Chapter 7: Drilling Wood for Fire
522 Words
Xiao Tongyu fumbled for the bedside lamp. Click. Darkness enveloped the suite.
Ji Yunze disdainfully eyed her coarse hotel robe - he'd remind Han Yu to replace all linens tomorrow.
He yanked off the offending garment, resting his head against her smooth shoulder. The silken texture soothed him inexplicably.
Xiao Tongyu shivered, eyes squeezed shut yet wide awake.
"Why seduce me?" His icy breath ghosted her nape.
"What woman wouldn't desire Director Ji?" She maintained defensive posture.
"Truth."
His hand slid along her thigh.
Deceptively slender yet perfectly curved - breasts, hips, waist graspable in one palm. All flesh distributed where it should be.
"That is the truth." Her saccharine reply.
Ji Yunze's fingers tightened on tender inner thigh.
"Final chance."
"Pain..." She gasped.
"Speak."
Certainty of imminent death unless honest.
Gambling everything, Xiao Tongyu turned and clasped his neck, pressing inexperienced lips to his.
Ji Yunze seized her skull, retaliating with voracious hunger.
He flipped her beneath him.
......
Morning brought unexpected relief. Whether from ointment, Ji Yunze's restraint, or bodily adaptation, Xiao Tongyu couldn't discern.
She shook her head. Better credit the hospital's prowess.
Ji Yunze still slept, dawn light sculpting his flawless features. Xiao Tongyu studied him incredulously - how did she, this ordinary woman, end up beside Capital's most coveted bachelor?
Obedience? Convenience?
The second million notification haunted her. This transactional shame - could she ever confess to future true love?
No. Return the blood money.
Transferring both millions back, the ding woke Ji Yunze.
"Selling myself as gigolo, Secretary Xiao?" His stormy gaze pinned her.
"Overpayment. I can't accept."
Ji Yunze's smirk emerged. Not money... then power? Playing long game for Mrs. Ji status?
Intriguing. Let's play.
Xiao Tongyu recognized that roguish grin - impending doom.
Morning light highlighted her dewy, makeup-free freshness. Memories of last night's moans reignited his hunger.
"Payment received demands reciprocation."
She clutched sheets in retreat. "I'll take it back!"
Ji Yunze advanced, bedding pooling at his feet. Daylight exposed his nude glory, flushing Xiao Tongyu crimson.
Pinning her, he nipped her cheek.
"Be good."
......
Post-shower and breakfast, Xiao Tongyu sought escape. "Director Ji, may I take one hour to change?"
Two sleepless nights begged full-day leave, but she dared not ask.
Ji Yunze nodded absently, suited and gelled into corporate deity mode.
Exiting, she collided with Han Yu and Luo Junzhi lounging in the parlor.
"Secretary Xiao?!"
Their shock mirrored her mortification. Morning emergence from Ji's suite spoke volumes.
Luo whispered, "Where's last night's woman?"
Han Yu snorted. "Need you ask?"
They'd come investigating Ji Yunze's unprecedented request, witnessing this magical substitution.
Luo appraised her - bare-faced with cascading hair, luminous eyes outshining cosmetic glamour. No wonder the celibacy myth shattered.
"Director Ji's inside. Shall I—"
"Wait!" Luo's eyes glinted. "How many rounds last night?"
Xiao Tongyu's mind detonated.
Han Yu elbowed him. "Ignore him. We'll—"
Ji Yunze materialized in the doorway. "Five. Seven including this morning."
Xiao Tongyu petrified. She'd lost count after exhaustion-induced blackout.
Luo gaped. "f*****g hell! You drilling wood for fire?!"
"Want details from two nights ago?"
Xiao Tongyu fled to elevator salvation.
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