Chapter 193. Touch Yourself

Marissa suddenly felt so naked in her towel that her hands unconsciously went to the edge of the towel, and she re-cinched it again. The fact that Bernard’s gaze followed her movement and the little smile that curved his lips at that did nothing to steady her composure.

“Something is different with him,” she thought.

“What is wrong?” She asked after a while since it seemed he was not going to say anything as he merely stood there watching her while rubbing his hand on his jaw.

“Oh, whatever could be wrong? I am merely here to visit my wife or my almost wife.” He looked at her suddenly and asked, “Or whatever it is you think we have right now? What are we? Rissa?”

“Bernard” Marissa called, for lack of a better thing to say. The normal Bernard she knows how to respond to, but this stranger in front of her is another case entirely.

“On second thought, I think I know why I am here after all. Yeah, I am here to renege on our deal. It’s off, babe. Our bet,