He caressed the side of her face and said, "The thing that pulls me towards you is that no matter what time it is, you're unapologetically yourself! Nothing can deter you from being you. And nothing can stop you from saying what you want. Even if you want sex, you are not ashamed to ask for it."
"Should I be?" she asked in return. "If I like it, why should I not ask for it?"
"Most women don't like admitting that they love sex," told Shui Xian. "Because they are afraid that people will call them salacious or wanton. And also because men like reserved women."
"Then are men masochists?" Shui Xian's eyes widened at her question. "The contemporary romance I read for research purposes, there was a scenario that when a woman offered herself to the man, he threw her away but when another woman played hard to get, he was head over heels in love with her. Does it make sense? Doesn't that seem like he was a masochist?"
