Today she got up on the dot or more like, she had not slept for long.
She went to bed late and got up early without making a fuss, all because of the man who was in the next room, probably, still sleeping.
She washed up and went on to make their breakfast but before that, she remembered to prepare Hangover soup; when it came to him, all this came naturally to her, she didn't like any shortcomings.
She left the soup to boil and directly went to his room to wake him up.
After she came back from abroad and even before she left, this had already become a daily routine for them.
But something was a bit off today.....
Maybe, it was because she was muddled due to her lack of sleep or something along those lines, she went without knocking and what welcomed her, made her pupils contract.
She was in a daze but before he could notice anything wrong with her, or that's what she forced herself to believe, she pulled herself out of the trance when she saw his innocent smile.
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Qin ZiXuan had just gotten out of his bed when he felt a shudder, it was probably due to his late-night cold shower so, he decided to take a warm bath.
After he took a long warm bath, he came out only with a towel hanging around his slim waist. His honey coloured broad chest was exposed and still had some water dripping down his mermaid waistline, as the steam was still coming out it gave out overwhelming pheromones and sexy vibes.
He regularly worked out, World's sexiest, it didn't come out of thin air.....well, so his body, although when in a suit, gave a lean figure but was in inside very sturdy, packed with the right amount muscles at the right place which, by the way, was insanely drool worthy!!
His hair were still wet and dripping as they stuck to his forehead and gave him a youthful look, in contrast to his usual cold, overbearing looks but the one thing that never changed was he still made any girls desires run wild which included our Qin Meilin, who was already at her wits end due to it.
He was distracted for a bit when she entered the room without warning, even he was startled.
Today she had put on a long qipao, which was rare and that too a pastel pink one which, again, was very very rare of her.
She, as usual, had almost no makeup except for the foundation, which also worked as suncream and glossy lip-balm which made her already enticing lips look more tempting.
Her smooth skin, soft hair in a loose bun, peach-blossom eyes which only had him in them, was making the desires that had been kept under control, run amok.
When he saw her in a daze, his lips curled up unconsciously, ' ah.....Meilin, when will you become mine ba. It's quite hard to control myself when you come at me like this, you airhead....hah '
Well, it was not the time yet so, he would not expose her....hehe
"Good Morning, Linlin!!", he said in a warm cheerful voice.
"ahh!! *ahem!* XuanXuan, Good Morning", she replied with a soft smile.
She went to him and asked him to sit on the bed, he did as was told.
She took out another towel from the wardrobe and started drying his hairs for him.
It was quiet but comforting, both of them didn't believe in needless talks, all they needed was someone by them who understood them and their beliefs.
After she was done with it, she told him to change and come to the dining table to have breakfast.
She went out of his room, straight into the kitchen.
She toasted some bread for the both of them. Since they were visiting their Grandpa, who was a foodie, she just decided on light breakfast to keep their stomachs partly filled.
He came out of the room, wearing a formal cotton shirt in pink, which, on a side note, complimented her dress, and formal pants. [The author has a bias that, men who can pull off pink are really handsome]
He had his hair partly gelled on the left and while the part on the other side was left lightly falling over his forehead, somehow highlighting the mole under his right eye, it was glistening. With the custom made Patek Phillipe on his hand, which was a gift from her, he had taken the role of the Handsome-Prince-in-casuals-on-outing perfectly.
She gave him a smile and passed him a bowl of soup, which he took graciously.
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"Linlin, I thought about it.", he said lightly as he took a bite of his toast with strawberry jam, he really loved it.
"hm?", she was done with her buttered toast and was taking a sip of her juice.
"Well..... there is no need to stop those dinners...just that, next time make sure to be there, by my side", he said with a serious expression.
Her movement stopped for a second but then she looked up and smiled.
She got up and used a tissue to clean the remnant milk which appeared as a moustache, ah, this ruined that serious look.
She affirmed, "hm..I'll note it later."
Her XuanXuan was growing up, she knew that he couldn't be willful anymore, not that he ever was, but she was glad that he still needed her, even though she decided to give in, she still wanted him to be by her side and rely on her, she was really glad.....' Well, he is still a bit clumsy.'
After they were done with their breakfast, they went out.
Whenever they were in the office building, mainly during work hours, she had a habit of walking half a step behind him, well, it was expected from her as his Personal Assistant but her reason, for it, was a bit different. She walked behind him to make sure that he knows, knows that she is always behind him, to help him, to support him...this, by the way, led to another habit of Qin ZiXuan. Whenever they were together outside of work, he made sure to walk beside her to make her know that he was always there, she was his equal and deserved the rightful place, which was to be beside him.
The bodyguard beside the car gave a nod, as he saw them walk shoulder to shoulder, complementing each other, in the best way possible.
Qin ZiXuan asked him for the keys and asked him to leave them be.
The bodyguard handed him the keys, bowed and left the area.
Before he could say something, she was already standing by the driver's side and her face was practically saying that 'she was going to drive that day', he sighed, threw the keys to her and went inside the passenger's side of the car.
The Qins ancestral house was in the military district and was surrounded by a huge expanse of forest, over the top of a mountain which excluded them from the world and was one and a half hour drive away from the place she lived in or more practically from the QMX building.
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As he took in the changing scenery he noticed that the car was speeding up.
One reason she didn't like to use cars was because she was used to racing and felt stifling while driving on those traffic-filled roads so, today when she had wanted to drive, he felt something was wrong but didn't put too much thought to it, but now that they were speeding up on the highway, which was definitely not on the way to the mansion, he was a bit amused.
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When I read the comment of @Pudor in the last chapter, I got an idea for a skit....
"hahahaha...I am actually a step-mother author for my BG stories(in contrast to being a doting mother type for my BL stories) so fingers crossed coz a little separation is good for both of them, after all, their distance equates the strength of their relationship, no?", I was righteously explaining myself, acting all 'innocent and cute'...forget it, even I'm getting goosebumps.
Meilin, poker face: "...."
A clingy ZiXuan: Linlin, she is bullying us...wuwu
Meilin: Ready my tools....she made my XuanXuan sad. UNFORGIVABLE!!
ZiXuan hugs her hiding his devilish smile: I should prepare the yacht...haven't fed my shark- my cute fishes for a long time.
Atsuki cold sweats:"...", runs away for life, with all her might!