When Lyca opened her eyes, she immediately knew that she was in the wrong bed. She lazily sat in the bed, her eyes roamed around the room. Not seeing Shen Qui inside made her frown. She looked at the time. It was already twelve in the evening. It seems that she dozed off in his bed. Lyca went out of Shen Qui's bed and walked towards the living room. Just as she expected, the man was trying to fit his tall stature on the couch.
"Hey." Lyca poked his face. "Hey pretty boy." Looking at this man up close, made her realize that Shen Qui was indeed very pretty.Blessed with long curled lashes, the man would sure look good in makeup. She chuckled while staring at the face that could easily stop someone in their tracks. His tousled black hair was rich and luscious. His features were defined, it was as if they were molded from granite. She started beaming. "Hey… wake up. Or I will kiss you." A mischievous glint quickly flashed and disappeared in her eyes.
Almost immediately, his eyes flew open. His brown deep seated eyes immediately turned sharp, alert. He glared at her as he sat on the couch, trying his best to shake the sleepiness away. "Why did you wake me up?" Irritation flashed in his eyes.
"Your back." She stood and watched his face. Without saying anything else, Lyca walked inside the door leaving him in daze. For a few seconds, Shen Qui just looked at Lyca's closed door, an unfathomable expression glinted in his eyes as the edge of his lips quirked upwards into a devilish smile.
…..
Slowly, days passed.
Lyca continued, winning the challenges as she attended her classes religiously. After a few more days, Lyca and Shen Qui filed for a leave. As her bodyguard, Shen Qui could actually leave as long as Lyca was with him.
"Your luggage is ready. We should leave early tomorrow." Shen Qui said, turning his head away to avoid Lyca's alluring pose. He then sat on the couch just a few feet away from her. Since her parent's visited her, Lyca started to act like this. She had been nonchalant, almost ignoring the fact that he was still a man. However, he knew that Lyca was not trying to seduce him, instead, she clearly thought that he likes men.
He then recalled Huang Sheng Hong's warning and request to keep her safe. A sighed escaped his lips.
Lyca on the other hand, was lying on her bed, wearing her thin robe while acting oblivious about the trouble in Shen Qui's eyes. She ignored Shen Qui's words and continued reading the files that her father sent. "Hey, did someone told you that you were pretty before?"
"Why would someone call me pretty?" he asked. He was handsome, not pretty.
"I don't know. Didn't Li Xian called you pretty before?"
Irritation immediately flashed in his eyes. "Lyca… you should know that we are not lovers, right? Are you trying to make a joke? Your sense of humor is really lacking."
"Oh?" She looked at him, shamelessly moving his gaze from his face to his body under the shirt and denim pants that he was wearing. "I don't believe you." She dragged her eyes back to her book, her lips were slanted into a smug smile.
"Li Xian is my brother. You should stop thinking weird things. Or else… I will prove to you how I like women."
"Oh?" His words were not enough to make her blush. Her seductive red lips turned upwards into an enchanting smile. "How?"
Shen Qui felt his face turned hot. He immediately gulped and turned his head away. Crazy woman! He knew how Lyca seemed to enjoy teasing him a lot.
"Eh? I thought…"
"You should be careful with your words. I am still a man after all."
Seeing his reaction, how could Lyca stop teasing someone this adorable?
"Qui'er how old are you?" Lyca smiled.
"Twenty three."
"Oh… young." She spoke as if she wasn't only twenty one. Of course, this was because she felt a little older than him as she had already lived another life in her previous world. "And fresh. Hey.. Qui'er… why don't you marry me?"
"What nonsense are you thinking again?" In a week, this is the third time that Lyca asked him to marry her!
"Long Yi won't be able to ask for a marriage, if we are already married." Shrugging, she answered. "You are not bad. Handsome and big— I mean… tall. I like tall men."
He snorted and leaned against the couch. "You talk as if marriage is something like a convenience."
"Isn't it?" In her previous life, she married someone because of love and of course, her clan's urgings. Her fiance in her past life, was a very influential man. Seeing his fake sincerity, gifts and sweet words, Lyca had actually fallen for him and agreed to marry him. That decision had also something to do with the fact that she and that man had missions together, experiencing life and death situations while covering each other's back.
Thinking about it now, Lyca was too stupid. She was a fool who fell in love because of flowers and empty promises. To prevent this from happening again, Lyca had long decided to always stay away from possibilities of putting her marriage into someone else's hands. Not even her parents would be able to dictate her marriage.
"You know…" she smiled. "Marrying me had many benefits too."