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Wives in the culture that she had married into had a subservient role where they weren't supposed to question anything that their husbands were doing. Her husband had actually thought this was very old fashion as it would make the man have a lot more control of a woman that should be allowed in a civil society. This was before the main wife had been added to their house so he had a lot more control than in the following time.

Her husband had always been decent to her and she wasn't sure that Kai's behavior could be in the same vein. Him and his sisters were sounding to be sexually deviant as well. The type of repercussion of these things were to be known by the public would be very severe for both of them. Although she had spent most of the last ten years in private quarters due to her husband's family, she was still aware of the Afuru name.

In the news she had seen the gossip cop section be extremely critical about the love lives of each of the Afuru sisters. There was one whom was in a polyamorous relationship with some high official who had been a part of a case that the lady had been granted complete diplomatic immunity in as she testified. Then there had been the leaked elevator video where one sister was crouched in the corner of an elevator while two business magnates had physically fought although it was questionable why the girl was there in the first place, she had slipped and fallen and then two magnates had screamed while the girl foamed violently at the mouth while her legs flapped violently. Her legs had been the subject of much discussion as people wondered whether the freckles that had started forming on her legs were scales or a rash. The frenzy had increased to such a point that the FBI had several requests to call the whole family in for questioning so the entire clan had been said to return to their haven underwater for a long while.

True royalty could it be said that they were up there? Not really, but they were always caught up in interesting situations with people who were high class. Reputation always preceded them instead of making one wonder whom they were. It was curiouser and curiouser then that one of their number would come forwards to interfere with a situation that was outside of these types of people. Her being a part of something bigger was no way that it could be true that Vasko really was something worth being frightened of. She did feel her heart beating quite quickly as she wondered about the sexual aspect.

"Why don't you go out with me instead? If you want to get married . . . I don't mind doing that for you. I can be the marrying type if I want to be." Kai's words burst out of his mouth as if he had been holding his breath.

Yuliya felt like she couldn't breathe. "Mr. Afuru, I can't marry a man I've only just met. I know nothing about you. What if your worse."

"You wonder if I am worse why? I told you the truth instead of setting up an elaborate lie like Vasko did because you deserve the truth. Everyone does. It is quite a pity that no one ever bothers to do it. If you married me than you know that our foundation is solid, there is no hiding. Nothing you have is of much interest to me."

"I'm confused then, what value would such a match have for you?"

"You're interesting and you deserve to relax after your trials. It would be my deepest pleasure to be the person you can relax around. I would love to do the same."

"But you have never truly made me relax. What if my idea of relaxation is different than yours? I don't know your habits or hobbies. It frightens me as I know my current partners hobbies are a lot more terrifying than I thought."

"I'm boring. I think you could use a little bit of that. Why not be boring together?"

She couldn't believe the turn of the conversation as her breath was hard. She felt a lump in her throat forming which she wasn't sure due to discomfort or arising please. Yuliya cleared her throat. "So is this like a regular thing for you? If you find a girl you like, you make some excuse to get the guy away from the girl then try to take her for yourself? There must be a long line of women who have fallen for this and I'm sure that they'll stab me in the back as soon as they find me as their competition for your attention."