297 Watch That Pretty Mouth Of Yours

She hiccupped and burst out, "I just want you to be happy and… safe…"

He cut her off mid-sentence, "And Lei Xinyi makes me happy and she is safe. She has had a rough childhood and is really sweet once you get to know her. You didn't really leave her the best of impressions. Just try to adjust." 

She wanted to pull her hair out. That girl, that demoness was anything but sweet! He was bewitched and there was no reasoning with him as he was blinded in his love for that witch! But instead of voicing her woes, his mother swallowed the bitter sip that it was and relented.

Right now her son was in the honeymoon phase which will fade and then he will see himself black from blue!

Madam Li wanted to argue about how that girl was anything but safe but nodded feigning understanding, "I will have the kitchen prepare another set of breakfast for us all. We can bond better there." She pulled away from him and smiled, whipping her tears to walking to the door. 

He smiled and affirmed by nodding, "And Mom?" She looked back at him quizzically, "Keep this all between us."

In precision, he had warned her about keeping his little demoness a secret so whatever new trick they are going to play can be operated unhindered. Her own son was ordering her to keep it under the veil from his grandfather and other elites. Now that there was no heir in the way, they were all bound to be hard on her and his grandfather will issue assassination on her name.

His grandfather had been wanting to establish a marriage with the Italian or Russian Mafia now that the little wench Lu Xinyi was out of the way. Li Yuan didn't know it yet as the candidate wasn't specified and Madam Li kept her mouth locked too.

Madam Li stared at him for a while wanting to say something but then decided against it, and nodded.

He took out his clothes for the day when Lei Xinyi got back from the washroom and without giving him a glance she walked past him. She was as gorgeous as she always was and she looked about ready to head out.

He held her by the arm, and queried harshly, "Where do you think you are going?"

She met his eye and sneered, as if even his intrusion was pathetic in her eyes, "You don't get to ask me, just as you don't ask me before making decisions for me! The least courtesy I can return is making decisions for me."

His hold on her arm tightened but she made no effort of yanking her arm out of his hold. This was her way of not backing out and showing her stubbornness, "Lei Xinyi, I am making efforts here. Stop being too difficult. I have but limited patience, all that I vent on you on daily basis!" He gritted through his clenched jaw.

She gave a sarcastic laugh and shook her head, "Li Yuan, I am tired, Okay! This… All of this is not… This is not something I want to do in the coming future that you so desperately want to shove on me…"

He pulled her in and held her by both her arms, "You think I am not trying? I am trying my best to sweep off all the mess in and out of the household!"

Her shoulder dropped and she sighed, "Li Yuan, come on!" She looked at him with a sarcastic smirk, "Can't we just face it?! It's not about it! You and I both know I don't want this! This every day, a dressed lie that I will have to live, and a dressed lie I will eventually have to force myself to believe!"

For a few days, it was something a part she could play but indefinitely molding herself to be something she despised was impossible. It was asking too much from her!

This was not her, this was a role for an air-headed bimbo who could stay at home and play happy wife with him with no element of her own! But if she was going to be molded in this society according to its social standard then all she would be was Li Yuan's woman! A snobbish, pretentious woman living off of an overly rich man!

He stared at her and without losing his grip on her asked, "What do you want?"

It was wrong and she knew with him it will always be this way. But this wasn't how she lived always looking for approval in all other perspectives. 

Lying was just a little faux but lying about your child was another level of transgression. He was practically calling the first child from her womb dead just so he can save face and keep his façade in front of a baseless lie he constructed just so he could brand her.

This wasn't the first pretense and it wasn't going to be the last, but this will be the last she will be a part of…

She sighed before looking away, "I want you to stop trying to fit me in statures and standards. If I am going into this with you, you bear with my sh*t. I can't change what I am for society and I am not going to live two different lives yet again. It's me as I am or we will keep it all platonic."

She bit her lower lip and met his eyes, "I don't want anyone slandering my name. I have never and nor I will ever let a person go who will come to pick a fight with me!"

Staring at her he fell silent and pulled her in, kissing her forehead, she tried to mildly push away when he kissed her cheeks, "There is a late-night bio-chemical arsenal shipment, that rerouted a month ago, arriving today. 

Don't forget dinner, wear something warm after sunset, and don't walk on the cold floor without sleepers."

She scrunched her eyes and grazed his chin lightly where the stubble had grown. With an irritated sigh, she nodded for his satisfaction.

She pulled away and finding his embrace all too suffocating. The constant thought of putting her life into a whirlpool she will have no way of escaping from was a fear. 

After all this with Li Yuan, she will be in the public eye and all her alias will be exposed. Then she will be in constant surveillance. She will always be a highlight and there will be no blending in plain sight. Her fears were itching her to escape and run away again but she knew it as it was tempting, it was useless.

But her heart was uneasy, he was a man of flesh and she had learned to never take into account the words of a besotted man. Who knows if tomorrow he will find another feisty challenge to leave her. She will have no life to return back to and without his protection, she will be killed on sight!

She will be risking every egg in her basket along with all her life!

She called him out, "Li Yuan, It's just that…" She licked her lip and shook her head not believing she was really going to do that, "It just wasn't right for her to morn a child that wasn't even there. It was unfair and immoral...

You would leave the mother in her instinctively hollow. And then not to mention your mother would have that memorial, death anniversary, and sh*t which is not alright for me especially when she will be mourning my…like it's not okay!"

He looked away then nodded wanting to end the discussion, "I wasn't going to say a thing about it but I guess we are cool if have established that too." He cupped her face. Lei Xinyi tried to pull away from him but he held her face scrutinizing her.

She kept her face void of emotions and averted her eyes. She never did that. He exhaled in resignation and kissed her forehead.

"Don't goad my mother nor encourage any ill will she has against you." He whispered. 

Lei Xinyi's eyes snapped to his in accusation, "Your hag of a mother," Sneering she pulled her away from his hold "don't need me to be even present to start a trifle with me!"

He clenched his fist to hold in the rage boiling in her these words and forced a lack of reaction. He snatched her jaw and pulled her in a bruising kiss. Her hands were fisted on his chest, about ready to strike him.

He held her by the waist and pulled away enough to hiss against her lips, "Watch that pretty mouth of yours, Sweetheart."