For a long time he had remained on his back, and his breathing sounded regular. Had he fallen asleep?
She turned around to face him and saw that he was looking at her with an extremely complicated expression on his face. His dark pupils were strangely clear in the midst of darkness.
“Mr. White…” It was apparent to anyone how guilty that voice sounded, but he pretended no to notice that.
“Yes.” He was still staring at her.
“Just sleep.” She told him lightly.
Then, she turned around with her back facing him again. However, he stopped her this time. He sighed quietly as he hugged her, “Alright, let’s sleep!”
He thought that perhaps she was really tired. Although he really wanted it now, but he should respect a woman too!
“I just want to sleep with you in my arms. Can I do that?” His low voice burrowed into Leila’s ears.
The nervous, gentle and uncertain air created a huge hole in the wall which Leila had just created. She reached out her arms and wrapped it around his waist while snugging her face against his chest. She thought that maybe she could ask Julian tomorrow for the reason someone as masculine as Vincent ended up as a homosexual guy.
They remained tightly hugged together for a long time.
Soon, sleep came to them and it would be dawn soon…
Vincent had gone to work early in the morning, and last night Miyamoto had called to inform him that Owen and him had settled in a hotel. They were going to have fun out there today.
Leila descended the mountain too after Vincent had left.
After setting up an appointment with Julian, Julian sounded pleasantly surprised. When the two of them sat in the café, Julian simply smiled with a distant and nostalgic look in his eyes. “Leila, I know you will look for me!”
“You know that?” Leila raised her brows.
“Vincent has come to me earlier!” Julian smiled.
Leila couldn’t find any words for him at the moment.
“The one who has kidnapped you was indeed me!” Julian admitted. “You are really smart. I never expected you to discover the truth! That button is limited-edition, and there is no way I can get away with it. Haha… but now I feel really relieved! Do you want to know why I have kidnapped you?”
“I know that!” Leila replied.
“You know that?” Julian was startled this time.
Leila nodded seriously while she produced a photo from her bag. She placed it in front of him, “Is it because of this?”
Julian was still in a daze, “Why do you have this photograph?”
“Never mind about how I got it, I want to know what is going on!” Leila stared straight into his eyes.
Julian laughed as he asked another question of his own, “You don’ believe in Vincent?”
Leila felt a shock going through her when she heard this question. He was right. Did she believe in Mr. White? Was she able to fully believe in him?
Julian smiled as he watched her dazzled expression, “This is just a photo born of a bet after one of our beer sessions. That time, the members of the student council drank together, and the loser had to kiss a guy. Vincent happened to lose that time! Everyone teased him saying that he would never do that, but that pushed him to do that in the end!”
So that was what happened!
Leila suddenly felt her heart getting lighter!
After bidding goodbye to Julian, Leila left alone. As she walked on the streets, she revealed a smile born out of relief. It turned out that that was just a misunderstanding. She was spooked! That episode also served as a test for her relationship with Vincent.
After getting off the bus, she headed towards the villa. On her way back to the villa, a black car was stopped in the middle of the mountain roads. Two men emerged from the car and they were looking at Leila with a lecherous expression.
“What are you doing?” Leila exclaimed.
“We obviously want to get a taste of you!” One of the men said with a perverted face.
Leila opened her eyes as she felt a throbbing in her head. A devilish face appeared in front of her eyes.
Leila suddenly felt her heart sink. It was Charles!
At the moment, he was lazing by the bed and staring at her. He was dressed in a black casual wear which revealed his chest and its chiseled muscles. His dark pupils were half-concealing his inquisitive glance.
“Finally awake?” Charles bent towards Leila with an ambiguous smile on his lips.
Leila gaped at him with a startled expression as she struggled to sit up. In an instant, an overwhelming sense of dizziness swept over her which caused her to collapse onto the bed. “You-Where am I now?”
“A condo unit I have just rented!” An evil smile appeared at Charles’s lips, and there was a dangerous look in his eyes.
“Why am I here?” Leila recalled the scenes before she fainted, and she couldn’t help exclaimed, “Did you kidnap me?”
Charles twitched his mouth arrogantly, “Miss, you think that I’ve kidnapped you? Do you think that you’re an angel? Me, kidnapping you? What do you think I am aiming for, your wealth or your beauty? It makes sense to say that I’m gunning for your appearances, but what about money? Do you even have that?”
“It’s not you?” Leila frowned. She tried hard to recall the scene before she totally lost consciousness.
She was scared by those two men, so she had fled on the spot. Those two wanted to chase after her while she ran towards the direction of the bus. And because it was noon at that time, there were hardly any cars on the road, and a careening car was heading towards her while she was on the road but she didn’t notice it. The car tried to screech to a halt, and she came into contact with the car for a moment. Although the impact was hardly anything worth mentioning, she fainted anyway due to her immense fear.
That was where her memories trailed off! Was Charles the one in that black car?
Charles let out a disdainful snort, “You were almost kidnapped by someone. Vincent has reminded you not to loiter around, yet you don’t listen to him. You deserve to get raped and murdered afterwards!”
“Are you out of your mind?” Leila was stunned for a second before an impatience crept into her face. She then got off the bed.
Just as she was about to put some distance between him and her, his huge palm suddenly swooped down and cupped her waist. With just a pull, her whole body lurched towards the bed once again. She was now pinned underneath the weight of his body.
“Let me go…” Leila screamed out while struggling in shock.
“Don’t move!” Charles fixed her waist in place as he secured her hands above her head in order to limit her movements.
“L-Let go of me…” Leila frowned as she almost couldn’t catch her breath due to his weight. She could only fight back with her legs as she attempted to kick him away.
“Damn you, didn’t I tell you not to move?” Charles howled in a hoarse voice, and there was a trace of lust burning in his eyes. If it were not for her reduced state at the moment, he would have long gobbled her up. “Woman, I have saved you. Shouldn’t you repay my kindness with your body?”
“Let me go… Ugh…” Leila was nervously trying to push him away, but she was suddenly assaulted by his kiss, and in the meantime she couldn’t even react. She could only widen her eyes in shock.
He was kissing her madly and violently as if he was trying to savor all parts of her lovely and delicious body. He sucked on her lips aggressively to take in the sweet taste, and his lips were entwined with hers ceaselessly, like sucking on honey which he couldn’t get enough of.
Leila didn’t dare to catch her breath while a hard glint shone in her disgusted eyes. She was afraid that she would inhale his breath, a stranger’s breath, which she hated the most. She would rather suffocate to death due to his endless onslaught of kissing than to go along with his movements.
“You fool, breathe!” Charles finally let go of her, and his handsome face now bore a pair of blood-seeking eyes. Her tender lips somehow had the scent of sweets, which easily aroused him.
Leila heaved heavily as she raised up her right hand, seemingly wanting to give him a slap. “You… bastard!”
However, her hand was easily grasped by Charles and she was pulled in. His devilish face approached her with a mocking smile, “I am getting more and more turned on by you. I only want you!”
Leila was suppressing her anger as she glared at him impatiently, “You bastard, I am Vincent’s wife, and you are his friend. How can you do this to your friend’s wife?”
Charles enclosed Leila’s struggling figure into his embrace, and his steamy huge hands were caressing her pale and soft face. There was a strange heat in his eyes, “What about that? Macey used to be his girlfriend, but that didn’t stop me from sleeping with her. Do you think that you…”
“Get lost!” Before Charles could finish, Leila abruptly cut him off, “If you dare to touch me again, I will make sure to kill you!”
“Kill me? Do you have what it takes to do that?” Charles narrowed his eyes as he blatantly traced her skin and put his hand into her undergarments.
Leila couldn’t stop her body from trembling as her eyes took on an angry expression. She didn’t stop struggling, “Remove your dirty hands, you disgusting, and vile person!”
“Vile person?” There was a flash in Charles’s eyes as the sarcastic smile became even more apparent on his face, “You’re right. I am indeed a vile person. But what if I tell you that Vincent is the one who has asked me to do this? He wants to test your loyalty towards him!”
“Impossible!” Leila shook her head violently, “He would never do that!”
Charles’s suspicious glance swept over her indifferent face. He asked with doubt, “How can you be so confident towards Vincent? Have you forgotten? Macey used to be his girlfriend, and he even allowed me to sleep with her. Why do you think you are different?”
“Stop messing with our relationship!” Leila said with conviction, “I have full trust in Mr. White!”
“You foolish girl! Do you really think that he cares about you that much?” Charles let go of her as he got up with a faint smile playing over his lips, “Listen to this!”
After saying that, he switched on a recording pen, and out came Vincent’s low brassy voice, “I really want to know what kind of person she is too!”
“Are you sure you want to test her? Aren’t you afraid that I will really sleep with her?” This was Charles’s voice.
“If that happens, she doesn’t deserve to be with me!” Vincent replied.
Leila was stunned. What did this conversation mean?
Charles switched off the device and looked at Leila with a smirk, “You foolish girl, do you still believe in your Mr. White? He allows me to get close to you!”
“Is that so?” Leila laughed lightly, “Are you trying to get me to believe you with just this conversation? Are you telling me that Mr. White is the one who has asked you to approach me?”
“That is indeed the truth!”
“I’m sorry, but I will never believe in you! I’m sorry, I believe in Vincent!” Leila stood up, “Charles, let me go. I will pretend that nothing has happened today. I can’t decipher the meaning behind your actions, and I am not interested in the reasons too. Can I go now?”
Leila was indeed shocked when she heard that conversation, but she knew that it could very well be forged. Charles had his own purposes in the first place, so he was someone she wouldn’t trust! This was like that photo containing Vincent and Julian. She didn’t want her mind to wander anymore. Trust was paramount in a marriage.
“You don’t believe me?” Charles raised his brows as he contemplated the weight of her words. However, what he felt more was a sense of defeat, because he still couldn’t comprehend this strange woman who wouldn’t believe and entertain him, and he was a guy with so much charisma.