He hoisted her up in the air and her legs instinctively wrapped around his waist while her arms encircled around his neck. One of his hands glided down her curvy waist before settling on her bottom while he grabbed the back of her neck with his other hand.

Their lips parted slightly as they panted. He kissed the corner of her lips and she leaned closer to him, her teeth taking his bottom lips between them. A mischievous glint flashed in his eyes as his palm gave her perky bottom a soft squeeze. A gasp escaped her lips and he took the opportunity to get his tongue sneak inside her mouth. His lips sucked hers as he kissed her not so gently all the while.

Her lips moved against his as her hand shifted, her fingers trailed down his muscular back. He kissed her like there was no tomorrow and she could feel herself melting in his arms. It was so comforting yet exhilarating to be kissed by him like that, like there was nothing that mattered to him other than her.

His gentle teasings, rough kisses set every inch of her skin on her fire, her heart...that little organ seemed to be flipping up and down in so much of excitement and nervousness.

She knew it...From the very first day their lips had met, a part of her knew that there was no going back. There was no going back on him.

She knew it despite denying it all this while.

The sense of breathlessness hit her hard when their lips parted. She panted, gasping for air while she could feel his unsteady breathing stroking the nape of her neck where he buried his face.

Her eyes flew open when she felt his hand shifting back to her waist as he placed her on a hard surface. She looked around and found herself sitting on the study table. From the door to here, she did not know when they had shifted the locations.

Her heart was still racing in her heart like a wild beast struggling to run out of the cage it was trapped in. She blinked and licked her bottom lips.

Jun Zixuan's gaze darkened as he looked those swollen plump lips. He pressed both his palms on her knees and parted her legs before stranding between them.

Her lips parted slightly as his hands shifted beneath thighs and in one swift move, she was pulled towards him such that her breasts collided against his rock-hard chest, their bodies crashing against each other.

She licked her dried bottom lips as her fingers fiddled with the fabric of her dress.

He grabbed her chin and tilted her face so that she was looking straight into his eyes, "Don't do that. Or I can't control myself."

"Control yourself from what?" Her starry eyes twinkled as she looked at him provocatively.

"From kissing the hell out of you," His hand slid down from her chin as he grabbed her neck, his fingers stroked her delicate skin, "Or doing something more that you might not like."

She chuckled as she batted her eyelashes, "How would you know whether I'll like it or not?" A blush crept up her cheeks but that teasing intent in her tone did not diminishing.

"Are you seducing me?" His gaze darkened.

"Am I?" She looked at him with such ridiculously innocent eyes that had him shake his head.

He pressed a soft kiss on her forehead before wrapping both his arms around her waist.

"Mei."

"Mm?" She smiled as she looked at his face. Whenever she heard him calling her name with so much adoration, she had always felt relieved that the previous owner's first name was the same as hers.

"Are you serious about dating me?"

She raised an eyebrow, "Do I look like I was joking?"

"Why?" He glanced at her.

She was confused, "What why?"

"Till yesterday, you were still going on about us being 'just friends', what made you change your mind?"

The corner of her lips twitched, "Well, Friends can date. It's trending these days."

His face darkened as he pursed his lips. He loosened his grip around her waist and turned around to leave.

She panicked, "Hey, wait!!" She hugged him from the back and wrapped her legs around his waist, locking him in her embrace.

He paused, his lips tugged up in a small curve that she was unable to see as he had his back facing her.

She pressed her forehead on his back, "You should answer me first."

"About?" His emotionless tone did not reveal a single a emotion and that had her wonder what was going on in his mind.

"Why did you kiss me?"

He moved slightly and her grip on him loosened as he turned around such that he stood facing towards her. Her legs glided down a bit, settling near his thighs, she kept her heels crossed. He was a moody man so this might be effective to stop him if he tried to leave all of a sudden. Her arms wrapped around his muscular waist as she intertwined her fingers behind his back.

"We have shared many kisses. Which one are you talking about?"

She was speechless, "All of them. What I mean is why would you kiss me in the first place? There must be something going on in your mind when you did that, right? It's not like-"

"This is the woman I love," He interrupted her with the words that had her freeze for a few good seconds.

She blinked.

"That was going on in my mind when I kissed you."

Her lips parted but no words came out. That soft blush spread across her fair cheeks as he leaned closer to her, "The reason why I kissed you in the first place," His voice was barely above a whisper, "Because I love you."

The blush on her face was more prominent this time as she bit her bottom lips.