With a soft word, she set a cold gleam in Huo Jingtang's eyes, "Qin Yucen, you really..."
Qin Yucen had already succumbed to the power of the drug; her body and reason were destroyed by that cup of wine, her breathing erratic.
Now her eyes were seductive, her lips a fiery red, exuding the allure of a woman. The unrestrained version of her was a far cry from the shy and elegant woman she usually was.
Her body felt as if it were being roasted on an open fire, with boiling blood, an empty shell, and a raucous soul that left her fallen into Huo Jingtang's embrace. She was like a person deprived of water, and Huo Jingtang before her was her source, her utter dependency. She clung tightly to him, as if that could alleviate the torment in her body.
Huo Jingtang's expression was grim, the veins on his forehead bulging, his jawline tense. This woman was recklessly igniting a fire upon him.
At this moment, Qin Yucen didn't have a shred of reason left, seeing Huo Jingtang only as the figure of Guan Haoyang.
Huo Jingtang's gaze was so cold it was like frost forming at the bottom of an ink-black pond, a chill rising. In this world, there were only women he disdained, yet he never thought he would one day become a stand-in in a woman's eyes. This was a great insult to his male pride!
Thinking she could use him as a stand-in for her husband, not a chance!
He jerked off the slender white arms that were clinging to his neck with a push, and Qin Yucen fell from his body onto the couch, "Qin Yucen, that's enough! I have absolutely no interest in a married woman. Get out, disappear from my sight immediately!"
Had he really been bewitched, seeing her pitifully leaning against his door, hearing her say "I've been waiting for you for a long time," losing all sense of proportion, abandoning all his principles? This wasn't him!
Huo Jingtang turned away from her frail, pitiful appearance, reminiscent of a white orchid in the rain, and turned his back. But the next second, a pair of delicate white hands encircled his solid waist, followed by her burning body pressing against his back.
"Let go!" Huo Jingtang restrained his anger, enduring the discomfort in a certain part of his body, and coldly tore her hands away.
Qin Yucen, standing before him, clutched his shoulder, tiptoed, and boldly pressed her soft red lips to his cool thin lips.
Her boldness, her initiative, her beauty... shattered Huo Jingtang's last bit of reason in one second.
Her body sank into the soft couch, and a large dark shadow enveloped her completely.
When the moment she had longed for was really upon her, her heart was still filled with nervousness and fear. Her eyes slightly closed, her eyelashes quivered uncontrollably, and her hands clutched the couch tightly beside her.
"Qin Yucen, at this moment, I won't allow you to escape!"
"Husband, the first time..." she murmured softly, like a dream, then it was like a thunderbolt exploding over Huo Jingtang's head.
Huo Jingtang instantly stiffened, his body that had been lowering froze, his mind blank for a moment. Unsure whether to advance or retreat, his face darkened, his fingers clenched, but he grabbed clothes to cover her body, picked her up, and rushed to the bathroom, tossing her into the bathtub and turning on the shower, raining cold water down on her.
"Ah—" The ice-cold water washed away the heat from her skin, making Qin Yucen's body slightly more comfortable.
He kept the water running until it submerged her body and let her stay in the water, "Sober up here properly!"
Huo Jingtang turned away indifferently, left the bathroom, and went to the wardrobe. He found a white cotton tank top and a pair of grey sweatpants to put on.
Today, he was exceptionally disheveled, even teased by a woman, yet in the end, he didn't get a taste of flesh.
Looking at his reflection in the mirror, it was so strange that he could barely recognize himself.
He told himself that his decision to back off at the last moment was because she was a married woman, and if he were to have relations with her, he inevitably would have been entangled in trouble. Perhaps it was her beauty trap, intending to coerce him into handing over the contract to her. It was definitely not because it was her first time, not because he was afraid that she would be burdened with the stigma of infidelity, subject to her husband's blame and humiliation.
He was finding all sorts of excuses for himself, just so he could be at peace with his conscience.
Huo Jingtang exhaled deeply from the depths of his lungs. He headed towards the bathroom and upon getting closer, he found Qin Yucen's brows lightly furrowed, her arms wrapped around her slender body.
The potency of the drug had drained her body's energy, and she had been tormented by the cold water, leaving her in a state of extreme exhaustion, so she had fallen asleep like that.
He lifted her from the bathtub, her pale skin under the light smooth as butter, the touch on his fingertips delightful.
He gently placed her on the black bed, the black making her snow-white skin appear even whiter, her vulnerability resembling that of a fragile porcelain doll, harmless. Yet when he thought back to her passionate fire just a while ago, she seemed like a completely different person.
And her reaction was really abnormal, seeing her response...
Could it be that she had been drugged... That's the only possibility that could make this woman lose her senses.
Luckily... he wasn't starved for choice.
Although he hadn't done anything, after such a long ordeal, he too felt tired. The bed was big enough for four people, so he simply lay down on it.
Through the long night, strange man and woman shared a bed, while outside, the world was awhirl with dancing snow.
When the morning sunlight sprinkled into the room and fell upon Qin Yucen's face, she slowly woke up, everything in her view was unfamiliar.
She suddenly sat up, only to find herself bereft of clothes, the bed in disarray, and a man's clothes beside her. She felt as if her world had been turned upside down.
She raised her hand to lightly rub her sore temples, trying to ease the agitation.
As soon as she closed her eyes, the events of the previous night played rapidly in her mind like a movie. As time went by, her face grew paler and paler.
Last night, she actually went and tried to seduce... Huo Jingtang!
No, that wasn't it. She had made it very clear earlier that she was a proud woman who valued herself and her love, yet an hour later, she had thrown herself back into his arms, wasn't this slapping her own face?
Her heart was like a tangled mess, the more she tried to sort it out, the messier it became.
Right now, the most important thing for her was to leave before anyone could notice, pretending that nothing had happened.
Unable to find her clothes, Qin Yucen had no choice but to put on the man's shirt next to her. Just as she had put it on, the bathroom door opened. She was like a toy doll with its batteries pulled out, her actions froze, her gaze intently fixed on the bathroom door.