The voice of heavy water droplets clas.h.i.+ng on the tiled floor was echoing the still room, Li Yuan was taking a bath and he didn't even bother to lock the door, it was beyond her why would he even do that.

The night was gone by the ladies planning the wedding and the irony was, they were planning her supposed 'wedding' without even consulting her for the color schemes.

She looked at her reflection for the first time not in awe or vanity like a narcissist like her usually did, but today she frowned at her crystal clear reflection.

She touched her face. 

Smooth, it was as smooth as a newly born pearl. Her skin was pale, snowy pale. her lips were cherry red, her eyes cat-like, and her hair the darkest shade of brown that if not seen in sunlight they could be mistaken as black.

She was a real-life portrayed persona of Snow White. She was alluring to eyes and tempting in a beguiling way to hearts.

But just like a pearl, no matter how precious, she was a parasite. A parasite who decayed her origin and the region. 

Kinds of her were like Sea Cnidarians, deceptive in their beauty attracting but brutal with grace to their victims.

She had always of this as her weapon. To her life was nothing but survival...

But today she didn't like her appearance. Were her pretty face and enticing body the only reason men were attracted? Was that why Li Yaun was drawn to her?

Breaking her trail of thoughts the door to the bathroom opened revealing a naked Li Yuan with only a towel wrapped around his waist.

For a man who spent almost all his day like a Hermit in his office, he was tan. He was muscled, his arm thick and thighs st.u.r.dy.

His towel was hanging low on his V line, and such a sculptured stature was the bestowal of hours he spent hitting the in the morning. 

Her eyes lingered on the V line for a while longer a.s.sessing if she could see past the cotton fabric. Was he just as mighty there too?

He was. If his ego is something to go by.

Lei Xinyi's eyes moved from his eight pack abs to his chiseled jaw, he was s.e.xy, with every inch of his skin screaming masculinity. He oozed regality in his every movement.

Anybody could tell where his arrogance came from...

A man like him didn't need a headstrong woman who honoured his every step with her presence but a woman who fawned upon him, wors.h.i.+pped him.

That is when she met his gaze.

Lei Xinyi averted her eyes as she saw him smirking at her with a smug reaction. 

She was attracted to him with no sense of shame. He was a fine specimen any salutary woman would be attracted to him.

He could be her despicable self-crime or guilty pleasure, she would still commit him.

"Sweetheart, were you eye-r*ping me?" Lei Xinyi heard the husky yet smooth voice of Li Yuan from behind her.

She looked in the mirror to see him standing behind her and running a towel through his hair. She picked up the hairbrush from the vanity table and began brus.h.i.+ng here bony tresses.

"Just a.s.sessing the goods." Saying that she didn't wait but stood up, picked her phone and walked to the left side of the bed.

She put earbuds in her ears and pretended to be scrolling through her phone with her finger.

But in fact, neither anything was playing in her earphones nor was she really looking at what was going on her phone screen, all her focus and concentration was on the rustling of cloths as he was getting dressed.

He could have gotten dressed in the walk-in-dresser from where he brought the short he was wearing but he was deliberately playing push and pull game with her.

Nothing gave her away, her face was expressionless and her posture laid back but the cherry that painted her cheeks, neck, and tips of her ear betrayed her.

Li Yuan walked to the right side of the bed.

"Why haven't you worn your s.h.i.+rt?" Lei Xinyi asked in surprise looking up from her phone.

Li Yuan smirked her way and a gasp left her mouth. She was caught!

She was supposed to act like she wasn't following all his movements like a creepy fangirl.

He wore the s.h.i.+rt he was carrying behind him and laid on his side, he extended his hand and pulled Lei Xinyi, who was half laid on the bed, in his embrace.

Lei Xinyi pushed away from his embrace, "I want to talk to you."

A frown formed on his forehead and he pulled her back in his chest, "We will talk in the morning."

Lei Xinyi wanted to argue but the tiredness in his voice stopped her. He had been really running around the whole day since 5 in the morning.

The man really treated his body like a hostel mate+ borrowed socks, in short terribly.

Her eyelids grew heavy and she fell in a deep sleep and next time when she opened her eyes Li Yuan was sporting his drool-worthy body in a black suit.

Lei Xinyi smiled and closed her eyes again. No matter how long you sleep or where you sleep, there is no better sleep than sleep in the early morning hours.

A wet sensation on her lips woke her up, She frowned and her eyelids flew open only to come face to face with a pair of dark onyx orbs.

He was going to steal yet another kiss when Lei Xinyi pushed him away, sat up,and glared at him.

"I was sleeping the best sleep of my life! And I haven't even brushed my teeth and you are plunging your tongue in my mouth!" Lei Xinyi cried and even made a disgusted face to emphasize her point.

Li Yuan laughed and climbed the bed to her, "I don't care but I am not going anywhere without a goodbye kiss."

And to emphasize his point he kissed her hard and deep till they were both breathless.

His hairs were messed with all hard pulling Lei Xinyi did so he went to the mirror to make them again. Lei Xinyi helped him set his hairs and even bowed his already well-made tie.

"What did you want to talk to me about yesterday?" Li Yuan asked out of nowhere.

"You have time?" Lei Xinyi sat on the vanity stool. She really wanted to talk about this some other time.

He hummed looking at his custom made watch, "Yes, at most 15 minutes but that should be enough." 

Lei Xinyi closed her eyes and told herself that even if he refused she should still present her case.

She took breath and looked in his eyes, "Well, I wanted a little privacy... So maybe I can have a separate room?"

He looked at her like she had suggested making tree nests for elephants. 

"No, it isn't logical. Not even a bit. The whole point of cohabiting is getting comfortable with each other presence beside we are engaged and getting married." He said in an absolute stern voice.

"But..."

"What are you even worried about?" He glared at her then pointed to himself, "Have I ever forced you before into anything, that I would now."

Lei Xinyi tried to stand up to object when he pushed her down by her shoulders and coldly said, "Xinyi, I am many things but s.e.x offender is not one of them!" 

He was taking it too far in his own fabrication. People needed privacy all the time and a little personal s.p.a.ce is every human's need!

Lei Xinyi's eyes at once widened, "Li Yuan I didn't mean it like..."

Li Yuan held a hand and coldly stated, "Whatever you meant it like, doesn't matter. What matters is you meant it."

He was doing this consciously, he wasn't confused at all. He was playing with her words to dissolve her argument.

Lei Xinyi huffed, giving up, "You are literally twisting my words against me. You are deliberately so difficult!"

He stood straight and this was his way of ending the discussion but Lei Xinyi wasn't having it.

She ran to him and held his arm. He looked up at the ceiling then turned to her, "What, Sweetheart? I am getting late." His voice was a little irritated on the edges it was obvious he was going to snap any moment now.

"At noon I will going to the Lu Mansion for getting somethings, Mom wanted to buy some things for the... maternity period and... guide me." At the end of the speech, Lei Xinyi's voice had turned lower than a whisper and her face as red as a ripened cherry.

A corner of Li Yuan lip turned up in a smirk, "You are really liking it, aren't you?"

Lei Xinyi turned even redder and hid her face in her hands and groaned, "I am just informing you to not make a fuss when I am gone."

He ignored her comment.

"Okay, but only take the things that have a sentimental value to you. Everything else can be arranged." He said that, then kissed her on the cheeks and left.

Lei Xinyi saw him off then came back in 'their' room to sleep again. She was getting lazy and so overly tired easily. 

It was like her body was taking the pregnancy lie very seriously. Lei Xinyi chuckled at her own thought.