Chapter 761: Seeding Nature (2) (2/2)

Pouting, Anna looked at Nik with a gaze of blame.

”If you were planning to get her... you should have just sent the invite while you were having sex!”

”Hmm?” Nik furrowed, ”Well, I thought it was getting boring. Maybe, later, I'll try to first recruit and then bang? Anyway, she accepted it the moment she closed the door,” Nik shrugged.

Although Gwen's exotic escort panel did not have anything usable to Nik, it still didn't stop him from pursuing her.

”She did?!” Anna smiled, quite pleasantly surprised.

”Well, yeah? Why are you even surprised? I am nothing but kind and so good to all of you. Of course, you guys want more of me!” Nik smiled and if his nose had the control of his skills, the tip of it would extend outward.

”Bleh!” sticking her tongue out, Anna's tiredness seemed to have disappeared.

”Now let's go for Mj!”

”You're going for bed!” Nik snorted, ”And I'm going to properly review Mj's performance. She needs a critique for her play now more than ever!”

Nik crossed his hands as they both vanished from the entrance to Gwen's apartment while peering through the peephole, Gwen sighed, feeling a little complicated after the sudden rush of information.

She did find many more things about the world, much more than Poole and Spider who slowly stuck their heads out of her skirt and looked around, feeling the slightest hint of shame that kept them from seeing Nik directly after such a wonderful 'play.'

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”I'm back!” Nik knocked on the doors of the backstage as he looked at Mj left alone in the room.

”You said you'll be back in a jiffy! Most of them have already left and it's already one hour!” Mj crossed her arm. Unfortunately, she did not feel like staying in her uncomfortable costume and only wore casual clothing. The after play formalities were almost done and she was stuck waiting for Nik, unaware that back home, Nik had to please not only Anna into sleeping but also Natasha and Angela.

His life has always been tough and only through grit could he overcome the tribulations that stood in between him and the return to the theater.

”Well, I wanted to return as quickly as possible but some considerations stopped me.”

”What do you mean?”

Unlike Gwen who showed a tough exterior but played right into Nik's hands, Mj was a thorough warrior. Everything, from her background, past, and even her stay in the Hand made her more resilient and colder than other girls her age. Well, being cold was relative. To Nik, Mj would rather show her flare of anger and violence than a cold look of annoyance.

”I was finding these,” Nik smiled, instantly collecting a few of the most beautiful spiritual flowers in the core and bringing them out in the form of a bouquet.

Seeing the bush of flowers appearing in Nik's grip with each flower beautiful and more pleasing than any rose she had ever seen, Mj looked stunned at the gesture.

”You spent... one hour... plucking flowers?” Yet her words sounded even fiercer.

”Not just any flower. Every single stalk is very well... hmm, I shouldn't really talk about the monetary value. Right now,” pushing the bouquet closer to Mj, Nik smiled, ”Consider this as my appreciation for a performance well done.”

”What would I have gotten if the play was unremarkable?” Mj continued but still took the flowers from Nik's hands and found an empty glass for them. In fact, hers was the only empty glass with the other mirrors of the room already decorated with a few bouquets, of course, each of them much more insignificant when compared to spiritual stalks of flowers.

”Unremarkable? I wouldn't know. After all, I'm not all-knowing,” Nik shrugged. Could have been, would have been, these kinds of questions were amazingly annoying that even Nik didn't like spending too much time thinking about them, of course, an exception to this was when sex is included as a factor.

”So?” Sitting back on her chair and crossing her legs to reveal her plush thighs pressed against her levis, Mj couldn't help but inquire, ”Why did you ask me to wait?”

”To get the full package, of course! Nature's kiss isn't enough for me,” Nik grinned, ”I want more!”

”Shameless!” Mj snorted.

”You asked me to explain things to Anna. I already did. You have her blessing,” Nik crossed his arm while Mj's eyelids jumped in surprise.

”You don't mean...” she gulped.

”She doesn't mind.”

”Ha! I wouldn't believe it. She's the reason we broke up!” Mj's mood turned a little sour.

”Then isn't it great that she can be the reason that we can 'patch' things 'in.'” Nik winked.

With her lips twitching, Mj recalled the kiss before the play as her heart itched momentarily.

”But... even if we did... what if things get more complicated?” Mj's shoulders finally slumped, unable to stop herself from showing a complicated expression as Nik smiled and pulled a chair to sit on to level his gaze with Mj.

”What are you being afraid of?” Nik inquired, ”Even if I don't get my reward, things won't get simpler, and instead of thinking about others, right now, just think about how awesome it would be to clear your debt. And... do you think that Anna had such thoughts back then?”

Seeing the playful stretch of Nik's lips, Mj's eyelids twitched as she growled.

”Selfish bastard!” Her hand going for his collar.

”See? There we go— mmmph!” His inciting words were suppressed quite easily.