Chapter 17 - A Toast To Your Perseverance (2/2)

Perfect creatures will always be perfect. His golden ash blonde hair was all messy, his shirt was crumpled with the top few buttons left unbuttoned giving her the view of his tanned chest.

The sunlight shining on him made him appear like a painter's most exquisite art.

Those long eyelashes….as a woman, even hers were not that long.

Just as she was observing his face intently, the man opened his eyes leaving her stunned. Those eyes were of the chestnut shade with flecks of gold in them…they shone as the sunrays grazed past them.

”Awake? Do you have a hangover?” She asked as he pushed himself to sit on the king-sized bed before leaning back on the headrest.

Jun Zixuan looked at her blankly as the memories of the previous night flashed in his mind.

*Flashback*

”Mom, here is the wine,” He brought the bottle to the round dining table before passing it to her.

”Ah Xuan, come here, sit beside me,” Shen Lihua pointed to the chair beside her, ”See, I've made all your favorite food, there is also this jelly cake that you have liked since you were a kid.”

Jun Zixuan looked at her, ”You didn't have to do all this,” he said.

”I did this for my precious, what is wrong with that?” She picked up the wine bottle and poured a little in her glass before taking his glass.

Precious? Jun Zixuan frowned. Why was there a feeling of foreboding?

Shen Lihua poured the wine until his glass was filled to the brim. She passed it to him.

He held the glass before looking at her ”My alcohol tole…”

She interrupted him, ”When I asked you to marry Mei, you could've rejected it but you didn't,” she said.

”That was because…”

”I know your reason. You don't need to tell me because I won't feel guilty about it. I never forced it on you, you could have backed out from it,” she softly murmured before looking at him. A softly smile played on her lips, ”But you are my precious. And I am touched by the fact that you did it for me. How could I be angry with you? Let's toast to your perseverance.”

Knowing that there was no way out of this, he raised the glance before gulping all the contents in one go.

Shen Lihua elegantly raised her glass before sipping the little wine that she had poured in it.