[POV Hu Qiang]
She asked, "This is for me! Then which is your current home?"
I replied to her, the first thing that was in my mind "Your home is my home, any place where you are at, that's my home. My Queen, in short, my address of a home is you."
I witnessed the surprise in her eyes.
Her eyes were searching mine as if to check, what I said is true or a grand lie?
I realise she still has trust issues. It will take a long time to get past this hurdle.
'Then, I will persevere for her trust and love.'
"We will get there eventually," she smiled and keeps on looking into the bamboo forest.
'She understood my heart.'
One day we will reach the point, where she would bare her heart to me too.
Tonight, I just wanted to hold her close.
So, I did what I wanted to do.
I moved towards her, there is a temperature regulator inside the pavilion, to facilitate the plants' growth. So it is not too cold. She is still wearing my coat.
I pick her up in princess carry and bring her to the upper floor of the pavilion. There is a large king-size bed in that room and the floor is carpeted with warm and fluffy carpets.
I place her on the bed and join her by her side.
'Throughout all this, she just kept her eyes on me. To see what I do next?'
I pick up a remote and pressed a button. The wooden ceilings of the pavilion got replaced by a clear glass ceiling. Through it, you can see the stars in the night sky, the moon, peeking from behind a cloud.
"Qiang, I love it." Her breathing is hitched.
"Qiang, promise me, this is my spot. You won't bring others here." She is still looking at the stars but there were tears in the corner of her eyes.
"My Queen, this place is your abode, no one, can ever enter this place without your permission."
I replied.
"Promise?" She extended her pinkie finger towards me.
I take it into my hands, as I say, "Pinkie promise."
She snuggles close to me while I drag her towards me; there is no gap between us.
We spend the night close to each other and admiring the stars. We covered ourselves with a single blanket among us.
We didn't speak another word among us but our fingers were intertwined with each other and Bai Chang fell asleep on my chest.
I listened to her even and stable breathing.
And we fell asleep in each other's arms.
[POV Bai Chang]
As he took me towards the upper floor, I surveyed the surroundings, though it is a flower pavilion, in essence, still there were high-grade security measures all over the place.
I could detect five high powered infra-red surveillance system units and laser maze surrounding the perimeter of the place. As well as the place is made to be communication black-out zone. While it is a double edge sword type measure, still the whole security framework is well-thought-out.
Qiang got me to his other room and placed me on the bed.
'Are we having our wedding night here?'
I keep on looking towards him with interest.
'I am curious as to what he does next?'
He pulled me towards him and opens a skylight glass window pane on the ceiling of the pavilion.
It is mesmerising.
"Qiang, I love it," I said as my heartbeat fastened.
"Qiang, promise me, this is my spot. You won't bring others here."
It really resonated with me on deeper levels.
I always wanted a place like this in my previous life at Star Time System. This was categorised as a place of supreme luxury.
I use to work endlessly, in our system there was no time for rest. The situation that people in future were facing made it an imminent step. We worked hard to survive.
From external and internal dangers.
My eyes teared up as I reminisced my past i.e. Elizabeth's past.
Qiang, as the responsible fiancé, that he is, spoke up, "My Queen, this place is your abode, no one, can ever enter this place without your permission."
This made me crack up and like a child; I extended my pinkie finger, "Promise?"
He too replied, "Pinkie promise."
I snuggle towards him. As I admire those distant stars, Qiang's rhythmic heartbeat lulls me to security and sleep.
I pass out the night sleeping in his arms, on his rising and falling chest.