MBXR CHAPTER 4 (Patreon)

Several hours later, there was knock on her door.
Zarina jumped and almost fell from her lounging position on her couch. She was comfortably wrapped in her favourite blanket, drowning from the miserable event that was her life. She even forgot about the mad indulgence she had impulsively decided on just this morning. It was shocking how useless money was for her now that she was on the verge of dying. It used to be everything to her. It had been the driving force for her to get up every morning and push forward in her career day after day, year after year. Yet now, she did not even mind it at all even if she was scammed and ended up throwing millions of dollars away just like that. Sighing, she had a sudden comprehension at how useless money was when once was dying.

Thinking that it was the food delivery service, Zarina opened the door. However, she was surprised when a huge rectangular box towered before her. She blinked at the unexpected size of the package and stood at the entrance, looking at the box dumbly. Did she order anything that was this big? She cocked her head to the side, trying to recall if she had made any purchase this size.
But before she could recall anything, there were four delivery boys and a woman who suddenly appeared and stood around the large parcel in front of her door. The woman smiled warmly at her and then she approached Zarina with a professional air, all the while instructing the delivery boys to bring the box inside her lounge. She did not forget to remind them to be careful in handling the package as they brought it in over the threshold. Zarina could only back up in confusion as the people and package moved into her house, bustling about, as busy as bees.

"Are you working with the company where this delivery came from?" Zarina finally found her voice and asked the woman. She of course avoided speaking to the delivery boys as they were males.

"No, ma'am. But the source of this parcel instructed that a woman should accompany the delivery boys." The woman explained patiently with a respectful smile and Zarina lifted her brows in surprise. She did not expect the seller to be so considerate.

"Do you guys know what's inside this box?" she asked curiously, and the woman shook her head with another smile. She suddenly remembered her impulse purchase that she had made this morning.

"Ma'am, we – as the affiliated transport company – were only instructed to deliver it safely until this package arrives in perfect condition inside your home." She informed Zarina, still maintaining her professional smile. And once the package was transported over and set down in the middle of her spacious living room, the delivery boys tipped their caps to her, while the lady nodded at her before they left, closing her doors softly behind them. Zarina was stunned for a moment at the sudden whirlwind of movements during the past few minutes and stood there unmoving for a couple more minutes. Then she shook herself out of her stupor before turning away from her front doors and looking back to her living room where the large box still stood there, waiting to be opened. She shrugged her shoulders and proceeded to get her blade to aid her in the process.

Since the box was so tall, Zarina had to pull out her step ladder to be able to reach the tops of the box in order to run the blades along the taped up openings. As she ran the blade and climbed up, went down, walked around and bent over, she panted and thought to herself that this item she was unpacking better be worth the effort. Just opening up the box was so much work!! She finally unboxed the huge parcel and pulled off the clear tape that was wrapped around it. And to her surprise, a naked man, so perfect and hot appeared before her eyes. It was unbelievable. She thought it would look like a doll, but he was really so human that Zarina could not help but gasp out in surprise.

"Oh. My. God!!!" She screamed with eyes wide opened. Any wider and her eyeballs would have popped out of their sockets.

Her eyes slowly trailed down from his hair, and further down to his middle. The moment her eyes fell on his lower half, she caught a breath at the sight of him wearing a fitting black underwear. Her face still burned hotly though. That underwear was tight enough that it might as well not cover anything. However, she was still thankful that it was there as she thought her heart would not be able to take it if it was fully on display. She poked at his abs curiously. His skin felt so real! The only difference was that his skin was cooler to the touch. The customer service officer did tell her though that his temperature will warm up once the robot was turned on.

She poked at it again, so amazed and awed at the lifelike texture of it, she had actually forgotten about her own dilemma.

"Okay, calm down Zary. Calm down. It's time to check on the manual." She told herself before taking several deep breaths.

She checked on it and she was surprised that she could actually choose the kind of emotions the robot would be able to have and the ones to display. She could even adjust his body temperature!

Excitement was filling her heart now. Tossing aside the miserable and dark emotions swallowing her just a while ago, she allowed herself to revel in the excitement.

"Now, shall I wake you up?" she spoke out loud as she faced him. Her heart quickened a little and she bit down on her lower lip, stopping herself from saying the word that will trigger him to wake up.

According to the manual, this robot will listen to the very first voice that awakens him. He will never listen to anybody else but the owner of the voice that first awakened him. This robot was also apparently, automatic so there was no remote control or press button on his body which Zarina thought was such a convenience.
A long and deep breath escaped from her lips. She was thankful she was not feeling the fear she usually felt when she was around human males. Usually, just finding a grown man inside a room, even if he was sleeping, was enough to make Zarina bolt out in an instant. But with him… with this perfect robot, she was not feeling it. This was a very good sign. Very good indeed! And her eyes twinkled and sparkled with excitement.

Now all she needed to do was awaken him and see if her reaction still would remain the same. She hoped that she would not be scared.

One more deep breath and Zary finally opened her mouth again. "Open your eyes." She commanded.
She subconsciously held her breath when his enviably long, thick and dark lashes fluttered open.