Chapter 5

I had been pampering Riven so much over the past few days that he seemed to have already forgotten that his very existence was to serve me. He should not have acted as though he was doing me a huge favor by offering his services to me.

I slammed the door shut in his face, not even wanting to speak to him at all.

Riven seemed to have stood outside the door for a very long time. It wasn't until way past midnight that I finally heard him leave in my half-asleep state.

Over the next few days, Riven began acting like a completely different incubus altogether.

He began subtly flirting with me and became increasingly clingy with me as well. I looked at his pale face and figured that he must be starving really badly now.

However, I had already lost all interest in him, so I just pretended not to understand any of his obvious signals.

It was Monday when my new incubus arrived at the door.

Dad went to work early in the morning, and Grandma had left for her senior citizen book club. Gwen had also gone shopping by herself, and there was barely anybody at home.

I gleefully tear open the new package, and lo and behold, I saw a handsome young man smiling back at me, his eyes crinkling upward whenever he smiled.

And just like that, I quickly found myself completely enamoured by him.

I could see his eyes sparkling brightly as he looked at me.

"Good morning, my lady. My name is Jett Corvus. It is my utmost pleasure to serve you."

I gulped hard. This was the kind of incubus I wanted!

The customer service representative was really good. I decided that I was going to leave them a five-star review later.

I circled around Jett many times, occasionally reaching out to touch or squeeze his muscles. Jett just stood there obediently, letting me touch him all over his body without resisting.

There was a slight commotion upstairs, and I hesitated slightly. I quickly suppressed the lust in my chest and decided to go upstairs to see what was going on.

Jett followed right behind me like a puppy.

I could hear Teresa's voice coming from Riven's room.

"Riven! Have you gotten into an argument with Tracy? I noticed that you've been getting leaner and leaner by the day. I purposely checked the incubus manual, and… Is it true that you'll starve if you don't sleep in the same room as her?"

Teresa was finally showing her true colors. I leaned against the door frame, watching the scene play out before me.

I didn't know what had happened inside the room. I could only hear Riven sounding a little alarmed as he said, "Don't be like this, Teresa… I belong to Tracy. She'll get angry if she finds out."

Teresa sounded like she was panting.

"But you're starving! I'm just trying to feed you…"

Teresa hadn't even managed to finish talking when Riven opened the door to show her out.

They were still struggling hard against each other when they suddenly caught sight of me in the doorway. All at once, everyone fell deathly quiet.

Teresa's clothes were a little disheveled. She stared at me in shock.

"Tracy? What are you doing at the door?"

Meanwhile, Riven's face looked absolutely ashen. Teresa's lipstick mark was on his cheek.

"It's not what you think, Tracy," he blurted. "I didn't—"

I just shook my head and said, "I don't mind. Also, you were wrong earlier. You've already been returned."

Jett took one step forward behind me. The smile on his face was as warm as the sun, but the words he said were chillingly harsh.

"You must be No. 0201, Riven Sterling. Hi, I'm No. 0204, Jett Corvus. I heard that you were an incubus who didn't know how to behave like one.

"The shop owner asked me to tell you that your binding contract has already been transferred to me. So, you may leave now."

Jett smiled even wider as he looked at Riven's deathly-pale face.

"You're nothing but a defective product who gave your owner a terrible experience."