Wednesday, continued ...

Anna, pretending to still be sleepy, and just about to wake pushed herself back in the bed slightly to nestle in closer to Hou Yi, which she realised immediately made him more aroused.

Anna, moved and started to turn towards Hou Yi and opened her eyes to look at him. She fleetingly thought she saw two related emotions in his eyes, that of desire and of love, but Anna knew, within herself that she was kidding herself that this is what she saw. The most that there would have been is desire, which she knew was the case because of he was aroused.

Hou Yi, on the other hand, was shocked when Anna moved back in bed, as if she was searching him out for some reason. Her actions were causing a tug of war in his mind. The rational part of him knew that he could not stay there as it would only result in one thing, which while it was what he wanted would cause Anna to ultimately hate him and ruin any chance.

The other side of him, was that he needed to take the chance and grab whatever he could with both hands. Bind Anna to him, initially through s*x, not making love, that would result in her feeling more than being simply tolerant of him, and help her commit, even if a while to their relations.h.i.+p as he was willing to take whatever opportunities could present itself to have a happy marriage with the love of his life, even if it was only for a short time.

When Anna opened her eyes and looked directly at him Hou Yi took a couple of seconds to hide what he knew was expressed in his eyes, his love for her. His desire for her, he knew he could not hide, given how aroused he was.

Anna leaned up and kissed Hou Yi on the lips, leaving one hand resting on his chest, before pulling back. For Hou Yi, in a quite but s.e.xy voice, Anna said "Good Morning Yi." She then returned to his lips, but this time the kiss was more pa.s.sionate than the first one.

Hou Yi, pulled back slightly, and in a husky voice, which he knew did not hide his desire for Anna, responded "Good Morning…"

Before Hou Yi could say anything more, Anna, reached behind his head, and pulled him towards her, and kissed him a third time, even more pa.s.sionately than before. She moved her body as close as she could to him, and started to move against him, and felt his arousal continuing to grow.

Hou Yi, with Anna's actions realised that she did not regret what they had done the night before and broke away from her lips and started to kiss her body. Both, quickly started to lose rational thought about what was happening.

The next thing either of them could clearly think about was when Hou Yi laying on his back, with Anna half laying over him, looking at him.

Hou Yi looked at Anna in the eyes and realised that he could not read anything there as she was hiding whatever she was feeling. He knew he was being careful to mask his real emotions, but needed to know that Anna had no regrets, so he had to ask the question "No Regrets?"

"None. After last night's incident, I needed something good to happen, and what we did was that, both when we got home and now." Replied Anna.

Internally Anna knew it was hurting her not to blurt out more, but she had no idea how Hou Yi really felt about her. Yes, he indulged her, spoiled her with access to money, and did everything to make sure to anyone else that they believed that this relations.h.i.+p was based on love, but that to her did not signal how he really felt.

Anna, was too worried about misreading feelings of a man to her, given how much she had for years misread how Lu Jinhu had felt about her. She did not recognise that he was only using her, and his abuse was a means of control. How, could she be loved after allowing someone to do that to her? She knew she had to hold back from talking about anything regarding her feelings until she was certain, not only in her own feelings, but in that of Hou Yi.

Hou Yi meanwhile, could see Anna was questioning herself about something. What he had no idea, but he knew not to push her, as that would simply make her run further away, and destroy his dreams of a lasting relations.h.i.+p with her.