Late Repentance

Clara blinked her eyes and looked straight at Edward. She knew he couldn’t see her, but somehow she still felt shy. His lips were still glued to hers. Blood was already flowing from the impact. She didn’t know if it was from him or her. Clara felt pain, she felt the taste of blood filling her mouth. Her first kiss was similar to when she was robbed by him, someone she only met for a few minutes.

Clara was now lying on top of Edward, his arms around her waist. The distance between them was tiny. She could even feel his heartbeat.

They remained motionless for a long time. Then Edward cracked his mouth and bit Clara’s lip. He bit so hard, that it hurt so much that she screamed out loud. Then he grabbed her waist and lifted her to push her entire body away from him. When she struggled, he pushed her aside, then sat up and spoke.

“How much longer are you going to lay on top of me? Don’t you look enough? Or do you want me to return your kiss?”

“What?” Clara just wiped the blood on her lips and heard him say these harsh words, she felt angry. She sat up straight and faced his expressionless face, unafraid to speak her thought. “Who do you say wants to kiss you? Me? You mean I fell on you then kissed you and try to look at you, right? Mr. James looks like you’re paranoid. I haven’t coveted men enough to do all that nonsense.”

Edward was the one who held her hand. When they fell, he was the one who pulled her. He was also the one who hugged her waist. The kiss came as surprise. Neither she nor he did it on purpose. She wanted to seduce him through what he said. Being human can’t be so exaggerated, no matter how rich or powerful Edward James is, he can’t say whatever he wants to say.

“I don’t want to argue with you.” Edward adjusted his bathrobe, then stood up. Before leaving, he approached Clara where she was sitting and whispered in her ear. “The fact that we kissed might just be an unexpected accident that no one wanted. But can you confirm you weren’t looking at me just now? My hearing is good. When you were lying on top of me, your breathing was erratic, just like when a man is aroused.”

After Edward finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the changing room right next to him. He followed the edge of the wall and entered the dressing room. The pain in his leg seems to have subsided, although he is still limping. After saying that strange words to Clara, he stopped paying attention to her. To be exact, he treated her as if she didn’t exist.

Clara was still sitting on the bed, her face red because of his words. She didn’t expect him to say such things like that. How could he say it? What he said was all nonsense. She looked at him as real but did nothing to the point of panting like he was in love like he said.

“Mr. James, you seem to have misunderstood something. When I fell, both you and I were taken by surprise, even if you did not take any action I had the same situation as you. My breathing had nothing to do with it. My lips were hit your lips until I was bleeding so I hurt, because of the pain. My breathing was disturbed but there was nothing wrong with feeling something wrong with me. Older brother. I feel offended, so I hope you take back what you just said. I don’t care who you are, but at least have some respect for others. That’s the bare smallest of courtesy.”

Clara was so angry that she lost her mind. She ran after him as he was about to get dressed. Clara saw his naked body once again. She turned around and covered her eyes.

“You want me to apologize to you?” Edward knew Clara was standing near him but he didn’t care. He didn’t even bother to cover his body and still chose clothes to wear.

“Of course. How can anyone speak as harshly as you? What you said is nothing but an insult to me.” Clara answered. Even though her face was already red from embarrassment, she had no intention of leaving without receiving his answer.

“Okay, if you were offended, I apologize. But…” Edward had changed his clothes by now and was approaching Clara.

“But what?” Clara was a little confused because she couldn’t understand Edward’s thoughts. She didn’t expect him to say sorry. She thought he wouldn’t listen to her words and he would ignore her request.

“Is the fact that you broke into my house without permission, kicked the bathroom door, and looked at me while taking a shower, is it considered an illegal entry and sexual harassment? Even now you burst into the dressing room while I’m getting dressed without my permission. What should your act be considered? Are you looking down on me? Are you having bad intentions towards me? Should I ask you to apologize for your actions towards me?”

“I… I…” Clara stammered, unable to speak because everything he said was true. His words may upset her, but her actions are not right. She knew that if she felt angry because of his harsh words to her, he had every right to feel the same way about her actions.

“You cannot say anything anymore, right? If there’s nothing more to say, please leave my room. I’m not in the mood to receive guests.”

Edward walked past Clara to get out. She followed his figure, her mood turning bad. Looks like you just destroyed your chance to work in this mansion.

Clara went out. She knew she couldn’t stay here when he told her straight away that he wanted her to leave.

“I’m sorry to bother you. Goodbye.”