Chapter 5 - Her Way of Asking Permission

The dinner went normally than expected. What was out of bounds was that Rembrandt just left after leaving an excuse that he needed to catch some sleep.

Ingrid was left dumbfounded.

She moved her eyes to the empty casserole in front of her. At least Rembrandt finished all of her cooking.

However Ingrid was still not satisfied. This won't do, Rembrandt was unconsciously or might be consciously not giving her a chance to make their relationship closer.

Her eyes flashed an intense light. She pursed her lips then decided to act bolder.

"1002, is Rembrandt already on his bed?"

1002: "Not yet, he just finished showering."

"Good!" 1002 can be also useful at times. He's good at being a spy. Just like some futuristic robot, he had a micro camera in his arsenal that she helped installed in Rembrandt's room.

After giving Rembrandt's door knock, she heard his approval to come in. Rembrandt's room is not always locked, so Ingrid was able to enter easily. Well, it's not like he's some teenager who treat it's room like some holy ground, keeping people away, afraid that someone may catch them doing some weird stuff.

Ingrid saw Rembrandt wearing only a bathrobe. He's sitting on a couch while wiping his wet hair.

'Dayum hot', she thought.

"What is it?" Rembrandt asked while looking at Ingrid with a serious face.

"Uhm..." Ingrid connected both of her forefingers together. She let out an anxious face. Seemingly like a good little sister who's afraid to make her big brother angry.

"Hmm... Is this the reason why you asked if I will be able to come home so you can cook me dinner?" Rembrandt's penetrating gaze bothered Ingrid for real.

She nodded cutely and went closer to Rembrandt.

She just took a sit on his ŀȧp.

His gaze can't help but fall unto the eyes of this naughty little girl.

However both of her limpid eyes looked so clueless. Rembrandt don't know if Dana just did this intentionally or she was just that innocent.

Dana was already 17. She's not a little girl anymore like she was before. If this really was a pure action and no other meaning, having no propriety for the distance between men and women is not a good thing.

But if she did this deliberately... Rembrandt's eyes fell a degree lower.

Nonetheless, Rembrandt didn't pushed Dana away. He even held her waist to put her buŧŧ in place and made her position more comfortable. But while doing so, he doesn't know if it was purely an accident or she intentionally let her buŧŧ slightly grazed on his crotch.

Ingrid bowed her head and blushed. Her boldness already come this far, why is she blushing! But still... she felt that! It was purely an accident alright, but who wouldn't get shy if your bottom accidentally touched 'that'!

In addition, Rembrandt was really big in that area! Aaaahhhh so embarrassing!

Rembrandt let out a humm for them to get down the business. Ingrid was still flustered enough, which rendered her unable to open her mouth.

This won't do, she needs to act unbothered, to act innocent. She took a deep breath and composed herself.

"You see, my classmates are planning a 2 days trip to the countryside. You guys never allowed me to join something like this before, but im old enough now, can I please go with them?" Using the same determined look that she showed at Cezna earlier, she looked up at him again.

Rembrandt's eyes gone softer but not by much. He placed a hand on Dana's head, fixing some strand of hair that tries to stray off.

Hmm, so the reason why she's been acting strange earlier was because of this. But still, he was not convinced.

His eyes can clearly see that this girl was trying to seduce her brother.

On the other hand, Ingrid's gaze faltered. Seeing the same eyes and receiving a pat on her head made her remember someone she shouldn't have.

Fuck.

Rembrandt didn't notice Ingrid's momentary loss of attention as there was also an unknown storm brewing in his mind.

What Dana said was true, she's already old enough. They can't always be this protective to her. She needs a breather. He can just settle it by sending more expert to tail her while she was away. So he gave his permission by saying "Fine, do whatever you want."

After that, Ingrid immediately jumped out of his embrace, this action of her can give rise to an impression that she's dismantling a bridge after crossing, hence, leading him to think that she did this for a reason.

However, that would be futile. If Ingrid planned to play mind games, he's sorry to break this on her but she's too young to gain an upper hand.

"Bang." After hearing the door closed, Rembrant let his cheek to rest on his bony forefinger. He was thinking about how he can approach this matter than can potentially cause disruption in his plan.

Ingrid was innocently playing with fire. Teasing it, while having the thoughts that she could contain it. However, she didn't know that the fire was far more dangerous than she bargained it for.