CHAPTER 152Villa GossipsThe next morning, Ethan woke before the alarm.He woke up almost thirty minutes before his morning alarm, but even though he had actually gone to bed late the previous night, he woke up feeling like he had gotten enough sleep.It was also the first time that he had gone to bed and woken up without a dream about his past that made him wake up sweating and panting.For a while, he had actually started to dread going to bed altogether, giving himself unnecessary study tasks.He had made himself read everything he was mandated to study for his job position at the Nexus Air company.He had read through everything in just a few nights, and had even begun reading pilot manuals, just to keep himself from sleeping most nights.But this night was different, he had zero nightmares, zero memories.It was like his brain was too tired to make him dream about scary things.‘Or maybe the near death experience yesterday with the gunshots and the RPG gave me enough scare to la

All four of them stared at Irene, bewildered and in shock.Irene had always been the most cautious and most rule abiding member of the workers in the Villa. She was the one reason why everyone was careful when they were doing things that were wrong.She came across as a ‘snitch’, the kind of girl that would easily open her mouth and report in exact detail everything you said and did if anyone ever asked her.Even Ava saw her that way, and that was why she employed her and gave her a quite high role for someone that had just started at the villa for just a few months.No one ever saw Irene as the kind of girl that would be thinking of sex before she gets married, not to talk of having ‘taboo sex’ in her Master’s bedroom.Gary was almost losing control of himself, getting turned on by the thought of it.Lorraine and Kara were on the same boat, especially Kara, with her high sexual drive.Wilson was the only one that still retained a bit of sensibility to himself. Not because he hadn’t t

Irene didn’t give a reply to Kara’s offer.She didn’t even know what she was supposed to say to that, so she didn’t.“But what did you actually mean when you said you had tried it in Master Ethan’s room?” Lorraine quickly said before the discussion died off.“I was… I was reading,” Irene said, with her face down in shame.“Wait what?” Gary finally rejoined the conversation, almost laughing.“Come on Gary, don’t be mean,” Wilson said, obviously trying very hard not to laugh himself.“What do you mean?” Gary laughed softly.“It was funny, be honest. You yourself, you are holding back from laughing, so it's not like it wasn’t funny.”“That’s why I don’t like talking to you guys,” Irene muttered to herself, and buried her face back in the book.Wilson quickly pulled the book from her grasp as gently as he could at that speed.“I am sorry, we… we aren’t laughing at you or because you like reading,” he said, trying to sway her emotions.“It’s just funny because of how far off Kara’s and Lor

“Did she just say reading is better than sex?” Gary raised a brow, trying hard to not seem too desperate to be a part of the conversation, but it was quite obvious.Before he messed up more, Wilson decided to help him become a part of it.“Come on, Lorraine, Kara, you guys should explain the beauty of it together,” he said.“Afterall, you two are the ones with the dream of a sound proof bedroom.”Lorraine and Kara smiled at the offer, and walked closer to Irene like predators walking up to a wounded, cornered prey that they couldn’t escape.“I am not interested guys, please leave me alone,” Irene shook her head, but the duo were not backing down.“We need you to understand the beauty of a sound proof bedroom,” Lorraine said.“It is for your own good, trust us,” Kara smiled.“But I… I don’t want to know anything about all that,” Irene protested.“How would you know you don’t want to know about it if you don’t know about it?” Kara spouted and Irene looked at her with a look that spelled

The silence of the dining space, that a moment ago was Irene’s reading sanctuary, had turned into a heavy, suffocating weight. Every word Kara and Lorraine uttered seemed to vibrate through the floorboards, traveling up through the soles of Irene’s feet until her entire body was humming with a restless and unwanted energy.Kara leaned in closer, her shadow falling over Irene, effectively blotting out the rest of the room. "You’re still on your knees in this beautiful fantasy of yours, Irene. And Mr. M? He isn't just standing there and waiting for you anymore.” “He reaches down, his large, calloused hands framing your face. He forces you to look at him, and I mean you really look at him.”“As you look at him you can see it. You can see the hunger in those blue eyes, a hunger that says he’s been waiting for this moment just as long as you have."“N… No,” Irene shook her head.“I… I haven’t been waiting for anything, s… stop making up stories,” she cried out silently, but they weren’t