Chapter 95 - Morning Routines (1/2)

Gray was lying in bed with Yurika snuggled up next to him; he had the giant cat head on for some reason or another since he liked to act like a dork every now and then. Gray also wanted to see Yurika's expression when she woke up next to him wearing it.

Gray was still thinking about Yurika and how he was going to help her get out of her force marriage.

"I think what I really need to determine is why Yurika was picked. I mean, that guy could honestly pick any woman he wanted probably, so why Yurika?" Gray thought to himself.

Gray was racking his brain trying to figure out what could even possibly be the reason for it.

"Ok, what if I put myself in Stephen Seegall's shoes, why would I want her specifically?"

Gray looked down at Yurika's beautiful body that was only covered with a thin sheet as she slept on his chest and he could understand why immediately, but at the same time, he felt that to single her out specifically it would have to be for something less superficial.

"Does he know her already? Did he fall for her after meeting her despite the huge age gap? Could it possibly even be payback of sorts for something a relative of Yurika's did to him?"

Too much information was missing; Gray could not answer a lot of his own questions. Gray thought he should enlist some help, but was not exactly sure who could help.

"Hmm, I think I need to look at the Alterra Corporation first. Maybe find out how Alterra Corp formed and see if I can talk to some of the other founders, if they are still alive of course."

Gray remembered the conversation he had earlier with Yurika how she had said that Stephen Seegall worked with Doctor Sara Watts at one point and wondered if he could talk with her.

"I know she's an AI now, so I can probably only interact with her in the virtual world. She's gorgeous though so it's a shame that her physical body is gone"

"Damn it Gray, first you wake me up by talking to yourself, then you start talking about another woman even!" Yurika said angrily and looked up at Gray.

Yurika looked at the giant cat head Gray was wearing and blinked twice in confusion.

Gray stayed silent for a few seconds while Yurika stared at him then finally said "Meow"

"Pffft…. Ba ha ha ha ha ha!" Yurika could hardly contain her laughter at the stupidity of it.

After laughing at Gray while he just laid there as if everything was normal, Yurika scooted up and kissed the nose of the giant cat head.

"So who were you talking about, I was half asleep so I didn't quite understand what you were saying."

"You remember Dr. Sara Watts, right?" Gray asked Yurika

"A little bit, I do remember that she was gorgeous though!" Yurika said slightly mischievously.

"Oh, so I'm not allowed to talk about women but you are?" Gray teased Yurika.

"Duh, I'm a woman! You should know that I'm allowed to call other women beautiful!"

"So does that mean I can call other men handsome or hot?"

"Be my guest..."

Gray shook his head at her, then pulled off the giant cat head, plopped it on her head and started tickling her mercilessly, leading Yurika to shriek loudly.

A few seconds later, Gray's door swung open and Geoff burst through it.

"Everything Okay? I heard a woman scream and thought it might be you Gray!"

Gray and Yurika were sitting up on Gray's bed still tickle fighting when Geoff burst in and they both stared blankly at Geoff even with the giant cat head still on Yurika.

Geoff felt very awkward suddenly "Uhhh… I don't know what you two are doing but that giant cat head freaks me out a little bit."

Yurika picked up one of her boots and threw it at Geoff while covering herself with the bed sheet. Geoff managed to dodge the boot and then ran out of the room and closed the door behind him.

"We should probably get up now I guess." Gray said while scratching the back of his head.

"I guess so… my boot is in the hall anyways…"

Gray and Yurika both got out of bed and cleaned themselves up to begin the day, Gray kept the giant cat head of course…