Lu Qiang picked up his cellphone and went to the gallery. He dialed one number. As the person from other side of the line received a call, Lu Qiang spoke, “Meet me tomorrow.”
Person from other side of the line asked, “So you know everything now?”
Lu Qiang replied, “Not everything.”
Person from other side of the line asked again, “I hope, you are not planning to kill anyone.”
Lu Qiang replied coldly, “Killing is an easy option and I don’t like to go on easy way. Meet me tomorrow.”
Man on the other side, “Well before you could decide anything on your own, I too want to tell you something very important so let’s meet tomorrow.”
Lu Qiang said ‘Okay’ and cut the call. He went back to bed and slept beside Jiang Yuyan. It was almost dawn. Lu Qiang looked at Jiang Yuyan’s calm face. He still couldn’t believe that something terrible could happen to her. His heart was aching after knowing her past.
Next morning, when Jiang Yuyan woke up, Lu Qiang was not in bed beside her. She felt little anxious as not to see Lu Qiang around her. She immediately sat up in a bed to see him. Lu Qiang was sitting in a couch while going through some documents in his hands. When he saw, Jiang Yuyan awake, he looked at her with smile. Jiang Yuyan felt relieved to see him there. She got off from the bed and ran towards couch just to hug Lu Qiang tightly and buried her face in the crook of his neck. She felt relax to feel warmth of his body and his manly smell and realized it was not dream and he was actually sitting there.
Lu Qiang hugged her too and asked, “What happened?”
Jiang Yuyan replied, “I thought you left.”
Lu Qiang held her chin and lifted her face up to look into her eyes and said, “Did you forget what I said before that I will never leave without informing you.”
Jiang Yuyan nodded and said, “I know but it was scary when I didn’t see you beside me.”
Lu Qiang kissed on her forehead and said, “I will always be around you so no need to be scared.”
Jiang Yuyan asked to make sure, “Really?”
Lu Qiang nodded, “Hmm!” Jiang Yuyan again buried her face in his chest and closed her eyes. She was feeling happy to be in his embrace. She felt protected. She sniffed into his chest and neck then said, “You smells really good. I feel good whenever I am able to feel you and smell you.”
Lu Qiang smiled and said, “Well, I know other ways to make you feel better.”
Jiang Yuyan looked at him with puzzled expressions. When she looked into his eyes, she understood, what did he mean. This time she immediately stood up from couch and stepped away from him without giving him a chance to hold her back.
Lu Qiang smiled lightly with one corner of his lips curved upward. He knew why she moved away from him. He finds her cute that made him to think about to do the things that he didn’t plan to. “What happened?”, he asked.
Jiang Yuyan replied while stepping back, “I know what did you mean by making me feel better.”
Lu Qiang too got up from couch and said, “You have started to understand me better now. You are getting smarter day by day” and slowly stepped towards her with his both hands tucked in his pockets.
Jiang Yuyan too replied straightforwardly, “After spending all these nights with you, knowing you at least this much is given.”
“I want you to know me even better”, Lu Qiang said as he again took one step towards her but slowly.
Jiang Yuyan immediately replied, “I don’t want to, right now.”
Lu Qiang calmly stepped towards her and said, “But I want to know you too.”
Jiang Yuyan stepped back but there was bed behind her, so she climbed the bed to run away from him. Lu Qiang was calm and stood near bed with his hands still in his pockets. He was not in hurry to catch her. “Do you really think, you can run away from me?”
Jiang Yuyan was standing on bed and said, “I will do my best.”
Lu Qiang looked at her with his one eyebrow curved upward. “Your best? Hmm! Lets see.” and with one easy jump, he was on bed and caught Jiang Yuyan not giving her a chance to move even a bit. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards him. He held her tightly by circling his hands around her waist. Jiang Yuyan tried to get away by pushing him with her hands on his chest. Lu Qiang was steady and calm, allowing her to do what she wanted.
Once Jiang Yuyan realized, nothing was going to work against his strength, she gave up and looked tired. Lu Qiang looked at her and asked, “Done?”
Jiang Yuyan nodded a little with her eyes lowered down. Lu Qiang spoke, “Now it’s my turn.” As he said it, Jiang Yuyan covered her mouth with her palm. She knew, he was going to kiss her. Lu Qiang didn’t say anything. He kept moving his sight from her eyes to her hand which was covering her lips. Both were standing on bed just like that. Finally Jiang Yuyan had to remove her hand as Lu Qiang continued to look at her.
As Jiang Yuyan removed her hand, Lu Qiang smiled teasingly and kissed her. Jiang Yuyan didn’t resist and let him be. Lu Qiang started with soft kisses but it didn’t take much time for him to take over her with his passionate kiss. While kissing, Lu Qiang Lifted her and both lied down in a bed. After sharing one breathless kiss, Lu Qiang parted away from her and said while panting heavily, “I Love You Yuyan!”
These words from him were like sugar for her ears. Tears rolled down from her eyes as she heard it. After going through her traumatic past last night, these words from him were comforting for her. His love was fortunate thing for her. Though she had yet to confess her feelings to him, he never asked her to do that. He was waiting for her to say it. With the current status of their relationship, there was no need of her confession, as it was clear what she felt but those simple three words could make a huge difference.
