It didn’t take long for Erin Xavier to get the ga pod installed.
He played with Zoe Pierce for the better part of the day, then got out of the pod and started to prepare dinner for her.
After he left the ga, Zoe Pierce only played for a short while before stopping.
Compared to the ga, the Erin Xavier of this mont was clearly far more intriguing to her.
She silently logged out of the ga and extended her spiritual power.
The man stood in the kitchen with his back to her, wearing an apron with his sleeves rolled up.
A robot was peeling shrimp beside him, while Erin Xavier was in charge of cooking them.
The kitchen was bustling with activity.
Judging by his movents, he was clearly skilled.
He even bantered with the robot. "Have you morized how to do it?"
The robot replied chanically, "The recipe has been recorded."
This type of household robot had long been capable of cooking. The only difference between them and humans was creativity—the ability to innovate and create dishes that perfectly suited their master’s palate.
And Erin Xavier’s cooking, under Mrs. Lewis’s guidance, had that innovative touch.
In high spirits, he turned and glanced at the ga pods outside. His gaze suddenly froze for a mont. Then, a small smile touched his lips. He washed and dried his hands before walking out of the kitchen.
To Zoe Pierce’s astonishnt, he then pressed the button on the side of her ga pod.
He braced a hand on the edge of the pod, his eyes eting Zoe Pierce’s. "Do you really need to put on an act just to watch ?"
A connected pod would have a green light, but the one on Zoe’s was red.
She was clearly faking it.
Busted. Zoe Pierce couldn’t keep up the pretense and sat up inside the ga pod.
"How did you know?" She was confident in her spiritual power. ’It couldn’t have been that.’
Erin Xavier leaned in close. "Kiss , and I’ll tell you."
If she just turned her head, her lips would et his.
Zoe Pierce’s hand gripped the pod’s handle, his soft breath brushing against her cheek.
She turned her head slightly, her lips brushing past his in a flash. She frowned in annoyance. "Now tell ."
Erin Xavier cupped the back of her head. Unlike her fleeting touch, his kiss landed deeper, grinding against her lips until he was satisfied before letting go.
Zoe Pierce stared at him, her eyes wide.
Her lips were a deep, flushed red.
He helped her up, then unhurriedly gave her the answer.
"Zoe Pierce, keep company." Seeing she no longer wanted to play, Erin Xavier took her by the wrist and led her toward the kitchen. "I’ll cook for you, and you can watch . Is that too much to ask?"
Zoe Pierce rubbed her nose awkwardly. Of course, it wasn’t too much to ask.
In fact, besides Erin Xavier, Zoe Pierce couldn’t think of a single other man who had ever cooked for her.
Erin Xavier had no intention of letting Zoe Pierce lift a finger. He just had her stand aside while he and the robot worked together with swift efficiency.
No matter how many tis she watched, it always felt magical.
Even without turning around, Erin Xavier could feel her gaze on him. "I used to wonder..."
"What it would be like if I had a family of my own?"
If his mother’s health had been a little better, if his father had loved his mother a little more...
But there are no ’what ifs,’ so his hopes had always been pinned on his own future family.
"I imagined the lady of the house and the robot bustling about, waiting for to co ho." It was a corny, unimaginative fantasy.
He turned on the stove, then turned to look at Zoe Pierce. "But now... I think having the lady of the house watch and the robot bustle around for her... that doesn’t seem so bad either."
He tilted his head with a smile and stepped closer to Zoe Pierce.
"And then, the lady of the house should probably reward this man, don’t you think?"
’This guy can’t go more than a few sentences without asking for a kiss.’
Zoe Pierce felt a bit helpless, but she couldn’t help being moved by his words.
’It’s really hard to be stern with soone who is constantly trying to please her.’
Besides, the two of them were already far more intimate than most.
As if to say ’what the hell,’ Zoe Pierce resignedly wrapped her arms around his neck and, for the first ti, initiated a kiss.
It wasn’t a short kiss. In fact, it went a step further.
Erin Xavier could still savor the mory of her initiative, of how she’d beco entangled with him.
It stirred a storm inside him.
He braced his hands on the wall behind her, pressing his hips forward to et her.
When the kiss finally ended, both Erin Xavier and Zoe Pierce were breathing softly.
"This is the second ti you’ve initiated."
"The last ti, during your heat, you were just like this. You drove insane."
Erin Xavier’s hands only dared to remain braced on the wall. He didn’t dare touch her, afraid he wouldn’t be able to hold back and would scare her again.
Heat.
Zoe Pierce suddenly thought of the mark on the back of her neck. The last ti her gland acted up, Erin Xavier had been by her side.
Afterward, he had only apologized for the incident, never explaining what had actually happened.
Only now, after they had done all this while clear-headed, was he finally willing to tell her.
"What else did I do...?" Zoe Pierce’s scalp tingled. ’So, does that an I can’t really bla Erin Xavier?’
’He was seduced by , is that why this happened?’
Erin Xavier’s eyes flickered, and he embellished the story without a shred of guilt. "You kissed . Begged to mark you."
His eyes glanced down at her full chest. "You even rubbed these against ."
Zoe Pierce was completely stunned. She had no mory of any of it, of course.
"But the worst part was what you did to this." He pointed to his canines, the source of his Alpha pheromones, and flicked his tongue out to demonstrate.
His gesture was an accusation of her actions back then.
Zoe Pierce was dumbstruck. "No way..."
"You’re lying..." But with the look on Erin Xavier’s face, it was impossible to tell if he was telling the truth.
Erin Xavier snorted. "I knew you wouldn’t admit it. If I hadn’t knocked you unconscious back then, we would’ve already been together."
Together in a way that’s even more intimate, more complete, than we are now.
"I was this close," Erin Xavier said. "I honestly wanted to take you completely."
He’d wake in the middle of the night, his heart pounding at the mory of her seduction, and find himself sitting in his cha, drenched in sweat and utterly spent, a pathetic ss.
Her body was wreathed in his scent, and she seduced him, clinging to him like a snake.
Zoe Pierce suddenly grew tense. "The temporary mark... it’s about to wear off, isn’t it?"
Erin Xavier did a quick ntal calculation. It was true. "It’ll probably be gone by the ti you see Miles. Do you want Miles to mark you?"
"Or..." Is there soone else you’ve set your heart on?
Zoe Pierce shot him a look. ’Can’t I just use an inhibitor?’
’Once it wears off, my pheromones should go back to normal. I won’t necessarily need an Alpha’s pheromones then, right?’
Erin Xavier whispered in Zoe Pierce’s ear, "Zoe Pierce, do you know why Chase won’t make a move on you?"
His sudden ntion of Chase Shaw made Zoe Pierce fall silent.
"Because a mark is exclusive."
"I marked you. If he were to do anything to you, you would get hurt."
"Your pheromones affect too. During this ti, I can’t sll any other Oga. I can only sll you."
"Right now, I’m yours, and you’re mine."
"You have to believe . As long as you’re not willing, I won’t do anything to you. I held back before, let alone now."
Erin Xavier’s intensity subsided, and his fingers finally dared to caress her face. "So, don’t be afraid of , okay?"
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