His Contractual Mistress

Hailey didn't move. She controlled her breathing, pretended she was asleep, and didn't notice Vince's hard-on poking on her leg. 

A long moment had passed; Hailey felt Vince's palms holding her head and place it down on the pillow, then Vince gets off the bed, leaving her bedroom. 

Now she is left alone; Hailey opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling with confusion. Where is Vince going, and if he even plans to come back?

It was like half an hour had passed, but Vince didn't come back yet. 

"Maybe he realizes that it's safer to sleep in a separate room." Hailey convinced herself that it was the case. 

Shrugging her thoughts, she fixed her sleeping position and turned to her left side, dragged herself to sleep back. 

She was dozing off when she felt the bed move a little, and her nose caught the fragrance of Vince's shampoo. 

'He took a shower? In the middle of the night?' 

'No. That's not it! He had a cold shower because of that… and probably…' 

'Ahhhhhhhh! What am I imagining? Men normally do that!'

And she guesses the reason he had to do that. It aroused him lying next to her; then to him, she's physically attractive. 

Hell, no! 

Being physically attractive to a man is the last thing she wanted to hear. 

She hopes for a man to see her worth and to love her unconditionally; it's not because she is wealthy and pretty, but thinking of her as the woman he wanted to grow old with. 

But knowing Vince didn't take advantage of her but control his desires, that is a million points she would give to him, and HE DESERVES HER HUG.

Hailey extends one arm and places it around Vince's waist, burying her face to his shoulder. 

Vince tore his lips with a pleasing smile. He could not restrain himself not to hold her this way. 

Aware of the fact that he just relieved himself, Vince is praying that his body would stay calm throughout the night next to this wonderful girl inside his arms. 

The next time she opens her eyes, the light from the window is blinding her. She tried to recall what happened last night.

In her recollection, Vince sleeps in her bedroom. But the other side of her bed is empty. And what's left is Vince's scent. 

Hailey inhaled the fragrant coming from the pillow Vince was lying on all night. She grabs it and hugs it. She wanted to stay a little longer, but she wondered what time it is now.

Hailey turned on her other side to check her digital clock on top of the bedside table. It is almost nine in the morning. 

"Oh! I haven't made our breakfast!" 

Hailey sat up and jumped off the bed. She rushed toward the washroom, brushed her teeth, and wash her face.

She changes her pajama with an oversized t-shirt and denim shorts underneath. 

Hailey sweeps her eyes to the entire living room while she descended on the staircase. Her eyes were looking for Vince, but it was empty. 

"Where is he?" 

Not long, Hailey noticed a shirtless man cleaning the pool area. This man is tending the landscape near the pool. 

She leaned on the door and watched the busy man pick up a big pot and moved it to the other side. His arms display the muscles in it, and it looks divine when beads of sweat glistening as the sunlight kisses on his skin. 

"This is breakfast." Her head playfully mumbled itself while her eyes feasted at the view in front of her. 

Senses the burning stare toward his direction, Vince glanced over his shoulder and caught the beautiful woman ogling at him. 

"Hi!" He greeted with a broad smile across his face. His teeth display how beautiful they are. 

Her face instantly flushes pink when Vince sees her ogling at him.  "Hey! Good morning!" She greeted Vince. That was awkward! Vince caught her red-handed! And she could not think of any excuse why she remained silent and didn't greet him first. To hide the awkwardness of this moment, she asked, "Have you had breakfast?" 

"Ah. Not yet. I'm waiting for you to wake up," Vince said. He was walking toward Hailey and halted in front of her. He quickly leaned over and filled her lips for a morning kiss. 

"I see…" The kiss dazed Hailey, which she had to knock on her head to get back to her senses. "Then, I will make breakfast for us!" 

She made a quick turn to avoid staring at Vince's flat stomach. She already said it a thousand times how she grows up seeing shirtless men all her life. 

Like Andre has a perfect body, and for example, the boys she knows… They have the body every girl drooled on. But she never thinks of them as tasty as Vince. 

Yup, that's right! She never imagined that a man could look as delicious as Vince is. 

'Gosh! I should stop having this thought! And early in the morning? Your insane, Hailey!' She scolded herself.

"I will take a shower then," Vince said, who follows Hailey to the kitchen to get some cold water in the dispenser. 

Hailey occupied herself, checking the fridge to see what she could make for breakfast. Well, it's just her excuse not to look at Vince's shirtless body.

In the next fifteen minutes, Hailey cook two scrambled eggs, she added a lot of spices and then toasted some bread, and some of it added butter on them. Not only that, she fried some bacon and arranged everything on two separate plates. 

Vince rushes to the kitchen after taking a shower. Perfect timing. Hailey is almost done preparing their breakfast. 

"Can I help?" Vince asked Hailey. He placed his arms on the counter, leaning over.

"Umm… We need a mug for coffee," Hailey replied.

"Okay! I'm on it!"  Vince gets down from the dining stool.

He strode toward the cupboard and took two mugs, then places them beside their plates. Hailey took the coffee pot and poured the black liquid. 

"Let's eat!" she declared after she places two glasses of water.

Seated across from Hailey, Vince emptied his plate. It gladdens her that Vince ate everything she prepared for him.

After breakfast, Hailey took the opportunity to talk with him. She was washing the dishes and handed them to Vince to dry them. 

"Ahem! How many days do you have to stay in Australia?" Hailey began by asking Vince a question. 

Vince thought for a moment before he replied to Hailey. "I must stay for one week or two to have a series of meetings with the clients to know what they want me to build. After that, I will come back to have a quick check of the company and then go back to Australia to work on my new projects." 

"I see. That's really great!" 

"Are you certain to be okay here?" Vince once again brings up his fear of leaving Hailey in Metro City. It worries him that something might happen in his absence. 

Hailey almost lets out a laugh listening to Vince's question, but she holds herself up not to. She doesn't want him to misinterpret something. 

"Don't worry about me. I will ring you immediately," Hailey promised. Now she realized it takes more assurance to make Vince stop acting like an overprotective boyfriend. 

And now mentioning the word "boyfriend". So, what will happen to their agreement? Does she even have a right to question it now? 

Immersed with her thoughts, she didn't notice Vince is now leaning at her. His face is too close to her, like it was just an inch away, and he would kiss her. 

"That's a promise, okay?" said Vince. Indeed, he kissed Hailey. He pulled his head to say something more. "And let me call you in the morning and during the night if it is fine for you?" 

'Huh? What did he ask me now?' Hailey was in a trance after the kiss. She could not fully process what Vince was asking her, and she had no spare time to think about it when Vince kissed her one more time.

And this time, he placed one arm on her back and pulled her closer to his body to kiss her deeper. 

'Ah, whatever...' Hailey sighs between the kisses. She had forgotten to mention her plans of meeting Kelly and Pit.

*

In the afternoon, Vince drove his car headed to the Shen Mansion. He parked his black Lamborghini in front of the grand patio. 

The Shen butler is currently walking out the dogs. He rushed toward Vince to greet the young master.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Shen." The butler greeted politely. "Should I park your car in the garage?" 

"Good afternoon, Roberto. And there's no need. I won't stay that long." Vince told the butler. He turned around and climbed the stairs.

Roberto was left astounded. His young master stayed in the mansion most of his time—designs about anything, whether not a project, and less care about going out.

But now, staying in the mansion is the last thing his young master wanted to do. 

Oh, well... His young master deserves a normal life without his mother nagging at him around.