The Mafia King's First Love

Instead of shutting her eyes, Ruiling had them wide open. She felt his lips tracing and moving along her lips in a smooth but rhythmic manner. At that moment, she wasn't really sure what was going on. She only knew that Xinyue was kissing her, doing the overwriting process that he was talking about and making her stand like a statue.

But even through the confusion blurring all of her thought processes, she felt the incredible gentleness by which he captured her lips. That was in contrast to how he usually behaved. He looked as if he was sneering and mocking most of the time, so feeling the care and warmth and delicacy he gave her made her tremble.

She jolted when his tongue brushed past along the curve of her upper and lower lips now and then, just flicking it slightly with a faint touch. She inhaled the deodorant that he had put on which was a really pleasant and amiable smell. His fingertips held the back of her head, gently but firmly.

It was a long kiss that unclogged and discarded all the negative emotions building up in her heart, eating her from inside in misery. He kissed and kissed until she had nothing else left to think about other than Xinyue.

Ruiling felt him withdrawing after God knew how much time had elapsed. The warmth of his kiss still lingered on her lips.

"Overwriting successful," his deep but hoarse voice rang in the narrow space between their faces, making her shiver. "Now, you don't have any option but to think of me when you ever step into a changing room again."

She rapidly blinked her eyes, the color of cherry equally rapidly spreading onto her cheeks.

What just happened? She questioned herself in a daze.

She suddenly had no courage to look him in the eye. She had tons of questions swirling in her mind, just bouncing back and forth like charged particles with no clear answer. Her lips parted and shut several times, but she couldn't let any voice out from her throat.

He kissed me…

That realization gripped her heart with shock as much as filled it with a violent fluttering sensation. All the doubts she had about Xinyue feeling disappointed in her simply vanished into thin air.

Xinyue rubbed her head, ruffling her straight hair into a mess.

"..."

"Let's head outside. We can talk over a cup of coffee."

Xinyue opened the door and went out first, which was when Ruiling finally collapsed on her knees. She dazedly touched her lips and thinking about the kiss again, her ears flushed furiously. She felt as if she could finally breathe. Her heart pounded rapidly now that she felt extremely conscious about his presence. She really wanted to run away, but he said he wanted to talk.

Can we not do that later? My heart is a total mess!

She stepped out wearing the same yellow dress that Xinyue picked for her.

"I forgot to change! Wait, I will-"

"I have already paid for it. Let's go."

"..."

It's like he doesn't want me to escape at all.

She followed him with her head lowered, trying to hide her crimson cheeks and how silly she looked.

Xinyue stopped, and she crashed on his back with her head bumping on it. He turned and raised his brow. "Why are you walking from behind me?"

"T-that I just…"

"You look like a stalker. Creepy."

"..."

The fluttering in her heart dissipated, and she gritted her teeth. "Not any less creepy than you who barged into a woman's changing room and ki-ki-ki…ssed her…"

Xinyue ruffled and messed up her hair again.

"Hey! I just set them!" She shook off his hand. 𝑓𝗿𝐞𝘦𝘄ｅ𝘣n𝘰𝘷eƖ.c𝘰𝗺

"It's better when you are not so quiet."

She froze.

So he teased me to ease the tension?

She looked at him suspiciously.

He sneered. "I know right? I am not so usually thoughtful of others."

Her brow twitched.

"But if it concerns you, then I am."

She almost stumbled and looked at him, dumbfounded. He shot that arrow out of nowhere.

They went to a cafe and sat opposite each other. Xinyue ordered a cup of latte and a plate of sandwich for him while Ruiling felt she would hardly be able to digest anything until Xinyue came out with whatever he had to say.

Ruiling stared at him.

You seriously can eat right now?

Xinyue glanced at her and tilted his head. "What? I am hungry. Taking women shopping is harder than spying."

"..."

He sneered. "Also, I suggest you stuff something in your stomach too. You cannot think on an empty stomach. Your brain is already short-circuited because of the kiss."

"!!!"

In the end, Ruiling ordered a sandwich for herself as well. Then they fell silent with her heart anticipating more and more. She felt his razor sharp gaze on her as if he was waiting for her to say something first. Or ask something.

Ruiling fidgeted with her fingers. "So…w- what happened…"

"I kissed you because I love you."

She choked in her throat and quickly drank some water. She breathed hard, feeling dizzy by his sudden confession.

"H-How can you say it out of nowhere!?" She felt she had just recovered from a heart attack.

"I kissed you. Naturally, you should know what the next thing I say would be," Xinyue frowned. "Why are you so shocked?"

Ruiling stared at him, speechless once again. "I…I d-did know what the conversation would be, but you cannot just throw such a huge fact so suddenly at me!"

"It is not sudden. I kissed you. Didn't I already prepare your heart for what was going to come next?"

"..."

What's with the super rational logic you just gave?

"Y-you…"

It was true that she expected what kind of talk they would have, but…

"Yo-you could have done that gradually. Slowly!" She glared at him.

He was confused. "Gradually? Oh, like the frog in the water who stays put and eventually dies when the water keeps on boiling?"

"..."

T-this man…he is comparing me to a frog?

"Xinyue. You have such loving parents. But you don't know anything about romance, do you?" She dryly asked.