BDB Chapter 55

The hot breath brushed against her cheek, and her heart pounded like thunder.

He, however, pretended not to notice her embarrassment. As his gaze fixed on her, he lightly questioned with a soft “Hmm” through his nose.

His chest, rising and falling with each breath, made its presence felt.

Jiang Rao turned her head awkwardly. “No kiss.”

She wasn’t stupid; the outcome was quite obvious, and she didn’t need to “risk it” to find out.

Li Jueyan’s expression stiffened for a moment, but when he noticed the flush spreading across her previously pale face, even reaching her ears, he almost burst out laughing.

However, after a moment of thought, he decided to maintain a slightly annoyed demeanor, his tone growing increasingly cold, “So how do you plan to repay the debt you owe me? Not planning to repay it? Are you messing with me—”

Before he could finish, his words were cut off.

For, without his noticing, she had somehow managed to wrap a pure white bath towel around his shoulders.

Before he could react, she leaned in and placed a feather-like kiss on his cheek.

In that instant, his face could no longer conceal his joy, and his body reacted even faster than his expression. He turned to kiss her lips, which had just left.

Jiang Rao, caught off guard and unable to retreat in time, stepped back, only to find that she was less than a meter from the wall. In seconds, she was cornered by him.

Adrenaline is a curious thing. It makes one feel nervous and causes the heart to race, and it also acts like a magnifying glass, amplifying emotions. Without needing a mirror, Jiang Rao could feel that every exposed part of her skin was burning with redness.

Jiang Rao understood that all this was due to her shyness.

Shy about her nervousness when seeing his bare upper body; shy about the indescribable joy she felt when he pursued repayment; shy that despite her mind going blank when she leaned in, she couldn’t stop her body from moving.

Even more shy was the fact that his face was now inches away, and her hands, resting on his chest…

She didn’t want to push him away.

Jiang Rao thought that after preparing all her escape routes—once she had received her payment, completed her application to a foreign school, obtained the admission letter, and bought the plane ticket—she should probably have an honest talk with him.

After all, both the version of him in the original novel and the one in her nightmares were terrifying.

She was somewhat afraid.

Afraid of facing the consequences of a confession she wasn’t ready for.

But now, with him so close, she found herself reluctant to refuse.

Li Jueyan had prepared himself to be kicked or pushed away, but he discovered that the “little wildcat” had turned into a “little lamb.” Not only did she not resist, but she even closed her eyes when he wasn’t paying attention.

His hands, which had firmly held her waist earlier, relaxed slightly. After a moment of thought, he suddenly asked, “Um… May I?”

Hearing this, Jiang Rao opened her eyes and looked at the man. “What?”

“I want to kiss you. Will you let me?” 

Jiang Rao’s gaze turned speechless. “I…”

Both of them seemed to have a habit of not letting others finish their sentences. This time, as soon as she had spoken a single word, her lips were covered with softness.

The softness only lingered for a second before separating, and then she heard him whisper in her ear, “Do you really think I’m so foolish that I need to ask to steal a kiss?”

As her gaze shifted, Jiang Rao’s expression became difficult to describe. “Huh?”

In the brief moment her mouth was slightly open, their ears brushed against each other, and her vision was once again filled with his enlarged face.

Just before their lips met, she heard him murmur, “Sweetheart, don’t bite me.”

Jiang Rao froze for a moment, quickly realizing what he meant.

This kiss was not as fleeting as the previous one. As their lips touched, he seemed to want to devour her, extending his tongue as if to savor her.

Jiang Rao had always been inexperienced before reading romance novels and watching dramas, so she didn’t know that, in practice, kissing could make the woman’s legs go weak.

Moreover, during a kiss, the man might explore her body further.

Feeling his grabby hands persistently tugging at the hooks of her bra, Jiang Rao’s eyes widened in shock. Unable to bear it any longer, she pushed him away and exclaimed, “What are you doing!”

At that moment, her breath was still uneven, and the flush on her cheeks had faded, leaving a delicate pink that seemed even more tempting. Li Jueyan took a deep breath, his hands still resting on her waist. Trying to control the tremor within him, he attempted, “Jiang Rao.”

She listened attentively.

Li Jueyan said, “May I…”

“No.”

His hand tightened around her waist, and he suddenly smiled, “I haven’t said anything yet.”

Needless to say!

No need to say anything!

Everyone is an adult; who doesn’t understand what you’re implying!

These thoughts surged in Jiang Rao’s mind, pushing away the ripples of emotion that had just begun to stir.

She slapped away the hand on her waist, moved away from the wall, and walked towards the room, trying to hide her discomfort as she said, “Hurry up, get dressed and go. It’s getting late.”

“Going where? I only know you here.”

Jiang Rao was about to respond that if Director Feng heard this, he might cry and ask for an explanation. However, considering the large crew and Director Feng still stationed in the mountains for filming, she couldn’t bring herself to say it.

After thinking for a moment, she finally said, “There’s no need to know anyone when staying in a hotel.”

“If I don’t know anyone, I don’t feel safe.”

“And who gave you a sense of security when you were on business trips before?”

“The security system of the presidential suite in a five-star hotel.”

“But this is neither a five-star hotel nor a presidential suite.”

“Then let’s change locations? Actually, I also feel that the bed here is too small and limited, not enough space to move around.”

Jiang Rao “…….”

Is this the male lead who’s making dirty jokes?

He ended up staying there. It wasn’t that she didn’t resist; it was just that no matter how she tried to resist, he anticipated every move. Even after she went to the front desk to get a new room, he was quicker to pull out a bunch of room cards from his pocket and open the new room door, following her inside and smiling as he said, “Forgot to mention, this hotel is under the Li Group. Before you arrived, I already got all the room cards.”

Jiang Rao “…….”

Fine. This must be what they call being rich and willful!

Because of his “forgot to mention,” they ended up fussing for half an hour.

Given that the CEOs in old-fashioned romance novels never gave up until he achieved his goal, and Jiang Rao, who had the rare chance of a good night’s sleep without filming, was not willing to continue this fuss.

She set three rules for him not to touch her, or she would lock herself in the bathroom and not come out. Finally, she was able to enjoy some peace.

Even when she slept on the bed and he spread his bedding on the floor, waiting for sleep to take over, he never disturbed her again.

After being so exhausted for such a long time, sleep quickly enveloped her.

What she didn’t know was that he had been watching her back until late into the night.

Sometimes, he was frighteningly indifferent, and other times, frighteningly childish.

Although nothing inappropriate had happened between them that night, he was still afraid that everything was just an illusion.

Just as his eyes were starting to give in to fatigue, he suddenly saw her on the bed start to thrash around. She not only tossed the blankets aside but also nearly kicked the bed sheets off the bed.

As he was about to get up to wake her from her nightmare, he heard her cry out, “Don’t! Please! I won’t run anymore! Don’t!”

He froze in his steps toward the bed.

After a while, when her movements ceased, he stiffly managed a smile and said, “Was it that kind of dream?”

No one answered him.

He continued speaking.

“What should I do if one day all the dreams unlock in your mind?”

He was being utterly unreasonable.

Although he knew that what he had done in his past life was despicable, he selfishly couldn’t bring himself to let go.

She appeared soft, yet her character was exceptionally determined.

If she knew everything, she would undoubtedly, like in her past life, prefer to make him regret with blood and death rather than give him another chance?

But she was so good, so good. It shouldn’t have ended like this.

He wasn’t worthy, yet he greedily didn’t want to let go.

What should he do?

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