81 Make yourself at home

A conflicted look flashed on Ying Yue's face as she listened to his complaints. It was true, she could barely say anything, but that was because she wasn't sure she could tell him about Ying Shen.

Her body shrank back a bit, but when Fei Huangjin proceeded to turn the door knob, her arms spread out wide again and she hiked up a leg to place it gingerly on top of his hand, trapping him against the knob.

The warmth of the girl's leg sent a wave of heat deep to his abdomen, and Fei Huangjin's pupils dilated as he turned to take a good look at her. Her pale lips were hitched up into a pout and she was glaring at him with those bright, amorous eyes. However, when he looked at her limbs that were all over the door in an attempt to block him from going out, the desire in his eyes was extinguished and quickly replaced with both amusement and exasperation.

Did she even realize how weird she looked like right now?

"There's no point in staying when I'm just having a monologue to myself in here." He raised an eyebrow, challenging her to speak up.

Ying Yue's pout deepened as she internally debated on whether she should just talk to him about her past. If she did, could she trust him? Or perhaps the better question would be, would he help her? There was a complicated look in her eyes as she stared at Fei Huangjin.

She didn't want him to leave. More accurately, she didn't want to let go of whatever it was that was in between them right now. She wanted to keep making him annoyed and frustrated and she wanted all the fighting that came with dating him.

She casually removed her leg from the knob and took Fei Huangjin's hand, drawing it between both of hers as she looked up at him with hopeful eyes.

Fei Huangjin was dumbfounded with her actions. This little vixen was really good at sending him mixed signals. One moment she was indifferent, and the next second she was alluring as hell. The innocent look on her face even made him clench his teeth to stop himself from stealing a kiss.

"I'll tell you everything, okay?" She mumbled out, tightening her grip on his hand. "You just have to promise me you won't let go."

Ying Yue bit her lip, feeling embarrassed at what she was saying. Seriously, where did those cheesy words even come from? She silently groaned inside her head, wishing she could disappear.

Those words tugged at Fei Huangjin's chest, and he felt an inexplicable sense of happiness over what she had said.

"I promise." His clear voice came from above her head. Fei Huangjin had already drawn closer, and in a split second, his lips had landed a peck on her forehead, surprising her.

She stared up at him silently with wide eyes, unconsciously seducing him. "You…"

"Are you going to tell me or not?" He raised his brow. If she continued to call him out because he kissed her forehead, he wouldn't think twice about hauling her out of Juyan to ravish her at his house.

Hearing the threatening tone of his voice, Ying Yue's pouted. "Can we not talk here? I want to go home." She had been drenched in the rain earlier and bathed in her own sweat as she ran away from the phoenix team. She doubted she even looked presentable right now. Her hair was even a mess. A thought flashed in her mind and she sniffed her shoulder inconspicuously. Ugh, disgusting.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you're delaying the conversation."

"I'm not," she answered defensively.

***

"Make yourself at home. I'm just going to shower for a bit. I don't have red wine, champagne, or whiskey, but there's lemon juice in the fridge." She offered him a pair of blue bedroom slippers to change into, which made Fei Huangjin slightly alarmed.

Why did she have a pair of men's slippers in her apartment? Did she have male guests often?

He cleared his throat and Ying Yue glanced at him with a questioning look on her face. "What?"

"Nothing." Fei Huangjin looked away, too embarrassed to ask her about it. He didn't want to seem like an overly-jealous boyfriend.

She narrowed her eyes in doubt and turned around, flipping her stringy, sweaty hair off her shoulder. "I'm gonna go shower."

"Can I join you?"

She paused in her steps, and Fei Huangjin could already see the tips of her ears reddening from behind. A grin showed up on his handsome face that crinkled the corners of his eyes.

The blush on her cheeks was very much apparent when she turned her face to look at him, with her eyes wide and unbelieving. "Shameless!" She stomped all the way to her bedroom, echoed by the light laughter from the man in the kitchen.