When I saw his sad expression, I was almost tempted to take back my words. However, I remained firm in my decision. When he stared into my eyes, I pursed my lips and frowned at him. He looked pitiful when he looked down and stared at the floor, but I couldn’t just let it slide.
“Please accept my apologies, Selena. I didn’t want to hurt your feelings, but it just happened, and I felt bad for it,” he explained.
As I listened to him, I could feel the sincerity in his words. However, it wasn’t an excuse for his lies and pretensions. “You must have laughed at me behind your back because you managed to fool me, Lee.”
“It’s not true!” He denied my accusations. “I know it’s hard to believe, but I fell in love with you during our first meeting.”
“Now, you’re making me laugh. Are you telling me that it’s love at first sight? Are you kidding me, Lee?”
“Can you give me another chance? I want to prove to you that my feelings are sincere,” he said.
“Lee, I am terrified to accept you again or to live with you again under the same roof. However, I believe that I still need you,” I said without thinking twice. I may appear desperate because of what I said, but I couldn’t just let him reach out when he exerted some effort. When the intensity of his gazes changed from being serious into a lusty one, I tried to distance myself from him, but he was fast enough to hug me tight.
Lee’s mouth engulfed mine, and I softly purred as he gently bit and sucked on my lower lip. I was engrossed in his kisses as usual, but he abruptly came to a halt and glared me down. Then, he whispered into my ear, “I want to show you how fantastic I am in bed,” and the hair on my nape rose.
“Have you had your morning meal yet?” When Lee realised what I was asking him, he snorted.
“Not yet, and you?”
“I was ready to sit down and have a cup of coffee when I saw you! So, do you want a cup of coffee, a cup of tea, or a glass of milk?”
He jokingly said, “Hmmm, I’d love to have some freshly squeezed milk from a woman’s breast,” and I blushed at the image he was trying to conjure up in my mind.
“Yuck!” I slapped his arm, but he deflected the blow. “Let’s eat first, then we will continue with this conversation,” I told him, and he was hesitant to follow me into the dining room. “Come on, Lee. Don’t test my patience,” I warned him. “Good morning, Aunt,” I greeted the woman, who was also shocked upon seeing my bodyguard again because I had informed her about Lee’s resignation.
“Mr Lee!” She said in surprise.
Lee smiled at my aunt before she asked us to take our seats. When she went to retrieve our food from the kitchen, I glanced at Lee, and he looked nervous. “Why do you look like that?” I asked when he kept on massaging his fingers.
“Like what?”
“Nervous,” I replied with a single word, and he arched his brows in response.
“I can’t help it. Your father will be shocked to know the truth,” he stated.
“Then we will not tell him,” I suggested.
“I don’t think it’s a good idea because my parents are coming over for dinner tonight. I told them to expedite the wedding,” he said without blinking an eye.
Suddenly, I felt uneasy about the fact that his parents were aware of us. “I am not sure about the wedding, Lee.”
“I understand, baby. However, your father is set to marrying you off to any of his acquaintances with good financial standing, whether it’s another man or me.”
“So, are you implying that I should just choose the lesser evil?”
“Yes,” he replied, and for a moment, I became speechless.
“We need to discuss this wedding thing after breakfast, and we must come up with agreeable terms on how to make this work,” I told him.
“Shhhh, she’s coming,” he warned me about my aunt, and I immediately shut my mouth and composed myself.
“Join us, Aunt,” I said.
“I’m full,” she refused the offer, and after setting up the table, she left us alone.
Lee smiled and locked his gaze on me for a short period. “I like the new you, I mean, I enjoyed your former mischievous self, but you’re blossoming now and looking so lovely.”
“Now, that’s the biggest lie you have ever told me. We saw each other last night, and now you’re trying to seduce me with your flowery words. Anyway, which version of myself do you prefer?” I challenged him to choose wisely.
“Can we eat first? I’ll tell you later,” he said, and I nodded because he was correct. The food on the table couldn’t wait, but our conversation could stay anytime.
For a moment, we were so focused on filling our stomachs, and the discussion remained neutral. He avoided discussing our current issue and focused on his introduction. He mentioned his brothers, Lance and Ethan, who married the woman they loved, and he also said it was his inspiration for complaining about the fixed marriage with me.
“Are you sure that you don’t want to back out now? It might be too late before you realise your mistake,” I jested.
“Unless you tell me to go, then I might reconsider,” he answered.
“And that’s what I’ve been telling you since you got here, but you just got so bossy and horny early in the morning. You didn’t give me a chance to be so mad at you, and we ended up kissing without patching things up between us!”
“Your eyes didn’t look sincere when you said those words a while ago,” he reasoned out.
“Seriously, Lee? Anyway, it doesn’t matter anymore. I could be mad at you right now, but I have decided to keep you unless there’s a better candidate to become my husband,” I told him, and his jaw dropped in surprise. “Don’t be a surprise, though. You will know that our parents are doing this for the sake of expanding our business.”
“Are you saying that you may dump me anytime?” He asked, and I chose not to answer directly and just shrugged off my shoulders, but then he slapped the table so hard, and I was shocked. I glared at him for being violent and threatened to leave.