Chapter 39 - 39: Such A Tease

Kim Eunji woke up with a high fever. Her situation made Nathan to be worried about her. Good thing there's a physician in standby in case something like this happened.

The doctor who checked on Kim Eunji told him that she caught a common cold that eventually developed into flu.

He advised Kim Eunji to take plenty of fluids and also to have some rest as it would definitely be gone if she'll be well rested.

She must have caught the virus yesterday when she stubbornly left the hospital without every one's knowledge.

Kim Eunji was also given IV fluids to keep her body hydrated.

Nathan also changed her wound dressing in the sides and in her head. Rin offered him assistance and he agreed.

"Sister-in-laws really pretty." Rin complimented as she helped Nathan disinfecting the operation wound.

He personally take good care of her the whole morning.

Nathan found out that Kim Eunji was such a baby when she's sick.

"Be good. Don't move too much." Nathan reminded her.

She had been tossing and was in great discomfort that the stitches on her side wound opened. Nathan had no other choice but to cuddle her. He didn't mind if he'll get infected by her fever as well.

"Stay away. You might get infected, too." Kim Eunji said as she tried to push Nathan away from her body.

"I don' mind catching it too if it means this will drop your temperature in exhange." Nathan admitted which made Kim Eunji to be speechless.

"You know that's not going to happen. If you'll get sick too, who will take good care of me then?" Kim Eunji asked with a blushed face because of the fever.

"You're right. But I'm sure if I'll catch your fever too, you'll be okay by then. Aren't you going to take good care of me then?" Nathan asked as he looked at Kim Eunji intently.

"You said I am your baby. Why should the baby take good care of you? Are our roles been reversed now?" Kim Eunji innocently asked with a pout.

Nathan chuckled upon hearing her answer.

"Not yet. But I don't mind at all." Nathan teased her. He thought that this scenario won't happen in the near future so he better make the most out of it.

He found Kim Eunji's feverish state cute. Not because he liked her to be sick all the time but because he was amused how he could talk to her with silly things with no refutal from the latter at all. Honestly, she was acting like a drunk woman.

"Why? I want to be the baby! Not the adult one!" Kim Eunji whined.

"Sure. Sure. I'll be more than happy with that."

Kim Eunji scooted over to Nathan as she found the person beside her comforting. He smelt so nice too.

"Oie Miss Kim, earlier you've been pushing me away but now... why are you scooting over?" Nathan teased.

"I can't help it. You're so comforting." She then shiffed as she continued. "I...You smell so good, too."

Nathan was stunned when he heard her say that. Aside from that, Kim Eunji's hot breath was faning his neck making him gulped.

Good thing she was not looking at him or else she would see him with a stunned reaction and blushing in the process. But he was also afraid that she might notice something in his pants therefore he made sure to hide that part with a pillow.

'Another cold shower again.' He inwardly sighed after that.

He's not going to deny this but Kim Eunji had been igniting his manly desire in him. Heaven knows how much self-control he had mustered in his body every time they were close together.

He found her irresistable that he wanted to take her every time. But he knew he should control himself now in order to have her for a lifetime.

If he'll be reckless enough with his actions around her, he might scared her and she might ran away from him. He didn't want that to happen at all.

Kim Eunji found the pillow quite distracting therefore she wanted it to be out of the way.

"Stop! Don't!" It was already too late, Kim Eunji had managed to remove the pillow off his lap.

He tried to look away as he was embarrassed that he was wearing a painful errection in front of her. Good thing they were in her room at the moment or else it would really be embarassing if the servants would pass by and happened to see this.

"Oh! What's this?" Kim Eunji innocently asked as he touched it.

Nathan jolted as he was surprised by what she had done.

'No, this is wrong. So damn wrong.' He repeated in his head like a mantra.

She was not on the right state of mind.

"Eunji." He said with a pained voice.

"Oh! You're so naughty, hhm?" Kim Eunji remarked. Of course she knew what was that in the first place even if she was in this state. She then rubbed her palm onto the length of his errection.

"Eunji. Stop right there." He pleaded as he was about to lose control of himself. He didn't know if Kim Eunji was doing this on purpose. But what she was doing had been giving him conflicting feelings.

It was not the first time that someone did this to him which made him not proud now. However her touch was different from the others.

"You're still sick. You better stop or else the both of us will regret what will happen next." Nathan finally regained back his self-control.

However, Kim Eunji did not listen to him and straddled on his erection instead.

Kim Eunji was still wearing her satin pajama therefore she could feel him down there as she straddled him.

On the other hand, Nathan who on the edge of losing himself again.

As Kim Eunji sat on his lap, she placed her face in between the crook of his neck and suddenly stopped. Nathan then could feel her even breathing and that was when he realized that she had fallen asleep on his lap. On top of his painful erection.

The medicine that she took earlier must have taken its effect.

"Such a tease. I'll get this back from you woman." He said in a hoarse voice.

That was a close call. He should be more careful around her in the future.

He also made a mental note to not let Kim Eunji to have a fever again as the thought of her doing this to someone else terrified him to the core.

He then placed the back of his left hand on her forehead to check her temperature.

'She's still hot.' We'll he found her hot and attractive in the first place.

Since he nursed Kim Eunji first, Nathan was not able to eat his own breakfast.

Hiro then brought his food and placed it in a bedside table. Now, he found it difficult to eat with his injured arm and Kim Eunji resting in his chest.

However, there was no trace of complaints evident on his face as he thought chances like this won't happen in the future.

"Johnson-sama, do you want me to help you with your food?" Hiro found the courage to ask him this.

Nathan was having pancakes for breakfast and it was troublesome as he had to slice it.

Nathan hummed and instructed Hiro to slice it to bite sizes for him to eat it easily.

After he had eaten, Hiro left the room to give the two some time to rest.

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After some time, Kim Eunji woke up and she was surprised to wake up straddling him.

Because of her movement, Nathan woke up from his nap as well, he did not realize that he fell asleep.

But before one could actually speak, the door opened revealing Rin and Hiro together.

Caught in an awkward position, Kim Eunji's face blushed and hid her face on Nathan's neck.

Nathan chuckled because of her reaction.

"Nathan-sama! Eunji-sama!" The two greeted them. Nathan frowned upon seeing their troubled face.

"What's wrong?" He asked them directly.

"Um, Nathan-sama. Sei Aihara of the Aihara Clan is requesting for your audience." Hiro immediately said not beating around the bush.

"Oh, why?"

"They said it's family matters Sama." Hiro confessed.

"Where is he?" Nathan's expression darkened as he said that.

"On the visitors lounge together with a lovely young lady Sama." Hiro answered honestly.

"Leave." He instructed them which made the two in a troubled position.

"Sama, he said that if you'll give him the audience that he requested, he would grant your grandmother's wish."

"Hahahahahha!" Nathan laughed evilly which made Kim Eunji who was now on his lap be stunned.

She could feel deep hatred iminating from the man.

"He dared to challenged me? This clan still thought that they're still on top of the pyramid in Japan." Nathan commented.

Hiro and Rin bowed down their heads as they had nothing else to say. The both of them knew how Nathan had resented this clan.

"Do you want me to come with you?" Nathan was taken aback when Kim Eunji spoke.

"No. You should rest. You still had slight fever. And besides, I don't want that man to influence the way you looked at me." Nathan said.

"Come back soon." Kim Eunji said. Nathan smiled as soon as he heard her that. Aside from his mother and grandma, no one else had uttered those words to him.

"I will." Nathan then planted a kiss on Kim Eunji's forehead as he said that.

Nathan changed into his formal attire and he walked towards the visitors lounge.

"To whom did I owe this visit Sei-sama?"

Nathan spoke as soon as he walked inside the room.

Two nobility figures stood up to greet him.

Nathan scoffed as soon as he saw the middle-aged man. He was the current head of the Aihara Clan. It was unlikely or this man to visit him in his residence. He could feel the surge of urgency from the man.

Sei Aihara was a fine Japanese man on his middle-age. He had features that stood out even in his age. He stood tall and proud in front of his subordinates and competitors but now Nathan saw him like a pathetic man at his mercy.

"Nathan." The man spoke but Nathan interrupted him.

"Call me by my family name Sei-sama." Nathan said with a solemn look on his face.

"Is your hatred towards our family really that deep?" Sei asked him.

"Should you really ask me that Sei-sama? Should you really ask the obvious?" Nathan's voice turned deep as he emitted this horrifying aura around him making Sei and his companion to shiver down their spine.

"Speak." Nathan spoke as he sat on the luxurious couch opposite them.

He then placed his left hand below his chin as he waited for the man to speak.

His was like a bored King waiting for his captives to utter their final words before they received their punishment.

"As you see, this young lady is here to ask for a marriage alliance between the Tachibana and the Aihara."

"Wait, and why am I being dragged into this?" Nathan asked though it was already obvious from the way Sei spoke.

"I want you to be my husband Nathan." The woman did not hold back as she spoke.

"Miss I don't think Sei-sama had explained that my family was no longer associated with them long time ago.

They had thrown out and removed my grandmother from the clan when she fought for her marriage with my grandfather because of his so-called 'lowly background'. And now, you had the audacity to come here and make this demand. Like I owe your family a damn thing!?"

Nathan spoke in a fit of rage.

It could not be denied that Nathan was now the most sought after eligible bachelor in town after he revealed his background through that magazine.

A lot of media outlets had been inviting him for a quick interview but he declined them. He did not reveal himself to the world to brag but he revealed himself to inspire the youth. He wanted them to keep believing and never giving up in themselves despite the countless setbacks they had faced along way.

Those influential families who had the capabilities to get a hold of his background had done their all to reach out to his family from either side to coerce him into marrying their daughter.

Of course, Nathan let them to get a hold of those information.

This was so that the public would learn how awful his maternal and paternal family were.

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A/N: This is now the full chapter.