Chapter 119: A Night Of Pure Passion
Scarlett stomped on his feet and said angrily, “Well, it looks like my biggest distraction is you. Hey, if not for you, I wouldn’t have been dozing off in class every day, okay?”Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.
Francis grew dark and snarled, “Is that how you talk to your own husband? As if he’s an annoyance and a chore?”
“Stop that. I have to study now!” She said as her ears reddened.
Francis lowered his head to get close to Scarlett and gave a little kiss on her cold cheek, “Why should I stop? It looks like I need to prove myself to you again now, and then you will know how to talk to me the right way.”
“Stop it! I need to study now, and I have an exam tomorrow.” She stared at him very shyly. Scarlett knew what Francis had in mind, but she wasn’t in the mood.
However, her shyness was so lovely that he could not control himself and kept on kissing her…
A while later, there were clothes strewn all over the floor, and Francis had managed to pin Scarlett down on the sofa before she could even grasp what was happening. But even as Scarlett was overwhelmed by his kisses, the thought of her unfinished book haunted her.
But it was too late to worry about her book now. She knew that nothing was more powerful than Francis’s passion. Moreover, Scarlett felt like she could use the break– she craved the feeling of his body on hers. A night of pure passion and fire ensued.
After the previous night of relentless lovemaking, Scarlett was exhausted. She walked into the classroom, where the exam was being conducted completely unprepared.
Scarlett finished the exam uneasily, and then she asked around about who would be in charge of grading their papers. She was so desperate that she even considered asking one of the upperclassmen to help her steal her test paper out. At last, after asking around, she finally learned that it was Sarah who was going to be helping the professor grade the papers.
“Don’t worry, Scarlett. There’s nobody in this class less likely to fail than you! If you fail, then that surely means that nobody would be able to pass.” Sarah smiled and said.
“Sarah, I learned that you are responsible for grading our test papers? Is that true?” Upon hearing that, Sarah stopped smiling and adjusted her glasses, and said seriously, “In the spirit of fairness and justice, I won’t take any bribes. I can’t. I’m sorry, Scarlett, it’s just not possible. I cannot condone bribery.”
“Oh… well, okay…I seem to recall just now that you said you had wanted to go to that Taylor Swift concert happening next month, right? Or am I remembering wrong?” Scarlett suddenly asked.
“But that concert sold out like months ago!” Sarah sighed.
“Well, I have two VIP tickets, actually… I’m pretty sure they include a meet and greet backstage and all that fancy stuff…” Scarlett smirked slightly.
“Really? No fucking way! How did you get your hands on them?” She got excited and came to her and said, “Scarlett, I think you are a very promising student. I believe that you will pass the exam with flying colors.”
“Really?” Scarlett grinned at her.
Sarah instantly started dragging Scarlett towards the classroom, holding her by her arm. She winked and said, “Well, people like me, who have extreme myopia, can’t be expected to tell the difference between 69 and 89. It all looks the same to me! So, you will pass the exam. You’ll do just fine, I assure you. Don’t worry about it!”
“Well, thank you very much, Sarah. Please know that I really appreciate your commitment to equity and justice.” Scarlett said.
“You’re welcome! Don’t mention it.” Sarah said and winked again.
With that, the two cut a mutually beneficial deal.
After work, Francis went back home immediately. When he walked into the house, he saw Scarlett in the living room; she was smiling ear to ear.
“So, did it work?” He asked.
Scarlett saw him and moved to sit down next to Francis. She took his arm and said, “Francis, it looks like I’ve figured out how you’ve been doing business so well all these years!”
“There won’t be the next time, okay? Make sure you don’t find yourself in this position again!”
“Hey, don’t do that! It’s a good shortcut for success! The money could take care of everything! Absolutely everything. Nobody refuses money in this world.”
Francis pinched her cheek and teased, “Remember that taking the crooked road will lead you to suffer.”
“I don’t understand that. Didn’t you do that, too?” She exclaimed.
He touched her head and said, “You are not me! So you don’t have the right to do that!”
“Why is that?”
“It’s a hard road, so I don’t want you to suffer the way that I have. I don’t want you to go through everything that I’ve experienced.”
Scarlett stayed in his arms and joked, “Francis, you’re just afraid that I will be more successful than you and steal your thunder, right?”
Francis gave her a hard flick on the forehead, and Scarlett retreated in her seat. The two stayed quietly together.
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Today was the day: the baby was about to get a vaccine. Scarlett woke him up early and got him dressed and ready to go.
“Be a brave boy, Carlos, okay? Mommy’s right here.”
Carlos had learned how to crawl. Now, he would crawl over everything he could find. He struggled to jump out of Scarlett’s arms and crawl all over his favorite carpet on the floor.
“Get back and be a good boy!”
The baby hummed angrily. He held fast to his mother’s neck. She laughed and got in the car. Grace followed them to get in and sat herself down on the backseat with all the things they would need for their trip. And then Carlos waved at Grace and stared at her with his big rolling eyes.
No matter how hard Scarlett tried to make him laugh, she still failed. The baby just gave her a blank glance, then closed his eyes and went to sleep in her arms.