Chapter 272 - 269: Hubby, Do You Want Me?

Chapter 272: Chapter 269: Hubby, Do You Want Me?

The night was pitch-black, so dark you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face.

Outside, lightning flashed and thunder roared as the rain fell harder and harder.

Inside, two people held each other in a tight embrace, reveling in the other’s tenderness.

The temperature under the blanket began to rise. Lying on his chest, Lin Yanwan could feel her heart pounding.

’Should I fight back? Should I get off him? What if he asks for... *that*?’

Just as she was hesitating, Jiang Xia’s soft chuckle drifted to her ear.

"Don’t even think about running. I’m not letting you go."

"What are you trying to do?"

Lin Yanwan herself probably didn’t even notice the shy, coquettish tone that had crept into her voice.

"Weren’t you so bold when you were teasing me over text? How come you’re so timid now?" Jiang Xia teased her deliberately. He stroked her back through her clothes, which he found annoyingly in the way.

Lin Yanwan blushed. She didn’t have what it took to be bold. ’Besides,’ she thought, ’when it comes to being hard, shouldn’t he know better than anyone?’

"I don’t know what you’re talking about." Since she couldn’t escape his clutches, she decided it was best to play dumb.

"My love, running your mouth has consequences. Surely you know that?"

Jiang Xia slowly dragged the pad of his finger across her skin. The teasing, intermittent touch sent a tingling, numbing sensation through her, making her tense up instinctively.

"I didn’t. You’re misremembering..." Lin Yanwan drew in a sharp breath, her voice trembling slightly.

"Really?"

Jiang Xia murmured gently in her ear, "That you’d do anything to satisfy me... which little temptress was it that said that?"

"I... I don’t know...!" she whimpered.

It was a good thing the room was pitch-black, hiding her face, which was surely flushed crimson. But she was still trapped in Jiang Xia’s tight embrace, unable to move.

"Think hard. You definitely know who. She even said that if I could catch her, I could do whatever I wanted with her..." With a deft movement of his fingers, he unfastened the clasp on her back.

Instantly, the body pressed against his grew even softer.

Lin Yanwan bit her lip as the defenses in her heart crumbled further. Her rational mind told her to refuse, but the years of affection they shared, like that of a husband and wife, gave tacit consent.

"I’ll give you one more chance. Who was that little temptress?"

Freed from the obstruction, Jiang Xia’s hands grew bolder. Lin Yanwan’s body trembled slightly, but she clenched her teeth and insisted, "...I... I don’t know what you’re talking about..."

Jiang Xia chuckled softly. ’My wife is so cute,’ he thought. ’Stubborn with her words, but soft everywhere else.’

"It was you~"

"...You’ve got the wrong person!"

"Are you saying I was chatting with another woman?"

"...You wouldn’t dare!"

Flustered and angry, she suddenly bit down on Jiang Xia’s neck, determined to give him a hickey of his own.

Jiang Xia continued to stroke her smooth back, letting out a soft hum with his eyes closed. It was a good thing they were the only two in the office. No one would know what they were doing.

After a moment, Lin Yanwan’s kisses subsided. She stopped moving and buried her head in his chest, listening to the strong, steady beat of his heart.

’I have a pretty good idea of what’s going to happen tonight,’ she thought. ’Oh, well. If he wants it... I’ll give it to him.’

’My body will be his sooner or later, anyway.’

"Baby,"

"Hm?"

"I love you. I love you so, so much."

Jiang Xia murmured the words with a gentle, dreamlike quality, just like when he was drunk. He hugged her tighter, as if trying to merge her into his very being.

In that moment, Lin Yanwan could clearly feel the searing intensity of his love.

"I love you too, my husband."

She slowly lifted her head, pressing her soft lips into the hollow of his neck before moving, inch by inch, until she found his mouth.

A long time later, their intertwined figures slowly separated.

Jiang Xia was panting heavily, struggling to restrain his own wild desires.

"Let’s stop," he said. "I don’t want to take your most precious possession—which is also what I cherish most—in a place like this, on a narrow folding cot. I want our first time to be a perfect memory."

Lin Yanwan was slightly stunned. She had prepared herself completely, and just when they were at the final step, he pulled back?

"Don’t you always say you want me?"

"I do, but not now."

Jiang Xia gently caressed her cheek. "I’ve been longing for this day, dreaming of it," he said softly. "I’ve even been with you in my dreams countless times, but... Honey, the conditions here are just too poor. This folding cot could collapse if we’re not careful, and that would seriously ruin the mood."

Hearing his reasons, Lin Yanwan couldn’t help but let out a snort of laughter. "If you pass on this chance, you might not get another one."

"You have to make your own opportunities. For instance, neither of us expected to be trapped at the office by a thunderstorm, and yet here we are, embracing." Jiang Xia winked.

Without a doubt, their relationship would take a big step forward after tonight.

"You really don’t want to?" Lin Yanwan asked, rubbing against him with a sly look on her face.

"Woman, you’re playing with fire!" Jiang Xia took a deep breath and instinctively clenched his... everything.

Lin Yanwan giggled and immediately stopped moving. She was genuinely afraid he might get carried away by a rush of blood to the head and take her right then and there.

"Alright, time for sleep! Go back to your own cot."

"No way. I’m scared of the thunder, so I’m staying right here on top of you. You’re the one who dragged me over here, and now you want to kick me out? Not a chance!" Lin Yanwan huffed. She had no intention of leaving such a comfortable ’mattress’.

’Besides, it’s been so, so long since I’ve gotten to sleep while holding him. Tonight, I’m going to be an octopus and wrap myself all around him.’

...

Jiang Xia’s face twitched. It wasn’t that he thought his wife was heavy; it was that he was in a state of extreme self-control. If she kept squirming against him, one wrong move and things could get out of hand.

"Then you can’t move!"

"And what happens if I do move?" she asked, full of curiosity.

"...That’s enough out of you." Jiang Xia was rendered speechless. ’This little vixen is such a torment.’

"Hahaha~"

Lin Yanwan laughed cheerfully. ’He’s always the one in control. It’s so much fun to finally have a chance to torture him a little.’

"Okay, okay, I’ll stop teasing you. Time to sleep."

They held each other and slowly closed their eyes. In the darkness, there was no sound but the continuous patter of rain outside.

Suddenly, she leaned close to Jiang Xia’s ear and cooed softly.

"My husband... if you’re really suffering... do you want me to help you?"