Because I Cannot Hurt You

Xiaosi blinked in confusion. "Of course. Why wouldn't it?"

He maintained a clueless expression on his face, but inwardly, he was panicking like crazy.

Caihong is acting differently today…

He still smiled as if nothing was wrong.

Caihong raised her brow. "Did you have dinner?"

He swiftly answered, wanting to avoid her. "Yeah. I had my dinner in the office!"

"Oh…well then, I will just go back to sleep without eating then," he shrugged.

Xiaosi widened his eyes. "Without eating? You didn't have dinner yet? It's one in the morning! What were you doing?" 𝑓𝔯𝑒e𝘸e𝘣𝓷𝘰ѵe𝚕.c૦𝙢

"Waiting for you."

He stiffened.

"You cancelled the dinner date, so I thought we could at least eat together at home when you are back."

That struck his heart with guilt and pain.

She was waiting for me…

Shit, I let her be hungry for so long!

He dug his nails into his palm, furious at himself.

"But it's okay. Let's go to sleep," she yawned. "It's really late."

"No!"

She jolted. Xiaosi grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the dining table. He made her sit on a chair and rushed off towards the kitchen.

Caihong frowned and a few minutes later, Xiaosi came back after reheating the food. He served it on a plate and pushed it to her side.

She stared at the plate and then back at him. "I am not hungry anymore."

"Why not? You have skipped your meal. Of course, you are hungry."

"But you are not here to join me, right? I don't feel like eating."

"I will-"

"You already had your dinner," she cut him off. "You will fall sick if you overeat."

Xiaosi sprung on his feet and grabbed a plate from the kitchen for himself.

"Xiaosi, I told you-"

"I am still hungry," he said as he served himself. "I did eat my dinner, but it wasn't really much. I was busy with work so I ate nominally to be honest."

She narrowed her eyes. "You don't have to worry about me. I won't die by skipping just a meal."

He stared at her. "You would fall sick, Caihong. And don't talk about dying."

She smiled. "Well if you cared that much, then you wouldn't have postponed our date."

Xiaosi stiffened. He looked away. "Let's eat."

Caihong didn't move for a few seconds but in the end, she obliged.

"Chyou is…"

"Sleeping. Since our date got cancelled, she was excited to eat with you, but well you didn't come. She got tired and fell asleep. I somehow fed her food and took her to bed," she expressed in a monotonous tone.

He winced at that. His eyelashes trembled thinking about his daughter patiently waiting for him.

"So-sorry…I will apologize to Chyou tomorrow."

"You don't need to apologize. You just need to make time for us," she snapped at him.

Xiaosi didn't respond to that. He awkwardly smiled and continued eating. Caihong studied his behavior with an unreadable expression.

—

Back in their bedroom as dinner got over, Xiaosi stepped out after taking a quick shower.

Caihong was on the bed, reading a book. Peeking at him, she saw him drying his hair as he stood in front of the mirror.

"You didn't sleep yet?" Xiaosi furrowed his brows.

She gave him a silent stare and slowly got up. Standing an inch away from him, his fair and muscular chest came to her view that still glistened with moistness.

"I didn't because I was waiting for you," she whispered as she pressed her finger on his chest.

He froze. His eyes slowly widened as if something dawned upon him that broke cold sweat on his forehead.

Caihong took the towel from him and patted it on his head. "Wasn't it dry just now?"

His smile broke, and he stammered. "I-I just feel a little hot…"

"But the air conditioning is high. It's quite comfortable."

He rubbed his throat. "Ah, is that so? Maybe it's just me…A-anyway, it's quite late so-"

He suddenly lost the strength from his legs as Caihong wrapped her arms around his back. His breath got caught in his throat, and he stood motionless. His voice sounded deeper than usual. "W-what…you…"

She teasingly chuckled. "What do you think I am doing?"

Naturally, he got the wind of her meaning, but he feigned ignorance. "That…"

She placed a finger on his lips, and he immediately quietened. "Mr. Zhu. Your wife is quite dissatisfied after your frequent dinner postponements. It feels as if you are avoiding me."

He stiffened.

"Won't you do something to please me? To compensate for it?"

Xiaosi trembled and felt a little discomfort while breathing mostly because of how her breasts were pressing onto his chest that was making his heart pound to another level. Her soft palms were squeezing his back, trying to make a point. A point which he clearly understood but wanted to run away from it.

Caihong could read him like an open book. The anguish shining in his eyes was as clear as day. He was darting his pupils to the left, desperately thinking hard of what to say.

So before he could find another excuse, she tiptoed and kissed his lips.

I am never getting this if I don't initiate it.

Xiaosi felt as if lightning struck him. He wanted to move, but he couldn't. He wanted to hold her, but his hands stopped mid-air every time. He was trying his best to control his urges. 𝒇𝑟𝐞𝐞w𝐞𝑏𝙣𝑜vℯl.co𝑚

Caihong sneaked a peek at him and knew what he was doing. She smirked.

Let's see how long you can continue this…

She tilted her head and deepened the kiss, forcing her tongue inside his mouth, wrapping his with hers.

At that point, his brain simply short-circuited with all the mad heat racing into his cells like crazy. Her soft tongue automatically led him to swirl his tongue around her mouth. Inadvertently, he pressed her lips with his while fighting the desire to cup her breast that was sweetly bouncing on his naked skin. His chest, of all places, felt the hottest.

This...this is not good...