Corporate Prince

Chapter 82: Bath and Desires

Author: Hey, everyone! Long time no read. I've been busy with my business, publishing my fourth book and going on a trip to Japan. Life has calmed down for a bit and I've got a four-day weekend, so I thought I'd write a couple of chapters on Corporate Prince. I should hopefully have another chapter for you tomorrow or Sunday. Also, if you're ever interested in reading my original published works, let me know and I'll give you the link to where you can find them. Happy reading!

Chapter 82:

Bath and Desires

Seto was glad Ana hadn't turned down the deed. Ever since he'd had that irritating conversation with her grandfather about the stupid will, in his spare time, he'd been debating if there was anyway around it. There was none. His lawyers had looked over it and it was solid will. Whoever could beat the head of the family in a match would inherit everything owned by the Sakurais. Seto considered just challenging Ana's grandfather right then, but he had to admit that beating him would be hard. Dai may be old, and Seto was in decent physical shape, but he wasn't an idiot. Beating a master who'd been practicing their entire life wouldn't be easy. Then, after the challenge, he'd have to face Ana's question about why he did it and all in all the whole thing sounded like a massive pain in the ass.

So, Seto did what he does best. He thought of a way around the problem. He would buy businesses and gift them to Ana. However, these businesses wouldn't be hers until one of two things happened. Ownership would only be transferred to her if she changed her last name or after the winner had won all her family's assets. It was true Ana would have access to the businesses at twenty years of age, but only to interact with the businesses if she wanted to. They would effectively still belong to Seto.

He'd brought this idea to Dai, since he would need the old man's cooperation to make it work. Dai had been quiet for a moment before agreeing, but only on the condition that Seto would still hand over the businesses even if he and Ana were to break up. Seto had wanted to punch the old coot for even suggesting it, but he agreed to the condition. It would seem like he was holding Ana hostage with the businesses otherwise, and that wasn't the point. He had for a moment considered not doing anything and when the old man finally got his butt handed to him, Seto would just ask Ana to marry him. Yet, he knew she'd be stubborn and wouldn't do that. He didn't want to do that to her, anyway. He wanted her to choose him because she wanted to be with him.

After Seto saw Ana to her room, he hit the hot springs. His shoulders were stiff, and he could do with a soak. The bath was outdoors, surrounded by high wooden walls and surrounded by large rocks. A wall to the right separated the men and woman's side. I might have been able to have them remove that wall before we showed up. Seto's face grew warm at his own thought and got into the bath. His stiff muscles relaxed at the touch of the warm natural volcanic bath. He leaned his head against the separator wall and slid the rest of the way into the bath up to his shoulders.

Hmm, maybe I should have bought this one for myself. I didn't know onsens were this nice. Seto stared up at the sky and watch some clouds rolling through the sky. He flinched when he heard the door open to the woman's side and he could hear Ana getting into the bath. He could hear her moving around in the water, making his mind think of some naughty things. Dipping his face in the water, he tried to clear his mind, but that didn't help at all. He gave up and took his head out of the water and leaned back against the fence.

The books his therapist gave him had made him curious. Not so much about sex in general, but he had wondered if Ana would enjoy doing anything in the books. Her reaction to the books had been cute, but also disappointing. Is she not curious? She seemed curious to know what I liked about them, but she also seemed rather nervous about the whole thing. I know I told her once that I was off put by the thought of physical contact with women, but with her I kind of want too. Seto stood up, sighing, and got out. After drying off and putting on the traditional onsen bathrobe, he went to head back to his room where dinner would be waiting.

As he opened the door, so too did Ana from the women's side. Her hair was still a little wet and the onsen bathrobe was clinging to her. Her face was red and flushed from the bath.

She smiled at him innocently. "That was a nice bath. I hope dinners ready. Whose room do you think they brought it, too?"

Seto pulled his eyes away. "Whose room?"

"Aren't we eating together?"

"Ah, right. Probably. Mine." Seto didn't look back at her and headed to his room. He was right. They'd set dinner up in his room. Ana dug into her food with gusto while Seto did his best to not stare at the top opening of her bathrobe. After they finished dinner and Ana went back to her room to set, Seto lay down on the futon, his mind racing a mile a minute. Frick' I don't think I'm going to sleep well tonight.