Chapter 103 - ...On A Mission (2/2)

Lei Xing instantly made her decision. She barely knew Prince Rui and technically owed him nothing. Not to mention, the alliance story going around was that he confronted the Emperor around that time period, so the Emperor obviously knew he was in the city, so it should not matter if she said the truth. And so she honestly answered, ”Oh, ah...I offered him a little help in the past...unknowingly. So as per their custom, he sought to repay the good deed with the gift.”

”I see...” The Emperor calmly said.

Lei Xing gave herself a mental pat on the back, she had still instinctively left out the details, so she did well enough for a person she barely knew.

”What help did you offer?” The Emperor inquired and Lei Xing inwardly sighed.

{...Screw it, it's their problem. I tried -_-)...}

”I had freed a group of slaves, and he happened to be in amongst them.” She bluntly explained.

The Emperor then smiled at her and nodded, ”It was indeed a good deed.” Then he went ahead to leisurely finish his tea.

Lei Xing slightly narrowed her eyes at him.

{...He definitely knew, right?... He was trying to catch me in a lie, wasn't he? -_-)...}

{...*Told you he was petty! -_-)...}

Lei Xing inwardly sighed and refilled her teacup and drank, her mouth was feeling very dry for some reason and her head was starting to hurt. She closed her eyes and rubbed her head, tired and wanting her bed.

{...I need sleep...Can this guy go now, please?...}

{...*Hehe~ I will give you some privacy now. Goodnight hehe~...}

Lei Xing knit her brows wondering when the bracelet became so polite.

”Xing er'.” The Emperor softly called and Lei Xing opened her eyes to find him standing in front of her with a hand outstretched towards her.

Lei Xing blinked and then knit her brows and looked from his hand to his face, a bit confused at first, then she quickly became wary. He smiled and motioned for her to take his hand. Instead, Lei Xing frowned at the hand and then quickly got up on her own, putting her hands behind her back and wiggled out to the side, to put space between them.

The Emperor's smile quickly changed into a smirk and he looked at her with a raised eyebrow. Lei Xing nervously smiled and looked off to the side as she awkwardly said, ”Ah, it's been a very long day. Thank you for coming to uh,... check on my day...I'm sure you've also had a tiring day. You should go ba-”

The rest of her words caught in her throat when the Emperor suddenly wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her to his chest. Lei Xing instinctively put her hands up to his chest in a futile attempt to hold him back and looked down avoiding eye contact as she nervously said, ”Um, I do-”

”I'm happy you were honest with me.” The Emperor said smiling at her, ”Now that's settled. We should get on to important things.” He softly said as he lowered his head to kiss her. He had barely just touched her lips, when Lei Xing pushed him back a little and said, ”Um, I- I'm not feeling well so-”

”You look very healthy to me.” The Emperor said smiling as he brought a hand up to caress her cheek, then he raised her head so she had no choice but to face him. Lei Xing knit her brows as she kept blinking feeling nervous and awkward and turning redder the more she looked at him. The Emperor caressed her cheek with his thumb and softly said, ”Xing er', I will be gentle.”

Lei Xing blankly stared at him, she could see her reflection in his gentle eyes that seemed to be beseeching her, asking for approval. Lei Xing's eyes darted off to the side and her heart was pounding loudly. She was feeling incredibly nervous and somewhat uncomfortable.

{...This is odd...Very odd...}

”Xing er'?” The Emperor softly called to her again, which made her feel even more anxious. The Emperor kept caressing her cheek as if to reassure her.

Lei Xing bit her lip and frowned, feeling somewhat aggrieved.

{...Okay, Enough! We've resolved to do this...It's nothing hard, so let's stop whatever this is and get it over with!...}

Lei Xing then took a deep breath and closed her eyes. The next moment, she felt her lips be captured in a gentle kiss, that deepened with each movement. His thumb stroked her jaw and then pressed down lightly to part her lips, and his tongue merrily slipped in and entangled hers in a scorning, yet gentle kiss. Lei Xing's eyebrows lightly twitched but she did not reject it this time as she was prepared for it.

His movements seemed to get bolder with her acceptance, and the intensity of the kiss increased and his hands began to wander, all the while maintaining the gentleness he promised. Lei Xing could feel all her blood rushing to her face as the hand on her face moved down her neck and ventured lower.