Chapter 12 Rights

Time seemed to stop for a moment. Claire fell on top of Mason’s lap, and her whole body froze in place. What… what was he doing? His manly scent dominated the air around her and soon followed to invade all her senses. “Let… let me go!” Claire was stunned for two seconds before she reacted, using her small hand to brace herself against Mason’s chest, bridging a distance between the two people. Slap! Mason gripped her delicate wrist, his eyes dark as he said coldly, “Did your ex-husband never teach you how to do it? Or are you just acting pure in front of me in the hopes that I’ll teach you?” “What?” “Well, your wish is my command.” Click-- Mason held onto her hand as they pressed down on the belt buckle, which clicked in response. The belt unbuckled… Claire felt her brain turn off for a second. Her eyes, which resembled a frozen spring, grew wide under Mason’s gaze. Unfortunately, because Claire’s brain had switched off, her body did not respond as well. “Do you understand now?” Mason asked hoarsely. Sitting on his lap, Claire took a look at Mason, who was so close he was almost within reach. He had a handsome face. A pair of deep eyes, a high, curved nose, a pair of thin lips that resembled a line when they were pursed together. She had to admit that Mason Yeich was a handsome man. How many women in North City had he attracted with that face? However, Claire could not forget the insults he had hurled at her. When she saw him gradually approaching, Claire instinctively turned her head away. Mason’s eyes darkened as he used his slender fingers to grip her jaw and said viciously, “What are you hiding from? Taking advantage of me? Why, do you think I’ll be interested in a divorcee like you?” “No!” Claire did not want to continue listening to his insults. Biting on her lower lip, she said, “If you’re not interested in divorcees like me, please let me go.” “Why? What does my letting go of you have to do with me being interested in you?” Claire’s eyes widened at his words. “You…” “Hah.” A pair of thin, cold lips hovered over the red lips that were trembling from nerves. Claire’s mind blanked out for a few seconds before she could react. She pushed on his chest with all her strength. Mason had intended to humiliate her, and see how good a divorcee was at kissing. However, her reaction had been unexpectedly inexperienced. Darn it! If she wanted to seduce him, shouldn’t she be doing everything she could to get a reaction out of him? Mason abruptly pushed the person in his arms away and released her lips. “Just that dumb?” Claire’s head was dizzy from the kiss. Except for the man a month ago, she had never experienced such a domineering kiss before. Mason was too powerful. No matter what you did, you could not escape. Mouth filled with the male’s unfamiliar scent, her thoughts drifted far away as she stared at him with dazed eyes, unable to form any words. Mason’s eyes narrowed dangerously as he stared at the pair of eyes that was just within arm’s reach. The woman’s eyes were just like a cold spring. On normal days, they were too cold, too uninteresting, unable to spark interest in anyone. An inexplicable thought appeared in Mason’s mind. Why exactly had this woman gotten divorced? Could it be? Mason narrowed his eyes. Gripping her chin, he leaned forward and asked hoarsely, “Never kissed before? Don’t even know how to change your breathing?” Upon hearing that, Claire seemed to come back to her senses, the confusion slowly fading away from her eyes. However, the man’s thin lips enveloped hers again. Mason did not know what was going on as well, but at that moment, he wanted to retain the look in Claire’s eyes, so he went straight for the mouth. Claire did not know how long she had been sinking for before she snapped back to her senses. She yelped as she gave him a mighty shove. She shoved Mason away and fell in the process. Emotions and passion had run high, Mason’s grip on her had loosened. Claire fell on the ice-cold floor, her entire brain fuzzy. She covered her swollen red lips and looked at him accusingly through her beautiful eyes. “What are you doing!” Mason’s expression turned slightly startled after getting shoved, but he soon regained his composure. “Executing my authority as a husband. Are you not used to it, Madam Yeich?” The corners of his lips were turned up in a mocking smile. It was obvious that he was humiliating her. Claire said angrily, “I thought you weren’t interested in me? Why kiss me then!” In her mind, kissing was something that should only be done between people who loved each other. However, the way he looked at her made it clear that he was disgusted by her, how could he still kiss her?” “Madam Yeich, did I not just tell you? Being interested in you and humiliating you are two entirely different things.” Claire was stunned. She did not expect him to be this vicious. Claire was so angry that she got up to leave. “Madam Yeich, you still haven’t taken off my clothes.” “Or, are you not interested in being Madam Yeich anymore?” A threat! Claire’s hands curled into fists, her face flushed white from anger. In the end, she loosened her fists. Forget it, she would just bear with it again. It was just taking off clothes, wasn’t it? As Claire turned around and walked back to him, Mason noticed that her beautiful eyes had regained their usual coolness. They now looked like a still spring of water again. Hah, what a bummer. She wanted to stay with the Yeich family, yet she had no idea how to seduce someone. Claire bent down to help him undress, yet she could not take his pants off no matter how hard she tried. In the end, she had to say, “Please help…” Mason sat impassively. “Does Madam Yeich not know that I’m disabled? How could I help?” Claire said, “...If you don’t help I can’t undress you.” “Oh, seems like you’re pretty useless.” The expression on Claire’s face faltered. She shut her mouth and tried her best. Two minutes later Claire still had not succeeded. What should she do? The rims of her eyes turned red as Claire was so anxious, she was about to cry.