Uncle's Back

I slept with my best friend's second uncle.

The scoundrel was impeccably dressed, looking utterly harmless. "This old uncle's back can't take such roughhousing."

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The moment Chloe Quinn opened the door, she asked me, "Bestie, I've only been on a business trip for a few days. What happened, were you ravaged by a vampire?"

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I dragged my exhausted body inside, silently cursing that damn man.

'Right now, all I want to do is sleep. I don't want anyone to talk to me.'

Chloe Quinn must have thought that as a corporate drone, I'd been pulling a ton of overtime recently, which was why I was tired as a dog. So she didn't disturb me, letting me sleep like the dead.

I finally got out of bed a little after five.

'I feel like I haven't slept this well in ages. Awesome!'

Coming out of the bathroom, before I even had a chance to get dressed, I was lifted up from behind and thrown onto the bed.

Before I could scream, my mouth was sealed by a pair of soft lips.

Staring at Zane Quinn, who had suddenly appeared in my room, I screamed internally.

'Zane Quinn, you're heartless!'

In the heat of our passion, there was a knock on the door, immediately followed by the sound of Chloe Quinn's voice.

"Lucia, why'd you lock the door? Are you done yet? Hurry up!"

I shoved hard at the damn man on top of me. "Hurry up!"

Zane Quinn's lips curled into a maddening smirk. "Men hate hearing that word the most."

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A long while later, I cautiously opened the door a crack. Seeing that Chloe Quinn wasn't outside, I immediately pulled Zane Quinn over and shoved him out the door.

The damn man turned back to laugh at my thief-like guilty conscience, then strolled toward the front door looking utterly refreshed.

My heart was pounding frantically. Just as Zane Quinn was about to leave, the very thing I dreaded most happened.

Chloe Quinn came out of her room. She was stunned to see Zane Quinn standing by the door.

"Huh? Second Uncle Quinn, what are you doing here?"

Zane Quinn elegantly adjusted his cufflinks, looking every inch the refined villain.

"I came to see you."

Chloe Quinn then spotted me peeking through the doorway and waved me over. "Lucia, my Second Uncle Quinn is here."

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'Your Second Uncle Quinn isn't just here, he was about to leave, too.'

I stepped out, not daring to meet Zane Quinn's eyes.

I was afraid that if our gazes met, some chemical reaction would occur and let Chloe Quinn sniff out the illicit affair between me and her Second Uncle Quinn.

However, I was being naive.

Chloe Quinn suddenly pointed at my face and asked loudly, "Lucia, why is your face so red?"

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From the corner of my eye, I saw Zane Quinn snickering. I almost coughed up blood. I was so angry I could have gone to meet my ancestors.

Just as I was thinking of a way to change the subject, Zane Quinn spoke up. "Looks like Lucia's been doing quite well for herself lately, looking all radiant."

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I gritted my teeth, suppressing the urge to beat Zane Quinn to death, and let out a dry laugh. "All thanks to you."

Chloe Quinn didn't notice anything amiss between me and her Second Uncle Quinn. She wouldn't even dare to think in that direction.

She came over, took my hand, and led me to Zane Quinn.

"Second Uncle Quinn, the two of us are having hot pot tonight. We're about to go down to buy groceries, so you should stay and have some with us."

I knew Chloe Quinn was just being polite. She was always complaining to me that her Second Uncle Quinn was a total ice block, so emotionless that no one dared to get close to him.

But the ice block himself nodded. "Alright."