286 A B*tch And A Bastard; A Match Made In Heaven

"And you know what? Let's face it! I don't really know what you are trying to achieve here but this, all of this is nothing but a sham…"

"My Raven." He cut her off before she could proceed, "I am not asking you to think different; I just want you to be my Queen for this game that we can play all our lives."

Lei Xinyi shook her head and scoffed. What he wanted was an illusion or if he wanted it at all. She didn't believe a word he said because none of what he said made sense to her.

She was taking refuge behind the King! She had no plans to be his Queen. Being with him permanently would mean she would have to get rid of the Lei Heirs', put up with his psychotic family, deal with his wh*res, doll up for the camera, and completely forget who she was as a person!

No to mention his wife is supposed to give him an heir and if she has a child, that unfortunate soul will be the center of discord as the war will unleash, the prize being her flesh and blood.

"You are eccentric! A complicated man…"

Grinning he cradled her face landing a peck on her lips, "So I have heard."

Squeezing her eyes she let out a groan of frustration, "But you know I can't stay…"

His entire demeanor flips and his grip on her tighten to a point it became painful. Lei Xinyi's eyes hardened but she refused to hiss in pain and stake her remaining pride right on his feet. He stared at her blankly as his gaze darkened further at her stubborn streak, "You can never leave me. There is nothing left for you out there. I will keep you safe."

Lei Xinyi shook her head at the irony of his statement and raised her forefinger to his face. She gritted through her itch to slap him, "You are an asshole! A bastard!"

He snorted and flipped her in his embrace so she was straddling him, "And you are my b*tch, we are a match made in heavens!"

Lei Xinyi's jaw all about fell on the rocks. She opened and closed her mouth trying to voice all the messy eruption the volcano has caused.

He… He called her a b*tch! That to 'his b*tch'. She was fuming, about ready to strike him with anything she could get her hand on. When she found nothing she raised her hand to smack him when he caught it mid-air and tucked them back in his coat, holding them there.

"Why would you?" Her tone was nothing but inquisitively loud with rage garnished to spice up the flavor.

With an easy-going smile, he raised a brow, "What, my ladylove?" 

She huffed at his pure show of ridicule when clearly speaking about something parliament-attention-worthy important, "Why would you want a woman with such baggage? There is a cold hard reality that there will never be a day filled with normality with me and of course! Let's not forget the warheads you are inviting on your doorsteps!"

By this point, she wasn't sure if it was really of no concern to him or he was playing it cool or maybe… just maybe he was really far too gone to reason anything!

Looking at her cute frown and adorable pout he wanted to cradle her in his arms and make out till she was too gone to remember all these puny details.

All in all, it meant that he would have to arrange fireworks in the sky and on the ground. They were minor details and he could care less if some useless evil pawns were getting their tickets to hell.

"Let's say I am a man with a heavy taste."

"Li Yuan! Stop being a narcissist, and a first-class jerk!"

He quietened, gazed in her depthless eyes for what seemed like hours but had only been seconds. Bringing his hand to her face he caressed her cheek, Lei Xinyi's frown deepened but she doesn't pull away.

In the moonlight, he could tell why he was besotted to her, she was every inch a siren and on this rock, in front of the ocean, she sure was drowning him in her trance.

He gives her the sincerest of smiles he had ever bestowed on another being, "If you are looking for some corny confession, I don't have that." His other hand reached for her hand with his ring and kissed her fingers without once breaking eye contact, 

"It's just what it is. You are beautiful so are other women but you are the most beautiful I know… though I might be biased." He gives her one of his heart-stopping, panty-dropping smirks and pulled her closer to him so there were no barriers but sheer fabric between them.

He held her eyes as if he was in a trance and caressed her silky texture of skin. In the cold lonely night with only two of them, he whispered in his baritone deep voice that caressed her soul, "Looking at you…I know I would steal the words from poets, I would scale the skies just to get you the heights that challenge you to land them in your feet but… but don't try anything, Lei Xinyi. I am not a man to be tested."

Lei Xinyi stopped breathing at that moment she knew she was in too deep. Men like him didn't brew words to hook-up girls. They just didn't need to… Their wealth, fame and face did all the wooing for them.

She wanted to scream 'bloody murder' and run for the next possible exit. But she was frozen, possibly paralyzed, or was she even breathing?

Was she hallucinating?! Was it a joke??! She eagerly searched his face for any sign of it being a joke or pun that was intended but… NOTHING!!!

Her whole body felt cold like a corpse that exact moment…

Her face reflected her horror; her eyes had widened and her skin turned pale while her mouth dropped open as the words were stuck in her mouth. Li Yaun squeezed her hand that was frozen still in his hands to get a reaction as she didn't really look good.

He was about to shake her into consciousness when she herself shook her head and put her hands on his chest to create some distance between them but he held her by the waist not allowing her to move.

"Stop it, Okay! There is nothing between us that can be stretched! An…And you can't mean that…"

"Lei Xinyi!" He shouted at her stopping her hysteric outburst, He sighed and pulled her closer to him further now that she was too limp to fight his hold, it was like she was exhausted all of a sudden.

"I meant every word. I will ruin any man who dares challenge otherwise."