Chapter 44: Bubbles and a Boner
Seraphel
Explore later? I stopped dead in my tracks, realizing what I had just said out loud. I knew how incredibly stupid that sounded. How the hell could I even think about casually exploring a library when all I should be focused on was ending this story as fast as possible?
I didn’t have the luxury of wasting a single second, and I truly hoped that the timeline would just span faster, like it usually does in novels during a time-skip, so I wouldn’t have to worry about the daily stress.
"Don’t let this place get to your head, Nathan," I murmured to myself, walking back into the main bedroom area. I went straight toward another adjacent door and pushed it open. It revealed one of the most extravagant bathrooms I had ever laid my eyes on.
It literally had a massive, solid golden tub.
A golden tub!
"Wow!" I exclaimed out loud, my jaw dropping. I vividly remembered reading about this specific golden tub in the novel, about how magical it looked and how Azriel always spent hours soaking in it. The book definitely didn’t lie, because seeing it in reality, it was the most beautiful thing ever.
I stared at the golden tub in pure excitement and rushed straight toward it, examining the smooth metal and even physically hugging the edge at one point. Then, I noticed Azriel’s personal hair washes and oils lined up on a shelf. They were all heavily infused with his signature scent, and I couldn’t help but inhale the fragrance deeply.
"Now that I am already stuck here, it wouldn’t be that bad to explore the bathtub for a bit," I chuckled lightly to myself.
I reached over and turned on the grand faucet.
The water came out perfectly warm. Once the massive tub was filled completely to the brim, I quickly got rid of the blue robes, stepped right into the warm liquid, and sank down with a satisfied sigh.
I was so incredibly excited.
The water felt absolutely magical against my skin, and before long, I was completely living it up like a modern diva in a danmei world. I started using Azriel’s expensive bath soaps and hair washes, rubbing them in until the water was overflowing with thick bubbles.
I started laughing like a lunatic, scooping up handfuls of the white foam and throwing it up into the air, spreading the bubbles all around the bathroom.
"What a thoroughly lovely, luxurious life you live, Azriel!" I laughed out loud, splashing around happily. ’’ This life is so bad after all because there is everything that I didn’t get to enjoy in the real world but here, it has everything and I loved every moment of it’’ I sighed as I thought about my debt back In the real world.
What is happening now? Would anyone care about me?
’’I shouldn’t be worried about that and just enjoy this bath,’’ I muttered slowly rubbing my hands together as I shut my eyes trying to get the unhappy memories from my head and just letting it be the happy memories.
If I complete the story, my wish would be to have a happy life forever.
I honestly didn’t know how long I stayed soaked in that bath because the experience was truly heavenly.
After a while, I reluctantly rinsed my body off with clean water, stood up from the tub, and looked around for any form of a towel. I picked up two clean, plush towels from a rack, wrapping one tightly around my waist while wrapping the other one around my head like a turban.
Then, I picked my damp robe up from the ground and started casually walking out of the bathroom.
I was happily humming a modern pop song under my breath, shaking my waist and dancing around the bedroom, completely living in my own blissful little world—until a deep, smooth chuckle echoed from behind me.
"If I knew you could dance so exquisitely, Seraphel, I would have asked for you to perform in front of me that night," Azriel’s deep voice vibrated through the quiet room. ’’I love how you are swaying your hips. Are you seducing me?’’
My eyes widened in pure horror. I immediately whirled around to face the source of the voice. Azriel was sitting comfortably on the edge of his grand bed, leaning his jaw casually against his knuckles, grinning at me with a thoroughly amused expression.
"You...!" I gasped out loud, my face bursting into a bright crimson blush.
In a desperate haste to rush straight back into the safety of the bathroom, my feet got completely tangled in the long towel. The fabric dropped instantly, and I tripped over my own feet, losing my balance completely.
I closed my eyes, fully prepared to face-plant and kiss the hard ground, when suddenly, a dark blur moved in front of me in the literal blink of an eye.
Before I could hit the floor, two powerful, muscular arms wrapped slowly and securely around my bare waist, pulling my body flush against his chest. He held me tightly, grinning down at my panicked state.
"Easy now, Seraphel. I was thoroughly enjoying the show," he muttered darkly, his deep voice vibrating against my skin as he held me effortlessly in his arms. "Don’t go falling on your head and dying just yet because I would need you to perform like this In front of me again.’’
My heart started pounding pretty damn hard against my ribs—like a literal heart attack kind of hard.
I slowly raised my head to meet his gaze, locking eyes with his piercing crimson irises. They were staring down at me with so much intense, heavy sultriness that I could literally feel the warm blood rushing violently through my veins, pooling straight down in between my legs.
The close contact of his hard body pressed firmly against mine sent a sudden, electric heat through my core, and to my absolute mortification, I realized I was rapidly growing a rock-hard boner right against him.