Chapter 12 - Her Comeback (1/2)
Xander woke up early and walked to Yera's door. He had studied her schedule by heart, and he knew that she had to go to work soon. So he would like to ask her for breakfast before he would drop her at the hospital.
He had to convince her to marry him because she was his only hope. He paused briefly at that thought; 'Only hope.' It sounded so grave. It also seemed as though he was only using her purely because he needed something from her. But he knew that was not the whole truth. Because for some reason, after having been observing her in the past few months, he had grown to become genuinely interested in Yera Han.
He wanted to get to know her more. He wished to get close to her. And he genuinely wanted to protect and help her get back everything that had been taken away from her. But it would be easier to do that if they were married. As his wife, she would gain full access to everything that he owned.
'But do I really need to marry her?' he contemplated. The fact was, he could still provide her with everything she would need, even without marriage. But knowing how high her ego was, he highly doubted that Yera would accept any help just like that, especially if it came from him. No, he knew she definitely wouldn't take it. If she hadn't even asked the Kens for help when she knew and trusted them more than him, why would she accept his aid?
She wasn't someone who would want anything for free. This was why Xander came up with the idea of offering her a contract. An agreement where both parties would benefit. This way, she would at least consider it. He was sure that she would take the offer with some convincing.
But her reaction last night worried him. She wasn't mad, as he had expected. If she had been irate, then at least she acknowledged his seriousness about the offer. But instead, she laughed at and mocked him. She took it as a joke! So he had to convince her, somehow, to accept the offer.
Xander abruptly rubbed his face with his palms.
”So, do I really need to marry her?” he muttered. But no matter how many times he would ask himself that question, his answer was still a 'YES.' Because he needed her.
'Because your body needs her?' his inner self snarled. He paused when he was about to press Yera's doorbell, and instead of ringing it, he walked back to his own apartment.
”Bernard… Am I selfish?” he murmured as he sat on the couch in his living room. Of all people, of all women, why did it have to be Yera Han?
Xander laughed scornfully at his awkward fate. Because surprisingly, his little buddy was only reacting to Yera. At first, he thought his weird disorder had been miraculously cured, so he tried to date other women after Bernard's funeral. But to his disappointment, it was still the same. He even went beyond kissing just to make sure. But nothing. The little guy down there was still as unresponsive as it had always been toward those women.
He looked at his little buddy and let out a long sigh. ”What's wrong with you?” he chided his own manhood. If he could, he wanted to strangle and punch it for giving him such a hard time. But that would be suicide. He released another sigh.
Unexplainably, his stupid little Xander had only been reacting actively whenever he was with Yera.
He knew it was unfair to her, but…
'What's unfair? You will help her! You'll also take good care of her in the process!' his inner self retorted.