IN THE CAGE

14. STRANGE SENSATION

...ACE pov's...

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One week later.

Something important happened after the Margot attack. I who should have been investigating the attack was forced to suspend my activities and go abroad. The arms trade business that I've long handled safely, faces obstacles. A worker in charge of overseeing the armory turned out to be secretly smuggling our belongings to the enemy.

With that information, I immediately flew over to the xxx and dealt with the bastards who were already playing around behind me. The investigation into Margot's assault I handed over to Jack's uncle, while Margot went with me to the xxx because she had her own business there that she needed to check.

I just got back today. Tired from work and long trips made my mood very messy. I entered the house and remembered Fawn. My pet deer must be having fun because I'm not around. Oh, speaking of him too, I thought back to the kiss that happened in the bathtub that day.

I feel like cursing myself when I remember it. How can I do something I never should have done? This is one of the reasons why I'm getting so cranky!

Kissing Fawn, Fawn of all people, was an act that was very ambiguous even to me. I didn't understand why I wanted to kiss her so badly, and when that kiss happened, I wanted to do it again and again. Like there's a new side coming from inside me.

Is the word Fawn the truth, if I become a pervert now?

"I'm so cape." Margot complained beside me. "I feel like my muscles are coming off."

"You just slept the whole way through" I complained. "What are you tired of?"

"Sitting still without doing anything is also draining, Ace. You didn't know I was a woman. We're very fragile and easily hurt." Margot dramatized the situation with fake tears that didn't even come out at all.

"If you're a fragile woman and get hurt easily, then the normal woman out there is a feather."

"What do you mean I'm not a normal woman?"

I looked at Margot with raised eyebrows. What is the serious question? "Are you not in the mirror, Mar?"

Margot of all the women I've ever met, is a woman far from normal. He's hard and strong. Weakness is not visible in his face because he always appears brave and full of arrogance.

"A man like you has no right to judge a woman, Ace. The only woman who stays around you for so long, other than your hired whores, is only Indira. That's because he's your pawn. Right, Carcel?"

Margot threw a stare at the listless Carcel. The soldier who almost died from lack of sleep responded with a nod.

"Carcel, are you defending Margot?" I protested.

"Ah, sorry." Carcel's eyes were fresh instantly. Like I'm gonna curse him to stone. "I didn't mean it, Boss. Also..., isn't there one more woman who survives beside you other than Miss Indira?"

"Ah, what do you mean Fawnia?" Margot caught Carcel's speech very quickly. "Right, how's that girl doing? Are you still keeping him in your room?"

"That's how." I answered indifferently. I don't want Margot to be interested in mine.

"It's very rare, isn't it?" Margot clapped her hands enthusiastically. Ugh, looks like this is going to go to waste. Fuck, Carcel. Why did he have to open his mouth?

"You've never held out with one woman before. Why did Fawn become so different? Is Indira's bodyguard that one really good in bed?"

"Margoth!" I pushed down Margot's forehead which continued to slit my shoulders, waiting for an answer with an irritating tone of voice.

"Carcel, what do you think about Fawn? You've met him, haven't you?" But I wouldn't divulge anything to him, so Margot turned to Carcel. Our steps were stopped because of this stupid conversation.

"Uh..." Carcel was a bit worried in response to Margot's question. He glanced at me for a moment before smiling awkwardly. "Miss Fawn is a strong bodyguard, Boss. At the time of her arrest, despite wearing a wedding dress, holding her to sit still left us very overwhelmed. He has good defensive skills."

"I didn't ask that. Without even explaining his skills, I already knew he was great. After all, he was the main protector of Indira. Not just anyone can fill that position."

"Ja-so, what did Margot's boss ask?"

"Beauty, of course. As a man, do you think he's sexy?"

"Ah...???"

"If you keep talking, I'll make you push up 500 times." I mediated the conversation between Margot and Carcel for a moment. "Margot, go back to your room. And you're Carcel..."

"Y-yes?"

"Don't you ever dare think about my property."

"Ba-well, Boss."

Margot leaned against Carcel's shoulder and frowned at me. I don't know what's going on in her antiques brain, I ignore that suspicious look and head for my room.

"Somebody's acting possessive, right?" Margot whispered to Carcel. "It's interesting."

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Fawn was lying on the bed, head hanging on the side of the bed with her long hair falling down to the floor. He noticed my arrival and did not show any reaction. He was still in the same position, his eyes following my movements. I didn't understand the strangeness of it at the time because I had a more important goal, which was to take a shower.

After putting my phone in the safe (i accidentally put my HP in there so Fawn can't steal it), I went to the bathroom. About 20 minutes of bathing and shaving, I came out and still saw Fawn in the same position. I became a little uncomfortable with his style.

"What's wrong with you?" I can't tolerate its weirdness.

"What's wrong with me?" askalanya.

"Why are you lying in that position, do you want to cramp to death?"

"Have anyone ever died from lying in this position before?" This girl is starting to go crazy.

"Lay down right!" in my words, warning deliberately widens the eyes. He resentfully got up from his lying position and sat cross-legged on the bed.

"Is there anything else you want to arrange, Your Majesty? Should I...., perhaps, breathe with my mouth and walk with my hands?"

"Don't provoke my emotions, Fawn." I pulled my phone back from the safe and called my assistant at the office. As long as I called, my eyes watched Fawn who was now holding a pillow. He shrugged his chin and began to daydream. As long as he was pensive there, I subconsciously stared at Fawn for too long. I didn't even hear my assistant's words at all.

I was fixated on her appearance on my bed, black hair dangling long and somewhat messy, her pair of plump eyelashes falling beautifully like flower petals as she winked. Then among those beauties, the thing that caught my attention the most was those pink lips. The taste of those lips still felt on my lips.

My heart without my control, racing fast. Is this because of fatigue?

"Boss?" Jerome-my assistant called louder than the other side of the phone. Shit, I seem to be pondering for too long. I must be so exhausted that I don't focus.

"I'll call you later" I said and hung up.

Of course, the solution to the foreign sensation creeping in my heart right now was to take a nap. I must have consumed too much caffeine while working to the point that my heart was pounding uneasily.

Putting my phone down, I headed to bed. When he saw me coming, Fawn, with her missing pangs, snorted away. He sat on the lip of the bed while his eyes followed my every move.

Maybe Fawn's on the lookout I'll hit her all of a sudden. Really funny. I can get her up my lap if I want to. I don't need to carry out coercive attacks like the beginning of our relationship. Not anymore, not when I've got his weakness.

"I'll take a nap" I said. "Sleep next to me."

"I've slept more than I open my eyes, I don't want to." He refused, I guess.

"Fawn?" I widened my arms, calling her impliedly to lie there.

He looked at me with wailing eyes before finally crawling up and lying there. Her soft black mane greeted my skin, carrying the familiar sweet aroma of shampoo in my nose. She lay far enough away to the point that I needed to forcefully pull her onto my chest.

"Just like this..." I deliberately pressed him deeply in my arms. "My company is sleeping, I'm so tired today."

"If you're tired, you should sleep alone, right? Am I your pillow?" He mumbled in my chest, but every scolding was like a melodious song. Without me responding, drowsiness came and took me to dreamland. Very comfortable, my heart pounding wildly began to find tranquility.

I must be so exhausted.

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