Pleading

"I am sorry, you do not believe me… But at least stay," Wang Zong asked in a pleading way. Hoping to change her mind.

MelLi tried to pull her hand out of his, but he had a much stronger grip on her forearm than she realized.

"Please, I will do anything you ask… Just stay"

MelLi sighed heavily, though secretly, she was a delight to know for sure that he was somehow serious about her staying here with him. Beside where will she go if she leaves his mansion? With that in mind, she pushes her luck every further.

"You will do anything I asked?" she replied as her body still facing towards the door.

Wang Zong let her hand go and stood in front of her so that they are face to face.

"Yes!" He replied with determination.

MelLi pause for a second before wrapping her mind and directly looked into his chestnut brown eyes.

"What you did at the mall should never happen again?" she said

Wang Zong lips quirked in amusement "You did not like the way I.." before he could finish his sentences she interrupts him

"No, so if you want me to stay here with you. There should be rules... And the first one is you keep your hands to yourself, or I leave?"

There was some discontent on his face but quickly recollect himself as he thought of a loophole to that rule…

"Fine. What is the second because I believe that is not the only rule you can come up with?"

"You are right. The second one is that I get to have my own bedroom?"

"I do not believe that husband and wife should sleep separate rooms. It is unethical?"

"What unethical is that you made me sign a marriage certificated instead of an agreement, and that is wrong…"

"We will come back to that rule, what is the third one.

"I do not need your bodyguards to follow me wherever I go?"

"Fine"

"It easier to negotiate with him than I actually thought," MeiLi thought to herself.

"Lastly, as long as you are in contract with me for four years, you are not allowed to see any other woman."

Wang Zong smiles to himself but appeared to be contemplated her question seriously. Meili couldn't figure out why her heart was beating so fast.

"If I agree to this one, then you have to share the same bedroom with me.?"

"No?"

"Why not ?"

She could not think of an answer then finally, she said: "I have self-respect!"

The moment he heard her answer, Wang Zong was nearly to bust out with laughter. But he held himself back and replied to her, "MeiLi, I do not see what that has to do with husband and wife sharing the same room?"

"So. It either we share the same bed, or I have to …."

"Fine. We will share the same bed. Happy" MeiLi rolled her eyes as she passed him

"Where are you going?" he called after her.

"To change out of this wet cloth," as she walked out of her study room.

Wang Zong could not believe what just happened. As he smiles to himself, "Did we just had our first fight?… And I won..."