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The person in front of him reminded him of a demoness whose job was to bewitch any male out there with his seductive appearance.

When he smiled, he seemed to dispel the coldness away, melted the ices, and spring seemed to bloom in the background. The corner of his eyes curved slightly. The trace of happiness was unconcealed beneath those long and curled eyelashes. Like a wing of the butterfly, they fluttered ever languidly, creating the effect of laziness.

Elias felt his hand itchy. He wanted to touch those lashes and brushed them with his fingers, stroked the tender eyelids down to his luscious pink lips. Unblinkingly, Elias stared at the pair of cherry blossom lips, and not once or twice, he greedily gulped down his saliva.

"Sir Elias?"

Xie's voice sounded very close. Well, the distance between them was close enough for him to take a whiff of Xie's alluring scent as his eyes lingered on the slightly exposed, milky white collarbone. Their breaths almost intermingled, and if he leaned in, stuck his neck forward, he could capture that pair of tempting lips into a searing kiss.

Pap!

Suddenly, a warm palm stretched out and covered Elias's mouth. Elias blinked his eyes and seemed confused about something. He looked upward and saw Xie's reddened face.

"That...you're a bit close. I felt a bit uncomfortable." The redness spread across his face to the tips of his ears.

Elias put his hand over the smaller palm and engulfed it inside his larger one. He deliberately brought the hand toward his nose and shamelessly sniffed around it. Xie's hand was smooth, as soft as tofu. It looked breakable even with the slightest pressure onto it.

"You smell very nice." He murmured. "The scent is dangerously tempting, Your Highness."

Xie jolted. The hot breath that warmed his palm caused shivers to run down his spine. He wished to retract his hand back, but Elias held it tightly as if clutching to his lifeline.

Uhh, in this kind of situation, what should he do? Must he slap him across the face to make him snap back to reality? Kick him in the crotch? Or poke his eyes?

He was weirded out by the capture target's action. They made goosebumps run across his skin. Was his body exuding something that made them go crazy at the sight of him? No, right? If it only happened to just one person, he would conclude it as coincidental and that Isaac holds some momentary interest in him.

But Elias also behaves the same way as him! They got attracted by his scent. The trace of hunger inside their eyes was the same as those zombies from his old world.

Xie couldn't help but shuddered.

Besides, if he does have the ability, his old life should have been better than the one he actually experienced. At the very least, he could make those ability users protect his feeble life or provide him some food to avoid hunger.

Additionally, the slag husband still behaved within normalcy. He didn't bat an eye nor even take a glimpse at him. Totally ignored him, the same way as before his reincarnation into this world.

Elias suddenly got yanked back by his collar, so his hand, which clasped Xie's palm, got harshly disentangled. Later, he got thrown away onto the floor, and air almost got knocked out of his lung.

Xie was so shocked by the sudden appearance of Arthur. His face was red, and he seemed to seethe with fury.

"What are you guys doing? You, as my spouse, tried to put a green hat on my head inside my home?!"

Xie blinked his eyes. Something felt wrong with his wordings. But he disregarded it and went ahead to help Elias. The man was face-planting onto the floor, still groaning in pain.

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Xie retorted. "He's the one who grabs my hand out of the blue. Besides, we did nothing wrong!" All I ever did was only put my palm on his mouth! Xie dared to add this sentence inside his mind only. He had a feeling if he uttered such nonsense out loud, Arthur might explode.

Arthur's eyes flashed a dangerous glint.

"Stop lying! From your ambiguous position, if I didn't pull him away, you and that person would already kiss!"

Xie scoffed.

Excuse me?! What the fuck did he say?! Does he seem desperate to fuck someone else?!

Xie initially held one of Elias's forearms, trying to aid the man regain his footing. However, when he heard such a ludicrous remark come out of Arthur's mouth, he felt insulted. Anger started to cloud him.

Xie hated that man and has been patiently tolerated his willy-nilly action these past two days. Every time he seeks him out, wishing to settle the account with him and demand to meet, Arthur cleverly evades him like a slithering snake. Just how can he ask for a divorce if he couldn't even meet him despite living in the same house?!

Oh, sure. Xie can write him a letter and slip it inside his room.

Unfortunately, he already does that the night before, and what did he get in return?

A crumpled paper, almost unrecognizable whether it was a piece of paper or a clump of shit. Forego of the failure that night, he dejectedly went asleep.

Xie would never betray someone's expectation despite they never deserved his trust in the first place. If he wanted to flirt with someone, he would discard his title as a married man first! He was still a man with moral integrity!

He knows what things he can do and he cannot do.

As long as he bore the title of Arthur's spouse, he wouldn't stoop too low and do anything that would tarnish his reputation. Well, he couldn't care less about his image but still!

"I suggested that you seek an ophthalmologist for treatment, Mr. Arthur. Ask them to repair your crooked eyes. Why would you care about the things I do when you always be an ignorant man, being oblivious to my own feeling?!" Xie spat out his sentence, and every word was laced with hostility.

Arthur unconsciously withdrew his step when Xie decided to fight him. This is the first time he sees him unleash his anger. Usually, Xie would only show him his docile side and obediently follow his words. As long as he says something, Xie will work harder to meet his demand. And, yet, at this time, the opposite happened.

Xie dared to raise his voice and boldly scolded him back, regardless of another person's presence inside the mansion. He disregarded his image and no longer cared about his feeling.

Arthur somehow felt an ominous premonition.

Was Xie no longer loved him?

Elias, the spectator and the initiator of the wife and husband's fight, dumbly sat on the floor. He looked at the furious Xie and then at the flustered Arthur.

The cause for this fight, was it him?