Chapter 57

57 Kiss Mark

“Why are you suddenly like this? What are you thinking, hm?” Arthur asked in such a gentle tone. He removed a few strands of hair that had fallen there.

Kalea was silent, she didn’t know why her mouth suddenly uttered words that she hadn’t even thought about all this time. Maybe because of the fleeting memories of her father, and her curiosity about Arthur’s incomprehensible nature. Kalea looked back at the gray eyes and said, “I’m just a little surprised. Even though you can do it with many women without spending a lot of money, but why do you still have a contract with me? I’m not an attractive woman like the women who always surround you. They must be so far above me,” Kalea answered quietly.

“Hmm, that’s true.”

Arthur’s short reply made Kalea feel even more inferior and she did not understand what Arthur really wanted from her. “I-I also rarely act sweet, we fight more often.”

“You’ve never been cute or sweet, Lea.”

Kalea scowled in annoyance, Arthur really didn’t deny her words, nor said a nice word to comfort her. The girl bit her lip, holding back the tightness and her eyes were starting to heat up like she wanted to cry. “Then why are you still continuing the contract?!” Kalea hissed as she pushed Arthur’s body away a little. “I also think you’re just complying with Zeline’s initial request to be a sugar daddy for me so that the initial agreement between me and Zeline doesn’t fail. Therefore, I’m okay if you break the contract because I’m of no use to you at all.”

Arthur glared at the girl who was looking down. He lifted her chin to face him again. “Why do you come to the conclusion that you are useless to me?” Arthur asked, his voice full of emphasis as if he was in an emotional state ready to explode at any moment.

“Si-since there are many women who satisfy you more, I don’t deserve everything you give me,” Kalea stammered. Arthur’s sharp gaze really scared Kalea, she didn’t like it when the man was already in serious mode and didn’t want to be denied.

Slowly the sharp eyes receded, he no longer held Kalea’s chin. What Kalea said is true. He also didn’t understand why he was so resistant to the fierce girl who was rarely sweet to him. In fact, there are so many women who queue and continue to tease to attract his attention. However, Kalea is the exact opposite of that. Arthur massaged his temples, he didn’t want to be faced with a fairly serious problem when he just got home from the club. The effects of the alcohol still remained, and he came to Kalea with the intention of resting.

.....

“You don’t need to think too much about it, you just need to enjoy what I have given you,” Arthur said as if to end the topic.

“Huh? You must feel lost!”

“Lea, that’s my business. After all, I have a lot of money to support one woman, so it won’t make it run out,” the man replied arrogantly. Kalea was annoyed, but she also confirmed it in her mind.

“Then ... why don’t you just get married?”

This one question succeeded in keeping Arthur silent. Kalea shrank a little and was afraid for her fate after this, it seemed that Arthur really didn’t like to be mentioned about marriage matters.

Kalea shuddered in horror when she saw the slight smirk etched on her lips making Arthur’s handsome face a little scary, not a little, really scary!

“Why ask like that? Are you willing to marry me, hm?” Arthur again eroded the distance between them, the thin grin now turned into the nosy smile of an Arthur who really likes to tease Kalea.

“T-that’s not what I meant!”

Arthur stroked Kalea’s brunette hair gently, the girl was slightly taken aback. Arthur was very good at managing expressions, previously put on a scary face, then a mischievous smile, and now the man smiled warmly at her. “I really have no problem providing facilities to make you happy. Having you in my life makes me a little more comfortable too. So don’t think that you mean nothing to me at all,” Arthur said as he looked at Kalea so intensely, as if what he had said really was his feeling from the bottom of his heart. No lie, he did feel that when Kalea was around him.

Kalea’s pounding heart came back. Arthur while being serious and uttering sweet words like that made Kalea’s defense almost collapse.

“Since everything is clear, let’s continue what was previously delayed.” Arthur pushed Kalea’s body back onto the bed. He caressed the sugar baby’s cheek until his hand went down to her neck. Holding the girl’s neck. A thin grin adorned his handsome face. “Since you almost terminated our contract, you should be punished.”

“Wh-”

“Tonight I’m not going to put you to sleep at all, Lea. So get ready.”

***

Kalea winced in pain as she tried to get up and get out of bed. Last night, Arthur really meant what he said. What’s more, there were so many bite marks from the man on her body.

“Good morning, sweetheart.”

Kalea turned and saw Arthur smiling at her.

“Morning.”

“Want me to take you to the bathroom? You look ... exhausted.”

“Whose fault do you think it is?”

“No one’s wrong.”

Kalea snorted in annoyance, didn’t want to pay attention to the man anymore and started walking towards the bathroom with wobbly steps. Kalea looked at herself in the mirror reflection.

“Damn Arthur,” Kalea cursed softly while looking at the condition of her neck full of bites and Arthur’s kiss marks. She began to wash her body, removing the remnants of Arthur’s liquid that was still left on it.

“Lea, I’m in.”

“No!” Kalea shouted quickly, luckily she had locked the bathroom door so Arthur wouldn’t suddenly come in as he wanted at this time.

“I want to help you,” Arthur said from outside.

“No need, I’m fine.”

Before long, the man was silent again, and he was not in front of the bathroom. Kalea was finally able to finish her bath in peace.

She came out of there and did not see Arthur in the room. Kalea thought that the man with the black hair must be taking a bath in another bathroom.

“What am I supposed to do with a neck like this,” Kalea muttered in front of her dressing table. She began to work around this by covering her neck using a very thick foundation. And finally it seemed to be faint, but she was still afraid that someone would notice it. Kalea swept her brunette hair forward but she forgot that the back of her neck was full of the marks of Arthur’s possession. She couldn’t even see if the marks were covered or not.

“Ready?”

Kalea turned to the source of the voice that seemed calm, not as frustrated as she was right now. Arthur was very neatly dressed in a black office coat, with his hair styled with a comma hair model that showed his forehead. The scent of masculine perfume filled the entire room.

“Arthur, please look at the back of my neck, don’t you see the purple marks from what you did last night?” Kalea asked.

Arthur walked over to the girl and examined her neck. “Hmm, it’s pretty disguised. Why did it have to be closed anyway? It looks sexy,” Arthur quipped, almost making Kalea want to hit him.

“Then what if you were in my position now? Your neck is full of kiss marks when you go to work.”

“I think I’ve been like that.”

Kalea looked at Arthur in disbelief, this man was indeed out of the box. She thought again about what to do, whether to keep her hair down or in a ponytail like she usually does. Or she needs to wear clothes that cover her neck.

“Lea.”

“What?”

“Why do you look dizzy because of your neck, just relax,” Arthur said, making Kalea immediately turn to the man in annoyance.

“Relax? What do you think if people saw it? What would they think of me, an ordinary-looking Kalea suddenly has purple marks on her neck.”

“Lea, it’s covered perfectly. You don’t have to worry.”

Kalea looked back in the mirror and didn’t want to care about her sugar daddy. As Arthur held Kalea’s brunette hair, they stared at each other in the mirror’s reflection. The man smiled warmly. Kalea was still staring at the man annoyed. “Stop frowning, you’re going to get old fast,” Arthur scolded as he straightened Kalea’s eyebrows.

“Who the hell has pissed me off?”

Arthur chuckled amusedly, then kissed Kalea on the cheek briefly. “Okay, forgive me. May I ask a question?”

“What?”

“How long are you going to look like this on campus?”

Kalea seemed to be silent for a moment, then said, “In college, I am already known as an underprivileged student. There’s no way I suddenly change my appearance, they will ask questions and make strange rumors about me. I just want to go to college with peaceful and unobtrusive.”

“Hmm, it’s a shame that a diamond as beautiful as you is not known to people,” Arthur said as he tucked a strand of Kalea’s hair behind her ear. “I’m so lucky to have such a beautiful and sexy woman like you completely.”

“Not completely, we are nothing if there is no contract,” Kalea corrected. Arthur smiled, he just realized and confirmed his sugar baby’s words.

“Okay, let’s get ready. I’ll take you.”

“Wait, I’m still not done!” Kalea hastily tied her hair up, and she applied a very light coral-colored lip tint to her lips.

“Wear this,” Arthur said as he tossed a black sweater at Kalea. He also gave her a scarf. “This too, even though it’s not wintering yet. The downside is that you’ll look more and more weird in people’s eyes.”

“Th-thank you.”

Arthur smiled sweetly, Kalea’s current condition was indeed her fault. “Trust me, no one will notice because you’ve covered it so perfectly.”

“Rather than that, it’s better that you don’t do it when I still have to go to campus the next day,” Kalea replied, looking at Arthur flatly.

“Fine.”

After being escorted by Arthur, she ran towards today’s class because the class was about to start in five minutes. And this morning’s lecturer is known to be very disciplined and firm. Luckily, she was able to enter two minutes earlier. Kalea breathed a sigh of relief as she sat down in her chair.

“Hey, has Luna replied to your message?”

“Not at all. Looks like Luna really didn’t come to class today.”

Kalea heard Aluna’s friends whispering about her best friend. She glanced at the empty table. Her brows furrowed, she didn’t understand because she didn’t get any notification from the girl with the burgundy hair if it was Aluna’s permission to not attend class.

Where’s Aluna?