VALERIAJust like a Chinese Proverb says, ‘Plans never keep up with changes’, that was exactly what happened to me after the kiss with Zane happened.After I ran back to my room that day, with my heart feeling like it was going to jump out of my chest any time soon, I made a resolution to avoid the man.I had always thought of Zane as a gentleman, however, the way he snatched the initiative from me after I kissed him followed by his stormy kiss made me realize that he was definitely not one. But I had no idea why his hidden badness only excited me even more.Although I had started the kiss as a way to determine whether Zane was sent to monitor me by Mr. Devil and to also see if I was indeed that attracted to him, it somehow ended up developing into something else... His kiss aroused something deeper in me and made me want to sink forever into his arms, in fact, I was sure that if I wasn't because of my sudden shortness of breath, I would hardly have been able to refuse even if the ki

CHRIS As I stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of my penthouse apartment, holding a glass of wine in my hand and staring absentmindedly outside, I suddenly heard footsteps coming from behind me but didn't bother turning around since I knew who it was.I waited until the footsteps had come to a stop a few steps away from me before asking in a faint voice, "What happened?""Sir. Miss Valeria just left Meteor City." My assistant, John reported respectfully. "With that man?" Despite already knowing the answer to the question I asked, I still asked stubbornly. It was probably because I hoped for a different answer. But..."Yes, she left together with him on his private jet."...sometimes, things just don't go the way you want."I understand. You can go." Without taking my gaze off outside, I waved my hand dismissively, signalling to John that he was no longer needed here.As I listened to the gradually receding footsteps, I gently set down the wine glass in my hands on the si

VALERIASeeing him acting that nonchalant, as if he wasn't the one who had literally caged me in here, I really felt an urge to wipe that annoying smile off his face.And I did exactly that.By jumping off my bed and running over to give him a slap on the face, or at least tried to...With his eyes squinted dangerously, he held up my outstretched hands, "Grumpy much?""What do you think?!" Not to be outdone, I asked back with equally squinted eyes.He didn't reply immediately. Instead, he took the opportunity to yank me closer to him.Then, he released my hand to wrap his arms around my waist."What the hell are you doing?!" Being tightly held against him to the point where I could clearly feel the outline of his body, made me panic for some reason, so I subconsciously raised my voice to question him."I thought I already made it obvious enough that I was taking 'liberties' with my legal wife."I heard him say in reply, with a deliberate emphasis on the word 'legal'.He was reminding

ZANEAfter a passionate and long smooching session, I finally separated from Valeria.While helping both her and myself smoothen out our wrinkled clothes, my eyes disobediently wandered over to her ruddy lips and flushed cheeks.It made me unable but help think to myself if it was still possible to go for another round?Of course, in the end, I had no chance to act on that thought since I heard Valeria complained softly how her lips was feeling numb and tingly.'Let's forget it today. We'll continue another day.'"I am sorry for not controlling myself but who made your lips so... sweet. They make me reluctant to part from them."My words no doubt made Valeria blush furiously while I watched in fascination."You are so... vulgar! I must have been blind to think you were a gentleman in the first place", she stammered out as she sat upright on the bed while looking at me defensively.A deep chuckle escaped my throat and I asked with subtle incredulity, "You thought I was a gentleman? Me,

VALERIA Ater we were done with breakfast and the staff came over over to remove the dishes from the table, I looked at Zane who obviously still had no intentions of standing up and asked in puzzlement, "Aren't you going to work?" However, instead of answering my question, he gave a mystifying instruction. "Why don't you go and get dressed?" Not quite understanding what he meant, I asked with deepening confusion, "Get dressed? For what?" But then, after asking, I thought of something and looked at him in surprise, "You wouldn't mean I should get dressed for the banquet, right? But I thought you said it was in the evening? Or did I remember it wrong?" "No, you didn't. I just want to take you out to play", Zane said in reply. "Take me out to play? What does that mean?" What answered me was a chuckle full with amusement, "What do you think it means? The literal meaning of course." "I know how stuffy it must have been to be forced to stay here all alone, without a single familiar p