Chapter 58 - Fire Of Desire

"You..."

Wang Shu tried to move away when the girl suddenly started moving closer to him, only to realize that he had nowhere to go as he was already standing in the corner of the pool.

"How did you do this?" Jiang Ying Yue asked as she stopped moving and stood a few feet away from the man who was looking like a scared cat. Was he worried that she would pounce on him again? What nonsense!

"What are you talking about?" Wang Shu questioned with a confused expression on his face as he kept his eyes glued on the girl. He was not going to give her another chance of taking advantage of him.

Jiang Ying Yue raised her eyebrows as she looked at the man with a questioning look. He genuinely seemed to be confused about her question. "I'm asking you about how you managed to call me here? What kind of power is this one? So far, I've already seen people summoning spirits and angels but this is the first time I got to experience it myself."

The expression on Wang Shu's face was similar to that of a completely confused person who had no idea what she was talking about.

"Lady Jiang, no one summoned you here if that's what you are trying to ask. You appeared here on your own out of nowhere." Wang Shu finally answered when he realized that girl looked serious about her questions. Somehow, she really thought that he was the one who summoned her. Why would he even do that? Just because he was thinking about her right before she appeared in the pool didn't mean that he summoned her.

"Are you sure?" Jiang Ying Yue asked as she stared at the Immortal. If he didn't summon her then how and why did she appear in his pool... Just because she was craving a bath?

Nothing seemed to make sense. This was the first time, Jiang Ying Yue had come across such a bizarre phenomenon. The same could be said for Wang Shu. Neither of them realized that it was their soulmate bond that brought them together.

Both of them became silent as they struggled with their jumbled thoughts. It was Wang Shu who finally could not help himself and decided to break the silence. "Since we both don't want you to be here, shouldn't you leave now?" 

Jiang Ying Yue raised her eyebrows as she looked at the man with questioning eyes. "How? You can't be expecting me to walk out of this pool in my current state, or are you?" 

The immediate blush that appeared on his cheeks as Wang Shu noticed the lack of her clothes, made Jiang Ying Yue smirk. 

"You... Let... Let me help you...!" He finally spoke in a flustered tone, trying his best to not look directly at her.

"Okay! I will thank you then." Jiang Ying Yue replied with a small smirk on her face as she once again started moving closer to the Immortal who immediately turned to look at her with a frightened look on his face.

"Wh... W-What are you... you doing...?" asked Wang Shu as he found his back hitting the wall of the pond behind him. He had nowhere to escape and the girl was standing right in front of him.

To be honest, Jiang Ying Yue herself had no idea about what she was trying to do. She just had a sudden urge of playing with him since he seemed so flustered at the moment. Looked like this mate of hers was submissive in nature.

She stopped when there was just a small space left between their bodies. One of her hands came to rest on his shoulder, her palm finding the softness of his skin to its liking. While she let her other hand move to trace lines on his face. She probably wanted to deny it but the truth was she wanted to entice her mate and see if he would give in under her persuasion. 

While a little voice inside Wang Shu's head was telling him to run away before it was too late, the bigger part of his brain was already dead under the desire that was erupting inside him. His powers were surging through his entire body as they too wanted to come out and play with his mate.

"You... you should stop...!" He finally found the words to speak even though he wanted anything but for her to stop whatever she was doing.

For a mere second, Jiang Ying Yue's fingers came to a still on his cheeks as she heard the desperation in his voice but then she resumed trailing her fingers down his cheeks and over his throat and then collarbone.

"Why? Am I that scary? Is my touch not to your liking?" She found herself asking as she looked directly into his dark eyes, trying to see his true thoughts.

The man immediately shook his head, making her clench her fingers in a tight fist but she relaxed when the words that he spoke next entered her ears.

"You should stop because... It's not easy to resist you..." He was genuine and his eyes were filled with the same fire that Jiang Ying Yue could feel burning inside her - it was the fire of desire.

A small smile made its way to her lips as she inched closer to the man, almost taking away all the gap between their faces. Her warm breath fanned the skin of Wang Shu's shoulder as she spoke next to his ear, "If it's that hard... Why are you trying to resist?"

Not only her question but the faintest touch of her lips against his earlobe that followed her question, made him gasp as he closed his eyes to find the answer to her question.

Why was he trying to resist her when every fiber in his body was calling her name? Was it because they were strangers? Or was it because he didn't trust her? Or maybe it was simply because he still having a hard time getting a grip over the mate bond thing that he now shared with her.

While Wang Shu was busy finding the reason for his hesitancy, Jiang Ying Yue had already pulled herself away from the man. It had been already over a minute and he was still standing there like a statue with his eyes closed. She would only appear desperate if she still decided to push him.

She had already wracked the lives of these Immortals by suddenly appearing in their lives as a person with whom they were destined to spend their entire lives. It would be immoral of her to push her luck too much at the moment. Not only they needed their time to understand and accept the bond, but even she also needed time to learn more about these men and there's still a missing one whom she had to find.

Wang Shu's eyes flew open only when his ears registered the sound of movements and when he looked around, he found the girl standing outside the pool as she tied the knots of the huge white outer robe that belonged to him.

"Hurry up and get dressed. You have to send me back to the Cold Palace." She told him before she walked away, heading towards the door that led out of the private pool area.

***

"This is not a sight I was expecting to see. Though it's not a bad one." Ying Yue heard the familiar voice that belonged to Qing Shan, as soon as she stepped inside the hall.

The young boy who had led her to his master, bowed and hurriedly disappeared, leaving her alone with the Immortal who was sitting around a stone table as he sipped the wine.

Jiang Ying Yue decided to stay silent as she just stood there while putting her entire focus on untangling her wet hair. The water that was dripping from her hair was not only creating a puddle on the floor but was also making her outer robe damp.

A shiver ran through her body when she suddenly felt a warm palm coming in contact with her left hand and as she looked up, she found Qing Shan standing right in front of her as he channeled his power into her body.

For a few seconds, Jiang Ying Yue felt every cell of her body filling with power that made her vampire powers surge towards this new power to mingle and break out but before it could happen, the bright energy suddenly disappeared, leaving her empty inside and making her soul cry out in despair.

"What are you doing?" It came out more like a complaint but not in the way she wanted. It was more because he pulled his energy away and not because he channeled his energy into her in the first place. 

"You should learn to be grateful towards people who are trying to help you. It's not going to harm you in any way." Qing Shan replied with a sigh as she stepped away from her.