Somehow, they were now cohabiting. Cen Xi didn’t know how she ended up having such a bizarre situation with Qiao Yanze.
He would come to her apartment after he left work every night.
After a few days together, she felt both sweet and sad.
To be able to be together with him like this was something she didn’t dare imagine. Sometimes, she would startle awake in the middle of the night, thinking that this was merely a dream.
However, when she saw him lying beside her, feeling the warmth of his arms hugging her tightly, she would realize that she wasn’t hallucinating, wasn’t dreaming at all.
Whenever she woke up, she would stare at him for a very long time.
Then, she would say in her heart, “Qiao Yanze, I like you. I liked you when you were still Qiao Sen. I really, really like you.”
However, she couldn’t bring herself to say it to him.
Although he would come every night and do the most intimate things to her, he never specified their relationship and she never asked either.
She knew that this kind of relationship would never last.
When she said that it hurt, he didn’t force himself on her. Instead, he called Tang Xi.
After finding out that he had asked Tang Xi if there were any medication to relieve a woman’s swelling and pain, Cen Xi felt really embarrassed. She had reached out to snatch his phone. However, he leaned in straight away and kissed her.
When Tang Xi heard the questionable sounds from the other end of the call, he instantly hung up.
However, he still did what Qiao Yanze had gotten him to do. Half an hour later, Tang Xi’s assistant sent an ointment that was supposed to relieve the pain the next day.
After Cen Xi got the ointment, she went to the shower to apply it as Qiao Yanze followed her into the bathroom. Seeing him behind her, Cen Xi glared at him with a flushed face. “Get out!”
“Can you apply it yourself?”
A few minutes later, she laid on his shoulder as her white teeth bit down on her lip, her long lashes fluttering nonstop.
Seeing how she was acting, he chuckled softly. “I’m just applying an ointment. Why do you look like you’ve been ravished?”
Cen Xi’s clenched fists hit his shoulders hard.
“Alright, let’s go to sleep.”
She remained on his shoulder, not wanting to move and merely opened an eye. “Carry me.”
Noting her flushed ears, the man’s Adam’s apple bobbed. In the end, his long arm reached around her and carried her to the bed.
Cen Xi laid on his chest, staring at his handsome jaw as sweetness and fear crawled within her.
How long would this nice time together continue for? In the past few days, she never mentioned anything from the past to him. She never mentioned her older sister and what happened to the Qiao family…
However, if any of these were mentioned, the sweet and peaceful life they had now would be broken.
She knew.
She knew that very well.
…
It was the weekend.
Qiao Yanze went nowhere and merely stayed in Cen Xi’s apartment. He had gotten his assistant to bring a laptop over and was currently sitting on the sofa working.
Cen Xi made some delicious food and brought the dishes to the sofa. As he couldn’t spare the time to eat and got her to feed him.
While she fed him, someone took the initiative and their actions became more intimate. They ended up not eating much of the food.
They had kissed a lot of times in the past few days. However, Cen Xi was really more inexperienced when it came to such things. She never learned how to breathe while kissing, and would lose her mind every time he kissed her.
The two of them never noticed the commotion coming from the door. Gu Meng had come to look for Cen Xi during the weekend. After she became Ye Qing’s bodyguard recently, she hadn’t been able to look at her phone for most of the time, so she hadn’t been able to chat with Cen Xi. She missed her friend.
Gu Meng only had half a day of leave. She had gotten her pay and sent a portion of it back home, keeping the remaining with her as she wanted to treat Cen Xi to a good meal.
However, she never thought to see a couple kissing each other passionately the moment she entered the living room.
Gu Meng’s face instantly flushed red.
Seeing Gu Meng standing there in a daze, Cen Xi immediately leapt up from the sofa as if she was a spring.
Gu Meng also regained her senses in that moment. She covered her eyes, saying in panic, “Continue, continue. I-I remembered that there’s something to do in His Highness’ palace. I’ll leave first.”
Cen Xi chased Gu Meng all the way to the door.
She hurriedly stopped Gu Meng. Both of their faces were incredibly red.
“Mengmeng, I’m sorry. I didn’t know you were coming back…”
Gu Meng grabbed Cen Xi’s hand, glaring slightly at her. “It’s fine, it’s fine. I was just a little surprised to see you get together with Young Master Qiao so quickly. However, it’s fine as long as you’re happy.”
Happy?
This was something Cen Xi didn’t dare think of.
Cen Xi laughed, changing the topic. “Aren’t you very busy recently? Did His Highness give you a break?”
“Yes, I have half a day. I originally planned to treat you to a good meal.”
“Alright! Wait for me, I’ll go change my clothes.”
“No. Young Master Qiao is still here. You should accompany him.”
“I don’t want to. I want to be with Mengmeng!”
…
After finding out that Cen Xi was going to go out with Gu Meng, Qiao Yanze’s expression darkened. Although he looked unhappy, he didn’t stop Cen Xi.
So the two girls went out to shop and had a good meal before Cen Xi returned home. When she did, Qiao Yanze was already gone. She realized that both his and her washing items were gone.
When she opened her wardrobe and realized that her working suits were all gone as well.
Her phone pinged with a new message, it was Qiao Yanze.’The driver will bring you to my villa.’
Cen Xi: ‘I’m used to staying in my apartment.’
Qiao Yanze: ‘It’s not convenient. Come over first. You can go back if you can’t get used to it here.’
Cen Xi realized that he didn’t only take her suits, he had taken her pass as well. Without her pass, she wouldn’t be able to enter the translation department on Monday.
The driver sent her to Qiao Yanze’s newly bought villa. There was only an elder maid and a driver working in the villa.
And just like that, Cen Xi moved into his villa.
…
Monday.
Before Cen Xi went to work, Qiao Yanze passed her a Maserati car key. “It’s a gift.”
The two of them had been cohabiting for nearly a week now and Cen Xi realized that he was a rather romantic man. He would give her jewelry and signed books from her favorite author from time to time. And now, he was giving her a luxury sports car.
