Chapter 228 - 229: Your Choice

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Chapter 228: Chapter 229: Your Choice"Gina, go outside, you’re not needed here," James Brown said as he grabbed Gina Lopez’s shoulders and pushed her out to prove his point once again. Gina reflexively struggled, glanced outside, then twisted her body and said, "Alright, I’m going out. You do your thing." Then she quickly walked out. Gina’s reaction once again confirmed James Brown’s suspicion that she did not like him and did not genuinely want to be with him. Since Gina didn’t truly like him, James Brown could easily guess her intention, which was still because of Grace Lopez. Because Grace had developed feelings for him, Gina wanted to avoid such a situation—it wasn’t that she thought James was not good enough, but things like these happening at home were too awkward. First, he was her boyfriend and then her sister’s; it’d be too hard to explain to their parents. That meant Gina didn’t necessarily have to be with him, just as long as he wasn’t with Grace, that would be enough. Understanding this, James Brown became more composed in dealing with Gina. Knowing that she had no true feelings for him, he felt less burdened—it could be acting, or just a game, it was all for fun anyway. After preparing a lavish dinner, the five of them sat together, eating and drinking happily. Initially, James wanted to leave after dinner, but Gina’s formidable mother immediately stopped him, her face stern, "Gina just came back from a business trip; how can you two be separated? You’re staying together tonight." Though not put very directly, Gina and James could clearly read between the lines—the intention was to hurry them into the same bed, to get a grandchild. This embarrassed Gina greatly, while James found it rather amusing and pretended to be troubled, "This house isn’t big enough, I wouldn’t fit if I stayed." Gina’s mom immediately retorted, "What do you mean it’s not big enough? I’ll sleep in one room with Sandra, and let the old man sleep on the couch." James hurriedly said, "That won’t do, let me sleep on the couch." Gina’s mom glared, "Why the couch? No, you must stay with Gina." Sandra giggled, raised her hand, and loudly said, "Okay okay, I’m the youngest here, I’ll sleep on the couch then. No problems now." Gina’s mom instantly beamed with joy, "Right, let Sandra sleep on the couch, no objections now, right?" James looked at Gina, shrugged helplessly, and Gina could only roll her eyes in agreement. Thankfully, she hadn’t felt much pressure staying in the same room with James before. Mr. Lopez originally wanted to play chess with James, but his wife outright denied it, saying that Gina and James had been working so hard, how could they not let them go to sleep early? Mr. Lopez laughed it off and dropped the idea. Although he hadn’t expressed it, he was as keen on Gina having children soon as his wife was, only, being a man, he wasn’t as eager to show it. Gina and James finished their baths and had to go straight back to the bedroom to avoid being nagged. Once the room door was closed, Gina sat on the bed, looking troubled, "Why is there a new demand now? It’s giving me a headache." James, relaxed, lay on the bed and lit a cigarette, contentedly smoking away. Gina, smelling the smoke, turned around angrily, "We have the air conditioning on and you’re smoking, do you have any public manners?" James jumped up to open the window, saying, "Just airing it out will be fine." "You..." Gina glared at James but didn’t say more. Though initially bothered by the smell of James’s smoking, she wasn’t as annoyed anymore, it was just her cleanliness; she didn’t like ash everywhere, especially in the bedroom. After finishing his cigarette, James yawned, "It’s getting late, let’s sleep." Gina just hummed in response, turned around, and saw James comfortably lying in the middle of the bed, which made her frown slightly, "You’re sleeping in the middle, where should I sleep?" James chuckled, "Right next to me, of course." Gina’s face darkened, but seeing James’s amused expression, she suddenly felt her response might be a bit off and gave him a stern look, "I’m not ready yet, let’s just keep it as it was before." "Look at you, accepting me in your heart but not with your body, you’re making me suffer," James shook his head helplessly and moved a bit to the side. Feeling a bit guilty, Gina turned off the light and felt her way onto the bed. Feeling that James was far enough away, she let out a sigh of relief. Thinking about how James had never overstepped before, she wasn’t worried about him doing anything now. But not long after, James suddenly moved closer to her, making Gina tense up but not daring to make a sound. She whispered, "What are you doing?" Sёarᴄh the NovelFire.net* website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. James leaned close to her ear, murmuring, "It’s not about what I want to do, but isn’t the soundproofing in this room a bit bad?" "Remember the time Sunny and I stayed at your place?" "Of course I remember... you rascal!" Gina Lopez’s face flushed instantly. When James Brown and Sunny Nguyen stayed here, the noises they made kept her awake. It was also the first time she had heard such sounds, how could she forget? "You should understand then, your parents must have also heard the noises from our room, right?" Gina retorted begrudgingly, "Even if the soundproofing is poor, such loud noises definitely couldn’t be heard." "What I meant was, we shouldn’t let them not hear the noises, but rather let them hear the noises, right?" Gina totally didn’t catch James’s drift, frowning and slightly turning her head to look at James and ask, "Let them hear, what do you mean by that?" James curled his lip and said, "You, the big CEO, how can you be so dense at times like this? What do you think uncle and aunt were implying by sending us to bed so early?" "Are they thinking... oh..." Gina finally grasped the implication in James’s words, her face turning a deeper shade of red, extremely embarrassed, stuttering, "You’re not suggesting...that I ... mimic Sister Sunny’s sounds, are you?" "Smart!" James looked at Gina with a cheeky smile, feeling extremely delighted inside. These past few days Gina had given him a lot of headaches, and now he finally had a perfect chance for revenge. "No way, I’d rather die." Gina shook her head decisively, her tone very firm. James turned over and lay back down, indifferently said, "Suit yourself then. Anyway, I’ve thought up the idea for you, dealing with being nagged tomorrow morning is your problem." Gina’s mouth twitched, her mom’s nagging was indeed deadly, she really didn’t want to bear it, but to mimic the sounds Sunny made that night... Even if she really got married, really did that thing with a man, Gina firmly believed she would never make such noises. "Let me ask you again, are you really not up for it? I’m going to sleep then, and you better not disturb me." After a while, James asked again. "Go to sleep, go to sleep, I won’t call you," Gina huffed, really wanted to kick James off the bed so he’d continue sleeping on the floor just like before. "I’m off to sleep then." Less than two minutes after James spoke, his breathing had already evened out, seemingly asleep. "What a pig! Falls asleep just like that." Gina secretly scolded. It was very quiet in the room now, faint sounds drifting in from outside. "Sandra, when you stayed here, was your sister’s room also completely silent?" This was mom’s voice. "I don’t know, I sleep deeply, I wouldn’t hear any sounds," that was Grace Lopez’s voice, and quite loud at that. "Mr. Lopez, about Gina, she comes back from business trips but doesn’t get cozy with James, when will they have kids then?" "You old woman, why are you meddling in everything? The kids are all grown up, they aren’t clueless." That was Jonathan Lopez’s voice. "I just can’t help but worry, I still need to have a serious chat with Gina tomorrow, the child is really out of line." "Right! Mom, you must have a good talk with big sister." Grace Lopez was making things worse. Gina, listening to the conversation outside, her heart sank. If mom started lecturing her about that topic, she would surely go mad. To avoid mom’s nagging the next day, suddenly James’s suggestion seemed not so bad. But the thought of making such lewd sounds, she had no clue how she was supposed to make them, that darkened Gina’s face. This sort of thing, how could she ever do it? And if her family and that guy next to her heard it, how could she face anyone tomorrow? This left Gina feeling extremely conflicted. Thinking over and over, mom’s nagging was still deeply terrifying to her, and a little embarrassment didn’t seem like a big deal, especially since her parents apparently wanted to hear such sounds. "Just shout it out then, what’s the big deal, especially since this guy is asleep anyway." Gina bit the bullet, finally made up her mind, opened her mouth, and let out a sound.

Chapter 228 - 229: Your Choice

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