Chapter 204 - A Night to Remember (2/2)

The Emperor looked up at her with a raised eyebrow and she mirrored his expression with an almost teasing smile, but he could not be sure. He blinked a few times and then knit his eyebrows, ”And that is?” He needed clarity to know how to proceed.

But instead of clarifying, Lei Xing responded with her own question, ”What do you think?”

The Emperor's knit eyebrows tightened, and then he warily responded, ”I'm not sure...”

{...Is this a yes or no? It could be either...Confusing...}

Lei Xing snorted and then said, ”I never expected that you could ever be clueless as well...Today has been quite a few firsts for you.” She saw him pout this morning, and then blushing, nervous and now clueless. She was actually enjoying this quite a bit.

”You've been a lot of firsts for me.” He responded with a frown, lowering his eyes, still trying to decode her meaning. Since he could never be sure with her, he simply asked, ”So what is it?”

Lei Xing pursed her lips and went, ”Hmmm...I don't have much of a choice I think.” Only half-serious and with humor in her voice. Unfortunately, the humor was lost on the Emperor, who was currently taking her every word with utmost seriousness, ”You always have a choice.” He knew having a choice was important to her, she needed it which was why he gave it to her.

Lei Xing nodded, ”True...” She looked to the side, seeming to still be contemplating and then she turned back to his hesitantly eager, anxiously waiting face and finally said, ”There really isn't a reason...not to have a ceremony.” Lei Xing finished biting her inner lip as her face started to redden.

{...If that bracelet heard me now, it would be over the moon! >_

The Emperor knit his brows in thought, processing.

{...Ceremony?...could that possibly mean something else?...No, the ceremony in question here is the coronation...so...}

”So you agree? ” He asked, blinking up at her as a hopeful smile tugged at his lips.

Lei Xing narrowed her eyes at him and said, ”Well I can't use that contract without agreeing to that term...isn't that why you wrote it that way?” She lightly finished with a teasing tone.

”So -” The Emperor started and then broke out in a happy laugh as he stood up, pulling her up with him and into his arms. He hugged her tightly and then said, ”Thank you...” Still laughing.

Lei Xing lightly chuckled and then pushed him back so she could see his face and then she put a hand on his cheek and he did the same to hers. She smiled and then said, ”No, I should be the one thanking you...You didn't have to but you did. Thank you for caring enough to do this.”

{...Who asks someone to marry them with divorce papers ready?...No, the question should be who tells someone they want them and in the same breath, asks for the promise of a divorce...Possibility, I just asked for the possibility of a divorce...Either way, I'm the crazy one here and he's simply indulging it haha...ha -_-)'...}

The Emperor grinned and caressed her face and then kissed her forehead, ”Having you is enough...”

Lei Xing let out a breath with a smile and then said again, ”Thank you.” But before he could tell her to stop thanking him or tell her how precious she was, Lei Xing leaned forward and kissed him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him completely uninhibited. For the first time since arriving here, she felt free...Free of the bracelet and free of her worries, truly free.

Before long, Lei Xing felt her feet come off the ground as the Emperor picked her up and spun her as they kissed. Lei Xing giggled against his lips, the next thing she knew she found herself down on the bed, kissing and laughing along with the Emperor as their hands busied themselves with each other.

Garments flew, amidst the sound of giggling and sweet promises resonating with the wind, and in the hearts of the happy lovers' delight.

A blissful night, one the merry pair will remember for eons to come.