Encounter

Clap…

Clap…

"Good, very good show," a man in a white robe and outstanding appearance was leaning against a tree watching her. He seemed to be enjoying an amusing spectacle, and his deep black eyes were looking at her with a bright glint, something he had never shown to anyone until now.

"Who are you?" Xueling asked coldly. She was not able to sense his presence despite him being so close and that made her wary. 'He must have powerful magic,' she thought but she cannot afford to fight him right now. She could only retreat.

"Mmm… who do you think I am, beauty?" He replied in a deep, a bit raspy and teasing voice. It was easy to tell that he was enjoying looking at her as if she was a new and fascinating toy.

"Don't care," she turned around feeling disturbed by the look he was giving her. However, she couldn't even take a step into her shabby house when a strong wind lifted her up and sent her into the man's strong arms.

He hugged her tightly from behind while his handsome face rested on her shoulder. She was shocked by the his brazen actions. The man had a beautiful face, she wouldn't deny it, but she was not interested in the least.

"Let go!" Xueling roared and struggled, but he was much stronger and kept her in his arms tightly. "Let go, now, you bastard!"

"Don't want to," the teasing whisper in her ear was sending a wave of heat to her body making her shiver.

He was smiling at the angry little beauty in his embrace, it was difficult no to, her red cheeks were a sight to see. Even the sweet aroma coming from her body was otherworldly and hard to resist. He didn't know someone like her was around the Dukedom, and he was very pleased to find her before it was too late.

"What do you want?" She stopped moving, but her voice was getting colder by the minute.

"A promise"

"What?"

"Promise to be my woman."

"Ha… Are you crazy?"

"Maybe." He turned her around while still holding her in his arms and lifting her soft chin.

"This…what are you…?"

"Be my woman."

"No, and let me go!"

"Why not?"

"I don't like you. Let me go now!"

"Why not?" He set his mind to make her concede.

"I don't know who you are."

"We will have a lifetime to know each other… intimately,"

"You!" His shameless words only enraged her even more. She condensed a little ball of magic in her palm ready to punch him in the face when he dodged it at an extremely high speed.

He then grabbed her hands and placed them behind her back, locking her again in his embrace. She was fuming and started kicking his legs when he pushed her into the grass with her hands above her head.

"Stop it!"

He looked down at her beautiful face and with his free hand, he caressed her flushed cheeks, then her tiny nose and her beautiful cherry lips. He didn't know but he gulped only with the soft touch of her skin and the thought of capturing her mouth.

His eyes were traveling and slowly recording every inch of her lovely face. It was the first time he was so infatuated with a woman that he couldn't stop looking at her even if she was fuming mad.

Xueling was in no way happy, she kept struggling when she noticed his deep gaze. It was difficult to stand those eyes so she had to look away.

"Let go!" she yelled when he took her chin to look make her look at him. "Don't touch me!"

"Girl, I am the only one who can touch you in this life."

Saying that, he set his claim and as he couldn't resist it anymore, her soft lips were marvelous and calling for him to seal the promise. She could feel it too, the proximity and the gentle touches from that handsome man were enough to drive anyone crazy.

He was prepared to kiss those wonderful lips and she was there waiting for him when the loud sound of footsteps interrupted him. 'How annoying…'

He narrowed his eyes and with a flick of his finger, a big barrier of light wrapped them together with the tree and the chain.

A woman with a group of servants and guards were rushing towards the shabby place.

"Search the house now! Look everywhere, that slut can't be that far away!"

It was a young and beautiful woman with an entourage of several well-dressed maids and servants behind her. She was one of the candidates for the wife position and the owner of the languid servant from before. The old madam punished her for lacking to teach her servants and ordered her to find the missing person or she would be rejected as a candidate.

She never felt so humiliated in her life. If her father found out that she was going to lose the opportunity to become the Duchess and the most powerful woman in the country, it would be terrible for her, after all, she worked hard on eliminating that woman and many others before the election. She was the candidate with the most possibilities, as she was the only daughter of the Marquis of Revenue, Su Nuan.

'That bitch is going to pay for this humiliation.'

"Miss! The house is here but there is no sign of anyone!"

"Search the trees, there must be one with the magical chain on it!"

Several people passed near the couple lying on the grass, but no one could touch them, they kept surrounding without them noticing it.

Xueling only could keep quiet but the man was watching her while smiling not caring about the other people. Then he whispered in her ear.

"Don't talk, or they might hear us."

She was startled by his sudden words. Then, with an unexpected movement, he captured her lips while she was still stunned and bright red from his soft breath in her ear.

"Do… don't… mmm"

His kiss started gently with a little peck, but then grew to be passionate and deep. She tried to move her hands, but he did not release her. Only when she stopped struggling and her breathing started to become difficult, he let go of her soft lips, her breath was difficult and just enough for her to recover a bit of energy, he started again, playing with her tongue.

'How can this taste so delicious! This feels so good.'

The plan was to go for a light and soft kiss to appease her, but when he tasted her, he lost the bit of self-control he had. At first, she was fighting, trying to push him away but then she gave up on the feeling and started responding to his kiss unconsciously until she began to moan and gasp. She couldn't deny that the man was doing an amazing job and that she kind of liked it.

'What is this? I should not let him do this! This feels so… so…' Her mind was going blank and her arms were now surrounding his neck pulling his face to her and moving faster when the sound of the servants awaked her.

"Did you hear that?"

"What?"

"It sounded like a woman's voice." One of the servants with higher-level magic could hear Xueling's soft gasps.

Xueling panicked and patted the distracted man, but he was not giving a damn about what was happening, he was entranced in the kiss. She had to bite his lips to wake him up, then he finally but reluctantly stopped, sending her some grieving eyes.

'This…' She couldn't believe the shamelessness of the handsome man, 'is he blaming me?'

"Hey woman, are you trying to eat my lips?"

She widened her eyes and covered his mouth quickly. The man was left speechless but then a smile came to his mouth though she couldn't see it, she was nervously looking around.

"What was that? Who is there?! Come out now!" Screamed the servant.

The handsome man narrowed his eyes mischievously. However, she was now panicking at what was he going to do now, as she didn't want to let go of his mouth. Unfortunately for her, the man used that opportunity to touch her soft leg, slowly going under her dress.

"You!" She felt what he was doing and bit him in the shoulder hard.

"Woman, you will be punished for that." He smirked and lifted her up in one arm, with the other one, he condensed some energy, and the magical chain broke easily.

"Let's go, wife…"

"You… ah!"

Then he jumped into the sky and flew with her in his embrace.