Chapter 190 - Pillow Talk

Elle was lying on her bed, examining the ring on her ring finger. Her lips held a faint smile and her eyes twinkled with joy as she remembered what transpired this afternoon. 

Erick's sudden marriage proposal utterly astounded her to the point she almost freaked out. But seeing him felt so horrible, she found her courage to say yes and accept his proposal.

She couldn't stand to see his hurt expression so she took a risk once again by making this decision. She was glad she did that as she saw the overwhelming happiness in the face of her beloved man.

After they ran away from the Cafe, Erick brought her immediately to a jewelry shop and he bought a ring for her. She wondered what happened to him that caused him to act like this.

Erick was acting so weird that day. Everything was off about him but she decided not to ask him for the moment. She would prefer to talk to him at their home tonight.

After buying the ring, he dropped her back to the Cafe. Before leaving, he hugged and kissed her again. He was very reluctant to leave. However, in the end, he had no choice but to go back to their headquarters.

The smile on her face faded and her expression became troubled when she recalled her conversation with Phantom and Charles at the Cafe. Before she left the Cafe, they talked about Erick's marriage proposal.

{ "Are you sure about this? You looked so scared just a while ago after hearing his proposal." Charles asked her. He sounded worried about her. }

{ "I admit that I was a little bit hesitant at that moment but I already made a decision. I will not change my mind about this." Elle truthfully answered him. }

{ "I support you no matter what decision you will make. I will not object to your marriage. All I care about is your safety and happiness." Phantom softly said to her. }

{ Charles sighed deeply "What are you going to do with your identity? What name will you use to register your marriage with him? Besides, there are requirements you need to comply with. Remember, you are pretending to have amnesia." }

{ Elle forgot to consider those things and now Charles just reminded her. Elle felt like she was having a headache now. }

{ Elle massaged her throbbing temples. "Why I didn't think about it. I can't use my real name. So it leaves me no choice but to use the identity given to me by Master Phantom. Besides, I already told him my name as Elle Claveria before." }

{ Phantom let out a soft chuckle. "You don't have to worry about that. Even if he will look into your identity as Elle Claveria, there will be no problem. Elle Claveria has no link with Catseye." he reassured them. }

{ "Will you still pretend to have amnesia?" Charles asked her again. }

{ "Yes, I have to. I can't tell him that I didn't lose my memories. I don't want him to ask me about Skull Gang's motive for hunting me. Or else he might see through my lies once he investigates further my connection with them. I am afraid he will be able to connect the dots and find out that I am Catseye." }

Knock! Knock!

Elle was pulled out in her deep thoughts when she heard the knock outside her door.

"Come in," she said, allowing Erick to enter.

Erick opened the door and entered her room. He was carrying a folder in his right hand. He paused for a moment when he met her gaze. There were some emotions hidden in his eyes as he stared at her.

'I can't confront her about the letter. This is not the right time. I am afraid that she might run away from me once again if she finds out that I already knew the truth. She has no amnesia.'

He was able to conceal his worries as he greeted her with a bright smile.

"Care if I join you?" Erick asked her as he pointed the bed. He walked towards her as he put down the folder on her bedside table.

Elle smiled at him and shook her head. "Nope, come here, lie beside me."

Erick gladly accepted her offer as he climbed on her bed to join her. He used his arm as Elle's pillow as he cuddled her.

"Can I sleep here tonight?" Erick asked her again.

"Sure, why not. This is our first time sleeping together here in my room." Elle giggled from that thought.

"Yeah. I like it here. I can smell your fragrance all over your room." he murmured.

Erick's body grew warm from the inside out as he nuzzled her neck, preparing to bite her. Sensing his motive, Elle tilted her head to give him more access.

His breath was hot against her skin sending a shiver on her spine. He started to plant feather-like kisses on her skin, giving her small and gentle bites as his hot mouth traced her sensitive parts.

Then, he found her lips with his own, kissing her harder, deeper, with a fervent need. Elle couldn't stop herself from brushing her fingers across his chest as she drowned herself at the moment.

'If she didn't lose her memory then it is true that I am her first kiss. She said before that I am the one who stole her first kiss.' Erick was rejoicing from that thought.

"I'll never have enough of you." he murmured.

He deepened the kiss, nibbling at her full lower lip. Elle met his aggression with her own, tasting and savoring him. Seconds later, they broke the kiss, gasping for breath.

"Hmm, stop it. You should behave. I still have my period." Elle warned him as she giggled from that thought. Erick pouted after hearing that, feeling disappointed but he obediently complied.

In the end, he was satisfied in cuddling her while they were having pillow talk.

"Thank you for staying with me, Elle. I am so happy today. You accepted my proposal. I was so scared that you would refuse but in the end, you didn't." Erick said truthfully as he did not hide his fear.

"I am sorry for scaring you. However, you also scared me today by making that sudden proposal. Do you know that?" Elle gently punched him on his chest.

Erick just chuckled. Then an idea popped up in his mind.

"Elle what should we do? What will happen to us if you are already married to someone before you lose your memory? Then, I will become your paramour, your other man, right?" Erick was trying to test and tease her since Elle had no idea that he already knew the truth about her fake amnesia.

Erick flashed a playful smile as he saw Elle frowned immediately after hearing his statement. Elle raised her brows when she noticed his smile.

'What is he thinking? What is he trying to do now? Is he backing out because he thinks that I might have a husband already?' Elle thought to herself.

"Hmmm… If I think about it then you are right. I just remembered that I have someone in my mind before whom I like to marry." Elle blatantly said to him.

Erick's brows furrowed in a frown immediately.

'What? So she already has a first love.' Erick regretted talking about this topic to her.

"Who is he?" He asked curiously.

"He is the son of my father's best friend," she answered him truthfully.

Erick's mood changed and he was unhappy about knowing Elle wanted to marry someone before and that person was also the son of her father's best friend.

"Who is more handsome, I or that man?" Erick asked her again. Elle could sense a hint of jealousy in his voice.

Elle was suppressing herself from laughing. She wanted to tease him more and make him jealous so she paused for a moment before she answered his last question.

"Hmm, thinking about it, I guess both of you are equally handsome," Elle said as she was grinning from ear to ear.

Erick was not satisfied with her answer. He was expecting her to choose him but instead, she said they were both equally handsome. When he saw her grinning then a realization came to him.

"Hmmm. Are you intentionally making me jealous?" Erick said to her as he moved on top of her, trapping and pinning her down on the bed.

Elle felt guilty under his penetrating gaze. He caught her and she couldn't deny it.

"How can I behave if you are doing this to me?" Erick felt so helpless just staring at his beloved woman under him.

"I-I didn't- uhmm" she couldn't tell the rest of her words as his lips already sealed her mouth. He kissed her all over again until she realized that she wouldn't ever find another man who could give her this kind of feeling.

After he released her, he leaned his forehead against hers as he said: "Let's register our marriage tomorrow first, then hold a wedding ceremony after a month. What do you think?"

Erick was so eager to claim her and make her as his wife. On the other hand, Elle was dumbfounded once again. Erick was giving her one shock after another.

"B-But how about… t-the requirements?" Elle asked him, unsure of what she should do about it.

Erick reached out to the folder which he put down in her bedside table just a while ago.

"This folder contains information about you, Elle. When you told me your complete name before I hired an investigator to search for your family and find out more about your identity." Erick started to explain to her.

"It took him a long time to gather this information. Fortunately, after I went back to headquarters this afternoon, he contacted me and gave me the result of his investigation." Erick sat up and he gave her the folder.

"I didn't open this folder yet. I want to give you this first."

Erick knew that Elle was hiding something from him; that's why she lied about her amnesia. As much as he wanted to know her more, but he didn't try to open the result of the investigation. He wanted to see what she would do once he gave that doc.u.ment to her. Will she let him see the result of the investigation or not? Erick was also testing her right now by doing this.

Elle's eyes fell on the folder which she was holding right now. She was also curious about what information the investigator got after tracking her identity.

'Is it safe to let him see this? But why is he telling me this? He could have checked it already without telling me but why is he giving this to me?'

Erick was anticipating her response. Seconds later, Elle averted her gaze to Erick.

With a gentle smile on her face, she said to him: "Let's open this together and see what information he got for us."