Chapter 165
I stared at him nervously, afraid he would get angry and strangle me. His fingers slid down along my collarbone. I was wearing pajamas, and no underwear. When he grasped the feeling of admiration in my chest, I was startled and quickly held his hand. I panicked, my voice changing tone: "Reynaldo, what… what are you doing? Didn't you just say you weren't… weren't interested?"
Just then, someone knocked again on my door. Trevin shouted, “Esmeralda, open the door, it’s me, Trevin.” My head was about to explode; Trevin had come again. I looked at Reynaldo, who looked back at me with a light laugh. Suddenly, a flame burst into his originally cold eyes. He broke free from my grip, deliberately exerting force with his fingers. I glared at him angrily. This resulted in his mocking playfulness.
Trevin was still shouting outside, “Esmeralda, please open the door. We didn’t finish the king crab, and it will go bad if we keep it until tomorrow. So, I brought it for you. Please have it; it’s so expensive, to avoid wasting it.”
Reynaldo tugged at his lips and leaned in close to my ear, chuckling softly, “Look, this is the man you’re interested in, giving you his mother's leftover king crab. Ms. Duffy, you really need to get your eyes checked.”
I held his mischievous hand and muttered, “It’s none of your business!” Little did I know that he became even more outrageous, almost pressing his entire body against mine. He pressed me against the wall and whispered, “What exactly makes him better than me? Tell me, if you can point out even one thing, I will accept it without hesitation.”
“He was better than you in every way!” I was annoyed and couldn’t help but deliberately provoke him. He sneered, “Is that so? Better than me in every way? Including… in bed?”
“Reynaldo!” I glared at him angrily, wondering why he always had to think of me in that way with other men.
“Shh!” Reynaldo suddenly raised his index finger to his lips and sneered, “Keep your voice down. Are you intentionally trying to let that man outside hear us?”
I angrily shouted, “What do you want to do?”
At this moment, Trevin shouted outside, “Esmeralda, please open the door. This king crab is delicious; we can’t waste it. My mom and I couldn’t finish it.”
“Esmeralda, open the door, Esmeralda, at this hour, you shouldn’t be asleep yet…”
Reynaldo stared at me coldly and said, “It seems like he knew exactly when you went to sleep.”
I mumbled sullenly, but it only resulted in his retaliatory bite. He actually bit me on the lips. I glared at him in pain and said, “Are you a dog?”
Trevin was still shouting outside the door. Reynaldo sneered, “What? Do you like listening to his voice so much? Do you want him to shout your name all night?”
I cursed at him again, but only in my mind. I was afraid he would bite me again. I took a slight breath and turned my head to shout outside, “I don’t want to eat it. If you can’t finish it, just throw it away.”
“How can this be possible?” Trevin said anxiously. “This thing is so expensive, it would be such a waste to throw it away. Esmeralda, you didn’t eat much just now, so you can have the rest of the king crab.”
“I really didn’t eat; I had already gone to sleep,” I said, slightly annoyed. Trevin may have noticed my tone. He stood outside the door, chuckling, and said, “Oh, oh, alright… Well, then, rest well and see you tomorrow, huh.”
The outside of the door finally quieted down, and I breathed a sigh of relief. Reynaldo still held his position on my chest, his gaze dark and intense. He sneered, “You really don’t lack men wherever you go.”
“You, you’ve had enough!” I pushed him forcefully, and the next second, I faced his cold and fierce gaze, unable to speak out in anger.
Reynaldo chuckled and turned around, sitting on the old worn-out sofa. He took out a cigarette box, shook one out, and put it in his mouth, getting ready to light it.
I exclaimed, “No smoking allowed!” Reynaldo raised an eyebrow and looked at me. I pursed my lips and firmly said, “In my place, smoking is not allowed. Otherwise, you have to leave!”