Free Web NovelChapter 104: Chapter 104 I want you.
"Save our captain?" Ivy repeated, raising an eyebrow as she slowly turned her gaze toward Erik, whose pale face now resembled that of a corpse.
The man looked terrible. His breathing was weak, his lips had lost all color, and blood continued staining the clothes wrapped around his wounds.
Then Ivy calmly folded her arms across her chest before looking back at Darren.
"And what exactly do I get in return?" she asked casually.
The moment those words left her mouth, the surrounding soldiers stiffened nervously.
Darren, however, did not hesitate.
"What do you want in return?" he asked immediately, lowering his head respectfully once more. "Just say it."
A mischievous glint flashed through Ivy’s eyes.
"I want you," she replied bluntly.
Silence.
Complete silence instantly fell over the entire compound.
The soldiers’ eyes widened one after another as shock spread across their faces. Even Darren himself looked completely stunned.
"You... want me?" Darren repeated slowly.
His handsome face flushed slightly with embarrassment while he swallowed hard awkwardly.
Behind him, the other soldiers immediately began whispering among themselves.
"She wants him?"
"How can she say something like that so openly?"
"Seriously?"
The men stared at Ivy with complicated expressions while some frowned deeply.
Meanwhile, Ivy looked at their strange reactions with confusion written all over her face.
"What’s with those expressions?" she wondered inwardly. "Why are they looking at me like that?"
Before she could figure things out, Darren suddenly let out a low scoff beneath his breath before slowly rising to his feet.
"How could you ask for something like that?" he muttered.
Then, to Ivy’s complete shock, he began walking toward her.
"Huh?" Ivy blinked in confusion.
Before she could react properly, Darren suddenly started unbuttoning his shirt.
One button.
Then another.
And another.
Ivy’s eyes widened immediately.
"What exactly are you doing?" she asked in disbelief.
Instinctively, her gaze darted toward the bunker entrance to check whether her children were peeking outside. Thankfully, they could not see anything. The system had already drawn the curtains shut earlier.
Meanwhile, Darren completely removed his shirt, revealing his well-built muscular body beneath.
His toned abs flexed naturally as he tossed the shirt aside carelessly. Years of military training had sculpted his physique perfectly.
The other soldiers looked away awkwardly while some coughed lightly in embarrassment.
Ivy, on the other hand, momentarily froze.
Her eyes unconsciously scanned Darren’s body from his broad chest down toward his waistline. The sharp V-line above his trousers was painfully obvious beneath the sunlight, making her throat tighten slightly.
"He’s a military man... of course he’d have a body like this," Ivy thought inwardly. "Actually... all of them are annoyingly handsome."
As if that was not enough already, Darren suddenly grabbed Ivy’s hand gently before placing it against his bare chest.
The warm sensation of his skin instantly made Ivy’s heart skip violently.
Before she could react, Darren slowly guided her hand downward across his chest and stomach.
Only then did Ivy finally snap back to reality.
She immediately yanked her hand away as though she had been electrocuted.
"I’ll do anything to save the captain," Darren said firmly, his expression completely serious despite the redness on his ears. "If you want me... then you can have me."
The moment those words landed, Ivy’s eyes widened in realization.
"Fuck..." she cursed inwardly. "They completely misunderstood me!"
At that exact moment—
Ding!
The system notification rang out inside her head.
{Host, you literally said you wanted him. What else were they supposed to think? In situations like this, ’wanting someone’ usually means wanting to sleep with them.}
"Snap out of that nonsense!" Ivy suddenly yelled angrily.
Her sudden outburst startled Darren so badly that he instinctively stepped backward in confusion. The other soldiers looked equally bewildered.
"How could you even think of something like that?!" Ivy exclaimed in disbelief. freewebnσvel.cøm
"W-What?" Darren asked blankly, clearly confused.
"When I said I wanted you, I meant I want you to work for me!" Ivy immediately clarified while letting out an exasperated scoff.
She placed both hands firmly on her waist before glaring at him.
"That’s the only condition for me saving your captain," she continued seriously. "So make your decision quickly because your captain is already dying."
The entire group froze again.
Then slowly... realization dawned on their faces.
"...Oh." freeweɓnovel.cѳm
Darren’s face instantly turned red with embarrassment.
The other soldiers looked so awkward that some wished the ground would simply swallow them whole.
One of them even covered his face with both hands in shame.
They had completely misunderstood her words.
"You want me to serve you?" Darren repeated in disbelief before letting out another scoff.
He quickly bent down, picked up his military shirt from the floor, and wore it back properly.
His ears were still slightly red from embarrassment. Earlier, he had genuinely believed Ivy wanted him in that kind of way, only to discover he had completely misunderstood her intentions.
At that moment, Darren truly wished the ground would open up and swallow him whole.
Unfortunately for him, it didn’t.
