Rules of Engagement Chapter 11 His Masculinity

Soren brought out a camp bed and threw a thin quilt onto it. After all, their marriage certificate was not
valid yet and they were not familiar with each other. She must feel uneasy. He thought of her friend
telling her to save the number of the police before she left. It was so funny. Was he really so different
from a gentleman?

He took a shirt and a pair of sweatpants of his own and handed them to Elsa. "Please make do with
these clothes tonight, Elsa."

What? Hearing that, Elsa froze for a moment. Every time she struggled with something, it would be
solved easily by him. She took them and said, "Thank you."

When Soren was about to say something, his phone rang. He answered it, but his attitude became a
little stiff. He said in a cold tone, "Dad?"

While talking on the phone, he made a gesture to tell Elsa that she could take a shower first. He was
indeed a leader. His manners and deportment were always impeccable, which made Elsa feel as if he
was going to take some special action.

She rushed into the bathroom. She would have a shower first even if he didn't tell her. She would feel
uneasy if she had to bathe in the same room with a strange man. She must finish it as soon as possible
when he was out talking on the phone.

After such a busy day, Elsa felt both physically and mentally exhausted. It was comfortable to rest in
hot water and her restless mood was alleviated. After the shower, she took Soren's shirt by her hands.
When she smelled his unique odor, her face began to heat up. She put it on in a few movements. The
shirt was so big that it could cover her thigh. And the sweatpants were loose too. Fortunately, she could
tie the drawstring tightly, so they wouldn't fall off.



In this way, it seemed that as long as she breathed a little heavily, his smell would fill in her nostrils, and
all her clothes was full of his smell, sunny, warm... manly and masculine.

Elsa walked out of the bathroom, with confusion in her eyes. She could only see a figure sitting on the
edge of the bed. She thought it would take a while for Soren to make the phone call, but to her
surprise, he had already finished it. Seeing her come out, he also grabbed his clothes and went into the
bathroom. "Phew." Elsa let out a sigh of relief.

She made the bed and tucked herself in. This was his home. So she was self-aware enough to choose
the small camp bed, instead of the big one... On the big bed, the sheet and quilt were made by her
parents. It was a pity that she could not sleep on them.

The camp bed was also full of his masculine smell. As soon as she lied on it, the unfamiliar smell
surrounded her entirely, wrapped her tightly like a rope. Elsa quickly sat up. She put on her glasses and
looked around. But the photo on the dresser was gone, not even the frame.

There was only some cake left on the dresser, and the cream and peaches on it were very attractive,
giving off a faint fragrance. She was embarrassed just now, so she only ate a little. Now that she saw
this delicious cake, she could not help but want to eat it. Elsa stealthily take a bite of the cake with her
finger and sighed with satisfaction.

She took another two bites of the cake and swept the edge of her lips, secretly glancing at the
bathroom like a little rat. When Soren was taking a shower, the sound of the water came to her ears.
He could not find her eating as he was standing behind the wall and so far away. Elsa enjoyed the cake
in peace. When she looked at the bathroom again, she saw that he was rubbing the bubbles in his
hands and washing his hair. The water splashed all over his strong body. She couldn't help admiring his
excellent figure and dragged back her eyes. See no evil. See no evil.

But...



Wait, there seemed to be something wrong. She sucked the cream on her finger, wondering what was
wrong.

She pushed up the big black-rimmed glasses and slowly looked in the direction of the bathroom. She
saw that Soren was washing his shoulders with the hand shower and suddenly realized: the wall was
only a piece of glass! She could easily see through the translucent glass wall of the bathroom!

There was no real wall of the bathroom but it was made of glass! With her glasses, she could see his
strong naked body back to her! Although the air became blurred because of the rising steam, there
were still many details that could be seen clearly!

So how long had he talked on the phone when she was in the bathroom? Where was he after he
answered the phone? The blood rushed to Elsa's burning face. If she had known that, she would have
gone to the other bathroom!

She frowned and was about to ask when the door of the bathroom suddenly opened. Her courage
immediately disappeared like a broken balloon. She hurriedly took off her glasses and wrapped herself
in the quilt. Then she closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.

After knowing him for only one day, she didn't feel like herself at all. This feeling was not good.

Elsa closed her eyes. She could hear Soren walking back and forth in the room. When he walked to
her bed, he stopped.

"Elsa?" Soren called her tentatively.

She wouldn't and was too embarrassed to respond.

"Are you asleep?" He seemed to be closer to her.



Since she was pretending to be asleep, of course she would not answer him. 'Just let him think I'm
asleep.'

Suddenly, Elsa felt something warm moving very close to her. She didn't dare to look at it or even open
her eyes. She felt that the warm sweep across her lips and cleaned the cream left on her lips.

She didn't dare to think what it was that had touched her lips...

The embarrassment of being caught eating furtively and of being watched naked during the shower
made her grab the quilt and close her eyes tightly.

She was even more embarrassed when she heard the laugh of Soren.

"You are too tired. Have a good rest." Soren touched her hair with his big hand and then left.

It was not until the curtain was drawn and the light was turned off that Elsa got relaxed from the tense
state.

In a short while, the sound of Soren's breath came from the bed. It was quiet, peaceful and stable. Elsa
was relieved and gradually fell asleep.

She was too tired in these days, so she slept very well last night. In the morning, Elsa was woken up by
a phone call. Still half asleep, she picked up the phone. "Hello, Janie. Although it's not a real marriage,
we are still newly married. Why are you calling so early in the morning?"

She had been waken up by a succession of phone calls for consecutive days. So she was so upset to
be called again when she was sleeping!

"Elsa, I'm really sorry to call you at this time. But the newspaper has something urgent. Someone's
looking for you. Come over now." Although Cindy Wu was apologizing, her voice was neither cold nor
warm. It was kind of intentional politeness.



"I have assigned my work to another colleague during my wedding leave, so I can't make it now." Elsa
refused. She would never push off her own work, but she would not get involved in the things that did
not belong to her either.

However, Cindy just said, "Elsa, it's no use getting angry with me. I'm just trying to inform you as soon
as possible. Whether you will come or not, it's up to you." Elsa couldn't figure out what expression was
on Cindy's face now.

The phone was hung up by the other end.

Elsa was annoyed by the trouble. When she asked for a leave of marriage, she had assigned her work
temporarily to another colleague, Hal. There's endless work of the newspaper. If she began to deal with
this trouble, she would be busy all the time. She had planned to take advantage of the marriage leave
to relax herself for a period of time.

But since she answered the phone, she couldn't pretend that nothing had happened. Elsa had no
choice but to call Hal. Then she found that Hal was working on a big news and was not in the office. So
he didn't have time to deal with this issue. He kept apologizing to Elsa over the phone.

Therefore, Elsa had to go to the newspaper office in person.

As soon as Elsa remembered that someone else was on the bed, she covered the cellphone with her
hand. She looked around and found that the quilt on the big bed was folded neatly like a piece of tofu. It
was her new quilt for marriage. The beautiful flowers on it was a little bit inconsistent with this folding
method.

Soren had already left. Elsa quickly got up and washed her face. When she walked out of the room,
she saw Blanche preparing the breakfast in the kitchen. And Johnson was drinking a cup of tea as
usual.



Blanche said with a smile, "We got up early and bought some food in the neighborhood to make
breakfast. Unexpectedly, Ren got up earlier than us and was running downstairs. Zaza, if you have
time, you can work out with Ren. You either go to work or sit in the office all day long, how are you
going to keep healthy without doing exercise?"

"Okay, Mom. Something happened in my company. I need to go there now. I'll be back soon." Elsa
grabbed her bag and was about to leave.

"What? Aren't you in your marriage leave? Zaza, take an egg before leaving, and the soy milk just
made by me."

Grabbing the egg in her hand, Elsa rushed out of the door, with no time to drink the soy milk. She felt a
little dizzy and couldn't tell which direction she should go, so it took her a while to find the elevator. She
went downstairs and was confused again. Finally she found the exit of the community. But her car was
not here, and she didn't know where the bus stop was either, so she had to take a taxi.

She rubbed her eyes, wondering when the dark circles would completely disappear.

On the way to the office, Elsa made a phone call to get more information about this issue. It turned out
that it was only a small incident.

Last time, Elsa had posted a news with a picture, which was taken on the street according to the
content and requirements of the news at that time. A person in the bustling crowd was a little more
conspicuous than others, but not very obvious. Now the wife of this person came to ask for
compensation for the publish of the portrait, saying that if the newspaper refused to pay her the money,
she would sue the newspaper and the reporter for invading the portraiture right of her husband.

Elsa was dumbfounding to find out the truth. In the news report, the newspaper had the right to use a
person's portrait if it's needed. It didn't violate the portraiture right, let alone the compensation for the
person.



But it was said that the old lady was very difficult to deal with. As a result, others had no choice but to
ask Elsa for help.


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