Chapter 328: Honey, I Will Accept My Punishment Today
Janice said, "I’m just going out for a walk. Don’t make a big deal about it."
Hearing her words, Christopher disagreed with her.
"I’m making a big deal about it? Don’t forget that you’re six months pregnant now."
"So what? I’m not sick, nor am I an idiot. It’s just that my belly is a bit larger. I’m still the same as an ordinary person," said Janice.
Christopher frowned. "You... I can’t beat you in an argument. I will punish you directly instead."
As he spoke, he touched his chin thoughtfully, as if he was thinking about how to punish Janice.
Hearing that Christopher was going to punish her, Janice hurriedly bit her lip, blinked her long eyelashes, and looked at him pitifully. "Honey, please let me go."
Christopher remained unmoved. "No way. Tell me how many times have you done this?"
"Let me think about it," said Janice as she counted her fingers, "This is the second time. And I promise there won’t be a third time." She begged.
Christopher couldn’t help but want to laugh. How could she think that she won’t break the rule for the third time? He could think of three times she’d been out alone.
He narrowed his eyes.
"I have to punish you today. And I have to think about how to punish you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Janice said, "There’s no need. I’ve already figured it out."
As she spoke, under Christopher’s puzzled look, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him on the lips.
"Honey, I will accept my punishment today."
After saying that, she kissed him on the lips again.
After a few kisses, Janice lay in Christopher’s arms and slowly spilled out her whereabouts.
"Chris, I went to see Joey."
Christopher was stunned. "He came to you? Why didn’t you tell me?"
Upon seeing his anxious expression, Janice said, "I thought I could handle it, so I didn’t tell you."
"Then what did he tell you?" Chris asked.
Janice replied, "Nothing much. It was about Sophie."
"Then how did you reply?" Christopher demanded.
"I tried to persuade him to give up." Janice frankly said.
"And how did it turn out?"
"The turn out ..." Janice thought for a moment before saying, "I don’t know if he has given up, but I can be certain that he won’t come looking for us for Sophie in the future."
Seeing that she was so determined, Christopher was confused. "Really? How can you be so sure?" Janice nodded her head confidently.
Christopher paused for a moment and then said, "Actually, Joey just can’t figure it out for a while. When he does, he will get it."
He said in a deep voice.
Janice frowned. "I don’t know if he’s unable to figure it out for a while, but what I do know is that he has let you down too much. In the past three years, you’ve already taken the blame for him, and you can be considered to have done your best. He shouldn’t have had extravagant hopes of you forgiving Sophie, and he’s pushing you too far."
"I know." Chris heaved a long sigh and said, "Joey has been like this since he was a child. He is kind-hearted, but Sophie took advantage of his weakness. He has been living behind her for the rest of his life. He is destined not to be able to be who he truly is."
This was also the saddest part of Joey.
He fell in love with a woman who didn’t love him, but he sacrificed his life for her.
Sophie was trapped in prison, and Joey was trapped in his heart.
He drew a cage for himself with Sophie, and in that cage, he was bound to give up his life.
But in the end, it was his own choice. He could not blame others.
"Okay, honey, let’s stop talking about him. Let’s talk about something happy."
Janice changed the subject.
....
Only then did Christopher come back to his senses. He lowered his head to look at Janice, and his gaze fell on her face. After having sex, she still flushed.
Tonight, she took the initiative and went wild.
Although she was a little clumsy, it didn’t affect her enthusiasm at all.
Moreover, she had deliberately mentioned Joey earlier and even berated Joey in front of him.
He knew that she was leading him to vent his anger.
In fact, Joey only had little impact on him now.
If it was before, he might have been sad for a while. After all, he treated Joey as his buddy from the bottom of his heart.
However, ever since he had Janice, he found that many things were no longer able to affect him.
The place in his heart was so small that it could only accommodate Janice.
As for other things, he really didn’t care.
Thinking of this, he couldn’t help smiling. "And what kind of things do you think make you happy?"
Janice did not notice his expression and thought that he was just asking that question seriously. She then replied naturally, "There are many things that make me happy. For example, what big project did you get involved in today? Or you have some new scientific research results or something like that."
"All these things... They don’t seem to make me happy."
He deliberately pretended to be distressed.
Janice was stunned. She looked at Christopher as if looking at a monster. "Seriously? You are not happy about making money?"
"Are we short of money?" Christopher retorted.
Janice froze. She thought, " That’s right. They are not short of money."
"Then what can I do to make you happy?" she asked.
Hearing this, Christopher pretended to think for a while before staring at her and saying, "It must be...having sex with you."
His burning gaze fell on her face and met her eyes.
Janice froze for a moment and then came back to her senses. It turned out that he had been waiting for her to have sex with him for a long time.
Her face turned red as she pouted. "Stop it."
Seeing the delicate figure of Janice in his arms, Christopher couldn’t help curling his lips and smiling. "I’m just kidding. I’ll let you know that I will celibate in the future."
"Why?"
Janice didn’t understand.
Christopher reached out and stroked her bulging belly.
"You have been pregnant for six months, so I have to think about you and the child."
"But the doctor said that it’s fine as long as we stop having sex in the next three months."
"No, I have to be responsible for you and Baby."
"Why don’t we do it again before you get celibate?"
"You are so horny."
"I don’t believe you can bear it."
"All right, all right. Don’t flirt with me..."
The bedroom was instantly filled with laughter.
Yvonne had been very upset in the past few days. The rented house was somehow canceled in the first place.
Then, the water and electricity were cut from time to time, and no reason could be found.
That night, the water was cut while she was halfway through her shower.
Yvonne’s head was full of foam, and she recalled how many times it had been this month.
It seemed that the water and electricity in her house had stopped once in a while since the elevator broke for no reason that day.
What was even stranger was that just like the elevator suddenly broke down that day, she couldn’t find the reason why.
Yvonne was speechless and thought to herself, "The foam on my face and body are still okay. They will be gone after wiping them, but what about those foam on my head? They are so sticky that I’m afraid that even the pillow can stick to my hair."
More importantly, half of the shower gel was acidic. If it remained on the skin for a long time, it would definitely cause damage to the skin. If that was the case, wouldn’t her face be disfigured?
Thinking of this, Yvonne was instantly flustered.
....
Yvonne thought, "No, I have to figure something else out."
Thinking of this, she wrapped herself with a bath towel and walked out of the bathroom to the doorway.
She leaned against the door and looked into the peephole. When she saw no one in the corridor, she couldn’t help wondering if she could put on her clothes first, and then go out to book a hotel room to take a shower.
However, when she thought of her wet and sticky hair, she instantly gave up.
Or could she go to the opposite Sam’s home to use his bathroom like last time?
But now, it was James instead of Sam who lived across her.
Since James was a man, if she went to his apartment like this, wouldn’t it be hard for her to explain?
The more Yvonne thought about it, the more agitated she became. She thought, "
Neither way could work. What should I do? I can’t just stay up all night like this!"
Just as she was thinking about it, she let out a loud sneeze.
She thought,
Why don’t I shamelessly give it a shot to knock on the opposite apartment? >
Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth, went back to her room, took a bathrobe, and draped it over her shoulders. Then, she wrapped herself tightly in the robe, opened the door, and walked to the opposite apartment.
At this time, James was sitting leisurely on the sofa in the living room, reading a newspaper. Suddenly, the doorbell rang.
He paused for a moment and looked away from the newspaper. His eyes fell on his wristwatch, and he couldn’t help smiling. Then he put down the newspaper and went to open the door.
Outside the door, Yvonne wrapped up her bathrobe again and again until she could not see any skin exposed. And then she was relieved.
The door opened from the inside, and she was caught off guard and met James’s eyes. In a panic, she quickly held her body tightly.
James did not miss the look of panic on her face. He held his chin in one hand and glanced at her. At that moment, she wrapped herself tightly and almost wore a helmet on her head. He could not help but sneer.
"Miss White, what advice do you have for me to dress like this?"
Yvonne was already in an awkward situation, so when he asked her that, she felt as if she had been knocked down to the ground.
"I... Water is cut in my apartment. Can I borrow your bathroom?" Yvonne stammered.
It was rare for her to speak to James in such a soft tone. James could not help but click his tongue in his heart.
"Why should I lend you my bathroom?"
Yvonne didn’t expect him to refuse, so she didn’t know how to react for a moment.
Then she blurted it out,"... It’s no big deal to pay the utility bills for you."
As soon as the words left her mouth, she regretted it.
As expected, James sneered and said, "Do you think I’m short of that money?"
What a joke!
Yvonne thought to herself, "Of course, you aren’t short of that money."
"Then tell me how can you lend it to me?"
Anyway, she decided to put her pride aside.
Hearing her question, James thought for a while and said, "How about this? If you are willing to clean my apartment for a month, I will lend you the bathroom."
"What? Cleaning your apartment for one month?" Yvonne stared at him in disbelief.
And she wondered if he had gone mad.
"What’s wrong? If you don’t want to, then forget it."
As he spoke, he was about to close the door.
Seeing this, Yvonne hurriedly stopped him. "No! How...about we have a discussion? Can you change it to something else?" She said.
"Something else? I don’t see any other value in you."
As he spoke, he sized her up and down.
Yvonne quickly hugged her body tightly and said, "I ... I definitely have my own value. I know how to treat patients, and I also know how to do experiments..."
The more she spoke, the more incoherent she became. James interrupted. "But I don’t need any of that." "Then... what do you need?" "I need..."
Before James could finish his words, there was a sudden sound of the elevator door opening. He suddenly reached out and pulled her into the room.