"You know the phrase, the world is your oyster, in this world, you are the oyster. It is difficult to explain, but you will get it as you continue to live here." Ruth began as soon as both of us were seated in my home office. What is your mission?
"The system said my mission is to act as plot developer for the main and female lead, who happened to be my childhood crush and my childhood best friend."
"My mission had also been to develop the plot for the main leads, who were my ex-husbands and his childhood love. I got divorced in the first month and kept pushing them together so much that they got together in three months. The plot spanned years, but since I finished my mission, my system allowed me to continue living in this world and helped me get a filthy rich husband."
"Wait, so there are multiple leads?" I asked more question forming.
"This is like a story world, hence my first analogy, everybody is living in a different story, but only the hosts or players like you and I are aware of this reality, which is what makes the next thing to gods, especially with the help of the system. Did you receive your cards yet?"
"I did," I answered, struggling to emulate the calm Ruth had when talking about being in a potentially fictional world.
'Well, what are they she asked impatiently
"Morning star card, witch card, seer card, and the lovers card."
"That is an expert-level deck, good for you!" She patted my back as a congratulations, but almost broke my ribs in the process. I smiled through the pain, not wanting to show weakness.
"Do not underestimate the power of those cards. Your deck is already a top draw, and your six husbands are uniquely qualified, so your lovers card is six aces in one. I am grateful you are my daughter-in-law, so I don't have to plan how to manipulate you into working for me. As long as you care for Ben, you have my full support," she concluded, and I couldn't help but admire her aura.
She left soon after leaving me and my husbands in the house. Although we had just woken up, I couldn't wait to test out the lover's card the system had given me. Ruth seemed to be most interested in it, and she did not seem like someone to ignore. I was going to start with the easiest to hardest, starting with Ben, who was the right amount of submissive and obedient. I was also trying to get Ruth on my good side, seeing as how she had unique insight that I desperately needed.
I looked up at the clock and was shocked to realize it was a few minutes to eight pm. I was confident in what I had grasped so far, but one thing was for sure: I needed at least two personal assistants to help me navigate and coordinate through the bureaucratic hellscape that was legitimizing operations. I would not give the main characters in my story the satisfaction of taking me and my empire down. If there was one lesson that had stuck in my past life was that being good didn't always lead to the life you wanted, and being the worst didn't mean you were bound to lose.
I took a quick, long bath, scrubbing every inch of my skin until I was all but gleaming. I applied perfumed oils on my skin before making my way towards Ben's room. He was not the strongest of the bunch, even though he was considerably taller than I, standing at 182cm, while I was only 165 cm tall. If need be, I could overpower him, I thought to myself as I silently pushed his bedroom door open. I had given each one of them permission to make each wing their own, and Ben had not held back. The previous bare white pristine walls were covered in all types of weapons, ranging from swords and daggers to rifles I had never seen before, and given that I was a gun enthusiast, that was saying something. It was truly befitting of the only son of a weapons manufacturing empire. His ancestors would be very proud.
Ben lounged on his bed chest bare as he scrolled through his phone, but his eyes darted to the door as soon as I came in. He quickly got to his feet and gave a small bow of respect, and I couldn't help but marvel at how much Lisa had to warrant such respect, and although the truth had come out, he remained respectful. I gave him a bright smile and walked right up to him, sitting on his laps causing him to drop his phone in surprise. Before he could ask me anything, I captured his lips with my passionate, hungry, demanding kiss as I used my body weight to push him down, and he tumbled back, hands wrapped around my waist, pulling us both down so that I sprawled on top of him.
"Wait, you don't have to do this," he managed to moan as I ravaged his neck while slowly humping him, a lifetime of starvation finally catching up to me.
"I don't have to, I want to," I murmured against his chest before capturing his nipples in my mouth. He held my head down using the back of my head and fell into the bed, abandoning any form of resistance. All thoughts exited my brain, so when I heard Ben's voice inside my head, groaning 'more', and 'please', I didn't question it; instead, I obliged, his pleasure, raising the intensity of my own. I pulled off my floor-length night gown, the only article of clothing I had on, and although he was not speaking, Ben stuttered in my head, but again I was too far gone to question why he was speaking even though our lips were locked in a passionate embrace.
He flipped me over his resolve, having long since broken, and reciprocated my wildness with his own as his lips roamed all over my body, seeming starved. I let him have his way with me even though I could have maintained my dominance. matters of the heart required a delicate touch, and as long as both of us knew that I could take him, I did not mind handing over control just for the night.
I wrapped my arms around his shoulder, pulling his head down to me for another kiss, needing him to fill me in every possible way, lust taking over. He continued to chant 'mine, mine mine' in his head, a never-ending claim as he entered me and lunged himself over and over as if trying to dig his way into my skin.
"Yours," I whispered as our bodies tensed and flew over the edge, interlocked in an orgasmic embrace.
It only took a few minutes of recovery before I was ready to go again, much to Ben's dismay. Although his mind was unwilling, his body quickly responded to me, and it was during the second round with the edge taken off that I finally realized I had been hearing Ben's thoughts from the moment I kissed him. Much like the day my night was filled with heated passion, I only collapsed at dawn, the dull ache finally satisfied in Ben's arms.
"I can't believe she is mine!" was the last thing he thought before falling into a deep sleep.
"You have activated the lover's card. You are now a weapons master with the ability to design, create, and masterfully use any weapon in this world," the system announced quietly in my head. I went to sleep with a smile on my face, satisfied with my work and the reward.