The Library and The Lab

The books were lined neatly and perfectly. My eyes glazed with amazement as I did not think there was a big library like this in the mansion.

When other girls got sparkles in their eyes when they shop for clothes… my eyes sparkled when I see books.

“Did you just have an orgasm?” Alexander chuckled while covering his mouth. He was laughing at my expression. “I knew you’d like this.”

My feet were already walking on their own to one of the shelves on the first floor. I scanned the titles written on the book spines. The books on that row were all medicine books and were put according to the alphabetical order of the authors’ names.

“I’ve arranged for medical books to be put on the first row of shelves. General science, physics, maths on the next. And so on. The categorization system can be seen on the drawer of that table.” He pointed to a small desk just beside the stairs.

But my mind was caught with one sentence. “You… categorized medical books on the front row… for me?”

I regretted asking that. Because somehow, that turned Alexander’s expression into sour again. As if I just reminded him that he should be angry at me. Again, I asked myself, what had I done wrong to this man?

“You can ogle on the books later. Use it as much as you want for your study,” he said, “Now let’s go the fourth floor. I have to show you the lab and then I have to go. I’m busy, you know.”

With a heavy but silent sigh, I followed him to the fourth floor. I thought nothing could beat the amazement I had for the library. But the lab was… absolutely ridiculous.

“No way…,” was my first reaction when I saw the whole fourth floor.

It was almost the exact same lab as I saw in my research institute. There was a PCR machine on one table, a large computer along with the chair and CPU, glasses, there was a desk full of all kinds of microscopes, there was one desk that was filled with books and folders, and many more. Next to the stairs, there was also a hanger for coats and other laboratory equipment.

“Is it enough?” he asked.

“Are you kidding?” I asked him, flabbergasted. “This is… this… this…” Needless to say, I was speechless.

“This is connected to the library. And you can come here whenever you want,” he said.

He clicked his tongue again seeing me amazed with everything. He already knew that he gave me much more than I expected. 

“Breakfast at eight. Lunch at thirteen. And dinner at twenty. I’ll have Xavier arrange snacks at sixteen for you too,” he started saying. “Other than that, you are free to do anything.”

I blinked. Come to think of it. Wasn’t this the kind of luxury easy life every girl ever dream of? I could do whatever I want and still have great food to eat and a comfortable bed to sleep with.

Why did I ever want to quit as Alexander’s sugar baby?

“Are you… making me your sugar baby again?” I asked.

He arched his brow then he scoffed. “Why? Now that you see what I can give you,” he extended his arms to emphasize all the things he had shown me, “You want to crawl back into my arms?”

“What? No–“

“Or do you miss my cock now?”

“No!” I cried out quickly, to which he responded in a sneer.

“Look, I don’t know what is your problem with me–“

“Oh, you don’t know?” he asked, annoyed. His brows furrowed and his nostrils flared. His jaw tightened too. “Well, figure it out!”

He suddenly walked past me and started descending the stairs without even giving me a chance to ask further or to clear the air between us. But then he stopped after a few steps. “Oh, I forgot,” he said, pinning me with his intense gaze, “Do not enter the fifth floor.”

My curiosity, however, got the best of me, “What’s on the fifth floor?”

“My room.” His tone was heavy. “I do not want to entertain a cheap girl who gladly jumps into bed with a man she hardly knows.”

I blinked at his awful remark. I knew he was talking about Michael and I doing it just a few hours ago. But what was his deal? I jumped into bed with him too despite only knowing him for a few hours. And that happened months ago!

My fists were clenched as my fury rose inside of me. He just called me cheap. But my mouth did not want to let out the words I piled inside my mind.

Alexander smirked a little seeing that I could not rebuttal his slander. He continued to descend the stairs as he said, “And your next date is with Renald.”

I could hear him scoffing loudly on the floor below me. “At least wait a few hours before you jump on this one, will you? It’s not even a day yet!”

My jaw dropped at his insult.

I gripped the railing of the stairs and finally shouted, “Asshole!” I did not care if I would anger him at that point. And truthfully, I wanted to shout more condescending words to that spiteful man. But he was already gone from my sight.

“Miss?” I heard someone called from behind me.

I turned to see Renald standing behind me. I was a little shocked. “Oh my god. How did you get behind me?”

“I winnowed because Father said it’s my turn.”

I blinked several times.

“He said you would want to try testing on me first.”

“Oh…”