Rules of Engagement

They chatted while walking. As a matter of fact, they weren't familiar with each other and there weren't many topics to talk about. They just talked about something they saw. After walking for twenty minutes, Elsa was exhausted and Soren was still chatting with her. She had no choice but to agree with him.

She forced herself to walk to the dorm, which nearly took her one hour. She pushed the door open. If it weren't for Soren, she would have directly slept on the bed to have intimate contact with her beloved quilt.

The two adjacent rooms were very quiet. The office of the newspaper started working earlier, and the staff had to clock in at the front desk at eight o'clock in the morning. They went out early as the office was officially confirmed at eight o'clock.

Elsa poured a glass of water and invited Soren to sit at the desk. Then she opened the closet to clean up. At present, she had to live in his house. She always needed a few sets of clothes to change in summer. However, when she looked around, she only got two black shirts and a white shirt.

On her desk, there were two pictures. One was taken with her friend and the other one was taken with her parents. She was all wearing big glasses with a charming smile on her face. Soren looked at her. She was packing up her things and sweat broke out on the bridge of his nose. She pointed outside and said to Soren, "have a seat and I'll go change my clothes."

Soren nodded. Seeing her walking out, he looked at her desk, on which lay many professional books about her work, but there were also many novels. One hundred year old loneliness, waiting to desolate, few going ways, tomb hunting notes, white rock, all kinds of colors were available, and there were several popular lady magazines which made her look sharp without being the dull female reporter with a pair of black rimmed glasses.

While he was thinking, he heard something hit on the door of the bathroom.

Soren frowned and walked to bathroom. He saw that her hair was tied up, revealing her two pink ears and her face was covered with sweat fighting with a pipe. Her pipe was broken, and she took off the old one and put the new one. Seeing Soren coming, she took a deep breath and said, "sorry, the tap didn't work. I'll be okay soon."

She then took a spanner to knock on the tap. Then she stood up and said, "I don't know why the tap always goes off. I bought several spare ones. It is broken again after a few days."

She stopped the machine and turned on the tap. The water was flowing out. She closed the door and clapped her hands, "it's done."

She turned around and saw his dark eyes.

Was she always like this? She did everything herself. When her husband was close to her, she did everything well without saying a word?

"Hey, what's wrong with you?"

Soren suddenly held her waist and took her away.

hit by the tap if he hadn't stood in front of her to protect her. That impact was so strong that there was a

them, not only one of the tap, but also the other pipe was blown off, and there was water everywhere. Elsa got rid of Soren's hug and used her hands to stop

As soon as the water stopped, the room became quiet. Both of them looked awkward. When they saw themselves in the same awkward position in each other's eyes, with messy hair and wet clothes, they could not help laughing

the floor, she remembered to clean it up. But Soren took the mop away, he said, "let me do it. You go to wipe yourself in case of getting cold. What's

Elsa still

his arms. He lowered his head and looked for her. His action was a little rusty but full of strength.

get close to women,

her a chance to leave She was so

was like something he had met long ago and tasted. Now he got the recovered smell, but he was not sure

she refuse him or She clenched her fist and felt it burning. She didn't

clasped her restless hands. They were a little rusty under this circumstance. As Elsa was about to step back, Soren didn't allow her to do so.

suffocate. She didn't know how to escape. She didn't know

hand, pulled her close and clung to

to her. She stretched out her hands, trying to separate them. He did not look strong, he is tall and mild. But the muscles on

knew it was not a stone wall, because his heartbeat was

In fact, she was happy, totally different from what she thought.

in a panic, someone knocked at the door. Finally, Elsa took the chance to take off his coat when he was absent-minded. She messed her hair and said, "I'll open

saw Niki, who was standing on the deck downstairs and had nothing to do, so she was not surprised to see Niki at home. When she saw Elsa, surprisingly, she asked, "Elsa, why are you home? I heard you were

to take

downstairs. If you are here, you can take a good look at it.

calling the