Chapter 10 - Let's get together. For real.

"Hmm?"

"Let's get together. For real. You and me, a committed relationship."

Kai Xin looked at him, her face filled with disbelief. She frowned and proceed to check his temperature, "I cannot feel the fever. Should we go to the doctor?"

"Kara…" DX groaned as the little minx wiggled around her..

Kai Xin sighed as she quiet down and drew circles on his chest using her finger , "DX, you are not supposed to fall in love with me."

"I know."

"That was not the agreement." She sighed.

He picked up a lock of her hair and twirled it around his finger as he mumbled, "I know."

"Then why?"

"I did not plan to. It just happened."

"DX, I don't want to hurt you. You should know better than anyone." Kai Xin pushed herself off his lap. She went to the room to grab another t-shirt and DX followed behind her, not willing for this to be the end of the conversation.

After she put the shirt on, DX hugged her from behind and whispered "I want to give us a try."

Kai Xin gave it a thought as she leaned back against him. She entered into this relationship with DX previously because she thought that someone like him would prefer a less complicated, straightforward kind of relationship. What has changed? She really likes him. He's kind, generous, a good listener and damn! Does he performs well in bed!

She frowned as she thought of the "What ifs". What if everything breaks down? What if she lost him forever because of a momentary lapse of judgment?

"Kara?"

Kai Xin looked up at the middle aged man behind her. At 40 years old, he is still shameless enough to pout and showed her the puppy dog eyes as he pleaded for an answer. He looked so pitiful now that Kai Xin cannot help but blurted out a laughter.

"Don't look at me like that. It does not fit your image, President Du." Kai Xin laughed and she pushed him onto the bed before straddling him.

"I have to think about this."

DX wrestled her and flipped her onto her back before wrapping her up with the blanket, "You are not getting out of here if you don't give me an answer." He then straddled and lean over her as he tried to show her a threatening face.

"Kara, it has been almost 4 years. My business is stable now and there's not much that can affect my standing. The boys are getting older and I intend to slow down for now to spend more time with them and you. Once I come back from Japan, I'd be staying mostly within the country." He pout and nudged her with his nose.

Kai Xin gazed at his childlike demeanor. After a while, she gave in, defeated by this man that has been in her life for the past 4 years, "3 months. We will give it a try. Regardless of how it ends, we will go our separate ways."

DX was smiling until he heard the last sentence. His smile froze for a second before it drops, "Separate ways?"

"DX, if things don't work out, do you seriously think that we can still remain friends? Even one that is purely on a contractual basis?"

DX knew she was right. If they were to enter into a committed relationship, it would be hard for at least one of them to break off cleanly. They would never be able to return to this again. Even then, DX looked at her seriously, "As long as you promise to take this seriously, then I am willing to take this chance."

He thought to himself "3 months. I will make it so that you can never leave me."

After that talk, Kai Xin and DX went for another two rounds of exercise before she chased him away. DX was reluctant to leave but Kai Xin reassured him that she felt better now and that he is tiring her out.

"Am i just a sex toy to you?" He protested as she pushed him to the door. The little minx actually dared to laugh.

"Yes, your job here is done. Go back to the twins. They must be really upset by now."

"They are kids. They would forget about this soon enough."

"You only have so much time with them. Don't waste this opportunity. Don't make them resent you for your absence. I will see you soon"

Eventually, DX gave up arguing. After lunch, he went back to his house while Kai Xin went back to hers.