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Rules of Engagement novel Chapter 60

"Which dish tastes bad? Tell me. I'll ask them to be careful next time. "

"No, the food is good. Don't blame them. The only drawback is the mushroom has a taste of meat. I'm sorry. It's all my fault. " Elsa said in a low voice with a glass of water in her hands.

But Soren didn't blame her at all. He just asked, "you really can't eat any meat?"

"I have tried to overcome it, but I can't. I'm sorry. "

"You don't need to say sorry to me. Everyone has their own values. It's your choice and no one has the right to blame you. " Resting her head in his arms, Soren felt sorry for her. "You look thin. Every day I see you eating the food which is not nutritious, I worry about you."

They sat there silently for a while. Although Elsa had no appetite, Soren still peeled an apple for her. Embarrassed, she took the apple and took a bite. The apple was crisp and sweet, and she ate up one without knowing it. It turned out that the feeling of people was so strange. She didn't want to eat it very much but accepted it willingly.

After taking a shower, they went to bed separately. Sitting behind Soren, Soren embraced her tightly.

However, for some unknown reason, Elsa couldn't sleep tight that night. She fumbled in Soren's arms, but she suddenly woke up and said, "water... Water I'm thirsty... "

She sounded frightened. Soren hurriedly held her in his arms and tried to comfort her. "I'm here, Elsa. Don't worry. you're fine."

He turned on the night vision light and saw her sweating all over. It was hard to tell whether she was crying or sweating on her face. He said lovingly, "Elsa, did you have a nightmare? Do you want to drink water? "

Elsa nodded. There was a moment of confusion and dullness in her big black eyes. Soren got out of bed and fetched a cup of scornful water and said, "be careful. Don't burn yourself."

Elsa held it, but didn't drink it. She hadn't been awakened by the nightmare for a long time. She was awakened tonight because she had vomited too much at night. She held it for a long time, but she couldn't drink it. She slightly moved her lips on the edge of the glass and then took it away.

Soren put the glass on the table and said, "just lie down."

He touched her forehead and found that she was not matter. Elsa lied down. She felt guilty for bringing trouble to him. "Ren, sleep now."

"Yes." Soren nodded, but turned around and walked into the bathroom. He pulled out a warm towel and wiped the sweat off her face and neck. He wanted to continue wiping, but Elsa stopped him. "I'll go to the bathroom to do it myself," she said

He said in a low voice, "the more awake you are, the harder you can fall asleep."

He untied her clothes and wiped her body.

She would feel much better if she continued to sleep. Elsa was still a little awake. She had always been like this. After one or two hours of sleep, the quality of her sleep was not good. If she woke up halfway, it would be difficult for her to fall asleep again.

She couldn't sleep, neither did Soren. She kept tossing and turning in his arms, making him lustful.

Elsa turned over again and turned her back to him. Until this time, she clearly felt something. In the darkness, she noticed that his breath was heavy. She did not dare to turn around again. She asked carefully, "you are not asleep either?"

"Yes." Soren whispered in her ear with a hoarse voice.

Elsa was no longer unfamiliar with that voice. She gradually understood what it meant. It was her who started all this. Although she was not sure, she had read some books about how easy it was for a man to get aroused.

She didn't know what to do, so she kept her posture and didn't touch him any more.

"Elsa." Soren sniffed at her hair and smelled the fragrance from it.

"Yes." She turned over quietly, face to face, and his lips were on her forehead. Then he immediately went down to find her lips, gently bit his lip, and deeply kissed her. He called her again in a heavy low voice, "Elsa."

Elsa closed her eyes and fell asleep deeply. She didn't know when she fell asleep.

A few days later, the news on the day of the artistic show in the company came out, with the name of "reporter Cindy Wu". Elsa was always browsing the news on the front page, and she read it carefully. How she couldn't recognize the statement and the familiar lines on the paper? It's written by Johnny.

Soren was reading newspaper as well. He just wanted to have a look at the statement that Elsa had written before. He shook his head when he saw Cindy's report. He also saw that every news report with her name on it was written by almost the different style and structure. It couldn't be plotted by the same person.

Maybe it was a secret between everybody, and every one of them didn't want to cover it up.

On the weekend back to the urban area, the first thing he did was to go to the dormitory of Elsa's.

She didn't have many things, including clothes and supplies. There were only a lot of books in the room. Her university was in Linchuan City, and many professional books were still kept. She often bought some books these years, and there were many books on the bookshelf. She wanted to simplify it and when she sorted it out, she was not willing to give up each one. Soren decided to pack all the books for her and moved them to the car. There were enough place to put her book.

With the key in her hand, she looked around the house. Although the pipe in this place was often broken and she couldn't sleep well, she had spent five or six years here. She would miss here. The colleagues who hadn't gone to work want to help her, but Elsa refused her with a smile. She had always been like this. She didn't want to bother others with things that she was able to do on her own.

The colleague was not willing to let her leave. No roommate could be as qualified as her. She never influenced others. When there was nothing to do, she would always stay alone in the room reading. So she said reluctantly, "Elsa, I don't know what kind of person will come in if you leave. You'd better come back to see us when you have time. "

"I will." She looked around again and handed the keys to her roommate, saying, "goodbye."

"Bye." Her roommate walked her to the door.

Elsa would submit the report of check out procedure on Monday. After the report was handed in, the room would be allocated to the new colleagues. Linchuan City was rich, and the rent kept rising over the years, and this kind of dormitory was also coveted by many people.

Soren strode in front of Elsa with a big suitcase in his arms. Looking at his tall and strong back, Elsa's lips curved into a smile.

They had lunch at grandma's house. That night, Elsa vomited a lot, so Soren went to the kitchen to tell Donna. At first, everyone thought that Elsa didn't like eating meat, but now they realized that she was totally unable to eat meat at all. Donna laughed and said, "look at me. I even said that I used pork to cook the soup again. Now I know it."

"Thank you very much, Donna." Soren replied, frozen for a while.

"Don't say that. But she is too thin. I have thought about building up her body. Now it is even harder to do so. " Donna was quite fond of Elsa, but now she was helpless.

"It doesn't matter. Let me think about it," said Soren

And during the lunch, there were vegetables all over the table. Their grandparents didn't think it was a big deal. As they were old, they couldn't resist the temptation of food given by the doctor, but Soren maybe feel bad. But he didn't say anything and continued to eat like he usually did.

He didn't find any difference in the taste of the rice. He searched it quickly in the bowl, only to find that half bowl of red cooked pork was buried in the rice. He looked up at his grandma, who was dining with her head lowered, seemingly unaware of this. He turned to look at Donna. She smiled, but didn't say anything. Instead, she took a glance at Elsa, which gave Soren the best hint.

When Soren approached her, he found that she kept lowering her head and eating quietly without raising her head to look at him.

Soren smiled. He lowered his head and continued to eat. This was the most wonderful meal he had ever had.

On the way back, Elsa was busy packing and putting everything she brought back from her dormitory in order. It was the nature of girls to be in a good mood to take a nap when they saw the mess around. Soren helped her. When she came up with the problem of moving books and raising the books to the higher place, he would jostled for it. He was not good at other things, so he help her some simple things.

She had already folded all the clothes. In the wardrobe, there were all kinds of Soren's clothes. From what she could see, Susie had always bought clothes for her son, all kinds of designer clothes of different styles. Elsa spared some space to put her own clothes in, and also put their clothes in different styles according to the season. It seemed that their clothes had been placed in a combination, which made them more harmonious.

Among her stuff, there were two pots of small potted plants, which were bought to protect her from radiation. Soren's home had three bedrooms and one living room, and the master bedroom was for the two of them. Johnson and Blanche once lived in second room. The guest room had always been empty, and Soren would work there occasionally when he came back. Some necessary materials and supplies about work belonged to Elsa were also placed in the room.

She put the potted plant in and began to put her books on the bookshelf. She found that Soren had many books same to hers. Sometimes fate was a wonderful thing that attracted people with the same temperament.

Thinking of the word "attract others", she blushed and wondered whether they were attracted by each other?

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