Chapter 6 She Punches Casper

• Usually, Wendy handled the villa's cleaning and hired hourly workers to assist. Sadly, Rhea had to tackle it solo.
• She began in the evening and toiled until eleven o'clock at night.
• Done with her chores, she headed back to her room, intending to shower and sleep. However, she discovered she did not know how to operate the smart bathtub.
• Wendy had taught Rhea how to use the vacuum cleaner and washing machine. However, she had not anticipated that Rhea had only boiled water for bathing and never used a smart bathtub before.
• At first, Rhea contemplated asking Wendy for help but soon hesitated, thinking it was too late and not wanting to disturb the elder's rest.
• Rhea also briefly considered seeking assistance from the man upstairs but dismissed the idea, convinced he would not lend a hand.
• After pondering for a while, she ended up taking a chilly shower.
• Nevertheless, she had a robust body and had taken cold showers in the past.
• Post-shower, she sneezed twice and drifted off to sleep the next moment due to exhaustion.
• The room was huge and stunning, unlike any place Rhea had ever stayed in before.
• Yet, a closer look would reveal that her belongings occupied only a small cabinet, and she curled up in a corner of the large bed when she slept.
• It seemed pitiful, almost like she was a guest in someone else's home.
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• The next morning, Rhea woke up promptly at six o'clock.
• Perhaps because of the cold shower yesterday, she felt a bit feverish.
• Still, with her sturdy constitution, she did not dwell on it much. After freshening up, she headed straight to the kitchen, acting like an adept wife to prepare breakfast.
• Upon opening the refrigerator, she was stunned. Inside were only some alcoholic beverages, with no vegetables or meat in sight.
• Recalling Wendy's words from yesterday about Casper's preference for fresh food, Rhea pondered, Are the ingredients in the fridge no longer considered fresh?
• Nevertheless, dwelling on this was futile. Rhea promptly went out to buy groceries.
• After scurrying around in the chilly wind, she only found the small and independent buildings with grocery stores nowhere to be found.
• Eventually, she stumbled upon a tea shop and entered to purchase breakfast. However, a few bread rolls and a bowl of soup unexpectedly totaled over sixty dollars!
• Shocked by the steep price, she bought just one portion for Casper. She could not bring herself to eat it and opted to have the instant noodles she had brought for the train trip instead.
• After gathering the breakfast, Rhea rushed back and patiently waited for him to wake up.
• As she waited, her head started feeling even warmer.
• She waited until eleven o'clock in the morning.
• Being accustomed to going to bed and waking up early, she could not comprehend how someone could sleep until this time.
• The longer Rhea waited, the more anxious she grew. Has Casper run into some trouble? Has he collapsed?
• Gritting her teeth, she went upstairs.
• She could not simply disregard her useless husband.
• Locating Casper's room upstairs, she knocked on the door repeatedly, but there was no response.
• He must have fainted! That's got to be it!
• The door was not locked, so Rhea pushed it open.
• Stepping inside, she spotted him lying on the bed, his eyes shut.
• Casper was buried in white sheets, and his pajamas' hem rolled up, which unveiled a flawless waist. A beam of sunlight slipped through the curtain's gap and illuminated him. She found herself captivated by the scene.
• As a simple and innocent girl from a remote area, she had never encountered such allure before.
• Rhea instinctively approached him.
• She was not sure if she wanted to appreciate his beauty or confirm if he had fainted.
• Approaching closer, she leaned down for a better look and swallowed hard unconsciously.
• Suddenly, Casper's eyes snapped open, and he swiftly lunged to grab her neck.
• Until that moment, Rhea had seen him as lazy and carefree, someone who spoke and acted without thinking, showing no respect even toward Roger. He appeared almost devilish.
• However, in that split second, she felt a surge of danger.
• It was a chilling sensation, akin to facing a venomous snake and even more perilous than encountering a wild boar.
• While most people would have been scared, her instant reaction was to fight back when she was being choked.
• Rhea aimed a punch at Casper's abdomen, but he reacted quicker and forcefully pulled her.
• She lost her balance and tumbled onto him.
• Her neck tightened in a painful grip, and a suffocating pressure surged in her chest. The extreme suffocation fueled her anger.
• Sitting atop him, she disregarded the hand still clutching her neck and unleashed a forceful punch to his face.
• In that life-threatening moment, Rhea saw both the beauty and the wildness in Casper as one; she had to strike hard!
• He received a punch square on the face.
• That hit woke him up entirely.