Chapter 96:You Didn’t Come Here to Do Anything Weird?

Chapter 96: 96:You Didn’t Come Here to Do Anything Weird?

"...Why are you staring at me like that?"

"Nothing. Come in."

I had been looking down at Rhea in a daze. I snapped out of it and moved aside.

She stepped carefully into the cramped entryway of my studio, both hands full of bags.

She seemed to be wearing a new perfume. Her hair swayed, carrying a scent different from the one she wore at the office.

What the hell... Had Rhea always been this pretty?

For a second, she almost threw me off balance.

After removing her shoes, she entered the room and looked around.

"You said you were having a party, but you haven’t prepared anything. And your room is kinda filthy."

"I only just got home too."

"I can tell."

She answered curtly and set the plastic bag on my desk.

Then she noticed an empty Monster can beside it and frowned slightly.

"Haa... Here."

After rummaging through her things, Rhea handed me a paper shopping bag.

"Hm? What’s this?"

"What do you think...? A gift. To celebrate you becoming a permanent employee."

Inside was a small box wrapped with surprising care.

Judging by the scent, it seemed to be a diffuser or perfume. A safe choice.

I set the gift on the desk.

"Is there nowhere to sit?"

"Not really. If you don’t want the floor, how about over there?"

Her eyes followed my finger to the bed.

Her face turned slightly red the moment she saw it.

"...There?"

"Sit on the floor if you don’t like it."

"No... Um... I’ll sit there."

Rhea sighed, straightened the bedding a little, and sat down.

Hmm...

Seeing her like this, I had to admit she really wasn’t bad-looking.

If only she fixed her personality—especially that pride of hers.

But the fact that she had come to my home alone already proved she had bent that pride as far as it would go.

"Why do you keep staring at me?"

"No reason."

"Don’t you have anything to drink? You have a guest."

"Want water? There’s bottled water in the fridge."

"No. I’m fine."

Then why ask?

"I bought some drinks at the convenience store... We can have those."

"Oh? You brought something?"

"You said it was a party. I bought beer just in case."

I opened the plastic bag.

There were cans of beer and a few simple snacks.

It genuinely looked like she had intended to share a drink.

And at the bottom...

"Hm?"

A condom package printed with the face of a celebrity famous for sexual jokes.

╭─ [Product Label]

│ Celebrity’s Real Sensation 001 Extra Large.

╰─

"Well, well."

She had understood my instruction to bring balloons.

Pretending not to notice, I pocketed one and handed her a beer.

"Here."

"Thanks."

Rhea sighed and accepted the can.

Pssht!

She opened it herself and took several large swallows.

"You can drink."

"I used to be terrible, but I got better after pouring drinks for the senior executives."

"Is that how you became permanent before me?"

I asked in a teasing tone, and her eyebrows shot upward.

"You know we don’t normally have this kind of relationship, right?"

"I know. You hated me."

"...I wouldn’t say I hated you."

"Hm?"

"Nothing. I was talking to myself."

She called it talking to herself, but I had heard her. I simply pretended otherwise.

"To be honest, I looked down on you a lot."

"Yeah. I know."

"Was I that obvious?"

"You did it openly. It was impossible not to notice."

"..."

Rhea lowered her head, apparently feeling a little guilty.

"We joined at the same time, but your evaluations were bad. People always said you made mistakes, and the higher-ups didn’t think much of you..."

"I suspect half of that was Barry’s evil conspiracy."

"That’s true. Assistant Manager Barry... Well, I guess he isn’t an assistant manager anymore. Anyway, he talked badly about you behind your back all the time."

She sipped her beer as if the matter were unremarkable.

I had known, but hearing it directly still irritated me.

"That was one reason your reputation was poor... and part of it was that you actually weren’t good at the job. Remember when you’d just joined and caused that huge incident?"

"Let’s not talk about that."

"Are you embarrassed?"

"...It’s a bad memory from my rookie days."

I began sweating, and Rhea smirked.

At least the atmosphere had loosened.

"So yes, I often thought you were incompetent. I wondered why someone like you had joined in the same intake as me."

"It hurts more when you say it directly."

"You aren’t hurt. Not anymore."

She smiled again.

That was true. The company’s opinion no longer meant much to me.

"...I still don’t particularly like you, Ed."

"Really?"

"Look at you. The second your position improves, you start talking casually to me."

"I’m older than you."

"By two months. Barely. Yes, I’m younger, but..."

"Then try calling me ’sir’."

"Are you insane?"

Rhea glared at me and drank again.

"...Honestly, I still can’t believe you’re... MonsterCam Guy."

"Ah, so we’re finally getting to that?"

"You aren’t denying it."

"We both know. I just haven’t said it aloud. Don’t we?"

"You made it painfully obvious."

I had deliberately dropped clue after clue, practically advertising that I was MonsterCam Guy.

Rhea had known, but refused to admit it.

"...Did you know when we first met?"

"Know what?"

"That... about me..."

"The Femdom Queen thing?"

"Don’t say it. It’s embarrassing..."

"Why? You were doing fine work."

"I don’t do femdom anymore. I deleted the account."

"Seriously?"

I hadn’t known that.

"Don’t misunderstand. I never liked femdom. I only did it because people said the money was good..."

"So it was just a persona?"

"Exactly."

"Did you earn much?"

"...A reasonable amount."

From her expression, it had been quite profitable.

And she had given up that income and deleted the QueenYaaale account?

"To answer your question, I really didn’t know you were QueenYaaale when we met."

"...Really?"

"Yes. It was a coincidence. You have no idea how shocked I was when I saw your face."

"Do you know how shocked I was? I looked at your phone and my picture was in it..."

She meant the time I had pretended to show her my gallery while dropping a hint about MonsterCam Guy.

"We even did... that kind of strange play. And the man turned out to be you..."

"You knew and pretended not to."

"That was because... I didn’t know what you might do."

"What? You thought I’d blackmail you?"

"Yes. Honestly, you seemed like the type."

Apparently she had not trusted me at all.

I smirked and sat beside her.

"Why are you sitting here?"

"Because it’s my fucking bed?"

"...I’m warning you now. I didn’t come here to do anything strange. I only came to congratulate you."

"You didn’t come here to do anything weird, but you brought these?"

I held up the condom I had pocketed.

Her eyes widened, and she whipped her head away.

"Th-that was... just in case. You can’t visit a man who lives alone without p-preparing."

"So you had considered it."

"...To some extent."

"Then you did come because you wanted sex."

"I said I didn’t!"

She spun toward me.

The instant our eyes met, she hurriedly lowered her head.

More precisely, the instant she saw the fully erect cock I had pulled out.

"Ah...!"

"You didn’t?"

"Wh-what is that...? Put it away."

"Isn’t this what you came for?"

"I told you... it isn’t."

"Really?"

I slowly closed the distance.

Our hips nearly touched. Rhea leaned away, but she did not stand or retreat from the bed.

Her mouth said no, but her body was not leaving.

I grinned, caught her wrist, and guided her hand onto my cock.

"...!"

"Still saying no?"

"Ugh...!"

Her eyes shook.

***

Rhea could not move as she held Ed’s cock.

It’s thick...

It felt exactly like the cock she had touched that night.

Big, hard... thick and hot... I can even feel the veins.

She tightened her fingers around it, imprinting the sensation into her mind again and again.

All she had done was take it in her hand, yet her heart was already pounding.

Calm down...! Don’t let him see. I have to act normal...!

"Are you really saying no?"

"Ugh..."

Ed brought his face closer as he asked.

They were close enough to feel each other’s breath, their bodies pressed tightly together.

For the first time, she became conscious of his body beyond his cock.

He’s in better shape than I thought...

Why was this happening?

She would never have felt this way about someone like Ed.

Could a man look this different just because his dick was large?

"...Gulp."

Rhea swallowed dryly.

What she wanted was to throw herself into his arms and do what she had done before...

Beg him for his cock. Kneel and present her ass. Take him carefully into her mouth and lick him...

But that had been when they were strangers. Now they were coworkers.

If she showed him that side of herself, it might feel wonderful tonight, but she had no idea how she would face him at the office afterward.

That last thread of reason barely restrained her desire.

She forced her trembling lips apart.

"...No."

"Really?"

At the denial, Ed gave a mocking smile that said he knew it was a lie.

He sees right through me...

He certainly knew that her fingers were already moving faintly, exploring the feel of his cock.

"If you say no, I suppose that’s that."

"..."

He’s really not going to...?

She should have felt relieved. Instead, disappointment filled her.

After she had prepared herself and come all this way...

"Put it on."

"...What?"

Weren’t they stopping?

Ed held something out to her.

One of the condoms she had bought.

"Put it on me."

"..."

Thump. Thump.

At Ed’s order, Rhea slowly reached for the condom.