Chapter 4

"Why are you dressed like this?" Trent hissed angrily as soon as they stepped into the kitchen.

"It's bloody hot, that's why!" Natalie snapped as she pulled out a jar filled with orange juice from the refrigerator.

Trent snatched two empty cups from the cupboard and placed them on the table none too gently. Natalie gave him a glare for treating her cups that way before filling them with the orange juice.

"Is that the only reason?" Trent pressed as he stared at her with incredulity.

Natalie sighed before she admitted. "Okay, that's not the only reason. I want him to find me attractive."

"You make sure he did by smashing his face onto your boobs."

"That's- no! I did not mean to do that! It's just...I find him adorable and I couldn't resist!"

Trent raised an eyebrow, his eyes filled with mockery. He took a cup and gulped down the content until its empty. "Are you looking for a husband or a pet?"

"I do not think of him as a pet, Trent!"

"Then don't treat him like one. I heard from his brother that Cole grown up smothered by females in general. He does not like it."

"Are you giving me a hint to capture his heart?" Natalie asked hopefully.

"No. I'm just telling you what you should not do before you make him hate you."

Natalie gaped. "He will hate me?"

"If you continue treating him like a dog, yeah he might."

"I don't treat him like a dog!"

"Then a baby?"

"I don't treat him as if he's a baby! Just because I find him cute does not mean I don't find him romantically attractive!"

Trent had no idea her whole body warmed up when Natalie accidentally smashed Cole's face onto her mounds when she only planned to hug him. The feeling when his lips caressed her breast nearly had nearly driven her crazy.

Trent chuckled as he refilled his cup and drank it all in one go. "It's funny to see him getting irritated from the attention he gets from the females. They tried to help him with everything, leaving him with nothing to do but look adorable."

"Then he must have hated me now? I hugged him and called him cute," Natalie said in dismay, her eyes quickly filled with tears.

Meanwhile, Trent was gaping at her with shock. "You are crying because he hates you?"

"You would be too if Austria hates you!"

"That's different! Austria is my girlfriend. Cole is just a potential husband." Trent's shocked expression turned to wonder. "You really like him?"

"I told you I do!"

"Damn. I thought you are just saying it."

"What?" Natalie screeched. "Are you saying my words couldn't be trusted?"

"No, no, no. That's not what I meant!" Trent quickly said. "What I mean is it's impossible for you to like him this much just after meeting him for less than thirty minutes!"

Natalie sneered at him and haughtily said, "Yet you met Austria and already banging her away when you guys only know each other for fifteen minutes."

"Fine! I give up! You win!"

"I did not realize there is a contest!"

"Okay, look, just don't try to do the chores all by yourself. Let him do half of it or more."

"I know that moron! That's one of the reasons why I agree to have a roommate." Natalie crossed her arms, staring at Trent with irritation.

"Just don't try to mother him. You can seduce him at every opportunity. Join him during his shower. You could even sneak into his bed, naked, during the nights!"

"I am not that desperate Trent!" Natalie roared and smacked his arm with enough force to bring tears out of his eyes.

"That hurts!" Trent glared at Natalie.

"You deserve it."

"I'm just helping you!"

"By asking me to rape him?"

"The most effective method ever."

"Is that how you seduce Austria? With sex?"

"Yup."

"No need to sound so proud moron!" Natalie hissed and pinched his arm, ignoring Trent yelping in pain. "And I can't do that to Cole."

"Why not?"

"I won't have sex with him just yet."

"Why not?" Trent looked confused and Natalie does not know if she should punch him or just laugh at him.

"Sex is not the only thing I want from him even if I'm going to seduce him! I don't want him to misunderstand that I only want one night stand with him."

"But Austria and I do the deed first before we dated."

"And I always wonder why the two of you have not broken up yet!" Natalie snapped with impatience.

"We understand each other."

"I wonder how?" she asked dryly.

"Through sex," Trent grinned wickedly and this time Natalie let her go of her restraint and pinched his arm.

"Why do you keep on abusing me?" Trent asked tearfully, which was faked and Natalie knows it. Her pinching does not hurt more than an ant bite.

"Because you deserve it," she snapped. "What I mean is, I want to give him a good impression but not too good of an impression. I want him to want me forever where only when death does us apart."

"I found you to be very demanding, Natalie Kilper."

"Like you aren't? Who was it that said 'I want big boobs, thin waist, and nice butt?'"

"Me. But at least I'm realistic."

"Not. Didn't you realize Austria had undergone plastic surgery on her boobs?"

"I know. But I still love her."

"Why don't you just admit you like the results?" Natalie rolled her eyes in exasperation.

"I'm going to ask her to marry me," Trent suddenly announced, hoping that Natalie will drop the subject.

Unfortunately, he just opened another can of worm. Natalie snorted. "Good for you. Austria is going to kill you if you still haven't asked her to marry you before next year."

"What? Why didn't I know any of this?"

"Because we don't want you to?" Natalie answered with a smile as sweet as honey.

"Very funny," Trent snapped. "I'm going to ask her next week."

"She's going to be very happy," Natalie said in a sarcastic cheer. "What is it about you and the kid?"

"Who?"

"The one that comes here with Cole."

"Oh, him. That's Wess."

"What's with you and Wess? He seems to want to be anywhere but around you."

"I raped him."

"What?!" Natalie nearly dropped her cup. Who would have thought Trent would be such an immoral person?!

Trent laughed at her reaction. "April fool's joke actually. Gotten him drunk and stripped him naked before dumped him in an empty room with a love letter written by me. I 'sincerely' thanked him for a wild night."

"Seriously?" Natalie's heart eased.

"Oh yeah. His reaction is priceless!" Trent laughed as he recalled how horrified Wes looked after he read the letter. He had secretly hidden inside a closet with his friends just to see if his prank worked.

Natalie stared at him in horror. "Please tell me you cleared up all the misunderstanding with him!"

"Actually...no. I had planned to tell him the truth if he confronted me, but he's doing a very good job of avoiding me."

"Trent! That's just plain cruel!"

Trent laughed. "It is. Seeing his reaction, I assume Austria hasn't told him yet, but since she didn't, I'm not telling too."

"Austria knows Wess?"

"They're cousins. In fact, it's all her great idea to trick him."

"My goodness! Does Cole know about this?"

"No. He only knows Wess and I have a 'thing' in the past." Natalie shakes her head in disappointment.

"You are going to tell Wess everything," Natalie demanded and before Trent could protest, she added, "Or I'm going to tell Austria you are going to dump her."

"What? That's not true!"

"So does the fact that you raped Wess."

Trent groaned. "Fine. I will tell him."

"Today. When you accompany him out of the building, clear it all up."

"Did I tell you that you could be an ass before?"

"All the time, honey. All the time."