Chapter 621 - Fulfilled Promise
It wasn't only Iris who suffered when they didn't make love while she was recovering from injuries after the bomb attack. Now, Jin Liwei could finally release his pent-up desire, not to mention making his office fantasy about her a reality. All of these made him extra harder and vigorous than usual.
Iris couldn't ask for more. She wanted to cheer him on and thank him at the same time for FINALLY giving her what she needed but couldn't really speak anything that made sense due to his ultra-intense lovemaking.
He bent forward until she felt the hard muscles of his front torso on her back. One of his hands reached to her front and found the nub of pleasure over her hot, dripping core. Then he pressed it, sending a shock of electrical currents all over her body. But he wasn't done yet. He started rubbing it like crazy until her whole body was shaking violently. Her knees buckled. She would've already fallen if he wasn't holding her up.
Tears flowed down her eyes as the unintelligible sounds coming out of her throat became louder and more urgent.
Jin Liwei redoubled his efforts, pounding into her harder and faster. His teeth were gritted yet the big, feral grin remained on his face. At that moment, he didn't feel like a human anymore but a wild beast who was only focused on mounting his mate.
If another person were to hear them right now, they would've misunderstood and thought that someone was being brutally tortured and murdered. Iris was screaming and sobbing. She would sound very alarming to those who didn't know what was really happening. Fortunately, Jin Liwei's entire office was sound-proofed.
When Iris was on the verge of reaching the peak of her pleasure, Jin Liwei stopped and pulled out of her all of a sudden. The abrupt emptiness shocked and confused Iris, like someone threw a bucket of cold water at her overheated self.Before she could make sense of the situation, he pulled her up from her bent position. Her legs felt weak so he had to hold her up to prevent her from falling.
"Darling, whatâ"
He stopped her hoarse question with a fast and ruthless kiss. Instead of answering her, he lifted her up and laid her on his desk. Because her leggings restricted her thighs and prevented her legs from opening wide, he turned her body on the desk so that she was lying on her side instead, and then bent her knees close to her upper body until her side-turned core was exposed to his waiting, hard length which was still glistening with her juices.
Then once again, he plunged himself deep inside her wet heat. The new position felt tighter, eliciting a deep groan from him, and even making him almost come in that very instant. However, he controlled himself, not allowing himself to come unless his baby girl had reached her climax first.
Iris turned her upper body to face him even as her lower body was turned to the side. Due to her extremely flexible body, she was even able to lift her torso up a little and pull his head for a kiss while he thrust himself again and again deep inside her.
He swallowed her moaning whimpers, as he felt her insides tightening deliciously around his rod.
Soon after, she broke their kiss and her upper body plopped back down on his desk. Her sobbing and screaming returned in full force. More items crashed to the floor as her hands swept around wildly due to her inability to control her body.
His hand grabbed one of her breasts, his beloved treasure, and squeezed it in time his thrusts.
Then finally, Iris' entire body tightened like a coil before she felt a glorious sea of fire wash over her, drowning her in hot pleasure, as countless mind-blowing explosions almost made her faint. It felt like she just left her body and ascended through the high heavens for a fraction of a moment before slamming back into her body to experience all the pleasure Jin Liwei was pounding into her.
"Liwei oh Liwei ooooooooh!!!"
Jin Liwei stopped thrusting and stayed still deep inside her. His jaw tightened, as he controlled himself not to orgasm yet. His breathing came out in harsh gasps.
"Fuck, baby. I can feel you coming," he said in a strained, husky voice while enjoying her tight contractions around his hard length.
Iris was unable to reply, her body beyond her control. She was sobbing so hard that if Jin Liwei didn't know any better, he would've thought that she was crying in great pain.
Nevertheless, he still comforted her. "Shh. You're okay, my love. Just let go," he murmured, caressing her tear-stained cheeks and rubbing her trembling back.
Moments later, her climax started subsiding but before she could completely calm down, his gentle hands returned to being tyrannical as they grabbed hold of her lower body and he started slamming into her again. This time, he gave it his all. He pounded his hips with reckless abandon and chased after his own climax.
The fire inside her began blazing once again, as she was forced to ride another orgasm which quickly built up and exploded for the second time.
That did it.
He stiffened and felt something akin to an internal earthquake. His control shattered when her insides began contracting around him again. A guttural sound vibrated in his throat, as intense pleasure gushed over him, and he poured his release while inside her.
Both of them were gasping when they were done.
Jin Liwei gave a loving kiss on her mouth. His lips curled into a smug smile, extremely pleased of himself for making his baby girl scream at the top of her lungs. He had fulfilled his promise back when she was still injuredâto make her scream while he made love with her.
He wanted to stay inside her longer, but he needed to pull out soon or else his semen might start leaking inside her. Sighing, he pulled out with great reluctance...and froze.
Then he cursed.
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Chapter 622 - What If
Iris opened her eyes and looked at him with heavy-lidded eyes. "What's wrong?" she asked after hearing him curse.
Jin Liwei couldn't answer at first. He was looking at something below him in disbelief.
Why was he acting like that? Now she started to feel worried. "Darling?"
He took a deep breath before answering her. "The condom broke. I might have gotten you pregnant today."
Now it was her turn to freeze.
His jaw tightened after seeing her reaction. "Sorry, love. I know that you're not ready yet but if I really made you pregnant today, we have no choice but to make adjustments to our initial plans. Don't worry. I'll take care of everything."
She was too shocked to reply.
Something painful started twisting inside his chest. Why wasn't she saying anything? Did she hate the idea of getting pregnant with his child so much? He took another deep breath to calm himself and try to understand what she must be feeling now. He removed the torn condom from his now flaccid member, and then started talking to fill the uncomfortable silence.
"I should've known. This is a different brand from what we normally use. The ones we use are made of the highest quality materials and are known for their extreme durability. I never have to worry about getting rough and intense with you while using them. But this condom...Dominic must have bought it from a regular store."
Iris remained silent, causing him to be filled with anxiety. The pain in his chest became heavier. His hold on her hand tightened.
"Do you regret it?" he asked her. "Because I don't. You becoming pregnant with my child will make me the happiest man in the world. I want to marry you, build a family with you, raise our children together, and live the rest of our lives in happiness. I'm sorry that I wasn't careful today and that I may have ruined our nicely laid-out plans for our future, especially since this might cause a pause to your career and studies. But I want you to know that I don't regret it if I really did make you pregnant today."
She looked at him with emotion-filled eyes but otherwise maintained her silence.
"Xiulan, love, please say something," he begged her, his tone filled with anxious urgency...and pain. "Do you really hate the thought of being pregnant with my child?!"
"No!" she finally spoke. "Please don't think that."
She sat up and pulled him in an embrace. Her chest felt tight seeing that he was hurt. He tried hiding it but she could see it in his eyes. How careless of her! She didn't realize that her reaction would hurt him.
His arms wrapped around her, hugging her closer. He rested his head on her shoulder.
They held each other in a tight embrace. Their dishevelled appearance and exposed privates had flown out of their minds, as they tried to take in what just happened.
Iris, especially, didn't know exactly what she was feeling. It felt like a million emotions were running through her heart. She felt confused and scared but at the same time also happy and excited. It bothered her that Jin Liwei was misunderstanding her, thinking that she hated the thought of getting pregnant with his child, but she had no idea how to comfort him at the moment. She was still trying to figure out her own emotions.
He was the first one to break their embrace. His expression showed understanding and gentleness, yet she could still detect the hurt and disappointment underneath.
"Don't worry, love. You might have negative feelings about it now, but I'll work hard to make you accept it slowly. I'll show you that despite being unplanned, this pregnancyâif I really got you pregnantâis amazing and something to be celebrated."
"Darling..."
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"Wait..."
"We also need to eat lunch. We don't have much time so we need to eat quickly. I don't want you returning to work in an empty stomach."
"Liwei!"
His mouth pressed into a thin line before forcing himself to smile at her. "You don't have to worry about this now. We can talk whenâ"
She pressed her a finger on his lips, shutting him up. "Look at me."
He did.
"Listen. I don't hate the thought of getting pregnant with your child. I'm just...I..." She desperately thought of the appropriate words to describe her exact feelings but couldn't. Words were difficult but if she were in front of a piano, she would've perfectly conveyed her garbled emotions using music.
She sighed, giving up in trying to find the perfect words. Framing his face with both her hands, she said, "I'm scared. Confused. I think I'm a good godmother to Little Jun and a mother to our cats, but I don't know how to be a realmother to my own child. I'm sure that you'll be a wonderful and responsible father but what about me? What if I end up being a terrible mother? What if I make our child suffer? What ifâ"
Jin Liwei pulled her in another embrace.
She burst into tears in his arms. She held on to him as she cried. It was a cry filled with anxiety and fear. Although the memories of her past life had grown hazy after the original Iris Long's remnant started fusing with her, there were still some memories which remained clear and potent as if they only happened yesterday. One such memory was of her fear of Madame Vetrova, the queen of their family's criminal organization...and her past life's mother.
She feared that she might unknowingly turn into someone like Madame Vetrova, a cold and merciless woman who treated her own children as instruments with the sole purpose of continuing and strengthening the Vetrov's reign in the international underworld. She was that woman's daughter whether she liked it or not. What if she inherited Madame Vetrova's ruthlessness towards her children?
Her fearful crying turned into horrified sobbing.
Jin Liwei rubbed her back and kissed her head. "Sshhh. You'll be an amazing mother, my love. I'm sure of it."
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Chapter 623 - Emotional
Jin Liwei's gentle, comforting words and his warm embrace eventually calmed Iris' lost of control over her emotions. Her fear of becoming like her past life's mother subsided thanks to him but didn't entirely disappear.
Afterwards, Jin Liwei wiped away her tears and helped her get dressed. He led her to his office bathroom and washed her tear-stained face which was now red and swollen.
If others saw her right now, they would think that she and Jin Liwei had a big fight and that he made her cry.
Iris felt like a child being taken care of by him. He treated her with extreme gentleness, as if she was a fragile treasure, and was doing his best to comfort her, even though he was also trying to deal with his own emotions.
Guilt started eating at him when she broke down in his arms. Although she assured him that she didn't hate the idea of getting pregnant with his child, it was still one of the reasons why she cried. He could feel her fear and anxiety of becoming a terrible mother. He didn't quite understand why she had this fear, especially since he was certain that she would be a wonderful mother based on how she treated their godson and cats. If only he could remove this fear from her heart and throw it far away, he would've already done so. Unfortunately, only she could overcome her own fear. All he could do was give her love, unwavering support, and assurance that he would be with her every step of the way.
Once they were properly clothed, he led her to the table. Iris didn't have an appetite after what happened but he coaxed her to eat even a little.
"How are you feeling now?" he asked in a worried tone.
This time, she was able to give with him a small smile. "Better. Thank you." The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.
"Good."
She took his hand and pressed it against her cheek. "Darling, I'm sorry."
"Why are you apologizing?"
"I didn't mean to make you think that I don't want to get pregnant with your child. I think it would be amazing if a child is born into this world who is made from half of you and half of me. It's just that I...I don't...I meanâ"
"Shhh." He sealed her lips with a soft yet firm kiss when he saw that she was about to panic again, preventing her from succumbing to her, in his opinion, irrational fear. "You'll be fine, my love. Even if you're not, I'll be here and stay with you until you're okay again. Always remember that you're not alone. I'm here. I'll always be here for you."
She nodded and held on to his hand, absorbing strength from him. Self-reproach filled her, hating how weak she was acting right now, yet she couldn't stop it.
In the end, she was still human. So what if she was a genius? She also had fears like other normal people. She also needed comfort and strength from the person she loved when she felt weak and vulnerable.
"I love you, Jin Liwei."
The corner of his lips lifted into a loving smile. "I love you, too, Long Xiulan. Or whoever you are. So much."
His words touched her deeply. Even though the distinction between the identities of Long Xiulan, a.k.a. Iris Long, and Evelina Vetrova had blurred and started to merge until she didn't have a choice but to fully accept that she was now both, she appreciated that he could still remember their rhetorical discussion from before about her being another person and not Long Xiulan. She knew that he didn't take it seriously but still he humoured her, not making fun of her. His tender consideration was something that she would always be grateful for, not only as the present Iris Long but also as her past self, Evelina Vetrova.
"I think I'm going to cry again," she said in a shaky voice.
"Go ahead, love."
She chuckled even as a sob threatened to make her lose her composure once again. This sob was not out of fear like earlier but of gratefulness instead for Jin Liwei's love for her. She did her best to hold it in, not wanting to make her eyes even redder and swollen than they already were. Tang Yiyi would scold her about her messy appearance for sure when she returned to work later. Thus, she complained instead.
"Why am I so emotional today?"
Before he could even think about it, he replied in a light and playful tone, "Maybe you're pregnant already. That's why you're being so emotional. I heard pregnant women become very emotional."
She froze.
He froze, as well.
"That soon?!! Does conception happen immediately?! Where's your computer?! Let me borrow it! I need to search this up!! Wait, I can use my phone...where's my phone?! Oh, how about your phoneâ"
Jin Liwei inwardly cursed at himself for causing his baby girl to panic again. "Love, relax...calm down. Love...love!"
He forced her out of her panicked state by shaking her shoulders. It wasn't rough but not light either. It was firm enough to snap her to listen to him. Sighing, he told himself that he should be the one to remain calm for both of them, especially since her emotions were understandably chaotic right now.
"Sorry, love. I was just joking. And to answer your question, no. If I remember correctly from Science class, pregnancy doesn't start the day we have unprotected sex. I think it takes around three to four days or something like that for the sperm to fertilize the egg cell, then another three to four days for the fertilized egg to implant itself in your uterus. Not completely sure, though. I'll have to double check on the specifics but I'm pretty sure that I'm not far off."
"Oh." Iris subconsciously pressed a hand over her flat abdomen. Would she really get pregnant from today?
He followed suit and covered her hand with his large hand.
The two of them looked at each other, imagining a little version of one another growing inside her womb.
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Chapter 624 - Anchor
'It'd be amazing if you really got pregnant today,' Jin Liwei thought inside his head. Or at least, he thought that it was inside his head. He didn't realize that he said it out loud.
Iris asked, "Do you really want to be a father that much?"
"Not particularly," he replied while stroking her hair. "Before I met you, I always thought that babies and kids are messy, annoying, and a hassle to take care of. I had no interest in having them at all. But I'm the head of the Jins, so I'm expected to produce an heir someday. I always view it as a duty that I would have to force myself to fulfill. I kept putting it off even though relatives kept on trying to matchmake me to potential marriage partners. I was too focused on running the company and the clan that before I knew it, I was already in my thirties. I figured that before I become too old, I would just pick a random woman to wed and become my wife, and then force myself to impregnate her so that I could have my required heir."
Iris scowled. This was the first time that she heard him talk about this. She knew that it was quite common among men of his status and wealth, but she still felt uncomfortable hearing about it. An urge to strangle the random, faceless woman he was talking about bubbled inside her. Although she knew that such a woman didn't exist because of her, she still couldn't stop herself from feeling jealous.
Jin Liwei was hers!
He detected her jealousy and was pleased, causing a wide grin to spread on his handsome face. Nevertheless, he still pulled her closer until there was almost no space between their bodies and comforted her with a kiss on her temple.
Then he continued, "That was how I lived my life, only revolving around the company and the Jin family. Then I met you and everything changed."
Her jealousy towards the nonexistent woman disappeared as she paid attention to his every word.
"For the first time, I felt desire for another human being, for a woman, the most beautiful and extraordinary that I have ever met in my life. Granted, I had my own prejudice against you before meeting you but once I met you in person and got to know you better, I was immediately hooked. I couldn't get you out of my mind. I felt crazy...I still feel crazy about you. I wanted to make you mine, to become my woman, my lover, my wife, and the mother of my children. All of these desires awakened inside me because of you."
Iris smiled and rested her head on his shoulder. She loved listening to him talk about his feelings for her like this.
"So to answer your question, what I want is to be your husband and the father of your children. If you're the mother, I realized that I'm ready to father up to a hundred kids."
A giggle escaped from her lips. "A hundred? Are you planning to kill me? Do you want me to spend the rest of our lives getting pregnant and giving birth to all of your children?"
The mood lightened. He was relieved to hear her laughing again after her emotional breakdown earlier. "Kill you? Never. Whether or not you give birth to our kids isn't the most important to me. The most important for me is to make you truly mine. I want to marry you and spend the rest of our lives together. I'll always love you and stay with you until we grow old. Even if you grow sick and tired of me when I turn into a cranky, old man, I'll still stick by your side and never leave you." The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.
"What if I'm the one who turns into a cranky, old woman? What if you're the one who grows sick and tired of me? Will you still stick by my side and never leave me?"
He chuckled and continued playing with her hair. "Even if you turn into a cranky, old woman, I'll still love you. Besides, I'm far older than you. I'll turn into an old man first before you turn into an old woman. I hope that you'll still love me even when I become old and unattractive while you're still young and beautiful."
She grabbed his hand and squeezed it. "Liweiâ"
He interrupted her and continued speaking, wanting to release all the words that he wanted to tell her out of his chest. "I'll never grow sick and tired of you, my love. If something unimaginable like that ever happens, I'm sure it's not because I've fallen out of love with you but because I became brain-damaged or something. You're so beautiful, talented, amazing, extraordinaryâa genius. I feel like I don't deserve to be loved by you at all. My only consolation is that nobody else deserves you either. That's why I have to be shameless and do everything in my power to make you fall in love with me, to persuade you that I'm the man deserving of your love, and that we can live in happiness together."
"Oh Liwei."
"I'll always stick by your side and never leave you. You're the love of my life, Long Xiulan...or whoever you are. Now that I found you, how could I allow myself to let you go? If you're not beside me, how else would I be able to live from now on?"
A lump formed in her throat after hearing his proclamation of love. This man truly loved her. She could feel his love not just from his words and actions but also from their connectionâphysical, emotional, mental, and even spiritual.
Right at that moment, a sense of calm washed over her highly-strung emotions. He was like a strong and stable anchor, keeping her safe and secure no matter how many storms ravaged through her life.
"I'm still afraid that I'd fail as a mother to our future children," she told him. "But because you're with me, I feel like I can face anything."
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Chapter 625 - Just You Wai
In her office, Rose Young slammed the phone. She tried so many times calling Jin Liwei's office but she couldn't get through for some reason. Jin Liwei had blocked her number on both his private and office desk phone, so she could only call Xu Tian and ask the damn arrogant assistant to relay her messages to Jin Liwei. It was all that slut's fault! If it wasn't for Iris Long, then her Big Brother Liwei wouldn't have blocked her.
"Damn jealous, possessive bitch!"
She called the maintenance department and complained about her phone. Since she was a high-ranking executive in the company, someone was immediately sent up even though it was lunch time.
A repair guy came to fix the phone while ogling her in the corner of his eyes. She subconsciously responded, giving a few alluring poses she knew men found irresistible. However, she stiffened when she saw a flash of disappointment when he looked at her chest. Indignation filled her, so she gave the son of a bitch a hard time, calling him incompetent when he said that everything was fine with her phone.
"The other numbers are working fine. It's only Assistant Xu's phone number that you're not able to call. The most likely reason is that he blocked you. I suggest that CMO Young talk directly to Assistant Xu in person and ask him to unblock you," he told her.
Rose Young wanted to slap the repair guy for being incompetent, but most importantly, she wanted to punish him for mocking the size of her breasts (or lack thereof). She knew that he was mocking her flatness in his mind. However, she controlled her temper. She already lost her composure too much by calling him incompetent to his face. Although the son of a bitch deserved to be punished, she still needed to maintain her image as the smart, beautiful and charming CMO of Jin Corporation.
"I see. It's too bad that you can't repair my phone. It's alright. You can go now. My apologies for raising my voice at you earlier. I'm a little tired. Things are hectic in the company right now and we, the executives, have a lot on our plate. I hope you understand," she said in a sultry voice and even trailed her fingertips on his arm.
She mentally smirked when she saw the foolish fucker swallow. The growing bulge beneath his pants didn't escape her notice either. So what if her chest was flat? Men still couldn't resist her.
A body's appearance could only do so much. That slut Iris Long only had her hourglass body and pretty face to depend on. Jin Liwei was only bewitched by her youth and beauty but once the slut lost them, Rose was sure that he would dump her. She was confident that as long as she could seduce him and give him a taste of her delicious nectar and incomparable bed skills, he would be addicted to her and not look at any other woman again. She was perfect for him, her Big Brother Liwei. If he only gave her a chance, she would let him experience the most glorious pleasure in the world. That slut couldn't possibly give what a man like him really needed. Only Rose Young could.
Just thinking about him was making her so hot and wet. The repair guy had a hopeful expression on his face. He looked passable and she needed a good fuck right now, but her good sense still prevailed.
'I can't involve myself with anyone in the workplace...well, except for Big Brother Liwei,' she reminded herself. 'If a fucker here at work gets too attached to me, then that would cause a problem. I don't want Big Brother Liwei to misunderstand. I want him to know that he's the only man for me, that no matter how many men I sleep with, he's the only one in my heart and mind. My everything belongs to him.'
So despite being horny, she still sent the repair guy away. Alone in her office again, she couldn't help but remember what happened upstairs earlier. Seeing the slut holding her Big Brother Liwei's hand almost made Rose lose her composure in front of him and their fellow executives. She wanted to claw the arrogant and conceited expression off the bitch's face.
Rose wanted to dump the lunch the slut gave her into the trash but if someone saw her, she would get into deep trouble with her Big Brother Liwei. So she gave it to her assistant instead when she returned to her office. Her assistant thanked her and became excited once she learned that the lunch was from the slut. The happiness on her assistant's face made Rose want to fire the woman but she was able to control her temper in time.
"So many brain-dead fans of that slut! They should open their eyes and see what a ho the woman they're idolizing so much is!"
The assistant carried the boxed lunch and ate somewhere else with her work friends, leaving Rose alone in the office.
She tried calling Xu Tian again, determined to disturb the slut's alone time with Jin Liwei. But like before, her call was unable to go through.
"Dammit! Damn you, Iris Long!"
This time, she threw the phone hard. It crashed to the floor and broke into several pieces.
"I bet she's fucking Big Brother Liwei right now. Fucking on his desk. It should be ME he's supposed to befucking right now. I want him to fuck me on his desk! Not her, that dirty slut!"
Explicit images began flashing in her horny mind. All she could think of was her Big Brother Liwei's handsome face and sexy, naked body. She started imagining how he would look like without a single piece of clothing on. He would be big, strong, hard...and perfect. And very, very, VERY DELICIOUS!
She quickly locked her office door and returned to her desk. Then she unbuttoned her blouse to expose her bare breasts. She wasn't wearing any bra because there was no need to. She only had small pasties to cover her nipples. While massaging her flat breasts, she pulled down her stockings and thong to her knees. She was so wet that she was dripping down her thighs.
Closing her eyes, she started fantasizing about Jin Liwei. Her Big Brother Liwei, her one and only true lover and destined husband.
She imagined his glorious body while touching herself, imagining that it was his hands pleasuring her. She sucked her fingers, pretending that it was his hard length. Her other hand slid down and touched her hot and wet core, causing her to moan.
"Oh, Big Brother~ Take me. Come inside me."
"Bend over the desk," she imagined him telling her. "I'm gonna fuck you hard and fast." N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.
"Yes, Big Brother. Fuck me," she said in the empty room and bent over her own desk.
Then she inserted three fingers inside her and began fucking herself while in her mind, Jin Liwei was slamming his hips furiously in and out of her.
"Yes, just like that, Big Brother! Harder! Faster! Deeper! Aaaah~"
She added a fourth finger and increased the speed of her hand. Her other hand rubbed the swollen button above her wet, pulsating core, increasing her pleasure.
"You like that, huh? Hold on tight because I'm gonna fuck you out of your mind," Jin Liwei's imaginary voice whispered inside her head.
"YES! OH YES!! FUCK ME!!! LOVE MEEEEEE!!!!!!"
Her hands were moving frantically over her slimy, gushing core, chasing after a delicious climax while thinking of her beloved Big Brother Liwei. But just as she was about to reach the peak, the image in her mind changed. Suddenly, it wasn't her that Jin Liwei was fucking anymore but that slut Iris Long! The picture was so clear that Rose Young froze and stopped pleasuring herself.
"NOOOOOO!!!! Get out of my head, you bitch! Give me back my big brother! He's mine! ALL MINE!!!"
She forced the image out of her mind and tried pleasuring herself once more but to no avail. Iris Long had completely ruined her lovemaking session with an imaginary Jin Liwei. It was so frustrating that Rose Young finally and totally lost her temper. She swept her arms over her desk, sending everything on it crashing to the floor.
"Damn you, Iris Long! How dare you interrupt me and Big Brother Liwei! I won't forget this! I'll make you pay for this!! Just you wait!!!"
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Chapter 626 - Sleepy Time
Outside Jin Liwei's office door was a large, elegant and lavish reception area where Xu Tian worked behind his own desk and welcomed people who had appointments to meet with the President-CEO of Jin Corporation. To the far side was a fully-equipped kitchen and breakroom where Dom, Xu Tian and the bodyguards were currently eating their boxed lunches.
Xu Tian was busy poring over important documents while eating. It was the last quarter of the year, so the company was extremely busy meeting various goals and deadlines they set for themselves.
The bodyguards ate their meals quickly and returned to their posts outside the locked office door of their master. Sometimes they would whisper to each other but otherwise maintained their silence.
Dom thought that they were boring for being so quiet, so he chatted with Ketchup instead while enjoying his delicious meal. He had taken three boxed lunches because one wasn't enough. He would've taken four, maybe even five, but still had some shame remaining in him, so he was able to stop himself from being too greedy for food.
His friends, the other members of the girl squad (except for his Boss Iris who always appreciated him for who he was), resented him for being able to eat so much without gaining a single pound of weight. What could he do about it? He was just born FABULOUS!
At the moment, his lively voice and that of Ketchup's were the only noise in the place. Dom gestured with his hands as he ate and chatted with the white cat who was playing with a ball of yarn in her virtual kitty room. Her fluffy self could be seen on a wall-mounted flatscreen TV.
They were in the middle of giggling at something when Ketchup stopped all of a sudden. The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.
Two seconds later...
"Hmph! That hoochie tried calling Tiantian again for the thirteenth time but she can't get through because I, the cute, awesome and mighty Ketchup, temporarily blocked her until Mommy leaves Daddy's office just like what Uncle Dom told me. Ehehehe. The hoochie-coochie really intends to disturb my mommy and my daddy's sleepy time. What a poopoo! Meow!"
"Good job, Baby Ketchup! Yes, that's right! Don't let anyone disturb your mommy and daddy, especially that hooâthat...that evil witch!"
"Ketchup is a good kitty, right, Uncle Dom?"
"Yes, you are! Baby Ketchup is such a good kitty!"
"Meow~" Ketchup was very happy that her Uncle Dom praised her, so she started purring.
Xu Tian didn't hear their conversation because he was wearing noise-blocking earphones so that he could concentrate on his work. Only incoming calls on the phone would catch his attention. That was why he had no idea that Ketchup temporarily blocked Rose Young from his contact list and that she had been trying to call him many times in the past half hour.
When everyone left Iris and Jin Liwei inside his office earlier, Dom immediately instructed Ketchup to not let anyone disturb them, especially Rose Young. He also specifically told the white cat not to peek or eavesdrop on her parents.
"Baby Ketchup, listen to me. You're not allowed to go anywhere close to your daddy's office today while your mommy is there inside with him. Do you understand?"
"Why? Ketchup needs to monitor Daddy's office at all times. That's one of the tasks my mommy gave Ketchup. Meow," the white cat asked and replied in her innocent voice.
"Because it's your mommy and daddy's alone time right now. They should be doing something, uh, important. Yes, that's right! They're doing something extremely important and shouldn't be disturbed. I'm sure that there have been times before when your parents told you not look or listen in on them, right?"
"Oh! Ketchup gets it now! Yes, they always tell Ketchup to close my eyes and ears every night when they're in their bedroom. Well, not every night but most of the time. Oh, sometimes during the day too when they're alone somewhere at home. It's their sleepy time! Ketchup isn't allowed anywhere near Mommy and Daddy during those times unless they say the secret password which is 'I love you, Ketchup!' When they say this secret password, it means that Ketchup is free to roam anywhere and everywhere at home again! Meow~
"I see, so that's what you mean, Uncle Dom. Ketchup understands now and won't let anyone disturb Mommy and Daddy because their sleepy time is very, very, very important! Poor Mommy and Daddy! Are they so tired right now that they need to sleep when it's only lunch time? Meow~"
"Pft! Sleepy time... Ehehehe." Dom snickered.
The two chatterboxes continued chatting to their hearts' content, waiting until Iris and Jin Liwei finished their "sleepy time".
As for the matter regarding Rose Young, Iris had forbade Ketchup to personally continue monitoring the woman after discovering what kind of things Rose did whenever she was alone.Iris didn't want her corrupting Ketchup, so she deleted the X-rated memory from the cat AI's system. The deletion had some minor side-effects on the white cat but Iris would rather Ketchup suffer through it than be corrupted by the dirtiness. (Iris hadn't watched enough of the woman's X-rated surveillance videos to know that Rose had been fantasizing about Jin Liwei.)
Afterwards, Iris left a copy of Ketchup, basically a bot minus the personality and powerful self-learning function, to continue the surveillance on Rose Young.
While the two chatterboxes gossiped in the breakroom, Rose Young was cleaning her mess in her office downstairs.
She had now calmed down after her failure to orgasm earlier. Lunch time was almost over and her assistant would be returning any time. She didn't want questions about the mess.
"That slut should be finished fucking Big Brother Liwei right now. He has an important meeting after lunch that he can't miss."
Thinking about Iris Long infuriated her again, so she forced herself to take a few deep breaths before continuing to clean up.
Unbeknown to her, a virtual white cat with blank, soulless eyes were staring at her without blinking and recording all of her actions every second, 24/7. Its sole purpose was to monitor Rose Young.
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Chapter 627 - Forget I Asked
Dragon Palace Home #10.
That night, Iris arrived home exhausted just before dinner time. She got an earful from Tang Yiyi when she returned to work after leaving Jin Liwei's office with red, puffy eyes. Fortunately, the swelling went down after she used a cold eye mask, a prototype for a future Orchidia Beauty product.
Jin Liwei called to tell her that he would be running late tonight but promised that he would come home before bedtime. They still wanted to talk more about what happened earlier in his office before sleeping.
Later, Iris headed to the kitchen for dinner. Surprisingly, Lu Zihao was also there. He had been absent for quite some time ever since the bomb incident. The siblings hadn't seen or spoken with each other for many days.
Lu Zihao looked as exhausted as Iris, maybe even more so than her. He must've been very busy with whatever he had been doing. She knew that she was one of the reasons why he was so busy because he and Jin Liwei were jointly working on their own investigations to find out the real mastermind behind the bomb attack. Her own investigations on the side had also gained a few small clues but nothing too significant yet. They had been cooperating by sharing their investigations results.
The Shadow Winds' hacker team was a great help in decreasing her burden in the investigations. She discovered that they collectively named themselves as the hacker ShaWn and had helped her contain the malicious online hate campaign against her right after the bomb incident. Sometimes, she would impart some hacking tips and tricks to them that would leave them all ecstatic. They were improving at an impressive rate, greatly pleasing Lu Zihao. However, they were still several leagues below a world-class master hacker like Iris, but that was only because she was a monstrous genius.
They needed to dig deeper in order to find out the real mastermind(s) behind the bomb incident. With each passing day that they failed to find anything concrete, Iris became more certain that either the mastermind(s) or the protector was a formidable hacker like her. This only made the situation more dangerous yet also more exciting for her.
But for now, she had to put this whole matter aside because of how exhausted she felt after everything that happened at Jin Liwei's office today.
The brother and sister, Lu Zihao and Iris, ate dinner with the others except for Jin Liwei who was still at work.
"I heard that you visited Third Brother in his office during lunch," Lu Zihao talked in a casual tone while they ate. "But then I heard something interesting."
Iris already had a feeling what he was about to say but still asked, "What is it?"
"I heard that you left his office with red and swollen eyes." He placed his chopsticks down and looked at her.
His aura became dangerous, making Dom and Jiang Ying Yue shut up from their own lively conversation and then cower in their seats. Fortunately, Little Jun was too young to sense danger so the toddler continued eating his food, unaware of the change in the atmosphere.
"So tell me, little sister," Lu Zihao said in a deceptively light voice. "Did you fight with Third Brother?" Then his voice turned cold. "Did that bastard make you cry?"
Although affected by her brother's deadly aura, Iris still straightened her back and replied to him in a calm, firm voice. "Liwei is not a bastard, Big Brother. He's my future husband...and...and the father of my future baby...or babies."
His eyes narrowed, his lips thinned, and the air grew colder.
Dom and Jiang Ying Yue shivered and avoided looking at the siblings. Little Jun continued eating happily and entertained himself by watching the antics of his cat cousin, the goofy Popcorn.
"And no, Liwei and I didn't fight," Iris continued. "He didn't make me cry. Technically, it wasn't him."
"Heh... Is that so?" Lu Zihao asked, still suspicious. He picked up his chopsticks again to resume eating. "Then why did you cry after leaving his office?"
Iris was about to complain why he knew so much about what happened earlier when he wasn't even there, but then remembered that about half of her personal security team consisted of his subordinates. Those people must've ratted her out to him as soon as they arrived home.
"Heh... What is this? Not going to tell the reason to your big brother?"
"Fine! Liwei and I made love in his office and it got wild and intense! I lost control of myself and I just started screaming and sobbing. That's what happened! Are you satisfied now?"
Lu Zihao froze, his expression indescribable.
Dom gasped dramatically and covered the ears of the clueless and innocent Little Jun while Jiang Ying Yue turned red.
Iris didn't lie to her brother. Well, not technically. She only applied some of the interview-dodging skills Tang Yiyi constantly instilled in her and chose to tell only part of the truth while hiding some. She didn't want to hide things from her brother but had to in order to protect her man. If Lu Zihao knew that she had a pregnancy scare earlier today, he would probably beat the shit out of Jin Liwei as soon as he returned home later tonight.
Lu Zihao cleared his throat to clear the awkwardness. "Forget I asked. By the way, have you tasted this scallion soup? It's good. Here, eat some."
Iris was relieved that they stopped talking about the topic. She wanted to talk to Jin Liwei about it first before sharing it with others, if the need to share with their family and friends became a must. But first, she and Jin Liwei needed to confirm whether she was really pregnant or not.
Finally, dinner ended and they all headed to their own rooms.
The brother and sister walked together in the meantime.
"I'm glad that nothing serious happened with you and your man," Lu Zihao said. "This body...and also I know after living as Lu Zihao for some time now that Jin Liwei is a good and dependable man. He'll take care of you. I also have to admit that I can see very clearly that he loves and cares for you. Heck, the man's ready to give you everything, even die for you. You just need to ask and he'll do it."
A smile blossomed on Iris' lips, brightening up her beautiful face, giving her a soft and loving expression. "Yes. I know."
"But." Lu Zihao stopped walking.
She stopped walking, as well.
"He's still a man who'll eventually make mistakes. There might come a time when he'll hurt you either unintentionally or on purpose." The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.
She didn't reply, instead waiting for him to say more.
"Regardless of whether it's unintentional or not, hurting my sister is still something I deem unforgivable. So if he ever hurts you and makes you cry, remember to tell me. Even if you don't tell me, I'll still know. If that happens, I'llâ"
"Big Brother, I love Jin Liwei," she interrupted. "If you ever harm him, you'll hurt me, too."
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Chapter 628 - Reminiscing Memories Of The Pas
"When I woke up as...this," Iris swept her hands over herself. "As the new me, I was very excited to live this new chance in life. I had many goals and ambitions and also plans to accomplish them. During that time, I envisioned myself reaching everything on my own. But when Liwei barged into my life and I fell in love with him, I realized that although I still have the same goals and ambitions, they slightly changed to include him as well.
"Now, whenever I envision my future, he's always there beside me as a constant part of my life. Big Brother, ever since I fell in love with Liwei, I now can't imagine living the rest of my life without him. I love him so much that I almost can't believe how I'm capable of loving someone so much that isn't you, my brother, my family. If something bad ever happens to him, I...I'll probably lose control and hunt down the people who harmed him."
Lu Zihao was silent for a few seconds before asking, "Even me? If I harm him, you'll hunt even me, your own brother?"
She couldn't answer right away, looking at him instead with a complicated expression. "I love Liwei, Big Brother. I love you, too. I don't want to choose between the two of you. Both of you are the most important men in my life right now. I refuse to choose between the two of you. But...I won't be able to sit still if you hurt Liwei, so please don't. I don't want our relationship to be ruined by something like that." N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.
He took a deep breath after hearing her honest words. His hands clenched and unclenched, the veins popping out to the surface of his skin.
Iris braced herself and faced the stormy aura her brother was currently emitting. It made her heart shake, yet she stood her ground to show him that she was serious. Although she understood that her brother was fiercely protective of her, she couldn't tolerate his subtle threats against Jin Liwei any longer. He needed to understand that Jin Liwei was here to stay in her life as her future husband whether he liked it or not.
She sensed that her brother was experiencing an internal struggle between his past identity as Nikolai Vetrov and his new life as Lu Zihao who was sworn brothers with her man, Jin Liwei. However, it was his own battle to fight with himself. She couldn't solve it for him, especially after going through the same thing herself. It was difficult and dangerous, but he still needed to overcome it on his own.
"I understand," he finally said after managing to calm himself. "As long as he doesn't hurt you and make you suffer, I won't interfere. Both of us didn't have it easy in our past lives. We were always trudging the boundary between life and death, not knowing when we'd make a deadly mistake or when our enemies would successfully kill us. They eventually succeeded," he hissed through gritted teeth. His eyes flashed with murderous intent before controlling it.
"I know that you hated that life, how caged you felt, and suffered because of it," he continued. "I couldn't do anything for you back then because it was too dangerous to let you go free in the outside world. But everything is different now. The Vetrovs are no more. The people we were before are no more. We had fallen and were reduced to ashes."
Desolation filled his eyes, making Iris tremble and her eyes moist as she watched him. A small desire of revenge also stirred within her at the thought of the fallen Vetrovs, but it got quickly buried into the deepest recesses of herself before she could even notice. Her new life as Long Xiulan, a.k.a. Iris Long, and the endless possibilities of achieving all of her dreams that she wasn't able to do in her past life had overpowered almost everything for her. Not to mention that she was able to find the love of her life in this new life, making her view her past life as Evelina Vetrova as something almost illusory now.
If it weren't for the rebirth of her brother as Lu Zihao and how they remained close to each other in this new life of theirs plus some of the deep traumas still remaining with her, perhaps the memories of her past life as Evelina Vetrova would gradually fade away until almost everything was forgotten. It was impossible to forget everything, but perhaps if her current situation was different, there would come a day that she would wake up and treat the memories of her past life as a figment of imagination.
In a sense, she was grateful that she met her reborn brother before Evelina's memories started fading away. He was a link to their past lives. Although she hated that life, she didn't want to forget it because it was a big part of who she was even now as Iris Long.
Lu Zihao's eyes looked like he was somewhere far away and not standing right in front of her. She remained silent and allowed her brother to reminisce the memories of their past livesâboth the glorious and tragic alikeâas the crown prince and sheltered princess of the former reigning criminal family of the international underworld.
Finally, his eyes became clear once again. They looked at her with their usual sharpness but also with gentleness. "I don't want you to suffer anymore. You are now Long Xiulan who I'm sure will be known in the future as the genius superstar. You'll take the world by storm and live your life freely just like how you always wanted. I'm looking forward to watching you reach all of your dreams."
"Big Brother..."
"I wish you a happy life, little sister. And if you think that you'll be happy with Jin Liwei by your sideâ"
"I do," Iris replied before he could finish his sentence. "Jin Liwei gives me happiness. I know that I'll be happy with him by my side."
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Chapter 629 - Moonlit Nigh
Lu Zihao sighed, a little grumpily, a little helplessly, and a little dotingly. "I know. I can see it clear as day. I'm glad that you finally feel alive and free now, little sister. That you're living the life that you always wanted together with the man you love. I'm glad that he's beside you, taking care of you, supporting you, protecting you, and loving you..."
Then his lips curled in bad temper. "But that doesn't mean that I don't have the urge to punch him in the face every time he acts like he wants to jump you like a horny dog in a rut. I know as Lu Zihao that he's a good and loyal manâbut dammit! I really want to beat the shit out of him sometimes, especially when I know that he's often undressing you in his mind when he sees you!"
Iris giggled. "Big Brother."
"What?"
She leaned forward and whispered, "Actually, it's not only Liwei who's horny. I also want to jump him and make love with him almost all the time. I also undress him in my mind andâ"
"STOP IT! DON'T SAY ANYTHING ANYMORE!!!" Lu Zihao roared. "I can't hear anything! I don't hear anything! My little sister is forever a virgin in my mind!"
Iris threw her head back and laughed. She doubled over and laughed even harder when he glared at her. Trying hard to control herself, she forced a serious expression on her face.
"You're overreacting, Big Brother. I might've been naïve when it comes to sex before I met Liwei and became sexually active with him but I wasn't completely clueless about it, even in my past life."
He opened his mouth, about to interrupt her but she didn't let him, continuing to speak instead. "I know for a fact that you're not a virgin either, Big Brother. That you also sleep with women, both in your past life and now as Lu Zihao. I also know that you don't form attachments to the women you sleep with and only treat them as bedmates, nothing more. You have your own arrangements, I also have mine...with my fiancé who I love very much.
"My point is that both of us are adults now. We both know what sex is, what it's like, and even experience it on a regular basis. Well, I don't know how often you get it, but as for me and Liwei, we certainly do it regularlyâ"
"Okay, that's enough! I get itâ" he tried interrupting.
"âso I don't understand why you get so angry every time I talk about my active sex life with Jin Liwei who is, by the way, my fiancé and my future husband. He'll be your brother-in-law, you know, and also...also...the father of your future human nieces or nephews."
Her hand involuntarily moved to touch her flat stomach but she caught herself in time and stopped it. Her big brother was an observant person and had extremely sharp eyes. He would surely catch her action of touching her stomach after talking about Jin Liwei fathering her future human children and then grow suspicious.
Although her big brother lived the way he didâcold, detached and rarely formed close personal or intimate ties with others except for herâshe knew that he was a traditional person. It was only now that he was living as Lu Zihao that he formed close relationships with others besides her, choosing to maintain the previous ties of the original Lu Zihao with Grandpa Lu, Jin Liwei and their other sworn brothers, and a few other people. She was glad to see that he wasn't limiting himself to these relationships but were also expanding his connections to the people she had grown close to as Iris Long.
As a traditional person and also as a fiercely protective older brother, she knew that he would go crazy if she became pregnant out of wedlock. She decided that it was safer to act cautious around him when she still wasn't sure if Jin Liwei got her pregnant today or not.
While Iris was busy with her own thoughts, Lu Zihao felt livid yet also helpless at her. "You...you...YOU!!!"
He was a man in control of his own emotions, yet in front of his precious little sister, he had been rendered speechless. His sister always had been straightforward to a fault, but that was part of her charm which he and their father in their past life adored. Still, sex life as a topic of conversation between siblings was still too much information!
"This conversation is over," he announced in a firm voice.
The exhaustion that he was already feeling earlier became worse all of a sudden. It was exhausting trying to deal with his sister's honesty and straightforwardness! Despite this, he would never fault her for it. All he could do was sigh. "It's getting late. I'm tired and need to sleep. You should, too. I hear that you have a full schedule tomorrow."
She nodded and lifted herself on her tippy-toes to kiss him on the cheek. "Good night, Big Brother. Sleep well."
"Good night, little sister." N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.
He wanted to walk her to her suite but she declined, saying that she wasn't going to her room yet. She watched him walk away and disappear as he headed to his own bedroom. When he was finally out of sight, she pressed a hand to her flat stomach, gently rubbing it.
Anxiety filled her, especially after talking to her brother. Their conversation prompted her to remember something important that she needed to talk about with Jin Liwei.
"Hurry home, darling," she whispered into the night.
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10.14 PM.
Jin Liwei handed his coat and tie to the butler while heading to where his baby girl was waiting for him. He wanted to eat dinner with her but couldn't because of how busy it was at the company right now.
Normally around this time of the year, he would choose to stay in the office and rarely went home. And if he needed to go home, it would be awfully late, hours after midnight, sometimes just before sunrise. But that was when he was still a glorified bachelor. Now he had a (future) wife waiting for him at home...and possibly, a little bundle of joy inside her womb.
His steps quickened as excitement filled him upon remembering the "accident" that happened to them when they made love in his office earlier. His long legs traversed and reached the music room in a short time.
The door was open when he arrived. Tempestuous piano music gushed out of the room and drenched him as soon as he entered. The light was turned off, yet he immediately saw his baby girl playing the piano under the dim light of the moon by the window.
Jin Liwei was mesmerized.
He stopped in his tracks, leaned by the doorway, and just watched his woman produce such otherworldly music with every press of her graceful fingers on the piano keys.
The music was chaotic, like a thunderstorm, yet still sounded harmonious and beautiful, a wonder of nature. Sometimes it was fast and urgent, foreboding and erratic. At other times it was peaceful and delicate, sweet and uplifting.
It gave him goosebumps.
He had never heard this music before and instinctively knew that it was his baby girl's own composition. He also knew her well enough to understand that this new composition must be her trying to make sense of her turbulent emotions caused by what happened to them in his office earlier today. She wasn't able to fully express her feelings in words, so she could only do it through the method of communication that she was a master ofâmusic.
Emotions welled inside him, as he immersed himself in listening to her music. There were no words, yet now he grasped the true depth of her anxiety and fear and also discovered her excitement and happiness that he couldn't fully understand when they talked earlier. He thought that he understood her then. How wrong he was.
Her music allowed him to understand her true emotions in a way her own words couldn't. Unable to contain himself any longer, he walked towards her, using his long legs to reach her faster. Then he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind her and nuzzled the side of her neck.
Iris closed her eyes and smiled, leaning her cheek to his nuzzles. She continued playing the piano while in the arms of her lover in the moonlit night.
Chapter 630 - Title Is A Spoiler
The lovers remained in that beautiful position while the otherworldly music played with the moonlight illuminating them under its dim radiance.
Jin Liwei sat beside his baby girl, admiring her beauty and her graceful fingers skipping, pounding, dancing, and caressing the piano keys. It was almost unbelievable the kind of music she could produce.
The music she was currently playing made his heart tremble, ache, and elated, and also stirred his very soul. It felt very personal, as if he could directly feel her emotions like they were his own. Ã00vâ¬l--Ã1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.
It was like magic.
She was magical. And she was his.
When the last notes of her music drifted into the night, there was only silence. Only the soft sounds of their breathing and the beating of their hearts could be heard in the moonlit room.
Iris leaned her head on Jin Liwei's shoulder and inhaled his familiar masculine scent. Doing so made her feel warm, loved, safe, secure, and also thrilled and excited all at the same time. No other person in the world could give her this kind of range of feelings. He made her feel all kinds of emotions that sometimes it was scary.
He pulled her closer and nibbled on her earlobe, making her shiver, and then whispered, "I'm home, my love."
"Welcome home, darling."
"Thank you for waiting for me."
She smiled. "I wanted to talk to you before we sleep. There's something I need to tell you."
He studied her and tried to guess what she wanted to tell him based on her expression but failed. "Alright. We'll talk. I also need to ask you something."
Instantly curious, she asked, "What is it?"
"Later. Accompany me for dinner?"
"Of course."
Iris and Jin Liwei left the music room and headed to the kitchen together. They chatted about a wide range of topics but didn't talk about what happened in his office. The atmosphere was warm and light. Their smiles and laughter flowed like a relaxing breeze while Jin Liwei ate a late dinner.
The staff members who were serving them could sense an extra tenderness in how their master and mistress interacted with each other tonight. Most of the time, invisible yet noticeable sparks flew between the couple whenever they were together in the same room. The intense sexual chemistry was always present and unmistakable, no matter how "innocent" they looked and touched each other in front of people. The staff couldn't quite put a finger on what exactly it was, but they could all sense that something significant had changed between their master and mistress. And whatever it was, it made them closer and more lovey-dovey with each other.
After Jin Liwei's late dinner, the couple finally retired to their bedroom suite. Iris took care of himâassisting him out of his business suit, waiting for him to finish showering, and helping him into his pyjamasâjust like how he took care of her when she broke down earlier in his office.
Seeing his gorgeous, muscled, naked body, Iris licked her lips and ogled him without any shame. Her desire ignited in an instant.
Jin Liwei saw the fire in his baby girl's eyes. His own desire started blazing as well, the evidence of his arousal creating a tent underneath his pyjama pants.
However, the two seemed to have reached a tacit agreement to give it a rest tonight. And to be honest, Iris was feeling sore after being loved by Jin Liwei who was very wild and intense while making his office fantasy come to reality earlier that day. Don't get her wrong, though. She enjoyed it immensely, thank you very much, but she needed to rest tonight, especially her lower body. Oh, and her mind too, of course. Her mind was still reeling a bit after the pregnancy scare. Fortunately, she was young and worked hard to maintain a healthy and fit body. She was confident that her body would recover quickly, so that she could once again seduce her darling and engage in another wild and intense lovemaking.
If it wasn't for her high pain tolerance, she probably would've been walking with a limp for the rest of the day. It felt like she made love with a big and wild bear...but a sexy and hot one at that.
Iris mentally shook herself and forced all of the lewd thoughts about her darling out of her mind. She craved for him but her body couldn't take anymore of him tonight. How unfortunate. All she could do was sigh and satisfy herself with helping him get ready for bed.
It was already midnight when they finally climbed on their huge bed and cuddled under the thick duvet.
"I just had you this noon, yet I want you again," Jin Liwei whispered to her ear.
"Same here," she whispered back.
They looked at each other. He smirked while she giggled. The two grinned at each other like idiots for a few moments before Jin Liwei's expression became serious.
"I called Second Brother on the phone after you left my office," he told her. "He said that we should wait before letting you have a pregnancy test because testing too early might give us the wrong results."
She didn't reply, thinking about what he said.
He continued, "In the meantime, I hope that you won't push yourself too hard. I won't stop you from working because I know how much you love your work, but please, love, take care of yourself when I'm not physically by your side. Okay?"
"Okay."
They both fell silent.
"You said that you want to tell me something?" he asked.
She nodded, then paused. "You said that you need to ask me something."
"En. But you first."
"No, you first."
They looked at each other, unsure of how to proceed. This went on for almost a minute. Then Iris decided to go first but so did he. They ended up speaking at the same time.
"Liwei, let's get married."
"Love, how about we get married earlier than planned?"
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Chapter Title: "Let's Get Married"