The Queen's Back

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"So I'll start the game?" Mona asked Maxwell. It gave her a small thrill that he was next to her guiding her.

Maxwell nodded while adjusting his seat to position himself closer to her. He could already smell the fresh scent of her body soap. It was light but refreshing, just like her personality.

Mona rapidly pressed the skill buttons on the screen, shooting at the enemies around her. In no time at all, she had used up all the special skills of her character, but her enemies still surrounded her. She sighed inwardly, resigned to the fact that it was game over for her again.

Just then, she felt a warm hand over hers. Some calluses on the Hand made the back of Mona's palm itch a little, but it also sent a jolt to her heart. She looked up and stared adoringly at Maxwell. "Keep your eyes on the screen." Maxwell's low voice brought Mona back to reality.

"Yes, I'm looking at it." Mona looked back at her character.

The characters on the screen moved

In the next instant, she observed her quickly, and very soon, in a flurry of action, the precarious situation that Mona had been in was defused. The other characters that surrounded her moved on from her. Her character's special skills had also been restored.

This time,

hand being guided I by Maxwell. His thumb pushed against hers, nimbly controlling their character in battle and outmaneuvering opponents. I still as she watched her character on her phone screen begin to unleash its special skills at one enemy after another.

Mona stayed blows landed quickly and precisely, and soon enough, the only one left standing was herself while the bodies of her fallen enemies littered the ground.

Mona shrieked as the word 'Victory' flashed on her screen and she excitedly jumped up from her seat. In her excitement, she accidentally fell backwards into the arms of Maxwell. She looked at him, starstruck, and exclaimed, "Maxwell you're amazing! I won, I won!" Mona had always been a loser at video games, and it was exhilarating for her to finally win. Maxwell met Mona's doe eyes and replied, "Yeah, congratulations, you won!" Then, as if he couldn't control himself, Maxwell ran his hand over Mona's hair twice. Her hair was soft and smooth, but it seemed to have a strong hold on Maxwell's hand and he found himself unwilling to stop caressing it. It seemed like Mona's hair had bound itself to his hand as well as his heart. don't She only

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t we play another round?" Mona asked. She knew how intimate they were being in that moment, and it made her heart flutter but she wasn't quite sure how to deal with it. that it mad made her feel an indescribable joy in her heart.

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Maxwell wasn't about to pass up on a chance to be in close contact with Mona again, so he readily agreed. They continued playing and won game after game, and when it was close to midnight, Maxwell took the phone and plugged in a charging cable. He said to Mona, o to sleep, we've got work tomorrow."

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Mona had scratched her gaming itch the whole night, so she nodded in agreement and moved to the side.

Maxwell turned off the light and lay down next to Mona.

There was still some distance between the two of them then.

Mona found herself in darkness suddenly, and she could feel the bed sink a little under her as Maxwell lay down.

"Maxwell, have you ever played games like this with others?" Mona asked. She thought the earlier atmosphere had been easy and relaxing, and especially when they won a game, she saw that Maxwell had a faint smile at the corner of his lips too. "No, you're the first," he replied. Maxwell rarely had any free time of his own, so he almost never played this kind of game.

Maxwell's answer brought a smile to Mona's face. She wanted to be a little more demanding, so she told him, "Well, then don't play games like this with other people in the future too, okay?"

"Okay."

smile on her face.

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"Maxwell ayomise, Mona fell asleep with a

I a long time, but it didn't seem like Mona would roll over to his side of the bed that night, and after a while, he could hear her steady, even breathing.

Maxwell waen that he called out to her in a whisper, but there was no answer.

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Maxwell quickly moved closer to Mona and put her arm around her. He couldn't hold back from planting a kiss on the top of her forehead, saying softly, "Sweet dreams, my wife."

The next day when Mona woke up, the bed was empty. She rolle rolled a little to the side and could feel a residual warmth.Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

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and found that it was cool, which meant that the both of them had slept quite close to each other.

She reached a hand further across the bed a Maxwell had taken the initiative to get closer to her. Mona also recalled Maxwell's promise to her last night, and she began to feel very pleased with herself. And was closer to her side, So in other words,

Even if those weren't a definitive indication that he liked her, it was safe to say that he thought fondly of her.

After she washed up, she went to Albert's room to show him her game results from the night before.

Albert looked at Mona in disbelief and accused her of cheating. "Come on, this is your score? You're bluffing."

It was a dozen or so consecutive victories. He himself never achieved that in his years of playing the game, not to mention Mona, who sucked at video games.

Mona coughed awkwardly in response. She knew the limits of her abilities but she defended herself and said, "I did play those games, but I had a coach!"

"Was it Maxwell?" Albert asked.

Mona nodded, saying, "That's right! I just came over to rub this in your face. Don't look down on me anymore because I have someone helping me now. Anyway, go get ready for breakfast." When Mona and Albert made their way downstairs, their grandparents were surprised to see them together. It wasn't usual for them to get along so well.

After breakfast, there was still a bit of time, so Mona offered to send Albert off to school, and Albert didn't decline.

The moment Albert got into the car, he poked his head towards the front of the car and said excitedly, "Mona, Maxwell, since you guys are so good at the game, let's have a battle soon!" "Your sister doesn't want me to play games with anyone else," Maxwell replied flatly as he started driving.

Hearing Maxwell's reply, Mona started grumbling in her heart. She had meant that Maxwell shouldn't play games with other girls so intimately, not that he couldn't play at all with others.

"Mona, you're way too bossy!" Albert said, silently adding in his mind that no wonder Teddy cheated on her. No man would be able to tolerate Mona's temperament.

"You..." Mona started a retort but then gritted her teeth angrily. Since Albert thought she was bossy, she'd show him just how bossy she could be.

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