Be Your Lover Forever (Alicia)

Waverly's eyes winded further nearly instantly. The butler, on the other hand, even reacted slightly out of line, exclaiming as he looked over at her.

"Sorry?"

It was already strange that Mr. Wyatt brought a woman home, and now she was even staying for the night?!

The butler was shocked, yes, but he had seen much of life, after all, so he regained his composure within the blink of an eye. "Yes, Sir!"

With that, Wyatt led Waverly inside. Destination? Upstairs...

Waverly came back to her senses instantly when she reeled slightly. However, she couldn't help feeling dumbfounded as well. Why did he bring her here? He wasn't going to try anything again, was he?

Late night, massive house, worst, everyone around was his people!

Dangerous! Extremely dangerous!

Horrifying scenes flashed across Waverly's mind, leading her forehead to sweat in anxiety. This was nothing but a lion's den, and she was heading straight into it!

What could she do? What SHOULD she do?

An idea then struck her, and she held her stomach, pretending to be frail. "Ouch..."

Wyatt turned around in response, visibly stumped for a couple of seconds before taking a step back. It was the butler instead who rushed up to Waverly after noticing something was amiss.

"Are you okay?"

Waverly squatted down, still covering her stomach. "My stomach hurts... Ow..."

She whimpered piteously, looking seriously sick.

The butler panicked in an instant. "I'll get the doctor right away..."

Just as she was about to say, "No, send me to the hospital.", Wyatt spoke up. "No need!" Instantly, the other two were confused. The butler even exclaimed again, "Sorry?"

Then it hit him. "Oh, yes, yes. She should be taken to the hospital. I'll have them bring the car over!"

However, right as the butler turned around, Wyatt spoke up again. "I said, no need!"

"Sir?"

The butler looked back at Wyatt in response. He wasn't the only one

dumbfounded this time. Even Waverly couldn't help opening her eyes, frowning slightly.

What was he about?

Selfish pig! Was he not going to care if she was sick?!

F*cking son of a B!

He couldn't be so heartless, could he?

Right as she was deep in her own world, Wyatt chucked the things in his hands to his butler and bent over to pick her up.

"You got greedy and overate, didn't you? You'll be fine after a belly rub! If it fails, come down and run a few laps. I have laxatives here as well. There are plenty of ways!"

With that, he took a side-eye glance at his butler and said, "I'll take care of it! You guys can go and do your thing!"

Waverly's face flushed in that instant, not from embarrassment this time but anger. "Johnson!"

Could he act any more villainous!?

At that, she flailed around, roaring, "I feel sick. My stomach hurts!"

However, because of her rage, her voice boomed, leading her words to vaguely echo in the space, and for a moment, a burst of faint titters traveled to her ears. She took a deep breath at that but became even more furious.

His servants' laughter was already embarrassing enough, but who'd have thought his deep chuckles came the next second. "Haha, c'mon now, Sweetheart, I know you really want to have 'it'. I'll definitely do my best!"

Waverly was rendered dumbfounded, eyes bloodshot from anger by the unexpected words. But before she could even lash out, Wyatt had already carried her inside, straight upstairs.

As soon as she regained her senses, Waverly lunged punches at him, having forgotten that she was still feigning discomfort moments earlier. "Wyatt Johnson, you a*shole! Son of a b*tch! How dare you bullsh*tl?"

They had done absolutely nothing, but how dare he slander her?!

Enraged, she kicked and punched Wyatt as she ranted, "You take your words back! How can you defame me like this?!"

"What am I supposed to do if word gets out!? Do you ever have anything nice to say at all?! You jerk! A*shole! I hate you!"

Waverly was merciless with her attacks but dressed in layers-having always feared the cold - and also expending her energy by roaring. So even when she went all out, Wyatt barely felt a tickle, only squinting his eyes, all smiles seeing that she was alive and kicking.

He barely did a thing either, only

flipping her around, and just like that, he successfully shackled her,

pinning her back to his front with ease. Waverly, on the other hand, was panting, needing to lean on him nearly entirely to be able to

stand on

her feet, and her breath was obviously heavy. Compared to her exasperated expression, Wyatt's voice was beyond nonchalant.

"Is your stomach okay now?"

He tightened his arm at that and looked at her with his I-can-see-through-your- every-trick gaze. "Want me to give you a rub?"

While speaking, he actually moved his hand, which had been on her waist, downward and rubbed her belly a few times gently but firmly.

Waverly's face flushed with shyness in response, but at the same time, he also wiped out her anger. At that, she held his hand at her belly. "Don't use it as an excuse to take advantage of me! As if you know exactly where the pain is!"

Yes, she had indeed been faking it! She had thought she could use the frank excuse of overeating to escape. After all, staying overnight at a hospital was far better than being in his den. But who'd have thought she was still dragged inside?!

And now that she was inside, it'd be tough for her to try and escape again! His gaze was devious who knew what sort of plan he was concocting again. At that, Waverly hurriedly said, "I think I'm okay now... It doesn't hurt anymore..." Sure, go on, keep pretending!noveldrama

As their eyes met, Waverly couldn't help lowering her head, and instantly her face flushed. Alas, being an open book, her thoughts would be written on her face in two shakes as soon as she was exposed.

However, Wyatt didn't expose her this time!

He circled to her front and gave her a big hug, saying, "Merry Christmas, Waverly!"

Waverly stumped for a moment when she had vividly sensed the subtle change in his tone and attitude. Then, she suddenly remembered what he said when he saw

her after waiting for so long-he wanted to spend this Christmas with her!

Had she overthought? Did he really only want to tell her 'Merry Christmas' and have dinner with her?

However, the image of him losing control the other day then popped into her mind involuntarily, and she tensed up again just when she had relaxed.

But she still echoed softly, "Merry Christmas..."

Though it wasn't a particularly celebratory holiday to her, she still felt a little down

to spend it alone, with no arrangements, when she heard her colleagues talking about how they would spend Christmas.

Jake was just a stranger to her ultimately. So she accepted his gift and also reciprocated plainly, but Wyatt's words weighed differently.

Then, looking back at how he forcibly dragged her to dinner and bought her things, she couldn't help feeling warm and fuzzy. It sure was nice to be remembered on a holiday.

At least, at this moment, she was happy!

At least he wasn't so heartless and only knew to exploit her! A meal and a bouquet might not cost much, but the thought was priceless!

The two had clearly calmed down now. Wyatt let go of her after the hug, and as

their eyes met, he smiled, then pulled her aside. With that, he pulled out an exquisite gift box and handed it to her.

"Your Christmas present!"

A hint of inexplicable surprise flashed across her eyes upon seeing it, musing, "The box is left here. Had he prepared it early on?"

The epiphany got her a little elated. Could he have only brought her here to give her her present?

Wyatt naturally caught the different emotion beneath her eyes as their gaze met, and he affectionately caressed her cheek.

"Take a look, see if you like it."

With that, she sat on the couch aside and opened the box. She had thought the

logo looked familiar, but she couldn't quite remember it off-hand until she saw the bag. Then, it hit her.

It was the flagship limited-edition bag she saw when she was shopping at CityQueen?!

It was the design she saw on the last page of the catalog, wasn't it?!

At that time, she thought the bag looked rather stylish. But who'd have thought he actually got it for her. If her memory served her right, it cost a fortune. More than

that, there were only so many sold across the world. Plus, it wasn't available in their country!

He had gotten her the elegant grayish blue one - the color from the trendiest, noblest Morandi color palette. She vaguely remembered that the Color of this bag was rather

general and low-key. It was sweet of him to be able to get this color. She felt the still-wrapped diamond clasp lovingly and couldn't help smiling. Right as Wyatt sat down next to her, she looked over at him sweetly with her head tilted.

"How generous of you, Mr. Wyatt. But this gift is a little... too precious to bear!"

Was he away for official business when he had been missing in action lately?

Actually, after that incident, he'd appear in her head every now and then, but it was ambivalent. On the one hand, she missed him, but on the other, she wanted to hide from him. Anybody would be upset to be snubbed suddenly when something like that had happened. So it was impossible for her not to be bitter! However, if he had snubbed her for work, it made her feel a little better. "What's so hard to bear?"

With that, he raised her chin. "It's yours if I say it is! I can't possibly take it back

when I've given it to you, can I? Don't worry, I won't ask you to devote your life to

me!"

He would only be delighted if she could like his gift and accept it!

"Waverly, I won't force you if you

don't want to! But it's been a while since we last met. Just take tonight as a meet up and keep me company. Don't kick up a fuss anymore, okay? It's my first time bringing a woman home, yet can't do anything. If word gets out, I bet my good name will be besmirched pretty badly. So, save me some dignity, will you?"

Initially, he planned to spend Christmas night with her over dinner. But who'd have

thought, in the end, he could only rush to give her the gift before the clock struck twelve. And now, the words he had long planned to tell her and wanted to come clean with had turned out different at this moment...