Chapter 10

Petra was in front of the mirror, towel drying her hair. She was too focused on her reflection, so she didn't hear the door open. When she realized, her husband was standing behind her, making her jump, she let out a small cry of fright, and the towel that wrapped her body slipped, exposing her nakedness.

Petra froze, not knowing what to do.

Her husband looked at her in surprise. Petra bent down to pick up the towel quickly and wrap it around her body again.

— What a lovely way to welcome your husband. — Bryan says with amusement in his voice.

— You scared me. — says Petra, her cheeks flushed. — I thought you'd still be with Adam.

— If I remember correctly, you told me not to work, that I had to rest. — Bryan says, smiling sideways. — I'm glad I obeyed.

— You naughty. — says Petra, quickly leaving the bathroom and heading to the closet, where she locked herself inside to look for clothes without running the risk of her husband seeing her naked again.

— You do not need to be ashamed. Bryan says. — it's not like I've never seen a woman naked before.

— It's nothing new for you. — says Petra. — But for me, it is, I've never looked like that in front of anyone.

Petra quickly stops talking and feels even more embarrassed. Suddenly everything was silent.

Bryan, who was on the other side of the door, was shocked by Petra's report.

What do you mean, she had never been naked in front of someone?

So does that mean she's a virgin?

Bryan didn't know what to say, he was still processing what he had just heard.

— I'll go down and wait for you at the dinner table, don't be long. It was the only thing he said before quickly leaving his wife's room.

Petra, who was leaning against the door, hears what he said and soon moves away, so she can quickly look for clothes. She kept thinking about how she would face Bryan after being completely naked in front of her, and even more after confessing that she had never looked like that in front of anyone.

— How embarrassing. — Petra says, whimpering while picking up a white sweatshirt, and soon after putting on her bunny slippers and leaving the room.

. . .

As Petra was served by one of the maids, she looked down at her feet and, noticing her rabbit slippers, blushed with embarrassment. She knew the slippers were childish and out of character for her age. On the other hand, she found them cute and comfortable.

She was trying to hide her feet under the chair in embarrassment. Bryan, on the other hand, tried to hide his laughter and keep his expression serious.

— What was it? — Petra asked, noting Bryan's attempt to control his laughter.

— Nothing, nothing. — he replied, trying to sound serious.

— You're laughing at my bunny slippers, aren't you? — said Petra, letting out a shy smile.

Bryan couldn't resist and ended up laughing out loud, making Petra laugh along with him.

— Oh, I knew you would laugh. — she said, smiling and shaking her head.

— Sorry, I couldn't resist. But you know, you look cute in them. Bryan said, still smiling.

Petra blushed a little, but she didn't regret wearing her bunny slippers. She has always been in love with rabbits and felt comfortable with them on her feet.

— I've always wanted a pet bunny. — says Petra, looking down. — My dad never let me have one.

— Did you always like rabbits? — Bryan asked.

— Always, since childhood. — she says smiling.

— I'm sorry for going into the bathroom like that. — Bryan says.

— Okay, it's over. — she says, trying to change the subject quickly, she didn't want to talk about that shameful scene anymore. — when is your next physical therapy?

— Tomorrow afternoon. Bryan says. — tomorrow morning, I'll change chairs, I'll use an electric one to move more easily, my arms get tired of moving.

— Great. — says Petra. — will the physiotherapist be the same one from the hospital?

Petra asks with a slightly different tone of voice than normal, this did not go unnoticed by Bryan, who smiled inwardly.

— No. — he says. — I hired a physiotherapist, because I'm big and heavy, being a man it will be easier to help me.

Petra couldn't help the small smile that formed on her lips, and after looking at Bryan, and seeing that he was staring at her, she quickly stopped laughing and looked at her food, where she started to eat.

— I saw that there are new flowers in the garden. — Bryan says. — who planted them?

— Myself. — says Petra. — as soon as I moved in I saw that the garden needed color, so, as I had nothing to do and was unable to go out, I ended up spending hours of my day in the garden.

— Blocked from going out? Like this? — he asks.

— Your mother forbade me to go out, I couldn't run the risk of some gossip coming out, or me saying something that would harm you. — says Petra. — Oh! Tomorrow my teacher will come in the morning.

— Your teacher?

— Yes, I'm in my last year of high school. — says Petra. — they wouldn't let me go to school, so I'm studying at home.

— Okay, Adam will be here in the morning, we've got some work stuff to talk about. — he says. — My electric chair will also arrive in the morning and in the afternoon I will have physiotherapy. It will be a busy day.

— Unlike you, I'll have a quieter day, I'll just have class in the morning and spend the rest of the day reading. — Petra says, smiling.

— You like books a lot, don't you? — he asks. — just like he likes rabbits.

— That's my vibe. — says Petra, and they both laugh.

And just like that, Petra realized that she didn't have to worry about what others thought when it came to feeling comfortable with herself. And Bryan realized that he liked Petra even more for her authenticity and love of rabbits.

The two were different, but they seemed to complement each other. Something new was dawning between them, something good and pure.

So they finished dinner while talking and getting to know each other even more, it was so much fun that Petra even forgot the shameful scene she had been through a few hours ago.

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