Chapter 97: Two Peaceful Weeks In Love!

Chapter 97: Two Peaceful Weeks In Love!

Due to our Engagement Party starting early in the day, it was still relatively early when our group returned home. Tonight I will be sleeping with Mary.

Well, no real sex, mainly just some cuddly-time and she gives me hummers. Linda had already claimed Wednesday nights for herself, surprising me that she wanted me to sleep beside her, or with her? She did not specify, but only said it is her night. Everyone separated to shower and change into comfortable leisure clothing so we could watch some TV together as a big family.

I was showering alone in the steam, thinking of all that I had learned and done today when I heard Mei's voice drifting in from outside the shower alcove. "Rick, I have your towel and sweats here so when you are done I will change you."

I could hear a distinct hint of her being down in the mouth, so I shut off the valves, stepped out of the wet stall, and let her thoroughly dry me off while looking like she was lost deep in thought. I am still not entirely used to a woman changing me like this, but I push the awkwardness aside by activating Acting and calmly ask, "Mei, what's wrong? I believe this is the first time you have met me right out of the shower?"

As she finished drying off my body and reached up to redo my damp hair, she muttered, "I saw Mercy Mu hovering around, so I don't want her to come and do this."

I am completely speechless at her blunt words as she kneels down and holds my boxers for me to step into. As she pulls the waistband up over my hips, I finally find my tongue and ask, "Mei... you are not jealous of her are you?!"

No, she is a trained spy after all, so maybe she just thinks Mercy is going to cut into our private, covert talks.

"I think so, Rick," she admitted honestly.

"Huh? Why? You and I are still partners you know."

She pulled a clean white T-shirt over my head, smoothing it down as she explained, "Honestly, I am not sure why this bothers me, Rick. I honestly had not considered another maid would want to be close to you, and I thought only I would ever have that role. So I am just grumpy and not mad at you."

I smile warmly at this beautiful Chinese woman, reaching out to reassure her as we head to the bedroom. "You are more than a personal maid, Mei! You're my life and death partner. I will always need your help and guidance, well, until I am not a kid in your eyes, ha-ha."

She pointed me toward a chair so I could sit down to get my socks and slippers, looking up at me with a soft smile. "Remember in the mall you promised me an outing?"

"I do, and I will. Name the place."

She knelt right in front of my knees to slide on my footwear, looking directly into my eyes as she boldly announced, "I want to go to Disneyland!"

Hearing that catches me completely off guard, since it is a massive theme park in the southwest very similar to my last world's amusement park of the exact same name. "Gladly, but why there? I have not been there in years. My father and I went there a couple of times when I was little."

Mei smiled sweetly as she listened to my childhood memory, shifting over to sit right next to me on the edge of the mattress. "I have a few reasons to want to go with you, Rick. The first is to be seen with you in private, for my work. The second is that the spy who trained me when I was young always told me stories about the park. So as a young girl, I dreamed of visiting it. But as Scott's maid, I could never go, and then I was kicked out before I could ever get the chance. So it is kind of something I have wanted since I was seven years old."

Hearing her past makes me feel incredibly sad for her, and I instantly accept without any hesitation. "Definitely, we will go. Maybe when I am there, I might remember some things about my dad that I have forgotten. I had avoided going there for all of high school, but I am emotionally ready now."

She leaned her shoulder slightly against my arm, looking up at me expectantly. "But, we are not going as Master and Maid, but as a couple, so I can show I am making progress with you, is that fine?"

I chuckle softly at her forward attitude and shake my head. "Why not just go as yourself and have fun? Call it a date if you want, but I just want to ride the roller coasters and see fun things. It is better to look natural to impress them anyway. They will see right through us if you just pose for an audience. They are spies too, right?"

Mei let out a genuine, happy laugh at my logic. "Then make sure it is only me and you, so I can actually have fun. My teacher told me it is the Happiest Place in Eurasia, or on Earth, fufu."

"Ah? Is your teacher the one who sent you to me?"

Mei's pretty face went completely blank for a brief second as my sudden question hit her, revealing a deep clue from her past before a huge grin broke across her lips. "Yes, actually you could say my teacher sent me to you. But I will not tell you who he was. But he was... I meant, is a kind man."

"I told you before, Mei, you don't have to tell me all your secrets if keeping them hidden protects me and the family."

"Rick, you are making it very hard for me to not like you, stupid," she huffed.

I push her shoulder gently to the side, getting up from the bed to tease her right back. "Are Personal Maids really supposed to call their Young Masters stupid?"

She stood up instantly and poked her finger right into the center of my chest, staring me down boldly. "Privately, yes!"

"Really?"

"Come, my stupid young Master, the wives are waiting for you downstairs," she teased.

The moment I finally emerged into the hallway, Mercy saw me and immediately walked up to take her position just half a step behind me in her long, pristine maid dress. Completely ignoring Mei's glaring presence, she offered me a kind, diligent smile. "Master, when you have time to sit with me, I need to make a list of things you do and don't like, foods, schedule, and preferences. Naturally not at this moment. But for this evening, what beverage would you prefer as well as a snack for TV time?"

I look over at this incredibly dedicated maid and decide to take her up on the offer, giving her my immediate requests. "Thank you, Mercy. I think I would like a Jack and Coke, but keep it easy on the Jack tonight. For my snack? How about some honey-roasted almonds?"

Mu gave a crisp nod of understanding and turned on her heel to head straight for the kitchen, leaving Mei to immediately pout at my side. "I could have done that for you."

I smile at her competitive nature and give her a playful nudge as we walk. "Well, my left shoulder could use a gentle rub if you want something to do so badly, ha-ha! I am just kidding." I completely missed the genuine smile that bloomed on Mei's face behind me.

Later that evening, Linda and Mary completely hogged both of my arms, sandwiching me tightly on the couch for a full marathon of recorded soap operas that my wives are currently obsessed with. Linda and Mercy were entirely new to these types of daytime shows, and they both got hooked incredibly fast by the absolutely wild plots the writers cooked up.

The current storyline was completely unhinged. Remember that nurse who secretly made a baby with the unconscious nobleman? Well, it turned out that the comatose patient was actually his twin brother who had undergone extensive plastic surgery, and the real brother had tried to get him killed in an area down south just for the insurance money! So the nurse had actually conceived the brother's baby instead. Not only that, but she just gave birth to triplets! Now the evil brother was completely pissed off after finding out that the woman of his dreams slept with his brother while he was totally out cold and not him! And to top it off, she naturally fell in love with the still unconscious brother. No, seriously, that was the actual plot line. Thank god I am drinking this whiskey mix right now, or I would be yelling at the screen over this nonsense.

Nadia was sitting nearby crying her eyes out over the dramatic scene, and when Hana asked her why she was getting so emotional, she wiped her nose and sniffled, "Twins are bad enough, but if I had triple Ricky's, I would really be sad!"

Nichole nodded along in agreement, thinking things could have been significantly worse for them. Sure, they love the idea of having twins, but the actual physical part of pushing them out into the world is a nightmare they aren't looking forward to.

Hana and I have stayed completely on top of all the pregnancy developments lately due to wanting to avoid any health complications down the road.

We make sure the girls eat perfectly balanced meals every single day and strictly take their prenatal vitamins on schedule. My wives are also unanimously going with formula over breastfeeding to prevent any boob sagging and to ensure balanced nutrition for the growing babies. Another nice benefit is that absolutely anyone in the house can feed the children this way, taking the pressure off the mothers.

On a side note, both Hana and I recently went shopping to put together an emergency medical kit for delivering a baby on the fly, placing one securely in the back of all our cars. We like to be fully prepared for any chaotic situation so we won't panic if a sudden delivery happens on the road.

As the night finally wound down and I kissed all my lovely wives goodbye before they headed off to bed, I briefly noticed Mercy whispering something quietly with Mary. I did not think anything of it at the time, completely forgetting about the interaction until the next morning.

I woke up feeling like the absolute dead, my limbs heavy from sleep. I heard the distinct rustle of the heavy drapes being pulled open across the room, and then bright, warm sunlight hit my face, gently motivating me to crack my eyes open to see Mercy standing over the bed holding my clothes.

"Good morning, Master. It is time to get up and come train with me. Mary asked me to wake you and let her sleep in, so here are your sweats," she announced calmly.

To confirm her story, Mary lets out a soft groan from beside me, pulling the heavy blanket completely over her head to hide from the blinding morning sunlight.

Without emotion, Mercy held my sweatpants and started to slip them over my ankles while I was still half asleep, perched on the edge of the mattress.

Thankfully I did not have to pull on new boxers yet for the upcoming workout session.

I noticed she was wearing a tight workout outfit with a sleek sports top, paired with form-fitting black tights. I was suddenly fully awake, realizing just how feminine this woman is when she leans into a sporty look.

She only stood there in silence, waiting for me to move, so I flashed a quick smile and headed out toward the gym.

A half hour later, the two of us were side by side, running at a steady pace on the treadmills inside our massive gym. She looked over to me, her breath completely steady. "This is an intense workout you have lined up, do you do it everyday?"

"I try to, but everyday is a different workout type for different muscle groups and effects. Today is endurance training, and Monday morning is a flexibility workout scheduled for my Acrobatics, so my body stays limber and my muscle building won't slow my body down."

She let her gaze drift toward the nearby layout, noticing the wooden parallel bars, the suspended rings, and the long balancing bars. "Master, could you help me with an optimal routine as well, and maybe some Acrobatics training? I want to be in my best physical shape."

I look over at her already spectacular body, but my sharp eyes can tell exactly what she really needs to focus on—stamina training and flexibility. I then asked a question I had been curious about for a while. "Sure, that is not an issue, plus I can tell you practice Wing Chun Kung-Fu, so I know what you need. I have a wooden dummy over in that corner for your practice. Also, if it is not rude to ask, how old are you, Mercy?"

While still running effortlessly at my exact speed, she ever so slightly grinned and said in total confidence, "Master, I am the same age as Mary at twenty-two, and I believe that fits perfectly in your preferences?"

For a split second I almost stopped running entirely and would have flown off my treadmill if I did not instantly catch my mental state. I do believe she just teasingly played me there.

So before it was time for shower time, she and I sat down at a nearby bench and filled out a custom training program for her. She meticulously wrote down all of my personal preferences, my daily schedule, and my weekly routines so she could rearrange her own duties to match mine perfectly.

There is a separate men's and women's shower room in the gym, so we both cleaned up and went on our separate Sunday business.

Sunday had been rescheduled for my ladies to enjoy a massive spa day together, so I stayed at home with Mercy and Mei. Oh boy...

After Mei gave me a really nice, deep back massage, the three of us went shopping at the local mall to buy both women things they needed or never really had a chance to own as maids. Mercy was a bit resistant to get nice things at first, but seeing Mei aggressively take whatever she wanted and realizing it made me happy, she finally picked out some items.

I also took the maids over to FF Firearms and fully decked out Mercy in her preferred tactical gear and weapons due to her high-level bodyguard licenses. She clearly liked this store way more than the mall; she is a true fighter in her heart.

So ultimately, my covert Operation: Maids Day Out was a total success, and the two of us seemed to get along better, or at least their act is totally fooling me.

Mei was smiling like normal, and she even talked to Mercy about how to split some of the daily house duties between them. Some of this negotiation was done while I was not aware, however.

Finally, Sunday ended peacefully with some quality time spent with Linda, before sleeping in Hana's room for my nightly duties with my trophy wife, who is now showing a lot more due to being at three months already.

Nothing of note happened on this Monday at University, at least until computer class had finally come around.

Kim Smith, my computer teacher, made her way into the classroom and looked a bit flustered as she stood at the podium to begin class. "Alright class, you have a short quiz today while I bring in some new software programs the university just received. Student Lee, while the rest of the class finishes this, can you help me carry the new software? Everyone here already knows you would pass this quiz with no problem, ha-ha."

I nodded in agreement because I can easily do that entire quiz in less than five minutes anyway.

Nadia did not sense any trouble in the romance department from her spot, so she only worked on her quiz paper.

After Kim pulled out a heavy hand cart, I followed my teacher out of the room and straight toward the administration building.

The moment we made it completely out of the computer lab building, Kim stopped walking, turned to me, and spoke up. "Alex Renaldo came to my office this morning and started to scold me in front of other teachers. He told me you were using me to get to him."

Fuck, I totally forgot to tell her about that whole mess due to my great weekend. I immediately apologize to her. "Damn! I am sorry, Miss Smith. I had a run-in with him at my Engagement Party, and James and Teacher Long had accidentally mentioned you in front of him. He and I have kind of been pursuing some of the same women, and he thought I was pursuing you. I had meant to have Hana call you to let you know, so I am really sorry."

Kim smiled at my genuinely sorry look and just shook her head to dismiss it. "No, I thought I had hidden my new job from him completely, and I was startled to see him show up here. He still treats me like his personal property. He just does not get it when I tell him no, and we have been completely over for years."

I put my hand out toward her and offer a direct solution. "I had to put a tracker notification on Teacher Long's phone to alert her when he came within a mile of her, and I will put it on your phone right now if you don't mind."

She just handed me her phone with absolutely no questions, then asked about the other teacher. "Really? He has been pursuing Teacher Long also?"

While I sync my phone with hers, I grin and tell her, "As long as a woman is beautiful, he is after her. But he seems to target my love interests like a clueless bastard, so I am now going to play hardball with him. Just watch."

"What do you mean by hardball with him?" she asked, tilting her head.

I sat down on a stone bench near us, and Kim sat near me while I messed with my phone screen. I quickly found the exact sound clip I was looking for and played it out loud on speaker.

[Are you purposefully trying to interfere with my love life so that I won't fight well? I will not fall to your petty mind games! Hope is easy and Ana Zi is a gold digger, so take them if you want them, but leave poor Vicky alone. And Tina Feng is my wife, so prepare to lose! Rick, do not touch my Kim! She is only confused and will be my wife when she comes around.]

Kim just looked at me in absolute surprise, and I told her as I messed with the phone settings again, "So there you go. He was completely delusional and blamed me for all of his women troubles. As you see, when a woman tells him no, he just hears, no for now... and send!"

"What did you just send?" she asked, eyes wide.

I smiled and pointed to my phone screen. "Hope Song and Ana Zi both gave me their phone numbers in hopes I would call them someday. I hadn't planned on it, but this clip was too good. Now, give me one second while I call my buddy Alex."

The line started going ring, ring, ring. I keep the speakerphone open while Kim looks at my phone like she can see Alex's face on the screen.

[Alex Renaldo speaking, how may I help you?]

"Hello, Alex! I just want you to know, you crossed the line coming onto my turf at University today. And I will retaliate, but stay completely within the game rules. You accused me of interfering in your love life, right? Now I have. Don't thank me. Leave Kim Smith alone or I will have campus security arrest you for harassing not one, but two teachers. Oh, and the Dean here is my father-in-law, so fucking try me."

[Rick Lee, you little bastard, how did you get my number?]

"You gave it to Hope Song, Ana Zi, Victoria Long, and Kim Smith, so I am pretty sure I got it off one or all of them, if you get my meaning?"

[Wait, are you with Kim now?!]

"Hold on, let me wake her up and ask her? Hey Kim, are you awake?"

Kim has a very interesting, amused look on her face right now due to my blatant act, but she just chimed right in. "I am awake."

[She is my fiance, you little shit! I will tell Tony Feng you're messing with my woman!]

"Are you stupid? I already told Tony all about it, and Kim told him that she has nothing to do with you, so fuck off, bro! Seriously, did Vicky not tell you that you're completely delusional? Kim is next to me and not you. She is going to cheer for me, not you. And lastly, I am living next to her. So if I were you, I would take those calls from Hope and Ana I hear trying to call you, ha-ha! Bye, loser!"

[Kim is— Click. Do, do, do.]

The line went to a dead tone.

Kim looked at me hanging up on him with a grin, though a flicker of genuine worry still lingered in her eyes. "Rick, I don't want to cause trouble for you, and I did not talk with Head Feng?!"

I pointed directly to a pending message on my phone screen to reassure her. "Alex is not important enough to bother Head Feng over, so I sent him a simple text and that is enough. This is really no trouble for me at all. The angrier he gets, the easier my upcoming fight will be. Anger can make you more aggressive in a match, but it always creates massive openings for a patient hunter. Now let us go get your new programs."

The two of us stood up from the stone bench together, and Kim looked around the quiet pathway before giving me a soft smile. "If we were not at university right now, I would hug you. I will cheer for you really well on your fight day, Rick. You can fight for the both of us and finally put him in his place. Life is just not fair sometimes though..."

As I grabbed the handle and started pulling the heavy hand cart behind us, she walked close to my side. "I think if you had been my fiance in the past, I would have been really happy."

I immediately shake my head to deny her words, letting out a small chuckle. "Nope. I am just as lustful as Alex is. I promise you would have hated me too."

Kim instantly huffed, offering a light reprimand as she looked at me. "Don't be silly, Rick. A real lustful man would have taken advantage of the suspension bridge effect and had your way with me already. And after everything that happened at the mall, I might have actually fallen for you if you had tried anything."

That psychological trick makes a lot of sense when you think about it. The suspension bridge effect happens when a person crosses a high, unstable bridge alongside someone of the opposite sex. The intense fear of falling causes their heart to pound rapidly, and their brain accidentally mistakes that physical adrenaline rush for the fluttering, heart-pounding feeling felt when genuinely falling in love with someone.

"That is fake love, Teacher Smith," I point out as we cross the campus yard. "I don't want that kind of artificial affection."

She gently punched me in the arm, her lips curving into a warm smile. "But Alex does exactly that. He specifically takes his dates to high-intensity amusement parks, fast racing tracks, and skydiving just to force his dates to get that exact physical feeling. He tried that exact same trick with me in the past, but as a trained nurse, I knew better. That is why I knew not to trust the overwhelming feelings I felt back at the mall. But I still trust you completely right now. See the difference?"

I mull over her explanation for a moment, my mind instantly drifting to my relationships with Hana and Vicky as I try to process the logic. "So what you are saying is it is better to fall in love while completely calm, rather than while excited?!"

Kim easily saw right through my internal thoughts and immediately corrected my assumption. "If you are thinking Hana had it, then you are completely wrong. She was actively looking for that specific excitement from you. She wanted a true genius that could make her heart move on its own, so she is just special in her head, ha-ha! But I am the exact opposite. I fall for calm, well-thought-out, and entirely practical feelings. The reliable kind you get when you are old and sex is gone."

Right as she finished explaining her ideal romance, we finally arrived at the heavy doors of the supply building. We stepped inside to pick up the specific software boxes she had been waiting for, and I quickly loaded them onto the metal tray of the cart.

On our slow way back toward the classroom building, Kim looked over at me curiously. "In my recent talk with Teacher Long, she told me you are currently working as her teacher's assistant. Would you be willing to help me out in the same way? I can't offer you an official intern position right now, but I can at least buy you a nice meal. And if you ever decide to travel to the UK of America, can I be your personal guide?"

I consider the offer carefully before answering. "It will entirely depend on when it is, and if my wives don't mind me taking on even more daily responsibility."

She smiled brightly at my cautious answer, completely unbothered by the restriction. "Actually, we can easily do all the work remotely straight from my house, so it can be at almost any hour or day you want. Just one day a week is all I need. Plus, the twins can easily join in on the sessions and learn if they want to?"

"Well, I don't mind helping out under those conditions, but I will still ask my wives first just so I am completely covered, ha-ha," I reply with a grin.

"Thank you, student Lee," she says softly as we push the cart back inside the lab building.

The rest of those two weeks? Well, only a couple of truly noticeable things happened around the estate and campus. Do you want to know what they were? Me too, ha-ha!