Absentminded

As Ezra got up and ready to go out the door to change, Daphne stopped him in haste by grabbing his arm.

"Ezra, honestly… why are you so absentminded? You can't let our staff see you like this. I will walk ahead and shield your front, follow me to the bedroom and PLEASE, regain your bearings a bit."

Ezra tried to shift his expression into an impassive one, but he was only about 80 percent successful, if anyone looked at him for more than a few seconds, they would see that his expression was off. He was still absentminded, and he was just following Daphne's words like a soldier.

Daphne heaved a long sigh, opened the door and started walking ahead while making sure that Ezra was following her.

After they exited the office, Ezra's gaze eventually shifted towards Daphne's butt and the way her silk dress moved with her every step, showing off her beautiful curves. As he was appreciating her back, he obviously fell behind more than it was advisable as, if the distance between the two was too wide, Daphne would not be able to hide Ezra's front properly.

Since Daphne was keeping an eye on Ezra, and noticing one of the maids ahead was looking in her direction, Daphne turned around to glare at Ezra indicating with her eyes that he should be more careful.

The maid saw Daphne give a sideways glare to Ezra and immediately misunderstood that the couple argued, as such she swiftly lowered her head as to not inquire any ire or seem nosy.

Ezra was half awakened from his reverie from Daphne's glare, but he had not yet recovered his wits. He did widen his stride and tried to keep his eyes away from her distracting assets though.

In no time at all, the two reached their shared bedroom.

After the incident where Ezra was ogling her, Daphne would be lying if she said she was upset. She was actually flattered and felt like she got one more green light — the green light to ogle him back— which is what she also wanted to do. Nonetheless, it was best to do these things when there were no other people around.

As soon as Ezra entered their shared bedroom, Daphne turned to him and commanded him,

"Shower and go eat."

A pleased expression could be seen on Ezra's face, it made Daphne wonder if he enjoyed being ordered around… because at this point — one where most people she had interacted were her subordinates — she had to admit it was her predisposition to be bossy…

Daphne was hard headed, stubborn and overbearing, not that she was always aware of being this way. She had tried to be friendly and understanding back in university since people (her father) kept criticizing her for her basic traits, but she just ended up being liked or disliked for different reasons, which made her go back to her most natural self.

The only person to whom she naturally gave way to, was Ce. Towards her father she tended to either go completely against his wishes or she was maliciously compliant. She would do exactly as he asked in order to show him that it was not really what he wanted. It did not always work, because Ander knew his daughter well.

Ezra looked a bit more at Daphne and because she was expectantly looking at him to get a move on, he reluctantly went to get a change of clothes and shower.

'I have all the time in the world to appreciate her.' He tried to rationalize to himself.