Chapter 33 Sleep Together
Chapter 33 Sleep Together
Archie led Natalia to the row of servants and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, this is Natalia, my wife. From now on you should all call her Mrs. McCarthy, and you must respect her as much as you respect me, understand?"
The servants answered in unison, "Yes, Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy!"
Only then did Archie nod in satisfaction. After that, he held Natalia's hand and led her inside.
Natalia was a bit confused.
Until now, she didn't have any idea as to how she had followed this man to the McCarthy Mansion.
When she entered the bedroom, she finally understood what had happened and hurriedly pulled him back.
"Uh, I, I came here..."
"From now on, you will live here."
He looked at her seriously.
Natalia's heart stuttered.
It seemed that only at this time did she truly believe that when he said marriage, he wasn't joking, and he was pretty serious. Archie raised his hand to summon a maid and said in a deep voice, "Mrs. Dottie, please show Mrs. McCarthy around the mansion."
The maid called Mrs. Dottie hurriedly and happily went forward and answered, "Yes, Mrs. McCarthy, please follow me."
Natalia glanced at Archie, who was untying his tie and seemed to be planning to go to take a shower.
She pursed her lips, didn't say anything, but turned around and followed Mrs. Dottie.
McCarthy Mansion was very large. It was a standalone villa with a large garden. In the garden, there were all kinds of exotic flowers and precious trees for people to enjoy.
Behind the villa was a large area of lush green lawn, while next to the garden was a swimming pool. The glittering turquoise water rippled in the morning wind and made the place look like a paradise. After they had strolled around the entire mansion, and Mrs. Dottie took her through the whole villa.
Only then did she realize that Archie had actually prepared a room for her a long time ago.
The bedroom was naturally shared by the two of them, but there were two studies and two checkrooms.
Her study and checkroom were both on the third floor. There were many books in the study already, and she was actually surprised to find that most of the books there were the ones she really liked. There were even a few books that she had been looking for for a long time!
As for the checkroom, the checkroom was more than a hundred square feet, and the clothes and bags and shoes inside, were just the latest items of the season.
The products of her favorite designer, Amy, had occupied a whole closet! He'd just got every single item available for her.
Natalia couldn't help but gulp.
'That man is really ... fucking rich!'
But the effort put in the preparation also made it obvious that this man had long made up his mind to move in with her.
She couldn't help but slightly droop her eyes, and didn't know how long this man had been planning about his life with her. Watching around this place, she just found it unbelievable that he should have prepared everything in three days.
With doubts in her mind, Natalia returned to the second floor bedroom.
Archie was taking a bath, and she held her arm in the bedroom and strolled around. She found that compared to the luxurious style of the whole villa, the decoration in the bedroom was unexpectedly simple. The room was mostly colored in black, white and gray. Facing the door was a large piece of floor windows, which opened up to a spacious terrace, and under the terrace was the neatly trimmed green lawn she had saw just now.
A black bookshelf was placed against the wall. Those were mostly financial magazines, but she also found some car magazines.
In addition to books, there were also several small ornaments and trophies, and one of the trophies even had a photo on it.
It was from a basketball game. In the picture, a boy with short hair was smiling lazily, but the pair of dark and deep eyes seemed to be as sharp as a knife. Even from the photo, she could feel the oppressive
aura.
She couldn't help but smile and look closely at the name under the trophy.
St. John's University Basketball Champion?
He also went to St. John's?
Natalia was faintly surprised.
Because when she went abroad five years ago, she was introduced by an old friend of her mother at that time, and also went to St. John's.
What a coincident?
She didn't think much about it, and just then, the sound of door opening sounded behind her.
Archie walked out.
He was not wearing his clothes, only a bath towel around his waist, and crystal water droplets rolled down from his chest, sexy as hell. Under the messy short hair, his arched eyebrows and his deep and dark eyes were like two whirlpools sucking her in.
Her face stiffened instantly with a hint of embarrassment.
It was as if even the air grew oppressive.
Her eyes flickered wildly, not knowing where to land.
He sure saw her nervousness, and he walked straight towards her.
He was holding a towel in his hand, wiping his wet hair, and reached another hand over to pick up the trophy she was staring at earlier.
"You're looking at this?"
"Huh? Hmm."
Natalia responded uncomfortably.
As if Archie didn't notice her nervousness, he put the trophy down and said in a light voice, "I got this one when I was a part-time guest professor at the school. It's not much of a prize, but the experience was interesting."
Natalia was slightly taken aback.
"Professor?"
Archie raised his eyebrows, "What?"
"Oh, no, nothing."
Well! She just forgot how much of a big shot he had been. How could he just go there to study?
He was in his early twenties when he took over the McCarthy Properties, and he had been known as an unprecedented talent just by all those big shots in the business world. It's definitely not surprising that St John's would ask him to be a guest professor.
He looked at her deeply and asked, "Do you know this school too?"
She nodded.
"I went to this university five years ago."
Archie smiled.
"That's quite a fate then."
His gaze was deep and dark, as if there was something complicated hidden in his eyes, which she couldn't quite understand.
But she didn't think much about it, and right after that, she heard the low voice of the man.
"Want to take a shower?"
Natalia was still a little uncomfortable with the new environment, and once she thought of how this man had also used the bathroom just now, she felt uncomfortable even just going in again.
And she was also too embarrassed to propose to use the guest bath, so she could only shake her head.
"Then help me wipe my hair?"
He handed the towel over.
Natalia was stunned, but did not refuse.
After taking over the towel and waiting for him to sit on the sofa, she pressed the towel against his hair and gently wiped off the water for him.
His hair was very short, but not particularly hard. Her fingertips felt through the hair, giving her a strange feeling.
Natalia tried to restrain herself from thinking too much. Since she had accepted the fact that she was married to this man, and actually enjoyed the benefits he brought to her, she had to try to get used to living with him.
After a while, the hair was half dry.
Archie took the hair dryer and blew it out. Seeing her standing there, he felt a little amused.
He walked over, took her hand, and pressed her down so that she sat on the bed.
Natalia was a little confused, and seeing him lift his leg the next second, she couldn't help but reflexively shrink.
"What are you doing?",.
Archie's gaze deepened, half smiling.
"Mrs. McCarthy, aren't you even tired after such a day and a night?"
His words reminded her of what had happened, and she did feel tired.
She nodded her head.
"Then don't you want to sleep?"
"Now?"
"Well, sleep for a while first, I'll wake you up when it's time."
Natalia was dumbfounded as he took off the slippers on her feet, and when she came back to her senses, she was already pressed down on the bed.