Mo Jingshen immediately held the back of her neck and leaned down to kiss her harshly.
Due to her provocation, his kiss carried the intention to plunder and possess; the amount of passion was nearly violent.
His fingers slid down slowly, teasing her skirt aside to continue his exploration. He caressed the sides of her legs, leaving a numb sensation in his wake. Very quickly, her body turned weak.
As her body was lifted, she subconsciously bent her knees to hold onto his waist.
“Mo Jingshen, what are you…”
In the next instant, the man had carried her onto his body. From this angle and her posture, she was clearly on top…
He chuckled lightly. As she didn’t manage to sit properly, she was still half-sprawled out in his embrace. The man’s breath was right against her ear; it teased her consciousness and her senses, causing her barely suppressed desire to intertwine. It was as though a spark of flame was igniting amidst her hazy thoughts.
“Don’t you hate it when I bully you? I’ll give you an opportunity to be the queen.”
Ji Nuan: “…”
——
The next morning, Ji Nuan’s back was aching when she woke up. Mo Jingshen was already properly dressed. He sat on the sofa in the living room, leisurely scanning through the newspaper delivered to the hotel this morning.
She walked out in her slippers, yawning as she glared at the man who appeared nonchalant.
Beast.
Human Beast.
It was as though Mo Jingshen had heard her quiet curse. He lowered the newspapers slightly, shifting his deep, black pupils onto her. The two of them had slept late and Ji Nuan was still unbelievably exhausted despite sleeping for an hour longer than him. Yet, this man’s eyes did not carry the slightest hint of drowsiness.
“Your breakfast is on the table. Go eat now. We’ll be heading to the airport after this.”
“I know…” Even though he knew they were rushing for a flight today, he still refused to let her off. He wouldn’t stop after one round and only ceased when she was about to lose consciousness.
She removed the lid from the plate. This was the crab soup dumplings the hotel had specially prepared for her.
Mo Jingshen needed to watch his diet, but Ji Nuan did not. She was already satisfied after having the barbecue he prepared last night. She never thought she would be able to have such an authentic crab soup dumpling here. These things weren’t easy to prepare; he must have informed the hotel prior and arranged for them to deliver it early in the morning.
After being tossed here and there by the man for a whole night, all of the barbecue she ate had fully digested. She was famished and could not be bothered to consider further. She directly sat down and began eating.
“Yesterday, didn’t you say that the morning air is cold because the hotel is right against the sea? Can’t you put your clothes on properly?” Mo Jingshen noticed that her sleeping gown was about to slip off of her shoulders. He couldn’t resist a sigh and reached out to help her fix her collar.
It was fine when left alone, but the moment he touched it, it fell open, revealing her skin.
Her snow white neck and collarbone were littered with the lovebites he had left last night. They were imprinted onto her skin, impossible to conceal and they honestly recorded the joyous lovemaking from last night.
“What are you doing now? It’s early in the morning. I’m just trying to eat yet you have to take advantage of me with your eyes. Mo Jingshen, you are a failure of a refined man!” Ji Nuan reflexively became on alert. She was still chewing her soup dumpling as she slapped his hands aside. “You’re not allowed to continue! We’ll be late for the flight!”
“…What are you thinking about?” Mo Jingshen’s eyebrows moved slightly. He chuckled and picked up his coat from the back of the chair, placing it on her shoulder: “Eat quickly. We have to rush for the flight.”
“Oh.” The earlier alarm faded and she could finally eat in peace.
“Also,” he seemed to have thought of something as he turned back: “Recently, the weather in Los Angeles is quite chilly. Don’t dress too thinly. Avoid any clothes that will reveal your shoulders.”
These days, the more Mo Jingshen saw Ji Nuan swim, the more he felt like concealing every part of this little woman’s body. He wouldn’t even allow her to wear a simple, spaghetti strap, silk dress as it would draw other men’s attention.
“Oh.” Ji Nuan buried her head to eat. She grumbled softly to herself while he wasn’t paying attention: “Petty.”
——
Ji Nuan’s final minutes on the Argentina island was made to seem a century long thanks to Mo Jingshen’s efforts.
When they passed by a dessert shop in the airport, Ji Nuan wanted to have some ice-cream. However, Mo Jingshen refused to let her have anything cold. Instead, he bought her an ice-cream flavoured donut.
They passed by all sorts of small, specialty stores as they made their way through the airport lounge; each of them carrying the style of its originating country.
Finally, when it was time for them to board the flight, they did not use the entrance for the first class cabin. Instead, they stood at the end of the crowd to wait for their turn. Rather than saying that Boss Mo was completely giving into Ji Nuan’s wishes, it would be much more accurate to say that Ji Nuan was intentionally bringing Boss Mo to experience the down-to-earth ways of a common man..
——
It seemed like serious incidents had always happened during her last two visits to Los Angeles. Despite this, this was still where Shine Group and Los Angeles’s Mo family was located. She had also studied in this place in her teens. Thus, even though Los Angeles had left some trauma in Ji Nuan’s mind, this place was still deeply intertwined with her life. It was inevitable that she would have to constantly move between Hai City and Los Angeles.
She was unaware that Mo Jingshen had completely given up his authority in the underground arms trade society, and that he was no longer involving himself in those matters. She only assumed that Atuta, and the rest of the people who were hard to deal with, had already been managed. Thus, they were able to return to Los Angeles peacefully without any more interference.
They had only just arrived when Mo Jingshen’s mother, Ms. Wan Zhu, caught news of their return. Although Mo Shaoze and Ms. Wan Zhu were getting on in years, and they were no longer in charge of company matters, they had still contributed their utmost to Shine for years. It was likely they still had a close relationship with the company. The person-in-charge must have told them of Mo Jingshen’s visit to Argentina and informed them that he was accompanied by Ji Nuan.
In less than two days after arriving in Los Angeles, Ms. Wan Zhu directly ran over to demand for Ji Nuan to move into Los Angeles’s Mo home. After three years of absence, she still addressed her as her ‘daughter-in-law’ dearly.
Mo Jingshen on the other hand, had no intentions of allowing Ji Nuan to return home with his mother. In fact, Ji Nuan was not allowed to take a single step away from his sight. Since he had matters to deal with at the Shine headquarters, Ji Nuan naturally decided to stay in the break room in his office.
In any case, his break rooms were always enormous. The one in Los Angeles had more than three hundred square meters of space; even if she wanted to bring a whole family with her, there would still be more than enough space.
