It was Rudy's dream to live with his harem in one room, where he could watch them all and play with them all the time. But Rebecca's refusal came as a shock to him.
"What about Lucy and Joe? You haven't forgotten them, have you?"
"Well… they can stay here. Actually, we can take Lucy there, as well.'
"What about Joe?"
"Err… why don't you divorce him? I mean, you only married him because you saw him in the family photo. While Joe married you because he wanted Lucy to have a family. Now that everything is achieved, you no longer have to be married to him.
I know there is nothing between you two, and I am not jealous or anything, but I don't see any reason why you would want to stay married to him."
"If I divorce him… what makes you think Lucy will stay with us?"
"We can ask Joe to let her stay here. I am sure he wouldn't mind."
"Joe and I are legally married. If we divorce, Lucy's custody will go to Joe as he is her biological father."
"Lucy is not a kid. She doesn't need custody."
"She is not an adult either. She will turn eighteen a week after you. So legally, she isn't ready to make her own decision yet."
"Are we truly going to talk about legal and illegal?"
Rebecca shrugged her shoulders and said, "You are the one who started it. You are well aware that there is nothing between Joe and me. So it's not like you need to be anxious about me."
"You yourself said that you and Joe are legally married. Yet, you are in an intimate relationship with an underaged boy, who is also your adopted son. How legal does that seem to you?" Rudy asked with a judging look on his face.
Rebecca averted her gaze to the side and muttered, "You weren't supposed to mention that. And we don't have intimate relationships. Kissing and all is different, so it doesn't count. Until and unless we have sex."
"Is that so? Then what you are doing with me is also considered adultery. You are cheating on Joe, you know?"
"...!" The reaction on Rebecca's face evidently showed that she had never thought of that.
Rudy grinned and continued, "Or would you still say it's not cheating because we are only kissing and haven't had sex?"
"It shouldn't be considered cheating. Joe and I don't love each other, so I am not betraying him. Hence, I am not cheating on him."
"Wow. You find some nice reasonable excuses when it comes to you, huh? But you refuse to understand others even when they have got the point."
"Don't try to divert the topic. Can't you let your harem live in the castle, and you live here with me?" she asked with puppy eyes, seemingly trying to play the family card.
"No can do. I am not sure if I will continue my studies, but I will be with them all the time. And my nights will be nothing but sex sessions with them. You do the night shift, so you won't be available during the night."
"We already don't get enough time to spend with each other, and if you leave this house… we will rarely meet…" she mumbled in a low voice with a sad face.
"You can easily avoid all that if you just stop being selfish and listen to me. Stop working. That way, you will be free all day and night. And if you move into the castle, we will be together 24x7."
"I am thinking about that. But finding employees to work the night shift is hard. If I leave, Eleanor's store will probably be closed down. Rachel and I are the only ones working the night shift now.
The other employees quit. And Rachel can't handle the store alone. We need to find someone who can work the night shift."
"Hmm…" Rudy pondered for a few seconds and nodded, "I will take care of that."
"Thank you. But I won't leave this house. Yes, I might visit the castle for weekends and stuff, but I won't settle there."
SIGH!
"I don't want to be forceful." Rudy bit his lips as he pondered for a solution.
'What if I find a way to connect both houses? But how can I do that…? A passage… portal…? Yeah, the portal could work. Oh, oh! Oh! Teleportation portal.
I will set a timer on both sides so that when someone passes through that portal, they will be able to teleport from this house to the castle. Damn, I am a genius! But I should have thought of this before. It took me ten seconds to find this solution.'
"I will take care of that as well," Rudy nodded. "I am taking care of all your mess, mom."
"That's a son's responsibility."
"Oh?" Rudy pushed Rebcca on her back and inserted his finger in her mouth.
"What do you think you are doing to your mother?"
"You are Rebecca, for now. Should we proceed our relationship further?"
"Always using the rules in your favor…" She muttered. "What are you going to do today?"
"Hmm~ Let me squeeze your boobs, bare."
"Aren't you skipping too many steps? I can show them to you, but only for three seconds."
"You do know that I can see you naked using my ability, right? If you tempt me like that, then I will misuse that ability to watch you naked all day."
"Fine… go ahead and squeeze them. But only three squeezes." Rebecca's face flushed.
"Bare?"
"Mm," she meekly nodded. "I have decided to give you freedom."
'I was only kidding, honestly. I would have been happy if she had just let me see her boobs or squeeze them over cloth, but I seem to have hit the jackpot!'
Rudy placed his hands on Rebecca's breasts and said, "Here I go."
He slowly moved his hands under Rebecca's top to remove it, but he heard the bathroom door opening.
'Shit!'
He jumped to the other couch and turned on the television using his powers. Lucy walked into the living room while wiping her hair with a towel.
'Damn, that was close. I totally forgot about Lucy. Her timing has always been the worst,' Rudy groaned inwardly.
'Wait… why do I feel like I am forgetting something else too…?'
Rudy noticed Lucy's school bag on the chair beside him, which reminded him of his school bag that he had forgotten at school.
'Janet…'
