On Monday, the yard of the neighboring single-family home also fell silent.
Mrs. Akari, having been forced to change her panties that were soiled by a lustful dream, washed the shameful underwear. As she hung it on the balcony, she took a moment to look into the neighboring yard.
In the quiet yard, only the occasional sound of cicadas could be heard. The cool motorcycle that was usually parked there and always visible was gone. Sunlight shone on the area, flickering with bright spots.
Only a small white cat was curled up on the wall, lazily basking in the sun. If you didn't look closely, you wouldn't notice the little creature at all.
The sounds of laughter and frolic that could be heard from the yard yesterday were also gone, replaced by silence. Mrs. Akari knew that the girls next door had gone to school.
They were still high school students.
Of course, Alex was too.
Thinking of Alex, and seeing the panties in her hand, Mrs. Akari was reminded of the shameful dream from the night before—the scene of her and Alex in passionate embrace. She couldn't help but blush. The next second, she thought of her husband and felt a little guilty toward Nori.
However... Nori was away on a business trip, and he had just called again. It would be several more days before he could return. Mrs. Akari smiled bitterly. Listening to her husband's tone on the phone, it seemed he had received a lot of attention from his company president.
Everything he said was filled with gratitude and praise, preventing the married woman, who had wanted to say something, from uttering a single word. In the end, she could only hang up the phone gloomily.
Thinking of this, she looked up at the sun. The scorching sunlight failed to bring her warmth; only a heart full of helplessness and bitterness. Her husband, whom she once loved dearly, now offered less reassurance than Alex...
"Ugh, what am I thinking?" Mrs. Akari quickly cupped her face with her hands. The events with Alex yesterday left her with complex feelings. Recalling them now... even though it was only kissing and touching, and nothing too excessive had happened.
But even that was too much. She was a married woman; this already counted as an affair, didn't it? Although she knew she shouldn't, deep down she wasn't repelled. On the contrary...
"Hmm?"
Just as she was thinking, she glanced at a car driving in the distance. Mrs. Akari's face suddenly changed drastically. She quickly withdrew her head from the window, closed the window, and drew the curtains. Cupping her chest, she gritted her teeth.
"That man..."
He was back again.
Soon, the sound of the doorbell, like a nightmare, made the pale Mrs. Akari shrink into a corner, her cherry lips trembling. "Alex..."
Frightened and terrified, and repeatedly disappointed by her husband, the first person Mrs. Akari thought of was not Nori, but the boy from yesterday.
"Ding-dong—"
"Ding-dong—"
"Mrs. Akari, are you pretending not to be home again?" Gonzo Kamekura's repulsive face, with his features all squeezed together, smiled obscenely. He looked up at the clothes hanging on the line and grinned widely. "No one can help you now. Open the door, I know you're inside."
He had specifically chosen this time to visit the beautiful young married woman to avoid the brat next door. However, it wasn't because he was afraid of him; he was just being cautious while investigating the boy's background.
The beautiful women next door were just as attractive as Mrs. Akari; they would all be his eventually... Gonzo Kamekura, with a sinister inner smile, glanced at the neighboring yard. The next second, his smile abruptly froze as he met a pair of amber cat eyes.
He realized there was a cat curled up on the wall. Although it was a cute little cat and posed no threat, what chilled him was the strange look emanating from those amber cat eyes, causing cold sweat to break out.
The hand reaching for the doorbell froze in mid-air. Snapping back to his senses, Gonzo Kamekura shook his head violently, trying to dismiss his fear. He considered simply breaking down the door, but the cat staring intently at him was too bizarre.
Could it be the brat next door's pet?
Gonzo Kamekura's fat face was extremely ugly. Thinking of that strange boy, the women who weren't afraid of him, and now this eerie cat, the more he thought about it, the more suspicious that household seemed.
Gonzo Kamekura couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead. "Fine, there's plenty of time anyway, there will be other opportunities..."
There was no need to cause a scene here. Annoying as that brat was, Mrs. Akari lived here and couldn't escape. Besides, maybe Nori Higashi would even assist him once he returned.
Gonzo Kamekura laughed two sinister laughs, glanced once more at the white cat, and then turned and left decisively. From the window, Akari carefully lifted a corner of the curtain and watched the car drive away in the distance. Her tension eased, and her body slumped against the wall.
"Phew..."
The greatly relieved Mrs. Akari held her phone, which still showed their chat log. Even though that disgusting and terrifying man had left, the psychological trauma he left on the beautiful young woman wouldn't disappear so easily. "Alex..."
Mrs. Akari was missing Alex more and more.
"What is this?"
It was Yuna Tsubaki's first time, but this first time was nothing but positive feedback. All the beautiful words in the world were not enough to describe the feeling she had just experienced—an inexpressible, ultimate pleasure.
Even afterward, her body was soft like a puddle of mud; she couldn't lift a finger. Naked, covered only by his jacket, she leaned against Alex's embrace, unwilling to move, yet still unable to stop reliving the sweetness of their intimate time.
It was unforgettable.
Her belly still felt warm...
Constitution +1
Strength +1
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...
Alex briefly glanced at the status panel and then looked back at the key Yuna held out, asking about it.
Afterward, they hadn't left or put on their clothes. They simply leaned casually against the wall. Embracing the girl's soft body, Alex took the bunch of keys and looked at them curiously.
"Apartment keys," Yuna Tsubaki rubbed herself against him. "From Mom."
"An apartment?"
"An entire apartment building," Yuna Tsubaki tilted her head back, looking at his face and smiling. "Don't think we don't know. Your household is getting more crowded, Alex. You definitely won't be able to fit everyone eventually. This is Mom's gift for you."
"..."
That was true; things were already quite cramped. However, he didn't expect Mrs. Mira to give him an entire apartment building. In Japan, the wealthy live in villas, the middle class in apartment buildings, and ordinary people in single-family homes.
But an entire apartment building... wasn't that a bit excessive?
"Besides the apartment, there's this card too," Yuna pulled out a bank card. "There's twenty million in it."
Alex: "..."
"I'm increasingly starting to feel like a sugar baby being kept."
"Aren't you?" Yuna snorted, tracing his collarbone with her finger.
"My original idea was clearly to use my Time ability to make money, alright," Alex was about to explain when he suddenly noticed an email on his phone.
"Hmm, it looks like Mrs. Akari might have run into some trouble... Tsk."