Chapter 5.

In Mike's Villa:

Mike was shocked to walk into his parlor and find Lara crying. "What's the meaning of this?" he asked her.

Mike was surprised to see Lara crying, and his brows furrowed at her. Lara looked at him, but her red eyes avoided contact with his unclothed body, making her stare at the floor.

Mike burst out laughing, surprising Lara. He walked up slowly to meet her, but Lara took some steps backwards, falling onto the black couch behind her. As she sat down forcefully on the couch, Mike approached her, looking breathtakingly handsome and dark, even bare.

Mike asked, "Are you trying to prove to me that you're innocent or that you were forced to come here?"

Lara nodded, "Yes."

Lara didn't want to stare up at Mike, as she had become visibly afraid, remembering that her village friend had told her that sèx was painful. She didn't want to do it with a man she didn't know, especially one whose health status she was unaware of.

Mike leaned closer to Lara, captivated by her sweet, blossom-like scent, and feeling his member hardening again.

Mike moved closer to Lara, but she shifted away from him.

Mike asked, "Why are you shifting away?"

Lara shook her head and stared downward in silence, visibly trembling, afraid of what Mike might do to her.

Mike sniffed Lara and slowly touched her face to wipe off her tears. "Come, I won't hurt you," he said.

Lara replied, "No."

Mike was gradually losing his patience but spoke slowly, "Do you want me to call the security guards?"

Lara replied, "No," shivering.

Mike stared at Lara's chest, as her red dress seemed to expose her full cleavage. Lara was indeed beautiful, but he didn't understand where Madam Alora had gotten her from, as her attitude clearly irritated him.

Madam Alora had been pressuring Mike to patronize her ladies, but he didn't want to, as they didn't seem to interest him. Mike had spoken to his friend, Gideon Abram, about not liking Madam Alora's ladies, and Gideon had advised him to give them a try. Here he was with a lady refusing him.

Mike stared at the trembling Lara and slowly bent beside her, taking off her shoes. Lara shook, afraid, as his bare hands touched her smooth legs. After removing her black heeled shoes, Mike spoke to her, "Stand up and come with me now. I don't have much time to waste here with you."

Lara replied, "No."

Lara refused to stand up, as she saw that Mike was losing his patience and wanting to sleep with her, but she hadn't signed up to become a prostitute. She didn't know how to explain this to him.

Mike raked his short black hair in frustration, wearing an earring on his left ear and having a visible eagle tattoo on his right arm.

Mike stared at Lara, knowing that many ladies had tried to create a facade of innocence with him, only to cooperate and please him once he yelled at them. But Lara's case was different.

Mike said, "I see that you aren't ready for this."

Mike walked up to his cell phone, wanting to call Joseph, but Lara immediately stared at him afraid, thinking he wanted to call his bodyguards to throw her out.

Lara spoke, "Please, sir! I'm not a..."

Mike paused his phone call and stared back at Lara coldly.

He asked, "What is it?"

Lara shrugged, unable to speak as she met Mike's cold gaze, still seeing that he was bare.

Mike sighed and cursed, "I don't have time for ladies like you. Since you don't want to do it with me, then you will leave my house at once."

Lara begged, "No, please."

Lara shuddered in fright, as she wasn't a prostitute and feared what her madam would do to her if Madam Alora found out that she didn't do what Mike had asked.

Mike said, "Hello..."

Lara said, "Please, sir... Okay, I will do whatever you want me to do, but I'm not a prostitute and..."

Mike paused and stared back at Lara again, and he gulped what he wanted to say to Joseph, as he was still bare and her voice was turning him on.

Mike finally ended the phone call, dropped the landline, and turned to face Lara.

He asked, "What are you talking about? Are you following me inside or not, as I don't have time to waste here with you?"

Lara replied, "Fine. I... will."

Mike said, "Hmph."

Mike was quiet at first, but he seemed to like Lara.

He said, "Okay. Stand up."

Lara stood up nervously, avoiding direct eye contact with Mike, even though she could feel his eyes all over her.

Mike said, "Fine, come with me."

Mike walked to his bedroom, and Lara finally picked up his white towel from the floor, as he was walking fully nàked, while she was ashamed to be staring at him.

Lara wondered how many ladies Mike had hosted and paraded himself nàked to their views, as the thought irritated her.

Mike's home was beautiful, but that didn't matter to Lara, as she was new in the city and still needed transport fare to return to her village. Lara decided to endure a one-night stand with Mike, to get paid and finally leave for her village, as she wouldn't be used for sex for money.

Walking into Mike's large bedroom, Lara was mesmerized by the interior decorations - the large king-size bed covered in a light-pink bedspread, the flat-screen TV displaying a music video at low volume, and the beautiful artistic painting of Mike on the wall in red wine color. Lara sighed, "Hmm."

Mike asked, "What are you staring at? Strip now!"

Lara shuddered, her gaze falling back on Mike, and she asked, "I should do what?"

Mike replied, "You heard me correctly. Why are you being so stubborn? I don't want to repeat myself tonight, so be quick."

Lara gulped heavily as she started to strip in front of Mike, but seeing his blue eyes glued to her body, she used his towel to wrap around her chest. Mike then questioned her, "What nonsense are you doing?"

Lara shuddered again, meeting Mike's angered gaze, and her brown eyes turned pure red as hot tears rolled up.

Mike stood up, confused, and walked up to Lara, asking, "Why are you acting like this? I don't get it! Do you want to leave now?"

Lara shakily replied, "No."

Mike sighed, "Fine. Then come to the bed now."

Mike wasn't that heartless, and even though he was interested in Lara, he decided to pamper her out of her fright, hoping that would make her succumb and pleasure him.

Mike said, "I wouldn't hurt you, okay?"

Lara replied, "Okay," sniffing.

Lara sat down beside Mike on the bed, knowing she would still be reported to Madam Alora. She thought to beg Mike.

Lara begged, "Please, sir, can you help me with money?"

Mike stared at Lara's face in shock, angry that she didn't want to pleasure him, but was now asking him for money.

Mike knew that most ladies craved for money and nothing else. He stood up to leave his bedroom, but Lara held his left hand back, thinking he wanted to call his security to throw her out.

Mike asked, "What's the meaning of this?" He gazed at her coldly, his eyes locking with hers.

Lara begged, "Please, sir, I need to go back home to the village."

Mike asked, annoyed, "Is this a joke or what? How did you get here first? Damn it!"

Mike cursed, as he was annoyed that he had already sent Janet away instead of Lara. He stared away from Lara and said, "Just leave!"

Lara begged, "No, sir. Please, I don't have anywhere to go."

Mike spat, "That's none of my business, leave now, at once, get out!"

Lara immediately fell to her knees and begged him, "Please, sir, I cannot leave here, help me please."

Mike cursed, "Damn it! What's the meaning of this? Help you with what again? Alright, get up first."

Lara stared at Mike's face, not wanting to look at his erect member, and she stared downwards as Mike walked towards her and took his white towel from her hand.

Mike said, "You cannot stay here with me tonight. Since you don't know why you're here and you don't want to do anything with me, you will leave my bedroom. Once you step outside, you will meet with Joseph, and he will show you to a room to stay till tomorrow morning, and you get lost."

Lara responded, "No, sir, please, I cannot leave here."

Mike's annoyance peaked, and he quickly tied the towel around his waist, dragging Lara outside his bedroom and into the parlor, warning, "Leave now, go and meet with Joseph. Get lost."

Lara refused to leave, preferring to stay in Mike's parlor and cry, while Mike shut his bedroom door, cursing, "Damn it! What kind of a lady is that?"

Mike paced in his bedroom, irritated that Lara didn't do anything to satisfy him. He was horny and needed a warm body to sleep with.

Mike then walked back into his bathroom to bathe again, believing that Lara would have left his parlor and gone downstairs to meet Joseph.