For the last half an hour to an hour you've been really bored, most of the 'fun things' where downstairs and you didn't want to leave the top floor. If you went down you had only two ways down: the usual way and the long way.

The usual way would take less time and more efficient but if you used the 'lift' then Karl wouldn't be able to use it, meaning he'd either go the long way or use his abilities to command the 'lift' into being raised. And if he tried to manipulate it he could possibly damage it and leaving the long way as the only option.

The 'other way' is climbing down through the factory's floors which ment endless rooms and corridors that you could lose yourself in. This way would take up too much time and probably by the time you get down Karl would already be back.

Looking around the top factory floors for anything to do you found the room where Karl had his little temper tantrum from earlier. He really hated when he was disturbed especially when it was a 'family meeting'. It was kind of funny how a sly but sexy man can devolve into a child in the matter of seconds, pretty funny.

As you walked around the destroyed room, you decided to clean the room by putting the table back into it's rightful place and putting back the items that where thrown off too. It wasn't long until you finished with the cleaning, still bored you looked around for things to tinker with.

Unfortunately you found nothing.

Sighing you sat down on a nearby steel chair, crossing your leg and leaning on the back of it a little which caused the chair to be slightly lifted off of the floor. Closing your eyes you thought to yourself about what's been going on lately, thinking about Karl as usual. Unfortunately that line of thinking swiftly shifted to the thought of your 'past life' which made you shudder in discomfort and you changed your thoughts back to Karl.

What you've learned while being here with Karl is how lonely you've been for the last few years. You've been alone so long that you didn't know that you where lonely, now you never want to let go.

Unbeknownst to you Karl had just entered the room, your back was turned to the door so you didn't see him approach. The door was already open so you didn't hear it open and Karl noticed that you where too deep of thought that you didn't hear him walk towards you.

He looked around to find that you cleaned the room, looking like it was before he trashed it. Smiling as he kept looking around, he was more than appreciative of what you did and though that he'd have to treat you to something later. Luckily for him whatever he gave you, you'd always love it; apparently you love everything he does for you.

From the lack of information you gave him about your past he could gather that you didn't have a great childhood. No friends, harsh parents and emotional neglected from said parents. Apparently they're just glad to have Karl in their life and that's probably why they love whatever Karl gives them; he was the first one to care for them at all.

Suddenly Karl thought it was a great idea to scare you out of your day dreams by wrapping his arms around your body.

As he wrapped his arms around you in an extremely fast pace you jumped from the small scare, looking up to him you gave him a death stare. He responded with a fake playful shocked face, pretending to be afraid of your angry face. It was more 'angy' then 'angry' though.

After a brief moment of Karl cutely teasing you and you pretending to be angry, both of you laughed at the small affectionate exchange and he kissed you on the forehead.

Standing up to get on his level, or as far as you can go due to your height, you watched as he looked around at the room. Singing your praises on how well you cleaned it, his words made your cheeks heat up in response of his sweet words. You tried explaining that the work you did wasn't that praise worthy but he disagreed.

While after you decided to ask about the meeting: "So... How did it go? Did Miranda believe the documents or..."

Karl's expression still jovial as he answered your concerns, "She didn't expect a thing! She read thought it during the meeting and then afterwards thanked me for the results."

"So she expected nothing?" You where still worried about it and hoping he'd put your mind at ease.

"Well why shouldn't she believe the documents? She wasn't here during the process and literally no reasons for not believing me though, especially when I put down that a person of the village was the subject." He stated, his words clearing up your worries but not all of them, "Besides baby, if she finds out I lied we could just use the 'marriage' excuse."

The word 'marriage' shook you to your very core, yes you suggested it before as a joke but it was just that: a joke. You didn't want to be forced into a situation where you had to marry someone when you weren't comfortable with. A most designating memory filled your mind that was heavily tied to that word and you wished you could squash it down, but couldn't.

"Maybe we could use another excuse?" You asked, voice trembling as your mind reminded you of your past's 'arrangement'.

Karl noticed the change in your voice and instantly went to physical comfort you by wrapping himself around your body, keeping you close and mentally scolding himself; he forgot that you hated that idea. He apologized and kept his arms around you for a while until you felt better, which isn't long because because you love his embrace.

Looking up you asked him how the plan is going and what's next, Karl decided it was best to wait a few months to a year to get onto the next stage of the plan. This was because he wanted Miranda to forget the experiment and so your existence would be a surprise, also enough time to explore your new found ability and work on the army.

You agreed to the plan and you both decided to go back down into the lower levels of the facility, heading back towards the 'living room'. After entering the room Karl instantly flopped onto the couch, sighing as he dropped his hammer to the floor and leaving a little dent on the floor. He must've had a bad interaction with Lady Dimitrescu, he always acts like this when that happens.

"I'm going to head to the forge, you coming?" You asked, leaning against the doorframe as you watched him laying down.

Karl sighed in exhaustion, "I'll be there in a bit."

Nodding your head you turned on your heals and headed straight for the storage room for something to fix. Going through all the junk you found a mould of some sort, taking it you decided to try making whatever it was.

Finally making it to the forge you placed the mould in machine that poured and cooled hot metal into moulds, putting the mould in you pressed start and watched as it went through it's process. Finishing you pulled it out to find that it made a symbol.

The symbol was of a horse and a horse shoe, you've seen this symbol before around the factory. You figured that it was Karl's symbol since this was his place.

Karl this time wrapped his arms slowly around your waist this time, you still jumped in surprise but you just smiled and rolled your eyes. Karl's chin was on top of your shoulder as he looked down at what you where holding.

"Hey Karl, is this your insignia some sort?" You asked. Karl answered, "Yeah, all the lords have one."

He then started to nuzzle at your neck, rubbing his nose against your skin which made you giggle. The thing that made you blush was that he planted a kiss in roughly the same place his nose was just a moment ago. Chuckling at your red face he just kept on kissing your neck until you informed him that you wanted to get back to work.

Leaving him where he stood you looked around the room for more things to tinker with, without looking at him and hearing a playful grunt you knew he wasn't happy.

After a few minutes of looking around Karl got a great idea and decided to do something... Mischievous.

"Wow... Is it hot in here or is it just me?" He called out to you, your response was you stating that this room was a forge and yes it would be hot in here.

Looking back to him you could see he was in the process of unbuttoning his shirt, revealing his bear chest underneath. His hat, sunglasses and trenchcoat was already off of him and now laying one of the tables.

He noticed that you where looking at him and then in embarrassment looked away, face rose red as you tried not to look. You could hear him chuckle and his boots walking towards you, "What's wrong?" He cooed in a seductive way.

Turning around, still red as a tomato, you found yourself about an inch away from him. You couldn't look away from his chest; it was well defined and covered in a lot of hair. Definitely hand a bit of muscle and a few scars here are there; very attractive but there was something you didn't expect.

His stomach hangs a tiny bit over his trousers, giving him a bit of a dad bod. Definitely not a turn off, that's for sure.

Now that his sunglasses where off and you where a lot closer to his face you could see the scars that decorated his cheekbones, very handsome. His mat silver hair frame his face well and made you want to get closer.

Closing the distance you cupped his face in your hands, staring longingly at his rough but satisfying lips. He in return he wrapped his left arm around your waist, pulling you in closer and using right hand to caress your cheek with the back of his fingers.

Slowly you both closed your eyes and leaned in for a deep and passionate kiss. You both quickly went to using tongue as the kiss went from slow and sweet to fast and rough.

Karl pulled away, took your hand and lead you back to the 'living room'.

Tonight was a great night, especially for you two.