Chapter 39: Stay the Night
Shengli lifted her and wrapped her in dry clothes and carried her to her bed chambers. He placed her in front of her vanity and started to dry her hair.
He felt a bit relieved when he told her about part of his past but could not handle the rest of the dark memories storming his brain. So he decided to wait for a while to compose himself.
For Xing, this was the first time she was treated like that by him and she liked it. She turned to look at him, but he pushed her head, "Sit still, your hair is still wet. Don’t catch a cold", he said gently.
"I don’t ever get sick. I’m stronger", she said proudly but he didn’t agree and continued to dry her hair. Xing remembered that elder said about a mark and she didn’t know about it. So she decided to ask him, " That elder said something about a mark...". Before she finished, he placed his chin on her shoulder and moved his index finger in her back and stopped near her left shoulder blade. His warm finger and his warm breath on her neck and the gentle touch made her gasp. " Here", he whispered placing his finger over the mark, " There is a red mark in the shape of the character wang(王). You know it could represent both a king and a tiger", he kissed behind her ear. She closed her eyes and she remembered the kiss they shared previously and her heart started to beat fast. She was about to give in, when she suddenly remembered the promise she made her father and turned back to look at him.
"Show me the mark", she stood up and loosened her robes to look in the mirror with her hair covering her front. Shengli adjusted the mirror so she could have a better look. "That really is the character wang(王) and it is right where my heart is! ", she said with surprise.
Shengli saw the completely oblivious girl in front of him. Although her chest was covered, her entire back was exposed and her slightly damp golden hair was covering her front and her face was beautiful with no makeup and her lips and that little birthmark he cannot resist...
Xing realised she was being stared at with wolf eyes again and unconsciously covered her chest with her hands which made Shengli smirk,
" You’ve learned to be embarrassed just now? How sweet. But sadly it’s too late now",
he said and picked her up and laid her down on the bed and started kissing her.
"Stop it Shengli, I have promised...", before she finished he bit her lips, "Then stop me", he said and continued kissing her. She tried to push him away but his kisses made her to loose her resolve and she started to return his kisses and she felt her heart beating very fast at the same pace as him.
Before they realised, she was completely naked and he was half naked with his belts loosened.
Shengli saw Xing completely surrendered to him and he had the urge to posses her entirely but stopped himself from going further by remembering his promise to her mother.