novelraw Chapter 462: It’s okay, let’s take our time (second update)
Chapter 462: It’s okay, let’s take our time (second update)
"Girl, you should have a sense of responsibility. Once you light the fire, you have to put it out!"Le Tong slightly opened her mouth, knowing she was in the wrong, she couldn’t find a suitable reason to refute him at the moment.
"But..."
"But what?"
Ji Rui looked at her with amusement, reasoning with her verbally, but his hands and feet were not idle at all. Holding Le Tong, he stood at the door of the lounge, one hand supporting her behind, the other hand turned the doorknob gently, with a click, the door opened.
Seeing herself being carried into the lounge, Le Tong became anxious, hurriedly babbling.
"But I want you to submit to me, not to let myself submit to you!!"
Ji Rui’s lips curled high, obviously, Le Tong’s words put him in an extremely good mood.
"Oh? Is there any difference between you submitting to me and me submitting to you?"
He only knew that he was a man, she was a woman, and the most effective way to extinguish a man’s aroused fire is always the same!
"Of course there’s a difference!"
Le Tong shouted, her mind racing, racking her brains to come up with strong reasons to persuade him to abandon the dangerous act.
Ji Rui didn’t rush to question further, he kicked the door shut, got rid of his shoes, and carrying her, walked on the soft carpet towards the big, soft bed, bent down, and gently laid her down.
Le Tong propped herself up with her hands on the bed, intending to push backward, but Ji Rui, who had been supporting himself on her sides with his hands, suddenly withdrew. Le Tong thought he finally came to his senses and was going to spare her, but then she saw him bend down, grabbed her ankles, and before her astonished gaze, leisurely took her shoes off and placed them neatly by the bed.
Le Tong was stunned, her mouth slightly agape as she watched Ji Rui incongruously take off her shoes for her and place them neatly.
Ever since Ji Rui confessed to her, he had indeed been very good to her. But no matter how good he was, it always had its limits. For thirty years, someone like him who had always been high above, being pampered and attended to by others, even if he liked her, would never do anything against his personality.
But the Ji Rui in front of her seemed like a stranger; his demeanor just now was unbelievably gentle. The cold and restrained image of him in Le Tong’s mind "crashed" to pieces.
So much so that Le Tong completely forgot to run, just propped herself halfway up on the bed, dazedly looking at him.
"What? Stunned?"
Ji Rui’s lips curled up with a smile in his eyes as he approached her, hands supporting himself at her sides, his whole body hovering over her.
Le Tong’s gaze was slightly dazed, as if unable to focus, staring blankly at him. Her appearance resembling a lamb waiting for slaughter made Ji Rui unable to resist gently pecking her eyelids a few times.
His heart was filled with some unfamiliar emotion, swelling till it ached.
"Baby..." Ji Rui softly whispered, kissing her tenderly.
Le Tong shuddered hard, her body trembling involuntarily.
Her reason seemed to have recovered a little. She blinked, her eyes clearing a bit, and faced with Ji Rui’s intense gaze, her heart started to beat uncontrollably again. Instinctively, she lowered her eyes, using her hands to slightly nudge herself out of his grasp.
Ji Rui continued to intoxicate himself, gently imprinting his warmth on her eyebrows and forehead, sensing the woman beneath him wanting to flee, he followed her rhythm, slowly adjusting.
As Le Tong retreated, he moved forward.
Before she knew it, Le Tong had retreated into the corner, with nowhere left to go. Ji Rui propped one hand against the wall, wrapped the other around her waist, slightly straightened up, putting some distance between them.
"Baby, are you afraid of me?"
This wasn’t the first time Ji Rui had asked this question.
But Le Tong had never formally given him an answer.
In fact, every time he asked her if she was afraid of him, she always chose to ignore it.
Originally, Ji Rui held a sliver of hope, thinking that her constant refusal to engage in more intimate physical contact was just because she was shy or felt the timing wasn’t right.
But seeing her resistance now, it seemed less rational and more like a subconscious aversion.
Le Tong turned her face away, not looking at him, and this obvious act of ignoring seemed to confirm Ji Rui’s suspicion.
Ji Rui grabbed the back of her head, forcing her to look at him.
"Le Tong!"
Le Tong kept her eyes down, seemingly trying to ignore him to the end.
"Le Tong, look at me!" Ji Rui’s voice was gentle, but it carried an irresistible force.
Struggling with her lowered gaze, Le Tong bit her lip, slowly raised her eyelids, and softly looked at him.
"Le Tong, tell me honestly, are you afraid of me?"
The fire in Ji Rui had already been doused by this thought; at this moment, a chill seeped into his bones from his skin.
Le Tong’s eyes rolled around, and her ambiguous gaze turned a circle on Ji Rui’s face.
"I don’t know..." Le Tong replied with grievance.
If Ji Rui hadn’t insisted, she would have thought she simply didn’t feel the time was right for deeper contact.
But under his probing urgency, she couldn’t help but start to waver.
Not having experienced a relationship, she didn’t know whether others in love would also reject overly intimate contact at this stage.
Previously, she just thought it was a normal phenomenon.
But hearing Ji Rui’s question now, she seemed to really have a bit of fear towards him.
Actually, ever since their relationship changed, the fear of Ji Rui had rarely occurred. But every time Ji Rui impulsively wanted to do something intimate, she would involuntarily want to run away.
Moreover, at those times, the fear was indeed overpowering!
"Le Tong, tell me, what were you thinking just now?" Ji Rui coaxed gently with a soft voice.
For those in love, kissing and even deeper physical contact are natural, unforced, but rather spontaneous actions!
Le Tong struggled for a long time, biting her lip, and finally answered honestly, "I want to escape!"
Ji Rui’s eyes instantly dimmed!
Indeed, she was afraid!
"Why do you want to escape?" Ji Rui didn’t realize that his voice carried a slight tremor.
He vaguely understood that the drunken night might have left an indelible scar in her heart.
She had said she couldn’t remember anything from that night, perhaps, optimistically choosing to ignore it. But the body is honest, even if the owner deliberately forgets, the sensory cells would record the pain and torment of that time.
Le Tong shook her head blankly, and said sadly, "I don’t know, I’m just scared..."
Ji Rui’s heart was tightly clenched!
Indeed, in the end, we must face the consequences of our actions!
Closing his eyes briefly, his hands slowly tightened, gently pulling her into his embrace, "Don’t be afraid, rest assured, I’ll never do anything you dislike again, let’s take it slow, okay?"