Chapter 161: What was their relationship?
Li Lanni pressed her lips to his, unwilling to hear him declare his love for another woman. She loved him. Although she kept backing out every time she was going to tell him this – or other factors kept coming in her way, her feelings were undeniable.
Ji Xiehan held her waist and stopped the kiss. If he didn’t tell her this right now, they might get interrupted again.
His action snapped her back, making her realize just how childish she was being. So what if she kissed him? If his heart belonged to another woman, there was nothing she could do to make him hers. If she forcefully clung to another woman’s man, how different would she be from Li Xiyan, her stepmother who collaborated with her grandmother to forcefully break her parents apart?
"I’m sorry for being selfish..." she started. "I just... the thought of you being with another woman..." She realized she was not making any sense and stopped midway. She had been clouded by jealousy just now and there was no way to explain it.
"Lanni, what nonsense are you thinking about? Who said I was going to be with another woman?" Ji Xiehan finally had the chance to squeeze in a few words.
"Huh? You were not? But you and her..."
"Don’t be silly." Ji Xiehan flicked her forehead and hugged her. The thought of her being so jealous and riled up because of him made him happy.
When she was calm enough from the hug, he finally explained what she had seen. "Lanni, I know this sounds overboard but Feng Ci came to talk. That was why we were in the study; I thought she had serious business to discuss. What you saw back there was the result of her suddenly throwing herself into my arms. I swear, I didn’t do anything."
Li Lanni chuckled. He looked like a little kid admitting his mistakes.
"Why are you laughing? Is it because you do not trust me?"
"Of course I trust you."