Paulo's smooth face and piercing gaze would have made her believe what she had known to be true up to this point in time.

"Did he really do that for me? He cares?" a wish in the midst of impossibility bloomed out from nowhere inside Natalia's thoughts.

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"IMPOSSIBLE!" Yet her rational mind was practically screaming at her to shake her off from the wild day dream she was having.

It was forever the ways of a fool to expect otherwise than what was presented over and over again.

Natalia was rather conflicted for a breath of eternity within the warring visions between hope and negativity that unbeknownst to her,

a frown had already shown itself towards the lone spectator of her inner struggle.

"Natalia..." Paulo whispered which broke the frenzy of emotions surging before the woman in his eyes.

"I honestly... just did it for the money. HAHAHA!" He added when Natalia's eyes cleared from that fog of haze she was in.

And true to his anticipation, the faraway look in the woman's eyes vanished and was promptly replaced by a look of pure hate, directly intensely at his direction.

"There you are, the sight which I am most familiar with. My Natalia. My obsession." The sole man inside the comforts of the room thought wordlessly.

He took one long drag at the bottle on his hands then proceeded to bridge the gap between two souls that had yet to know each other once more.

"TAP!"

"TAP!"

"TAP!" Paulo was only a step away before he got stopped by the inevitable end.

"PAK!" A sharp sound echoed which ended one life in the aftermath.

"THUD!" Paulo lost his balance and cracked his head on the cold floors.

"..." Silence followed as Natalia was stunned by what happened.

'Did I hit him so hard that he passed out because of it?'

'Or is this bad man only toying with me just like the countless times in the past?' Natalia thought as she froze on the spot at this time.

"Arrogant Prick?" Some breaths more and she could not help but call for the name of the seemingly unconscious handsome man. Alas, no word or action answered her summons.

It got to the point that she could really not take the tension anymore and so she leaned down to shake the body of her bad husband.

Her imagination got hyperactive and she was half expecting Paulo would grab her neck and pull her into a hot scorching kiss. Luckily enough, Natalia survived the ordeal with no accidents whatsoever.

Paulo opened his eyes before Natalia could ever touch his body.

"I am here." A man's voice was heard but the difference from before was quite obvious indeed.

Gone was the teasing smile and the hurtful mocking gaze and what replaced was a demeanor of curiosity and wonder.

Paulo stood up carefully and what he did next felt very strange unto our very own Natalia. Paulo roamed his eyes around this luxurious room and settled in an eerie silence thereafter.

It did not need telling that this man was not anymore the original Paulo who died from a slap some moment ago. This was of course the advent of our bored gamer in this new realm.

In the silence that ensued, Clark was busy combing the myriad memories of the recently departed Paulo Agustin.

A full minute later and he looked at the beautiful Natalia with open sympathy.

Paulo was a player in school and when he knew about the uncrowned ice goddess in the university, he did everything in his power to make Natalia fall in love with him.

The journey was hard and grueling but he was successful in the end.

When he was about to pop the cherry of Natalia as his prize, the latter discovered his plans and duplicity which earned him a kick in the nuts for his troubles.

Our bored gamer could not help but smile while reminiscing that painful memory of Paulo.

"I never got to ask this question before, Natalia."

"Who was it that told you of my game before?"

"Was it Fletcher or Isaac? Rudy perhaps?" Clark asked in order to solve the mystery of Paulo's past.

These 3 guys were a few of Paulo's friends in college and they of course knew of Paulo's wish in screwing Natalia's untouched body.

Any one of these 3 could have exposed the plot but Clark was sure that there were many others who could have done the same.

With how popular and rich Paulo was, his circle of friends was indeed many and diverse. Natalia paused for a beat before she got the courage to tell the truth.

It happened years ago and so it did not really matter that much in the present.

"It was Anthony." Natalia answered.

"Anthony fucking Burns! Hmmm... Let me guess. He tried getting into your pants later, right?" Our bored gamer asked with a knowing smile on his face.

Anthony Burns was one of Paulo's kind. They were good for nothing flower picking thieves unto the unsuspecting virgins in the university.

"..." When Natalia did not reply, Clark's smile even grew wider at this time.

"I knew it." Our good gamer nodded and without ado, left for the bedroom.

Although he was already married to Natalia in this world but that would not stop him from accomplishing his quest and more.

He dropped onto the soft bed while still in his tuxedo and communicated with his system Nancy thereafter.

"Show me my character status, Nancy." Our bored gamer instructed his system.

"Affirmative, host." Nancy replied a half breath later.

"DING!"

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Host: Clark Colter

Power Systems Conquered: 13/50

Identity: Paulo Agustin, a rotten playboy who knows nothing but to fuck around and enjoy.

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'An apt description indeed. Hehehe.' Clark chuckled at what he saw.

'What are my partner's restrictions this time around?' He asked a very important matter next.

"You will have no negative buffs or restrictions, host." Nancy replied with an obvious smile on her sunny sweet voice.