Chapter 66: 66. Woman’s scents

"Wait a minute, Celine, you live alone?" asked Riki.

At that moment, they had just entered Celine’s apartment. It turned out that Celine’s apartment was in the same building as Riki’s. However, Celine’s apartment was on the 11th floor, while Riki’s apartment was on the top floor. You could say that Riki’s apartment was a penthouse.

Riki was very confused to see that there was no one else in the apartment but the two of them.

"Yeah, of course. My family lives in the village, while my younger siblings go to boarding school. You know, my parents really like a quiet life, they both garden and raise livestock. Then—"

"No, I mean—" Riki even had trouble explaining. He just didn’t want anything unwanted to happen.

Celine approached Riki, then stopped in front of him. She was so close that Riki could smell her perfume. And the scent of strawberries from her hair.

"You said you wanted to have dinner with me, right? I have a wine collection—I like wine, especially red wine. If you don’t like it, I also have some bottles of grape juice. So, come sit down."

Celine pulled Riki’s arm, then led him to sit on the ivory-colored sofa.

The woman smiled, then tied her hair with an ivory scrunchie.

Riki just stood there silently, staring at the woman.

His mission to help Celine was not yet complete. For some reason, Riki didn’t know why.

In fact, Riki had helped with investments and so on. In fact, Riki made Jake and Jean angry because he didn’t go to the office building. Jake and Jean had been waiting for him to tell him something.

Riki did all that just for Celine. He met with the owner of Hayper Entertainment briefly. Riki talked to the man for a moment.

But the mission was still not complete.

It turned out that Riki had taken his mission too lightly.

"Is there anything else you want to tell me, Celine?" Riki asked suddenly, surprising Celine.

The woman became nervous immediately after hearing Riki’s question.

"Wh-what are you saying? I don’t-don’t..."

"Just say whatever you want to say to me. No need to be shy or anything. Even though I’m someone you’ve just met, I think you can trust me. I won’t hurt you or do anything bad to you," said Riki.

Celine stopped smiling and stared at Riki intently for a moment. Then she smiled again and nodded.

"Of course," she said, then turned her back on Riki and continued walking towards the kitchen.

Riki stood up and took off his jacket. Then he followed Celine to the kitchen.

He watched the woman as she prepared the ingredients for cooking.

"Can I help?" asked Riki.

"No need, I’m cooking to entertain you, so—wait a minute!"

Riki took over, ignoring Celine’s refusal.

"Of course I have to help. We can cook together, right? What do you want to make?"

"I want to make the curry we had before."

Riki nodded, "Okay... but we won’t get the same result because the one at the restaurant is cooked for hours until it’s that tender. But to save time, we can substitute chicken." said Riki.

"Oh, I like chicken too."

"Great, let’s cook now."

The two of them cooked together. Celine didn’t expect to see another side of Riki.

How Riki looked gentle and sexy while cooking. To Celine, Riki always looked sexy even when he wasn’t doing anything.

Riki always made Celine’s heart flutter uncontrollably. However, because Celine had always pursued her career, she had no experience in romance. So, she didn’t know what to do.

She even felt very stupid as soon as she realized that she had invited Riki to her house. Even though there were only the two of them there.

Celine pretended not to understand the meaning of Riki’s previous words to cover up her embarrassment at that moment.

"I didn’t expect you to be so good at cooking, Riki. That was amazing, you’re like a professional chef," said Celine.

They were having dinner at that moment, on Celine’s apartment balcony, accompanied by red wine that somehow perfectly suited the atmosphere at that time.

Riki didn’t like alcohol, but he could drink. He only sipped it occasionally so as not to disappoint Celine, who had gone to great lengths to host him that night.

"I’m used to cooking because I live alone. But now I’m living with my cousin," said Riki.

"Don’t you have any siblings, Riki?"

When he heard Celine’s question, for some reason Riki’s thoughts turned not to his deceased brother, but to Anton.

Damn it.

Riki still couldn’t believe that he and Anton had the same father. It was very annoying.

"No, my brother died a long time ago," replied Riki.

"Oh, that’s too bad. If they’re your cousins, why are you living with them?" asked Celine again.

"Because we have no one else but each other. We both lost our parents, so we decided to help each other. Oh yes, my cousins are Sean and Selene, who passed the audition earlier," said Riki.

Celine was surprised to hear this.

"Wait a minute, the Sean you’re talking about is..."

"Sean, who is currently an actor at Hayper Entertainment. He just joined because of my recommendation, remember?"

Celine’s eyes widened in disbelief, "No, I know Sean, I mean—"

"Selene is Sean’s twin sister. They’re both my cousins."

Celine even covered her mouth now.

Riki chuckled, finding Celine’s reaction amusing.

"Is that surprising?"

Celine shook her head, "No, it makes sense that you have two very talented cousins with such great looks. If only you hadn’t entered the business world, you would have been perfect as an idol. I’m sure you would have had a lot of fans."

Riki laughed when he heard that, "Oh my god, you’re exaggerating."

Celine shook her head, "Of course not."

[You have successfully completed the mission to help Celine!]

What? Wait a minute, what did Riki do? Suddenly, the mission was just completed.

[Celine’s main problem is loneliness, master]

Riki fell silent, staring at the woman who was casually drinking wine. She smiled beautifully, while looking at the beautiful night view of the city.

[Your reward this time is the sweet tongue skill, which allows you to make anyone believe your words, even if it don’t make sense]

[This skill requires magical energy, so you must use it wisely.]

[You can only use this skill on one person at a time]

Strange skills began to appear, and they all sounded very unique and quite interesting. It made Riki curious to use them. However, he had to be careful and not use them recklessly.

Riki would only use them at important moments.

But wait, was Celine lonely?

"If you need a friend, I can keep you company, Celine," said Riki, unaware that his words made the beautiful woman in front of him’s heart beat wildly.

"You’re such a kind man, Riki. I like you," Celine murmured. The woman looked at Riki, her palm on her chin. She stared at Riki with an expression that left him confused.

"Do you like me?" Riki asked, confused whether Celine was drunk or still sober.

Celine chuckled, then took another sip of the wine in her glass.

"Yeah, I like you... I’ve never liked a guy like this before. And... you’re so sexy, so I’ve been thinking about you ever since we first met. You’re my type. If only you had asked me to sleep with you, I would have said yes right away. But unfortunately, only jerks like me. It’s annoying..."

Celine rested her head on the table in front of her.

Riki immediately grabbed Celine’s shoulder, checking to see if she was still conscious. However, her eyes were closed.

Was she asleep?

"Celine?" Riki called out.

Slowly, Celine’s eyes opened, and she smiled when she saw Riki’s face so close to hers.

He was very handsome.

Celine wanted to grab him and make him hers.

Riki, who was about to lift Celine’s body, thought she was asleep, so he was very surprised when Celine suddenly woke up and sat on his lap.

It happened very quickly.

When Riki realized it, Celine was already kissing his lips.

This is bad!

Riki didn’t want Celine to think he was a jerk who would take advantage of someone who was drunk.

So, Riki quickly pushed Celine away from him, then carried her to the bed.

The woman fell asleep immediately after her body touched the bed.

Riki breathed a sigh of relief.

He was grateful that he hadn’t become a jerk.

"Oh, this is really dangerous. I have to leave immediately," Riki muttered.

He left Celine’s apartment and walked quickly to the elevator.

Before the elevator doors opened, he received a call from Angeline.

"Hello, Angeline?"

The call was immediately disconnected, leaving Riki confused. However, Riki then sensed someone behind him.

When he turned around, he saw Angeline standing behind him.

"Angel? Why are you here?" asked Riki.

Angeline clicked her tongue in annoyance, "I didn’t let you go so you could play around with other women, Riki. I thought you liked Liz. If this is how it is, I won’t—"

"What are you talking about? I’m not playing around with other women!"

Angeline chuckled when she heard that, then she pointed at Celine’s apartment door.

"That’s a woman’s apartment, and you came out of there with the scent of women’s perfume on your body. Then where’s the jacket you were wearing earlier? Did you leave it inside?"

Oh, Riki just remembered that he had taken off his jacket.