She told herself that she still had Sebastian and she still had Aino. They were a happy family of three. She craved more from Sebastian, to calm her anxious wounds. The moment her words left her mouth, the people on the other side immediately felt like laughing, but didn't dare to, they didn't even dare cover their mouths!
Luckily, Sabrina knew when to stop. "I won't get in the way of your work. Come back soon, I can't fall asleep without you. I'm hanging up soon, bye dear."
Her continuous sweet tone and words made him feel refreshed. In the past, he hated sweet things. Even his coffee was the most bitter, most concentrated coffee available on the market worldwide. And now, he didn't realize when it had started but he drank his coffee with a cube of sugar. He found that the fragrant coffee tasted particularly delicious when it was laced with a hint of sweetness.
That night, Sebastian returned home late. Tip-toeing into his house, he thought Sabrina would've fallen asleep, but noticed that the lights in the master bedroom were still on. Was she staying up late working on her designs? Probably not. She never worked on her designs in his bedroom. She was worried that by doing so, it would affect his sleep. She also didn't want to make a mess in his room. Since she wasn’t up late working, what could she be doing?
When he pushed open the door, Sebastian paused, stunned.
His master bedroom looked like it had turned into a living room, it was as big as a small apartment. There was a huge piece of empty space in the middle of the living room, and in the middle of that empty space was an ironing rack.
Sabrina was busy ironing his clothes, an apron tied around her back. Four or five freshly-ironed suits hung from the ironing rack, looking as good as new. Sebastian was stunned. Even though she was wearing an apron, she still looked beautiful from behind, like a young, gentle housewife.
His sprawling villa had always been a cold, empty building. Cool-toned wallpaper, cool-toned cupboards, cool-toned carpets, even the bedsheets were dark grey. That was because Sebastian had always been a cold, hard man. He thought he would never need warmth, and hence any warm-tone colors in his life.
Nevertheless, looking at the woman’s beautiful back now, Sebastian found himself deeply immersed in the scene of the pale-yellow apron, and the familiar movements of her hands as she smoothed the iron over his clothes.
"Come and give me a hand. You can't just stand at the door like a supervisor when I'm working can you?" Sabrina seemed to have eyes on her back, acknowledging his presence without turning around a tall.
Sebastian set his briefcase down, following her orders obediently and came to her side. He took the clothes she handed to him and reached for a hanger and hung it up on the ironing rack.
"Wrong!” she yelled at him.
Sebastian jumped. "Wrong? Please forgive me, my dear wife. This is my first time assisting you, I will improve as time goes on."
Immediately, Sabrina burst into laughter. She turned around and gave him a thumbs-up. "You’re sincerely admitting to your mistakes, that's great. Come on, lower your head, I'll give you a 'like'."
She wanted to stamp a handprint onto his forehead, like a 'like¹ given on social media. Sebastian obeyed her command and lowered his head. She pressed her palm deeply onto his forehead. Before she could pull her hand back, he heaved her up into his arms and pressed her into the bed, his voice turning hoarse." You little woman, your seduction techniques have improved."
“Hahaha...dear, I'm so ticklish!" Sabrina laughed so hard she curled herself into a ball.
At that moment, his phone suddenly rang. Reluctantly, he picked it up. "Hello?"
An anxious voice drifted in from the other end of the phone. "Master Sebastian, they've started taking action!"
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