Ella finally managed to calm herself down after a while when...
"Were those your words?" Adrian’s chilly voice froze the air in the room that had just warmed up a little.
’’Baby, you just have some misunderstandings. What words...?" Ella feigned ignorance with a few coughs.
’’Can’t I go on in life for a while without a man waiting for me on my bed? Must I have someone who will eternally be curious about my whereabouts and think I cheated on him if I ever get a little late? Must I re-create all those fluffy domestic scenes with him...?’’ After reciting those with his most indifferent face, Adrian paused, ’’These words.’’
"_" Why was everyone’s memory so good?
Such geniuses... but they had to use their ingenuity in remembering what she said and then picking on her.
When she remained silent, the air in the room became more suffocating.
It became even difficult to breathe when suddenly...
Ella’s ears perked up.
She immediately looked behind Adrian, ’’Riri!"
The little brown puppy that had snuggled inside her unfolded blankets jumped up and ran towards her.
Ella reached out towards him but something shocking happened...
Instead of rushing to her, the puppy ran to Adrian and looked at him as if wanting to flatter him.
The scent of betrayal was thick in the air...
Adrian sat there stone faced.
Ella gulped, ’’Baby... It’s not like what you are thinking..."
"Were those your words?" Adrian’s voice was dry and apathetic.
Ella hesitated but eventually nodded once.
The temperature around the man dropped.
’’But baby, I really do not mean it... Who says an independent young woman cannot have a love life? It’s true that I don’t want any man waiting for me on my bed or constantly being around me...’’
Adrian’s gaze deepened.
’’But if the man is you, then I am all in!" Ella raised both her hands in surrender.
After all, I don’t even have the power to defy you so I will just lie low for now.
Suddenly, the storm in the room seemed to have receded a bit.
Ella secretly wiped her cold sweat, not noticing how Adrian’s eyes looked at her.
There seemed to be a heat behind the man’s initially cold and detached eyes that stared at her.
When the silence in the room lingered, Ella finally realized that their position was rather weird.
He was sitting on the bed and she was standing between his legs with both of them not saying a word to each other.
She coughed twice before she began to retreat when suddenly, her hand was clasped in an iron-grip.
And in the next moment, Ella landed on Adrian’s lap.
Up so close, his fragrance clouded her senses.
He carried the scent of midnight... cool vetiver and the lingering warmth of amber, like a storm that had just begun to roll in.
Dangerous, yet fascinating.
Her thoughts trailed off when he bit on her bottom lips.
Ella hissed. What the...! Was he a dog in his previous life?
Eh... I am sure he was not. But this... What did I do wrong now? Why was he still angry?
Ella unconsciously pouted when he released her lips.
Noticing her reactions, his eyes darkened, the heat in them intensifying.
You did not fight with me like you would have done before.
Is this another facade of yours?
If it is, if you are, let this never end.
Don’t stop pretending, Elle.
And Ella’s lips were captured with a strong force this time. Unlike before, the man did not dawdle around but rather he kissed her passionately, ravaging every inch of her mouth.
Ella instinctively grabbed his collar, her eyes widened. As his tongue thrust inside her mouth, she gasped, unconsciously giving him more access.
A heat pooled in her lower body, befuddling her mind and senses.
The sound suddenly pulled Ella down from seventh heaven.
The heavenly waterfall splashed on her face and her heaty body took a cold shower right away.
’’Wait...!" She sprang up from Adrian’s lap and stepped back from him.
When she looked to the side, she was met with Riri’s innocent eyes.
The little brown puppy had moved away from Adrian to play with the pillow at some point and now he was looking at them with wide eyes.
When Ella turned to Adrian, the man loosened his collar and pushed himself to his feet.
In two huge strides, he covered the distance between them and his tall stature towered over her.
When he leaned down, Ella retreated hurriedly, almost stumbling on her way.
’’B... Baby, wait... Riri is watching us!" Her back hit the wall, her face turning warm under the man’s weirdly erotic gaze.
Ella pressed both her palms against Adrian’s chest.
But the man suddenly grabbed her wrists and pinned them above her head, ’’Then let Riri watch how his mommy gets punished for being bad.’’
’’How was I bad, baby? I have only ever been good and mmph!"
The man bent to her height and kissed her like a starving man.
And guilty as she was, soon enough, she forgot her responsibilities as a mother.
With her eyes fluttering close, she kissed the man back.
When their lips parted, the man’s eyes were covered in a layer of sheen.
Ella panted, her lips moist, her round eyes squinted and her face flushing red.
Adrian’s gaze turned more heated.
He leaned in again when suddenly...
The sound broke the steamy ambience in the air.
Both of them looked at her stomach.
Ella laughed awkwardly, ’’Baby, have you had your meal yet?"
Adrian glanced at her sparkling eyes and shook his head once.
’’That’s great then. We can eat together.’’
Outside the campus of the Imperial University, in a mysterious Sedan, Ji Yan flipped through some of the papers in his hand.
While going through them, his face contained a trace of conflict yet relief.
However, thinking about how Adrian would react to these, he was a bit unsettled yet again.