Substitute Marriage novel Chapter 5

They opened the door of the room and got inside the room. Charles called room service to order some food, while Rachel went to the bathroom to take a shower. When Rachel came out of the bathroom, the hotel waiter was taking the food from the serving trolley and putting it on the table.

"It smells so good," She smilingly said, "Shall we open a bottle of wine?"

"Okay." Charles was a self-controlled man. He seldom drank when he had to drive but today he agreed to drink some wine. Rachel was so excited about this.

"Have a sip." Rachel poured Charles a glass of wine and purposely dimmed the light of the room. The candlelight on the table threw light on her face. A bathrobe was loosely tied around her body, and the private parts of her body were shown indistinctly.

She believed that Charles could give in to such a temptation and be lured to her.

"How does it taste?" Rachel was barefoot and slightly rubbed Charles's leg with her own foot. Her smile was alluring.

"It tastes good." Rachel was frustrated with Charles's solemn answer. But she didn't get discouraged and sat on the table in front of Charles, with a glass of wine in her hand. Charles understood her intention now.

He slightly frowned.

"Charles, we have been together... for about two years, right?" asked Rachel softly, while swirling the wine around in her glass.

"Hmm," replied Charles flatly. Somehow, the thought of Autumn struck him.

Last night, Autumn appeared in front of Charles just like Rachel did today. She had a delicate and white face, and Charles was way more attracted to Autumn than to Rachel who was fascinating and flirty.

"In fact..." Rachel paused and slightly dropped her eyes. The light fell on her long eyelashes and the shadow fell all across her face.

She majored in acting, so she certainly knew how she looked the most attractive and how to captivate a man by her beauty. To successfully seduce Charles, she did everything possible.

"Charles, I'm willing to..." She lowered her head and blushed. It was pretty evident what she meant.

After seeing that Charles wasn't responding to her, Rachel daringly put down her wine glass and sat on Charles's lap, nestling in his arms. She drew circles on his chest with her finger, but Charles got hold of her finger. "Rachel, don't..." He frowned.

He even thought if Autumn stayed with him in the hotel, she probably wouldn't ever do such a bold thing.

"Charles, I can." Rachel was in no mood to give up. It was not easy to get this chance, so she wouldn't give up so easily. "Charles, you've been restraining your sexual desire all these years just for me. I really appreciate that. But I'm now willing to make love to the man I love. I'm really willing to do that."

"No." Charles added, "I haven't done such a thing with you before. And since I'm married now, I can't do that. Rachel, I won't keep you waiting so long, believe me."

Although he was in the hotel room now, he wanted to rush to the Cloud Advertising Company.

"Charles!" Rachel felt a bit upset.

She had never been this disappointed. Charles always patiently reasoned with her before, but today he didn't.

He had certainly changed.

Rachel felt depressed as she realised this.

"Rachel, have a good rest today. I will see you tomorrow," said Charles flatly.

"No. I won't let you go." Rachel wrapped her arms around Charles from behind. Charles smelled her pleasant fragrance, but he didn't feel the desire for her anymore.