To Wear or Not to Wear
Elise realized it was not the time to get embarrassed, so she recomposed herself and got serious as
well. “A distraction?” she repeated it, then she understood what Alexander was getting at. “Faye! She
did this!”
The first thing Trevor said after he stood up was to marry Faye off. Jeanie had also told Elise that
Austin wanted to marry Faye off to Johan first. Only then would he settle the marriage between Elise
and Alexander.
Alexander smiled and scraped her nose. “Smart,” he said lovingly.
Now the pieces have fallen into place. Faye wants to keep staying with the family, so she came up with
this diversion. However, Elise had looked into it and found out that the Fields never came in contact
with anyone. So how did Faye talk them into this? Or did she choose the girl at random for Trevor?
Elise couldn’t be sure, but now that she knew how the case happened, it’d be easy to look into it.
They stayed together for a while longer, then Elise went to Trevor’s room.
The medicinal bath was already prepared as per Elise’s instruction. She looked inside and told the
caretaker directly, “Take his clothes off.”
It was not the first time Elise made strange requests, so within two minutes, the caretaker had already
stripped Trevor of all fabric.
“Put him in the bath, and you may leave,” Elise said again.
“Yes,” the caretakers answered politely and quickly did as Elise said before leaving the room.
Elise looked away and turned to speak to Jeanie and Alexander. “You two should go out too. I’m going
to use some needles here, and it’s a bit of a private matter. It’s best that you don’t stay around.”
“Of course, Elise. Don’t push yourself. If you can’t complete it in one session, you can resume the next
day. Your brother’s tough. He can endure the pain for a couple more days.” Jeanie held Elise’s hand
and patted it.
“What am I, chopped liver?” Trevor complained.
“Maybe.” Jeanie teased him with feigned seriousness. “Elise has never lost any fight, but you? You
spend her money, get into trouble, and she has to step in to save you. I’d rather raise a pig at this rate.
At least it’s worth something.”
“Mom, quiet down,” Trevor said. Alexander is watching. I don’t want to embarrass myself in front of my
future brother-in-law.
“Yeah, yeah,” Jeanie answered, but she didn’t care too much about it. “Tell her to stop if she looks even
the least bit exhausted, got it?”
Oh, mother. My heart bleeds for the lack of love from you. Do you see it?
Jeanie gave Elise an encouraging look before leaving the room. However, Alexander remained rooted
to his spot like a tree.
“Aren’t you leaving?” Elise arched her eyebrow.
“No,” Alexander answered calmly. “We’re guys. We don’t really mind, and I can help you.”
“But I need no assistant,” Elise answered innocently.
A frown appeared on Alexander’s face, and he said, “Then I shall be witnessing your skills.”
Elise shrugged. “Suit yourself,” she mumbled. Then, she went into the chamber and stood beside the
bath. At the same time, she took the needles out of the pouch beside her and spread them on Trevor’s
acupoints. Once half of the needles were used, she said, “Stand up.”
“Huh?” Trevor was flabbergasted. He was stark naked, and when Elise came so close to him just now,
he covered his wiener even though the medicinal bath was black in color. Is she going to do something
to Trevor Jr.? “E-Elise.” Trevor coughed and shifted the topic stiffly. “I don’t think you’re an expert in
this, right? And I’m really fine down there, so there’s no need for the needles, alright?”
Elise looked at him curiously. “If you were really fine, you wouldn’t have been beaten to a pulp by a
bunch of regular guys.”
You just had to bring that up.
“Okay”
Trevor was still fidgeting, but he would not stand up. Finally, Elise lost her patience. “I’m a professional.
Patients are patients, so I don’t care about their gender. Or do you think your wiener is too small for me
to find?”
“Am not!” Trevor retorted loudly. “On the contrary, it’s so big you might be scared!” He paused for a
moment and looked at her melancholically. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a woman like you.” He gave up
arguing and put his hands away before slowly standing up while holding the edge of the bath for
support.
Elise was sitting beside the bath calmly. Just before she could see Trevor stark naked, someone
covered her eyes. Alexander took a pair of pants hanging somewhere beside him and tossed it into the
bath. “Wear this,” he said coldly.
Trevor picked it up. He looked at Alexander before turning to Elise, at a loss of what to do. “So should I
wear this, Elise?”
Elise was amused. Oh, so that’s why he stayed behind. “Wear it.” She smiled. “We’ll skip that part and
switch you to meds for Trevor Jr., but Alexander’s going to have to pay for those meds.” Well, he
stepped in right before I could do anything. If he doesn’t want me to look at it, then he has to pay the
price.
Trevor looked at Alexander with an unspoken plea in his eyes.
“I’ll pay,” Alexander said calmly. “I’ll get Trevor everything he needs.”
“That’s more like it.” Trevor happily picked the pants up and wore them.
Alexander removed his hands from her eyes and put them behind him, acting like nothing had
happened.
Elise shook her head with a smile and went back to the acupuncture treatment for Trevor. Once the last
needle pierced its target, she told him to go back into the bath.
The moment he soaked himself in the bath, Trevor felt electrified. He gritted his teeth, and every cell in
his body was shaking.
“You’ll have to endure the pain if you want to hasten the absorption and change your body,” Elise said.
“No prob.” Trevor gritted his teeth and tried to be as calm as he could. “I can take this easy.”
“Is that so?” Elise arched her eyebrow. “We’ll be leaving for a couple of hours then.”
“Huh?” Trevor’s voice broke. He turned around, but Elise was already leaving with Alexander hand-in-
hand without a care in the world.
“Elise? Alexander? You can’t leave me alone here!” Trevor pleaded, but silence was his answer.
A few moments later, the door creaked shut.
Outside the room, Elise stood before Alexander, staring at his face. “Well, I never thought you’d be
such a schemer, Mr. Griffith. You’re jealous of Trevor, aren’t you?”
Alexander squinted. Once she was done talking, he wrapped his hand around her shoulder and pulled
her into his embrace. Elise was about to protest, but then he said calmly, “Yes. I’m jealous of anyone
who gets close to you. I want you all to myself.”
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