"Don't worry Karen, I will always be with you. I will never leave you alone." Lionel said gently while holding Karen's little hands in his.
"Brother Lionel..." Little Karen blinked her big bright eyes and said softly, "I want you to tell me a story."
"Alright, I will tell you a story." Lionel touched Little Karen's chubby face, the corner of his lips curved upwards slightly. He continued softly, "A long time ago, a farmer met a snake..."
"I don't want to listen to this, there's a big bad guy!" Little Karen shook her head to indicate that she didn't want to listen to evil stories.
"Alright, let me tell you another story." But Lionel racked his brain and couldn't figure out what kind of story he could tell to Little Karen.
In Lionel's world, the education he had received since he was a child was the cruel political education. Beautiful fairy tales were something he had never been in touch with.
"I want to hear the story of the Ice Princess, Princess Elsa!" Karen had read the story of Ice Princess many times, but she still wanted to listen, because she felt that Ice Princess was beautiful.
When he heard Little Karen said that she wanted to listen to the story of Ice Princess, Lionel breathed a sigh of relief.
He had read this story many times with Little Karen, and he had already memorized by heart, therefore that he could narrate at ease.
Lionel said softly, "I will tell you the story about the Ice Princess then."
Lionel cleared his throat and told Little Karen about the Ice Princess tenderly with his deep voice.
While listening to Brother Lionel's deep voice, Little Karen gradually fell asleep. Because Brother Lionel held her hand and was with her the whole time, she was no longer afraid and did not wake up again.
In another room, Little Karen's parents wanted to take their alone time to do some 'vigorous activities'.
However, a very embarrassing thing happened before it even started.
Karen Daly's period had always been very punctual. Perhaps she was too stressed recently. Tonight, when both of them were in high spirits, her period suddenly came.
The menstruation came like a basin of cold water splashing on the two persons who were on fire, and their desire was instantly extinguished.
"I'm sorry!" Karen Daly rolled over and got up. She was too embarrassed that she hid inside the bathroom to clean up. She was too ashamed to come out to face Kevin even after a long while.
"Karen—" Kevin Kyle knocked on the bathroom door and asked earnestly, "Do you need my help?"
"You go to sleep first, don't disturb me!" At this time, she was too ashamed to face anyone due to the embarrassing incident. She needed a quiet moment alone.
After cleaning up, Karen washed her face with tap water. She looked at her flushed face in the mirror, her heart beating fast.
It was so embarrassing. This period came at an unexpected time. It made her so embarrassed that she wanted to hide in the bathroom and not go out.
Karen had been in the bathroom for a long time. When she heard that there was no sound outside the door, she assumed that Kevin might have fallen asleep.
She gently opened the door of the bathroom and slid her head out to see the situation. But she didn't expect to meet Kevin's eyes instantly.
Karen was stunned momentarily. When she calmed down, she hurriedly stepped back and instinctively closed the door to shut Kevin out from the other side of the door.
However, Kevin was quicker than her. He pressed his hand quickly against the door and pushed it open with a little force.
Karen stepped back anxiously, but was stopped by Kevin. She was so nervous that she grumbled, "What, what are you doing?"
Kevin grabbed her hand and dragged her back to the room. He said in a deep voice, "Which part of your body haven't I seen before?"
Karen lowered her head and whispered, "It's different."
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