Chapter 157 What Is the Meaning of This

• Normally, the men would bear the brunt of the situation when it came to sex, but what happened didn’t seem to be the case at all. I was done washing up the next day while Peony was still lying in bed. She was wide awake, but was staring at me begrudgingly. “What’s up, you lazy bum? Why are you lying in bed? We will be catching a flight back in Menela, so please be a good kid, and I’ll bring you on another trip again.”
• I coaxed her like one would a kid, but she shook her head regardless. “No, I’m in so much pain that I couldn’t get out of bed.”
• I felt unsettled. “What’s wrong? Do you have a stomach ache, or are you on your period?”