Chapter 7 Are You Seducing Me

Time seemed to stop at that moment.

The fragrance of Kayson's body wash permeated the air and raised Miriam's temperature. Water dripped from his wet hair onto her fingertips.

The water was cold, but for some reason, it felt hot on her skin, so hot that it made her jump up.

Losing her bearings, she became flustered. Somehow, her head hit Kayson's chin.

Kayson let out a muffled groan. Miriam knocked him back, and he started falling. He reflexively reached out and caught her waist to steady himself.

But in the end, the two of them fell to the floor together.

Miriam opened her eyes and saw Kayson's muscular chest. His scent was so strong and tempting that it boiled her blood and sent it rushing to her cheeks.

Placing her hands on his chest, she scrambled to sit up. Accidentally, she pulled his bath towel loose.

Now the man under her was completely naked.

Holding the bath towel, Miriam stared at Kayson with wide eyes. She froze, as if God had pushed the pause button in the movie of her life.

She was beholding every inch of him.

Putting on a playful grin, Kayson sat up in a leisurely manner, practically flaunting his naked body in front of Miriam. His eyes glinted with amusement and self-satisfaction.

"Miriam." He leaned to her and looked into her glassy eyes. "Are you here to seduce me?"

"What?" It took Miriam a long time to process what Kayson just said.

She fisted her hands and scooted back in a hurry. "No, I'm not."

Kayson ran his searing eyes over her from head to toe. "Then what is my bath towel doing in your hand?"

Her face burned with sheer embarrassment. Miriam threw the bath towel at Kayson, stood up in a hurry, and started walking away. "It was an accident. I'm sorry."

But before she could get away, Kayson grabbed her by the wrist.

The tension heightened her senses so much that Miriam could feel Kayson's warmth even at a fair distance.

"Drop the act now, Miriam. How else are you going to explain this?" Kayson leaned closer and whispered in her ear with a flirtatious smile. "You divorced me a week ago, but you are seducing me now."

Kayson had always been hostile to her. They had never been so intimate before.

Her heart was beating so fast, Miriam thought she was on the brink of a heart attack. She didn't know how to react, and she felt as if her limbs were turning into jelly.

Miriam could feel his hot breath on her neck, and it made gooseflesh break out all over her body.

"You..."

Kayson was about to say something, but someone suddenly barged into the room without warning.

"Sir, bad news..." Kayson's secretary exclaimed, rushing in. When he saw what was happening in the room, he stopped dead and then turned around in a hurry.

Scared, Miriam jolted back into Kayson's arms with her back pressed against his chest. She could feel the heat of his bare skin through her shirt.

Holding her waist to steady her, Kayson whispered with concern, "Be careful."

Then, he picked up the bath towel with one hand and wrapped it around his waist. He asked, "What happened?"

Kayson's secretary, Dylan Lee, answered, "Something happened to Annette, sir. I just got a distress call from her, but before I could ask her where she was, the line got disconnected."

As soon as he said this, the romantic vibe in the room vanished into thin air.

Kayson's face darkened, and the look in his eyes froze over like a lake in winter.

"Why don't you have someone try to locate her phone? Go on. What are you waiting for?" Kayson snapped, knitting his brows and walking to his bedside. He began to get dressed quickly.

Embarrassed and unsure what to do, Miriam kept still and silent for a while. Then, she offered, "Do you need any help?"

Kayson had just put on his black dress pants, which fit him perfectly and made him even more ridiculously attractive.

Feeling hopelessly drawn to him, Miriam stole another glance at him.

His body was just so phenomenal.

Kayson saw through her inquisitive stare. The impatience that had been plaguing him these days began to dissipate.

He put on his shirt and replied flatly, "Yes."

After buttoning up, he began to knot his necktie. There was no mirror in the bedroom. He tried twice in a row, but he couldn't get it straight.

After watching him for a while, Miriam bit her lip and offered hesitantly, "May I?"

Kayson turned his head to look at her. The soft light in the room made her clean face look serene like the waters of a bottomless river.

At this moment, Kayson's heart softened.

He walked over and stopped in front of her. Without saying a word, he gestured to his tie and nodded.

Miriam felt her heart break into a full gallop once again.

She lowered her head and reached for Kayson's tie. She undid the knot that he made and began redoing it carefully. After that, she smoothed out the wrinkles on his shirt.

Miriam felt like she was in a trance. She had done this a hundred times in her dreams. It was the first time that she had done it in real life, and they were divorced.

"There you go," Miriam muttered and then withdrew her hands, avoiding Kayson's gaze.

Kayson silently surveyed her face.

After a short while, Dylan came back in a hurry with shocking news.

"Sir, we've found Annette. Someone has raped her."

"What?" Hearing this, Kayson and Miriam were both stunned.

Kayson walked out of the room in haste. His voice was as cold as ice as he asked, "Where is she?"

"In the lounge on the ground floor. I've made sure that no one is allowed to get inside," Dylan answered, his tone tinged with anxiety. "We've also caught the person who did it."

After hesitating for a while, Miriam decided to follow Kayson.

This incident was serious. She had mixed feelings about it, but still, she wanted to check on Annette.

Miriam, Kayson, and Dylan made their way to the lounge as fast as they could.

Two tall and brawny bodyguards stood outside the door, and a bound and gagged man lay in the corridor. His face was covered in fresh bruises and half-dried blood, and his belt was unbuckled.

Miriam looked down at the beaten man and had to blink twice to make sure that she wasn't imagining things.

It was Caleb.