CHAPTER 233: CHAPTER 231: WILL YOU STEP INTO MY WORLD?

Darn it, you’re just a scaredy-cat!

She was already like this, what was there to be afraid of?

To prove she wasn’t scared, Shi Su took the initiative to bite his lips, her eyes shining brightly like stars in the dark, meeting his gaze without hesitation.

"Am I that kind of person?" Her tone even had a hint of fierceness, while she bit him again.

As the man let out a sharp hiss and raised an eyebrow to look at her, Shi Su directly started pulling at the remaining buttons on his shirt.

The room was dark.

Their breathing grew more and more unruly.

From the doorway, through the suite to the bathroom door, it took only a few steps, and no one said a word in the darkness.

Jing Jihan pinned her against the wall by the bathroom door and kissed her.

Shi Su’s head seemed to hit the light switch inside the bathroom, and the light suddenly came on, filtering through the frosted glass door, illuminating a patch of darkness.

"Do you...do you want to take a shower?" she suddenly asked.

"Later."

"...Really not going to?"

"How long do you think I can hold out?"

The man’s voice was more tense than usual, and the heat emanating from his arms was burning hot.

But Shi Su suddenly paused at that moment.

A hint of surprise and embarrassment quietly seeped into her eyes, and she quickly pushed him, though she didn’t move him, and hurriedly said, "I need to use the bathroom!"

"..."

"Just for a moment!"

A moment later, his hand at her waist showed signs of slightly loosening, and Shi Su quickly ran to the door, grabbed her bag, and rushed into the bathroom, closing the divider door between the bathroom and the toilet firmly.

Two minutes later—

Shi Su sat on the toilet, looking distressed, holding a sanitary pad she had taken out from her bag.

Her monthly period was usually quite regular, and knowing her period was imminent, she habitually carried a couple of pads in her bag, just in case.

But now...

The timing couldn’t have been worse.

Even a day later would have been better!

It seemed to come one or two days earlier than usual this month.

Was it because of the events of the past few days? Did it come early from fright?

How was she going to explain this to the person outside?

She couldn’t just hide in there all night.

Sighing silently, Shi Su adjusted her clothes, smoothing down her slightly disheveled blouse and skirt before looking at herself in the mirror. Her cheeks were unusually flushed, and she could still see she was caught in the heat of the moment, not wanting it to end just like that...

Turning on the faucet, she washed her hands, contemplating how to explain it. She knew she had lingered in there long enough, and Jing Jihan had truly respected her. Even at a moment like this, with her absurdly hiding inside, he hadn’t let his impatience lead him to force her out.

Though, when she hurried into the bathroom, she’d noticed out of the corner of her eye that he looked ready to explode, wishing he could blow up the bathroom and toilet.

After washing up and drying off, she stepped out to find the room still unlit, and there was Jing Jihan leaning against the wall by the bathroom door, exactly where she had leaned before.

He was waiting for her.

As Shi Su emerged, his gaze was like that of a predator in a vast, dark forest, locking onto prey that couldn’t possibly escape, endless and deep like the ocean, silent yet seemingly swirling with hidden currents.

Clearing her throat, Shi Su tried to make her voice sound as calm as possible: "I can hardly believe it myself, but suddenly, really suddenly... my period came."

Jing Jihan’s thoughts seemed to slow slightly, his handsome face striking even in the dark, frowning: "What relative?"

The moment he finished speaking, his gaze stopped on her face.

The atmosphere suddenly turned silent.

Shi Su was extremely embarrassed: "My period came a day early."

The man paused, expressionless, and turned to leave: "I’m going to take a shower."

He was promptly stopped by the woman at the bathroom door grabbing his hand.

Looking at him, Shi Su’s face was still tinged with shy redness, yet her eyes burned with a fire unwilling to retreat.

"As it is, will a cold shower help?" Her voice soft but clear in the dim room, holding his hand.

Jing Jihan said nothing.

His breath wasn’t far from hers, mingling in chaotic harmony with her wildly racing heartbeat.

She didn’t know how her twenty-four years’ worth of summoned courage appeared to him, but she felt no regret.

As if it took a century.

Though it was only half a minute.

The man’s scorching hand clamped down on her waist, his voice heavy with hoarse intensity, looking into her eyes: "Will it?"

"...It won’t."

After a moment, his voice was solemn and clear: "No regrets?"

Shi Su neither nodded nor shook her head, merely looking at him with clear, unwavering eyes.

The next second, he tightened around her waist, pulling her through the bathroom door with swift ease.

...

The bathroom lights were on.

Everything was in sharp focus.

...

Shi Su’s face remained flushed. The man before her was different from the injured Jing Jihan she had once seen.

At least in certain respects, he wasn’t as accommodating or gentlemanly as he appeared.

Today, he certainly wasn’t yielding to her...

...

..."..."

...

He was overwhelmingly domineering now.

Shi Su’s eyes and hands seemed blazing, engulfed in a spreading fire.

The gentle rain of the shower and the seductive, repressive sound of the man tightly holding her against her neck filled the air...

She wanted to ask how much longer, but he held her close, never ceasing his deep, light kisses beneath the falling water.

The bathroom tiles and frosted glass were chilly, fogging up.

Yet he remained hot.

Burning into her heart.

What was cold?

What was hot?

Gradually, it became impossible to distinguish.

What was left was the secret, burgeoning affections emerging within, pounding in her heart amid the shower’s sound.

Though her skirt was still on, Shi Su’s dark hair lay disheveled and wet over her shoulders and back...

Underneath the soft strands, marks of kisses were dotted everywhere...

Suddenly, he kissed her heavily on her hairline, gripping her waist tighter.

Lost in a daze, she heard his words and went to fetch the paper.

She heard his voice, hoarse to the extreme then.

A wave of heat flushed over Shi Su’s face, and then, amid his loving kisses, she heard his low sigh whispered by her ear: "Shi Su, do you want to enter my world?"