Chapter 509 - Sweeter Than Honey

Shui Xian's face had come very close to Raelle but he suddenly pulled away. Even if his eyes were only on Raelle, he could still feel burning gazes directed towards them. He was still very sensitive to people's eyes. How could he not feel them?

"Forget it! I don't want to satisfy gossipmongers," tsked Shui Xian. Of course, he'd love to kiss his wife. He so wanted to do it! But... He didn't want to do it in front of all these people. "That just reminded me..." He leaned back in his chair as he placed their clasped hands on his leg and continued, "Thank you!"

"What are you thanking me for now?" she questioned. 

"For what you did today," he answered.

"What did I do?"

Shui Xian gave her a look, "Do you think I can't even understand you this much? If you schemed to get me here, there had to be a purpose behind it. You obviously wanted the world to see us together. It's like publicly acknowledging our relationship. And I'm happy for that."

"Isn't that what you wanted?"

Shui Xian paused before his lips curled up, "I did. That's why I said, thank you!" Then he took a deep breath, "Tomorrow is gonna be a busy day. The stock price is gonna jump and I'm gonna have to deal with all sorts of things." How would the stock price not jump? Just attaching the name of Shui Xian and Raelle Xiang together was enough to cause a stir. 

"Feeling tired already?" she asked him.

Shui Xian nodded his head but suddenly his eyes brightened, "But it doesn't matter. I'm also filled with endless energy just thinking about how everyone would now know that we are together."

Raelle was looking through the list of things being auctioned tonight languidly. All the people attending had also brought something to auction as well. But there was nothing that caught Raelle's attention for now. 

"Oh, what a pleasant surprise!"

Raelle lifted her eyes when she heard that voice and didn't even bother replying to the person who joined them at the table.

Soren's lips twitched when he saw Raelle's reaction, "Can't you say hello?"

"Once is enough for the day," replied Raelle. "And we already said hello earlier in the day."

Soren directed his attention to Shui Xian as he asked, "How are you able to deal with such a wife?"

Shui Xian frowned at him, "What's so difficult? My wife is very easy to get along with."

Soren gave an awkward laugh, "Love... It really turns the lover blind." He took a pause and added, "Oh! Did you hear that sound?"

"What sound?" asked Shui Xian.

"That's the sound of your IQ level dropping because of love," said Soren with a smug smile.

Raelle finally closed the auction list and looked up at Soren, "Are you looking for a fight, Soren?"

Soren looked at her and shook his head, "Why would I be?"

"Then refrain from pointing your sarcastic words at my husband, you wouldn't want me to become impolite now, would you?"

Soren cleared his throat and looked away. He couldn't even hold her gaze. The scariest thing about her were her words. She really knew how to attack and it was better for him to zip his mouth and protect his soul from her sharp words. Or else, he wouldn't be able to survive!

Shui Xian chuckled seeing this. He actually didn't think there was anything wrong with Soren's words. He had once said the same words to Soren and now the latter was getting back at him. But poor Soren wouldn't have thought that Raelle wouldn't even let him get the satisfaction of getting back at Shui Xian for once.

Soren was irritated to see Shui Xian's smile and grumbled, "Clearly, your husband has said even worse things to me in the past." It was no secret to the world that Soren loved his wife a lot. There had been plenty of business partners who wanted to catch his attention by offering him beauties but whoever used this tactic was hardly ever able to avoid the wrath of him. 

Soren was a fool in love and he often said that himself. And since he accepted it so outrightly, it was no surprise that Shui Xian would have said one or two remarks. But Soren had always taken his words as just him venting his bitterness for having a failed marriage. Especially since they both married around the same time. They both were young but one's marriage ended in shambles and the other had lovely twins.

"Things of the past should stay in the past," was the only thing Raelle said to shut him up. "People who talk about the past all the time, end up living there."

"You're very protective of him," remarked Soren. 

"He is my husband," she replied. "It's my responsibility to protect him, no?"

Soren suddenly felt sour as he glanced at Shui Xian's cheeky smile and asked, "How's the feeling of being protected?"

"Sweet!" replied Shui Xian. "Sweeter than honey!" He couldn't deny it. This feeling was truly sweet. Something he had never felt before. When was the last time someone took the initiative to speak up for him? He couldn't even remember. But now that Raelle did, he only now understood what it felt like. It was truly a wonderful feeling. Kind of addicting as well!

"There is nothing sweet about your wife," said Soren.

"How would you know anything?" retorted Shui Xian. "You're ignorant! And jealous since you have to attend such events all alone. Poor you!"

Soren grinded his teeth when Shui Xian poked his sour spot! Of course, he had to attend these events all alone, his wife didn't like to socialize with people. She did when she was young but now in her thirties, she really found it tiring to put on a fake smile. So, she chose to stay home. He even tried to scheme against her by saying, "What if some beautiful actress tried to steal me from you?"

And his wife replied with, "If you're that easy to steal, then should I bother keeping you?"

Soren was really frustrated as he recalled this conversation.