for a devastating beauty like you?”
• “I don’t like good-for-nothing men,” Jessie retorted.
• Mild fury swamped me upon hearing the word ‘good-for-nothing’, but it was the truth since I’d been depending on her all this while. “I know I’m not worthy of you, but I don’t want to be stamped as a good-for-nothing for my entire life either. How can I help you?” I asked solemnly as I gazed into her eyes after pushing her away gently.
• She looked me up and down. Then, she seemingly muttered, “You’re tall enough, and your looks are passable. There is something you can do, but of course, you can also decline.”
• “Well?”
• “Do you still remember Fatty Watson, the owner of Avenue Bar?” Jessie questioned.
• “Yeah.” I nodded.
• “He’s well-connected, so he’s becoming increasingly daring now that my power is declining. While he doesn’t dare make a move against me in the open, he’ll definitely play tricks in the dark, so I’ve got to act preemptively.”
• I said nothing, merely waiting for the rest of it.
• “Fatty Watson has a hotel, three bars, two karaoke lounges, and a clubhouse. His most crucial business is Dreamscape Clubhouse. It has a membership system, and its patrons are either wealthy people or nobility. If I want to defeat him, I must first close down Dreamscape Clubhouse, because it connects both the law enforcement and underworld forces. It’s a den of vice with pornography, drugs, and gambling, but no one has evidence.”