Chapter 98 How Does It Feel to be Sitting On My Thigh?


    They returned to the manor.


    “It’s true that when a man and a womanbine their strength, we won’t feel as tired. It seems that


    you have a good haul this time, Mr. Hardesty. I don’t think we can finish so many fish here!”


    William produced a gentle smile and replied with a crisp and sound voice, “If you cannot finish all of


    them, you can put them back. Letting the fishes escape danger is a good deed on your part.”


    “What kind of logic is that? If you really want all fishes to live freely and survive without facing any


    danger, you shouldn’t go fishing on them in the first ce, no?” Riley looked at more than a dozen


    fishes in the bucket and had to admit that he was really a good fishing expert.


    Fishing? Expert?


    Why did her mind wander to a line from the Little Mermaid?


    William shed another one of his smiles again, “If one were to immerse oneself in a safe and


    struggles and obstacles, happiness would feel cheap and hollow. You have to remind someone what it


    means to be happy from time to time.”


    What he said sounded reasonable and she couldn’t find any words as a response. However, why did


    she have a feeling that he was hinting at something?


    If one would cease to feel the true essence of happiness while they were always happy, would


    someone forget about their unfortunate circumstances if he or she were to be plunged into such a state


    for a long time? Would one get used to being unfortunate in life?


    She felt somewhat annoyed. Why did she have to apply that logic on herself?


    When Sarah saw the two of them engaging in such vested conversation, she blinked yfully, “Hey, it


    seems that you two are having a great time talking to each other! Should I find a ce to hide?” Then,


    she giggled.


    Riley grabbed her hand abruptly and threatened her in a low voice, “You rascal, aren’t you getting too


    full of yourself after being a go-between for some time?”


    Sarah grinned widely without any shame, “It seems that you are really taking your undeserved gain for


    granted! Hmph!”


    Damn it, she didn’t expect that she would be seen through.


    To tell the truth, whenever she was with William, Riley would feel very rxed. He was very gentle, and


    they would never have the chance to fight or have any conflict. He was good at resolve awkward


    moments, and he was attentive to details… He was really the epitome of a model boyfriend.


    “But, now I…”


    “To hell with that! You won’t meet a good man very often, and besides, he’s not just merely good in the


    sense of the word! Just give up on Euan, that big shark, and embrace your dolphin!”


    Her analogy hit the mark in terms of their images. Euan was a ruthless and emotionless shark while


    William was a gentle dolphin.


    “Are you thirsty? Drink some water.” William handed a uncorked mineral water bottle to her.


    “Both of you, how do you n to eat this fish? Steam it? Braise it? Or cook it? With their size… what is


    the best method to process them?”


    “Pfft!”


    Riley spat out the water she had just poured into her mouth!


    Sarah and William turned to look at Riley at the same time, “What’s wrong with you?”


    “Cough cough cough!” Her throat caught some of that water as she continued to clutch her chest while


    coughing, “I’m fine… I’m fine.”


    Eating some fish? Damn, she suddenly recalled a scene from when she was eating fish with Euan. Her


    brain was now full of Euan’s devilish face.


    William patted her back, “I think you should use a ss to drink water. It’s always easy to choke


    yourself on water if you drink from a bottle.”


    “That’s not it, don’t mind me.”


    Sarah swayed her gaze back and forth between the two of them and thought that they were really a


    match made in heaven! If they got together, they would be the mostpatible couple!


    “You guys go on, I need to bring the fish to the kitchen.” Sarah said while stifling aughter.


    Sarah was really doing a good job as a matchmaker.


    Mr. Hardesty thought that he was really satisfied with Sarah’s performance. He vowed to pay her back


    handsomelyter on.


    Riley rubbed her brows and cursed at Sarah silently. She was really dropping rocks on her. Let’s see


    how she would retaliate against Sarahter on!


    “Are you tired from all that fishing just now? Sit down and rest for a while.”


    “Oh, okay.”


    In the small pavilion, two sofa was ced opposite one another, and there was a wooden table in


    between them. Some fruits and a Go chess set were perched on top of it.


    There were lush foliage surrounding them, and littered in the midst of all that greenness were red and


    yellow flowers. When the breeze came, a white yarn which was dangling from the roof of the pavilion


    swayed lightly. A faint flowery fragrance was in the air, and there was a moisture too brought upon by a


    nearbyke.


    The scenery was so rxing andfortable it made them feel loose.


    “Do you like this ce?” William crossed his legs naturally and his extremely handsome face was


    revealing aforting smile.


    Riley was really scared that her soul would get sucked in by his gentleness into a vortex.


    “This ce is really pretty so nobody wouldn’t love this ce. There’s no reason to not love this ce,


    no?”


    This not only applied to the scenery, it also applied to the people here. If one couldn’t find any reason to


    not like someone, then he or she would fall for that person sooner orter.


    “As long as you like it. I think you won’t find ces like KTV fancy. This ce suits you more and it is


    not that far from city center. You cane here anytime you want.”


    Anytime?


    “Isn’t that a little inappropriate? I can see at a nce that this is a personal manor. It won’t be opened


    to public that easily I suppose.”


    This was definitely a private property. She was smart enough to tell that.


    However, when it came to the owner of this manor…


    He smiled faintly and replied, “Indeed, this ce is not opened to public every day, but if you are the


    visitor, this ce will always wee you with open arms. I know the owner of this manor, so you don’t


    have anything to worry about. Treat this ce like your home.”


    He was going too fast with this, and she wasn’t able to stop this topic from getting out of hand.


    “I think… It’s okay.”


    He was going to say something, but Riley’s phone started ringing.


    When Riley saw the name of the caller, Riley felt her heart jump as she bit her lips, “Hello.”


    “Where are you?”


    A ck Rolls-Royce was parked past the entrance of the manor. The security guard was not able to


    stop it.


    “I am at…” Riley was in a dilemma whether to tell him the truth.


    “Spit it out, where are you now?” Euan sounded furious.


    “I am in a manor with Sarah now…” This was part of the truth too.


    At the same time, William’s phone rang too.


    When he saw the number, he hurriedly left the pavilion.


    “What’s wrong?”


    “Mr. Hardesty, there is someone intruding into the manor forcefully, and we were not able to stop him.


    He is now driving further into the manor.”


    Oh?


    “Who is that?”


    “He is… The president of MBK, Mr. George.”


    Euan? He was able to find this ce? He was not half-bad.


    “Alright, let him in.”


    Euan got off his car, and not far away, there was a sculpted mountain, and there were green vegetation


    at the bottom with a pavilion in the mix. He took the steps and ascended, “Riley, you are really getting


    bolder.”


    “I don’t understand what you mean, Mr. George. I am just out with friends, and I can’t see why this will


    offend you.”


    Hmph! It seemed that this woman really wanted to anger him to death. It was very unlikely that she


    would have some self-consciousness!


    “I will tell you face to faceter.”


    After hanging up the phone, Riley waspletely in a daze.


    William hung up the phone and settled back onto the sofa, “Do you want some fruits? Let me peel a


    tangerine for you.”


    His long and pleasing fingers peeled the skin of the tangerine and then he carefully removed the white


    fine lines from the edible parts before bending forward to hand it to her, “Open your mouth. Taste this


    Vietnamese tangerine and tell me what you think about it.”


    Riley was shocked a little. This… didn’t the action of feeding someone personally feel a little


    ambiguous?


    “What’s wrong? Are you afraid of me poisoning you? Or you think this tangerine is not peeled cleanly


    enough?”


    “Huh? That’s not it.”


    “If that’s not it, then are you trying to punish me by making me maintaining this posture until my


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    muscles ache all over?”


    His smile was so pure and straightforward, which made her felt guilty at having dirty thoughts about


    him. She removed her messy thoughts and thanked him, “Thank you.”


    This was great! So this was what she mean when she said she was together with Sarah! So this was


    what she meant when she said she was having an outing!


    “Mr. Hardesty, it seems that you are very willing to take care of my wife for me.”


    A low baritone sounded from behind them without any warning! His voice sounded like an intense


    alcohol which put someone’s temper on full disy.


    Riley felt her body jolt as she shot up from the sofa. She even forgot to chew on the tangerine in her


    mouth as she just stared at an unrealistically eye-catching man wearing ck pants, white shirt who


    was standing on the stairs.


    “Euan, why… Why are you here?”


    Euan breezed past thest flight of stairs nonchntly and stood outside the pavilion with his rigid body


    straightened. With one of his hands thrust into his pockets, and his silence immediately brought the


    temperature of the ce down to a freezing coldness.


    “You are the one who has led me here! Did you forget about that?” Euan replied with an expressionless


    face, but there was something lurking in the darkness of his pupils.


    When did she ever say that?


    William smiled elegantly, “Mr. George, wee.”


    Euan nced at him without any emotion before walking over to the sofa which Riley had sat on


    previously. There were only two sofas in this small pavilion. This…


    When William was about to order sometime to bring over another chair, Euan suddenly sat down on


    that sofa and he even wrapped his huge hand around Riley’s thin waist, “Don’t continue to stand here.


    Sit down.”


    Sit down? Sitting on the ground? There was no chair for her, so where should she sit?


    “My wife, sit down here.”


    Boom!


    Riley’s eyes expanded immediately. Euan was actually inviting her to sit on his thighs!


    William cupped his forehead with frustration, “I’ll ask someone to send over another chair.”


    “You don’t need to bother with that, Mr. Hardesty. This is perfectly fine.”


    This man forced her to sit on hisp without giving her any chance to resist. Riley was really skinny,


    and when she sat on his thigh, her back was pressed against his chest. With the very thin fabric


    separating their skins, the man’s heartbeat was very profound, which she felt on her back. His


    heartbeat came in regr waves, and they sounded energetic!


    Riley’s face was alreadypletely flushed at the moment.


    William gulped down a huge mouthful of water as he suddenly felt thirsty. Euan was really something


    else!


    Euan lowered his gaze at the chess set while silently swiped aside the tangerine which was freshly


    peeled by William. The tangerine fell to the ground…


    “Mr. Hardesty, what about a game of chess?”


    This sudden start of their warfare felt suffocating for Riley to the point that she felt like she couldn’t


    even breathe!


    She was sitting on Euan’s thigh, and she couldn’t move around at all… This whole situation was really


    embarrassing for her!


    William pulled a tissue paper to wipe off some of the remnants of tangerine on his hand, “Of course, as


    you please.”


    Euan’s thin lips curled up imperceptibly, “Choose your side.”


    There were ck and white chess, and he was letting William choose first.


    William chose the white chess, and Euanmented with his lips lifted, “So you’re choosing white.


    Very well.”


    Only Euan knew very well what his words meant.


    A chess of Go was a tug of war that tested the scheming and cunning strategy-forming ability on both


    sides. One’s patience and strategy would be tested.


    Riley had a premonition that this match was going to put William in a disadvantage.


    As expected…


    “Mr. Hardesty, good game.”


    “Mr. George, you have good skills.”


    “Shall we continue?”


    “Yes.”


    William was still the losing one in the second round.


    Riley couldn’t continue watching this as she knew very well that losing three in a row would make


    William lose face, “Shall we stop here? Why not we go somewhere to sightsee. I feel bored watching


    you two having a game of chess.”


    Euan stroked her hair intimately while his voice sounded like his usual sexy and seductive self,


    “Anything you say.”


    William put down the chess pieces and asked, “What kind of scenery do you fancy? Let me lead the


    way.”


    Euan ced the woman down to the ground while he stood up and wiped off some imaginary dust on


    his suit, “A stroll emphasizes casualness, so you don’t need to lead the way. Mr. Hardesty, I implore


    you to put the chess back to its original state.”


    There was an unspoken rule in the game of Go, which stated that loser had to tidy up the chess after


    the game by cing both the ck and white side neatly into two chess boxes.


    While he let William to handle the chess, Euan held Riley’s hand and led her down the stairs.


    After descending the stairs, Euan gripped her wrist hard and an explosion of anger finally erupted in his


    eyes, “Riley, it seems that you enjoy cheating on me that much!”