The Queen's Back

Chapter 45

It

was

Mona's first time ever trying to seduce someone into bed.

Mona was tall, and in her short lingerie, her long, beautiful legs were on full display. They looked pale and pristine, like forbidden fruit, which made them all the more mesmerizing. Satisfied with her reflection, Mona headed toward the bedroom.

She found Maxwell seated at his desk, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He looked almost like a university professor, except that he also had a clear and collected gaze in his eyes. Her heart fluttered at the thought of what she was trying to do, even looking at Maxwell then made her feel shy. She

She avoided looking directly at him as she made her way to him with light steps.

When she was half an arm's length away from him, she had been so focused on her game plan that she accidentally slipped and fell forward, landing directly onto Maxwell's lap and into his arms.

To her credit, Mona a smoothly wrapped her arms around Maxwell's neck and locked eyes with him, but she was so shy that she hastily averted his gaze.

Mona was willing to swear that she hadn't done it deliberately. When she was formulating her plan in the bathroom, she did consider falling on purpose next to Maxwell, but decided against it because it seemed so clichéd.

Instead, she had planned to walk up to him, strike up a conversation and then go with the flow and let one thing lead to another. But now that she was in this literal position, she couldn't do anything but bite the bullet and roll with it. "M... Maxwell." Mona said in a bashful voice. She couldn't stand the sound of her own voice and she didn't know if it would stir any emotions in him. Maxwell swallowed hard.

His hand was on Mona's waist now, supporting her, and he could feel the heat of her body through the silky material. It was just that thin, flimsy piece of fabric that separated their skin now.

Suddenly presented with a soft and supple woman against him, Maxwell felt his breathing slow down as he tried to calm himself. He really wanted to take Mona at that exact moment, but he knew that it wasn't the right time yet. He forced down his urges and helped Mona up and away from him before making a beeline to the bathroom.

Mona watched Maxwell flee from her and sighed in resignation. She had been so obvious about her intentions, but he was indifferent.

Although she knew that Maxwell couldn't perform, she still felt disappointed now that she had personally verified

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Maxwell took an exceptionally long time in the bathroom, and by the time he quietly emerged, Mona had already fallen asleep from boredom.

Looking at Mona on the king sized bed, her breathing steady and undisturbed, Maxwell muttered something about how heartless she was to have made things so hard for him while she'd simply gone off to sleep.

He turned off the lights and lay down next to Mona. He didn't dare to hug her that night in case he was unable to control

himself.

The next day, just after dawn, Maxwell roused Mona from her sleep.

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Maxwell explained without being prompted, "It's time to get up, we're leaving." He didn't want to deal with Gordon and the others in the morning, and wanted to leave before anyone noticed. Mona nodded groggily and yawned before getting up to wash up

It was indeed an unusually early start for the both of them. When they went downstairs, the living room was empty except for a couple of servants who were cleaning.

The housekeeper saw them though, and asked if they would like to have breakfast then. Maxwell outright declined and held Mona's hand as he led them outside.

Mona wasn't used to getting up this early in the day, and she let herself get dragged along by Maxwell. It was only until they'd walked out to the garden area when she really took in the situation and their surroundings. She looked up at the sky, about to be illuminated by the brilliant rays of sunlight with hues of red and orange, and then looked at her and Maxwell's interlaced fingers. She took out her phone and without giving it much thought, took a picture of their tightly clasped hands.

The sound of the shutter going off rang out extraordinarily clearly in the silence of the morning.

Maxwell turned his head back then and their eyes met. Mona was a little embarrassed because she'd forgotten to turn off the flash, but she brushed it off and said, "Don't you think our hands look good together like this?"

She showed the picture she took to Maxwell.

Both of them had slim, slender fingers, and in the orange glow of the morning sun, the diamonds on their wedding rings shone with radiance. It was indeed a gorgeous picture.

Maxwell agreed without hesitation and answered, "Yeah, it really does. Send me the photo later."

There was no reason for Mona to decline his request and she sent it to Maxwell

on the spot.

After it was done, she showed her phone to Maxwell and shook it side to side, saying, "Sent."

After a good night's sleep, Mona had thoroughly thought it through. When the two of them were closer, she'd pluck up the courage to talk to Maxwell about his sexual ability. If there was some kind of treatment for it then great, but if not, she could just as well consider adoption. Mona felt that she owed Maxwell, and she was determined to repay her debt and take good care of him.

Maxwell brought Mona to a cafe for breakfast before dropping her off at her office.

When he was alone in the car, he made a rare post on his social media. He didn't write a caption, and let the picture of the clasped hands speak for itself.

He was in an outstandingly good mood that day.

It was a around I noon when Teddy saw that photo. He'd immediately recognized Mona's hand and threw his phone angrily on the ground, cursing. He had a feeling that Mona was planning to give him up, but of course, this had already been a given, and Teddy was just figuring it out now.

Like Maxwell, Mona was also remarkably happy as she'd entered her office. She was headed to the design department when she was accosted by Barbara. Barbara said to her, "Mona, I'd like to apologize on behalf of my team member. She shouldn't have spoken out of turn. As for the workspace, let's split it equally. If that doesn't appease your anger, I'd also be willing to give it up entirely."

She hadn't spoken very loudly, but she'd said it clearly and sincerely enough that the people who were already present had heard it.

Mona guessed that the team member in question was the one who was rude to Elara, and was the very same person who was helping Barbara to make her gown.

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"Thank you for the generous offer, but I've already found an alternative studio, so you can go ahead and use that workspace for yourself."

With that, Mona took a step to the side and walked past Barbara

Mona was well aware that if she'd accepted the offer, she would have come off as a bully. Now, since Mona had declined, it looked like Barbara was the one who was overthinking the whole situation and making a big deal out of nothing.