Trapped with a Doctor

"Taste it for me, tell me if it's salty."

Angela pounded the table. "There is no salt in cake at all! Just eat it!"

Arvin slid the fork on the plate to face her. "Feed me."

"No! Do it yourself!" She wouldn't stand for much more of this babyish behavior.

Arvin smiled. "Hey, I fed you. Be courteous to your host."

Angela said nothing.

She took the fork and brought a sliver of cake to his lip.

Finally, Arvin opened his gob. The cake melted on his tongue.

Getting anywhere with Arvin was in itself an achievement, so she smiled. "Okay, one more bite!"

Arvin shook his finger. "It's your turn!"

"Why?"

"One bite for me and the other for you!"

Angela balanced the fork between her weary fingers. 'Why does he hate the cake so much?'

Angela ate it, and some cream came to rest on her lip.

She eclipsed the cream with the tip of her tongue.

It aroused Arvin's deep desire.

'What a tricky girl! Seducing me all the time.'

Arvin looked at her, and they went through this routine again, sharing bite after bite.

Just when it was Arvin's turn again, he stopped. "Wait..." Arvin clutched her hands suddenly.

"What is it?"

He lifted her jaw, and asked her to be compliant. "Eat the cake!"

'What is up with him?'

Arvin towered above her, lowered his head, and kissed her red lip, getting cream everywhere...

Arvin was a new man, with a smile wider than a river. "We should eat the cake this way."

Out of shyness, Angela took the rest of the cake away. "No cake for you! You big bully!" She loped over to the table and scoffed it all down without pause.

Arvin could only smile with joy.

"Enjoy yourself! I'll take a bath!"

Angela lifted her head from the cream-strewn plate. 'Take a bath?' she wondered, as Arvin exited the room to fetch towels. The thought of Arvin's strong chest. His tall figure standing under the shower, washing his whole body...

"Angela, what are you thinking about? You're drooling!"

Suddenly, Arvin's cold voice interrupted Angela's blissful reverie.

He'd forgotten his phone, and came back to find her ogling expression, ribald and suggestively covered in cream...

Angela drove her thoughts away and and explained, "It's the cream! Mmm, it's delicious!"

But Arvin saw through her deception. "Don't you want to come in and take a bath with me?"

The inside of Angela's mind came alive with a resounding 'Yes!' She looked puppyish and dreamy.

'Me in the bath with Big Wing!' Angela was lost in imagination.

"Come with me, let's take a bath."

Angela put away what was left of the desserts and followed Arvin to the bedroom.

But... "Oh, my god! Arvin, you are a big pervert! My god!"

She screamed like a madwoman.

She ran out of the room.

Arvin was totally sick of these shenanigans. 'She promised to take a bath with me! Why did she call me a pervert?'

There was no point debating it, he hadn't showered since he had been on call. He shook his head and entered the bathroom. Outside, Angela's face was as red as an apple. She stuffed her gob with desserts as fast as possible, trying to calm her nerves. 'What a jerk!' she thought. 'A big smelly pervert!' She resigned herself to her innocence.

She ate some bread, but was still hungry. She found a tomato for herself in the kitchen.

After her first bite of juicy tomato, the doorbell buzzed.

'My god! Arvin's mum?' she wondered.

She rushed to the bathroom and slammed against the door.

Inside, the water cut off. Arvin swung open the door. His hair was shampooed, and he was covered only by a bath towel. "For goodness sake, what?"

No time to salivate over his well-built body. "Someone knocked on the door."

"Then, open the door!"

Of course, she knew how to open the door! "But what should I do if it's your mum?"

"It's not my mum. It's Kent! Just open the door!" He closed the door.

His indubitable manner relieved her.

She opened the door and, sure enough, it was Kent. "Hello, Angela!"

"Hello! Kent!" Angela hid the tomato behind her back.

'Jesus... This is so embarrassing.'

Kent handed several bags to Angela. "Doctor Gu asked me to send these essentials here for you!"

'Ahh, so Arvin asked Kent to come over. That makes sense.'

She inspected the contents of the bags. Skin care products. But, it struck her, when did Arvin have time to arrange this with Kent?

She hadn't said she would be staying, after all.

"Angela?" Kent's voice pestered her.

But soon she came to her senses. "Thank you very much, Kent!"

"You're welcome. See you, Angela."

"See you, Kent!"

Angela swallowed a few mouthfuls of tomato again.

She sucked her fingers clean. Arvin still hadn't come out, so Angela went to the coatroom and changed her pajamas.

When she was comported, the doorbell rang again. Supposing it was Kent, she ran to open the door.

"Kent, did you forget -" But Angela's face dropped like a weight. "Nita? Lulu?" The two women had come to ask forgiveness. When Nita saw Angela in pajamas, she became like stone.

Lulu clapped her mouth in alarm. She had stumbled on the big secret her brother was hiding.

'There is a woman in my brother's apartment!' Lulu scrutinized her critically. and she is in pajamas! My god...'

Lulu rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

"Where's Arvin?" asked Nita in a low voice. Nita looked normal now as she had time to comport herself.

Angela, faltering, pointed within and answered, "He's taking a bath."

Nita was greatly shocked, so was Lulu.

Angela presented an anomaly to them. They couldn't figure out how she fit into Arvin's.

Nita had no right to query Angela, but Lulu lacked the social experience, and decided to delve.

She pushed past her immediately. Angela's arm got the full brunt of it. "Hey," screamed Angela, victim once again. "What are you doing?"