"I didn't, I was drunk..." her voice trailed off as she explained, barely audible, with no conviction at all, "I said we should keep our distance, but you kept pressing in."
What she meant was that he was shameless. His displeasure was evident as his brow furrowed and his jaw tightened; he looked quite angry. Yet, he couldn't bring himself to be truly angry. After he had disrupted his ascetic and orderly life, he simply couldn't stop himself from being drawn to her. Although he knew she was married, although he knew that continuing down this path was playing with fire, risking his reputation in a gamble, he still wanted to entangle himself with her. To engage in flirtations with a married woman, he truly must be insane!
"I must be crazy to have come here just to be humiliated by you!" Huo Jingtang muttered under his breath, his tone filled with repressed anger.
She dared not lift her head, her slightly curled hair falling down, hiding her face.
