Chapter 5. That man...

<Host, shouldn't you wake up now?>

'This... Who was that man? Why is that man touching me?'

<He is your husband.>

'Alright! Wake me up at this moment!'

She was inside the simulation, about to pass the third assessment of the intermediate level when Bonnie alerted her of an intruder. 

That man was able to touch her freely, as if he was immune to the system defenses. 

She was ready to fight and kick that man, but Bonnie told her to stop as he was too strong. Her eyes were still closed, and she couldn't see the face of the man, but she could feel his hand touching her skin and lifting her shirt. 

'Damn Pervert!'

When she woke up, she saw the man leaving the room and closing the door with a bang. She decided not to mind it and let it pass for now. Later, she will make him pay. However, she noticed that she was alone. Finally.

She closed her eyes to calm herself, her nerves were anxious, but her mouth was dry. She felt so much thirst and decided to step towards the nearby table to have a cup of water. 

However, the needles on her wrists stopped her, therefore she disconnected them again and carefully walked little by little to the table, supporting herself with the side of the bed.

Then the door opened again, and the man came back again.

Ellie was a stunned but tried to keep an indifferent face masking her feelings the best she could. 

She tried to calm her beating heart, as it was exploding. That man... he was the same as her husband... her former husband. This can't be...

'Bonnie... the medicine. You said the illusions were gone for now.'

<Ellie, this is not an illusion.>

"You... What are you doing?" Evan looked at her wrists, bleeding from the place the IV was connected. "Why did you plug them out?"

The question was soft but anxious. His gaze carried a worried tone. 

"Wat… water."

Her voice flowed out like a painful whisper. It was difficult to speak with her throat all dry. She blinked her eyes and signaled to the table.

The man noticed the jar of water and then looked at her again. He thought that she was trying to attempt the same trick as before. Locking herself in the bath. He wouldn't let her, he emitted an angry aura from his eyes. However, when she blinked her eyes and signaled the water with her cute soft voice, his aura subsided.

He furrowed his brows at her, examining every part of her face and body again, her lovely blue eyes he hadn't noticed before, her soft and delicate face and those pair of lips he so wanted to taste. 'Dammit! What is wrong with me?!'

He tried to look away, but he couldn't help but notice her pair of white thin legs showing off and the cute pair of feet trying to support her.

"Get back into bed again..."

"But..."

He didn't wait for her to answer when he took several steps towards her and carried her. She let out a soft sigh as she was unprepared for his sudden move. He was tall and muscular, but his touch was gentle when he carried her. He even tucked her inside the covers with care. 

"Are you cold?"

He noticed her shivering and looked at her eyes. Ellie couldn't answer, as she was struggling with the heavy feeling of having him before her again, alive. Both of them didn't stop looking at each other's eyes for a few seconds. Her blue eyes, his green eyes. 

Only after a few seconds, he then turned around and filled a cup with water.

"Take it."

She was confused at first as she blinked her eyes and furrowing her eyebrow. She thought he hated her.

'What is going on? Why is he...?'

<I don't know, host, but his heart rate is accelerating.>

"Do you want it or not?"

He said exasperated. She extended her hand, but she was too weak to hold the cup, it was about to fall when he helped her again, touching her delicate hand.

"Useless..."

He muttered, but he sat down and held the cup to her mouth. She looked at him still with a confused stare.

"Drink or... You don't want it."

She nodded like a fool and took a sip slowly. She felt her throat getting better and drank more, but it was too fast, and some drops of water fell, dampening her shirt. 

"Careful."

He whispered, taking the cup from her mouth and helping her dry the water from her mouth with his fingers. It was so sudden that they both looked at each other again, stunned.

'What is going on?! How can he touch me? Is he...?'

<I don't understand, host. He isn't in the database. shouldn't be one of us. But I can sense he is strong. Howere, his heart beating even harder and faster, temperature high pupils are dilated. His hormons levels excited.>

'What should I do?'

<Wait, host. He doesn't have bad intentions.>

'A... are you sure?'

<... >

'Bonnie?'

When he touched her lips, he couldn't help thinking they were so soft, and his eyes lingered on them for many seconds.

'Dammit, what is this?'

He was about to move away when she opened her mouth to say something, but he didn't hear, he only focused on her little tongue. His mind clouded, and he ended up leaning on her, pressing her to the bed. Without thinking anymore, he tasted her lips and she was too shocked and weak to put a fight.

'This feeling is so... they taste so damn good.'

He felt her going out of breath when he separated from her but seeing her flushed cute face he couldn't stop himself and delved in another kiss. However, he leaned his entire body on her, feeling the soft skin on her legs and slowly lifting her white shirt until he reached the desired softness of her upper body.

'What... is this?'

Ellie's mind clouded for the lack of breath and the sensations on her body. In all her travels, she was not supposed to be immersed in relationships of romance and love. It would be a mistake, she was not supposed to do it, but she fell. That man was the only one, but he betrayed her, and she didn't have a choice. She thought she would forget him, never to see him again. 

But now, the feelings returned like an explosion, dissolving the ice in her heart. She was weak, her mind and will suddenly shatter. 

"Mmmm... ah!"

Her hoarse voice came out when he started kissing her neck and his hands were traveling around her skin. He took out her shirt and admired her beautiful body again. She was thin, but the woman from a few days was no more. That skeletal body with not meat in the bones changed completely, but he could still feel the scars and some traces of bruises. He narrowed his eyes, thinking. 

She tried to calm herself and when she felt the cold breeze of the air in her exposed body, she crossed her arms over her chest. She blushed hard, but she knew that her strength was not enough to push him away.

That little movement, her lovely shy expression, made him lose his rationality again. He smiled, and his eyes deepened, then he moved again on top of her and carefully removed the last part of her clothes. He admired her again.

"St... stop!"

She was anxious at being exposed to some stranger, even if that same stranger made her feel so good.

He silenced her lips again and made her move her hands from her chest. Then little by little, he traveled down, marking her entire and soft skin with kisses."Ah, stop... stop!" she shouted, closing her eyes when his fingers brushed against her lower abdomen near her intimacy. He continued until he could see the pleasure forming in her eyes.

However, the next moment stopped him from going further. She let out a painful cry. Her tears were filling her eyes.

"Why... are you doing this? Who are... you?"