“Did I let you down?” asked Lisa with a sniffle.

With a smile, Terry replied, “It’s not like you can help it. If you’re not pregnant, so be it. We just have to wait a while before we have kids of our own. You can come out now.”

“I can’t!” yelled Lisa with a pained expression. “I’m on my period, but I didn’t bring any pads with me. Can you go out and buy them for me?”

Terry’s face stiffened up immediately. “You’re asking me to buy you pads?” This was the second time his voice had cracked tonight.

“Yeah! Unless you want me to bleed all over your floor.” To convince him, Lisa deliberately emphasized the word ‘bleed’.

“I’ll get one of the servants to buy them,” said Terry.

“No!” yelled Lisa. “It’s embarrassing to ask a servant to buy such a thing. Can’t you just help me buy it? You know, back in university, I always admired guys who could buy these things for their girlfriends. I even fantasized that one day, my future boyfriend would buy it for me.”

Terry couldn’t wrap his he