CHAPTER 83 - BIKINI"Milord can dip in first. I'll join you in a minute," said Harriet, whose face flushed red, running away from there.
Liam, who was already naked, saw Harriet run out of the bathroom.
Join him?
Was this the game they used to play before Liam lost his memory?
As anticipation filled his head, pushing all the complicated questions away and replaced with lust slowly starting to sink into his head, Liam felt his own face turn red. Right now he was confused because he had no vivid memory, and he still felt his marriage to Harriet was just a dream too good to be true.
But now he was standing in his bathroom, naked, waiting for his wife to come to bathe with him?
"Cough–"
Liam coughed up blood.
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Harriet felt her body tremble with excitement.
As soon as she came out of the bathroom, she went straight up to the top room of the tower and stripped off her clothes. However, different from usual, she wasn't wearing her corset, panties and stockings. She was wearing something that Miriam designed based on the West Continent's 'bathing suit' fashion.
While they were chatting a few days ago after it was raining together, Miriam suddenly shared information about the Marigold Kingdom. It was one of the tropical kingdoms in the Western Continent where there were wide beaches and so many islands in its territory. There was a fashion item that was popular and impressive there.
When Harriet saw the sketch Miriam had drawn on a piece of paper, her eyes lit up.
Miriam called it a bathing suit or bikini.
The Marigold Kingdom was a summer paradise, where the sunny weather would last for almost six months of the year. For Harriet, it made sense to have fashion items like these, which were simple, functional, and beautiful.
Although in Miriam's sketch, the bathing suit looked so simple and sexy, Harriet felt that in order to sell it on this continent, there should be a slight change in the design.
Maybe, be a little more conservative by adding details here and there and covering up some of the exposed skin.
Harriet knew that hot tubs were very popular in the North. Not only for nobles, but also for commoners who had access to public hot springs. Fashionable bathing suit designs for women who were shy about bathing naked could be a pretty good idea, right?
However, when they called on designers and tailors from town to help them create a bathing suit that was perfect for Miriam and Harriet, they finally reverted to the simple and iconi piecec, which was Miriam's original sketch.
Harriet finally agreed that maybe she should rethink the design of the addition. And then, they created a simple and sexy bathing suit design according to the sketch that Miriam made.
Harriet wasn't lying when she said she wanted to show her important new fashion item designs. Moreover, it was Liam who gave her the path to build a fashion business in the North. But actually, on second thought, Harriet felt this item should not be commercialized.
Because after wearing it herself, Harriet felt much more embarrassed than she had imagined.
Wearing clothes like this in the bathroom or bathhouse, even if only seen by family or the same sex was even more embarrassing than… being naked? Harriet couldn't understand either. Even though all the embarrassing parts of her body were covered by the two pieces of cloth she was wearing right now, why did she feel more naked than naked?
Then why did she want to show it to Liam?
The answer was: why not?
This item was already born in her hand, so it would be a shame not to show it to anyone, right?
Oh, Harriet sometimes wondered how she could be so bold and shy at the same time.
Speaking of that, Harriet felt that the wound on her leg had started to heal and she was starting to be able to take a bath as usual again–oh, she also remembered that a medicinal bath or soaking in warm water mixed with spices could help blood circulation and calm nerves, even helping the wound heal...
Moreover, Liam had been having so much misfortune lately, so she ordered the maids to find some spices and, especially, Lavender which had a calming effect to mix into the hot tub.
So…
One could say Harriet had both good and bad motives. Maybe… not bad?
But definitely perverted...
Acknowledging her own way of thinking, Harriet blushed badly alone in the room at the top of the tower. She pulled the towel and tied it around her body that was already wearing the bikini, then walked back down to the bathroom.
When Harriet opened the door, she saw Liam already lying in the tub. His eyes were closed, and his skin was slightly flushed from the hot temperature of the medicinal bath. His long blonde hair was leaning back, slung over the sides of the tub, and his sturdy body that looked like it was sculpted by a god looked relaxed.
"Milord," Harriet called him softly, a little timidly.
Liam opened his deep golden eyes, and then looked straight at her body. The man was speechless at the sight of her, making Harriet feel like her heart was about to explode from her nervousness after Liam didn't react at all.
"Umm," Harriet awkwardly opened her towel, revealing a pair of slightly pale dark purple bikinis.
The design was simple and playful, with two triangles to cover her chest, and two pairs of thin straps tied behind Harriet's back and neck to hold them in place. The bottom was much simpler, with a model like panties, but with two pairs of thin straps tied in a simple knot on either side of the waist.
On Harriet's pale skin, the bathing suit framed her body beautifully. Contrasting in her skin colour and at the same time complementary to the colour of her hair and eyes, and on closer inspection, Harriet blushed softly all over at how embarrassed she was.
"Milord," she called again.
Liam blinked once and looked up at Harriet's face after a few seconds froze in place looking at his wife who suddenly showed him the most beautiful sight he had ever seen in his life.
"Several decades ago, the West Continent inspired the women of our Continent to wear panties as one of the essential women's underwear, right?" asked Harriet.
Harriet saw that Liam was still not reacting much, so in front of the tub, she turned around a little and showed the back of her bathing suit. She pulled the strap around her waist, showing it to Liam.
"Milord, Miriam showed me this bathing suit design a few days ago. I heard the residents of the Marigold Kingdom wear clothes like this when they go to the beach or play in the pools and baths."
Liam was unable to speak or answer as he was still frozen. Plus, he would need a bit of a push to be able to talk and respond at this point.
As Harriet tossed her towel away to the side of the room, Liam was finally able to see them all. The slim curve of Harriet's waist and how full Harriet's chest, buttocks and thighs were. Liam couldn't hide his faltering gaze as he saw Harriet's sacral dimples as she showed him her bathing suit.
"Milord can enjoy this medicinal bath and I can heal my wounds while accompanying you and testing this bathing suit, showing it to you in the process," explained Harriet seriously, though it was clear she had other motives.
And in the end, Liam could smell the motive clearly.
Oh, Harriet didn't cover up her motives at all from the start. Only, she kept going round and round in her own words, as if she had serious goals about her fashion business and Liam's health.
"All right, come in here," the man's gaze was starting to heat up and naughty as usual.
Harriet was a little comforted by the return of Liam's naughty gaze. Because for some reason, Liam acting sweet to her felt like Liam awkwardly treating a stranger as his wife.
So when Liam's mischievous eyes watched her feet dip into the tub, Harriet's heart skipped a beat. Harriet didn't go down and soak right away, she leaned her buttocks against the rim of the tub while touching the inner side of Liam's long legs which were hidden below the murky white medicinal water with her own two feet.
Liam let out a long, soft breath. He controlled his breathing slowly as he felt the toes of Harriet's feet on his thighs. But Liam didn't want to let Harriet continue to serve him and give him hot temptations like this.
He leaned forward, kissed the inside of Harriet's thighs that was opened in front of him, and began aggressively biting her clitoris under her bathing suit.
"Mmm!"