Chapter 97 - A Wall Between Them

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In the middle of the way, the car stopped in one place and one more person joined them. He wore white with a purple striped shirt and black pants. His eyeglasses were still not sitting properly on his nose.

As soon Yue Wan saw him, she repeatedly warned herself not to meet his eyes or converse with him. Her heart palpitated at high speed and ached for indescribable feelings.

'Don't dream about the thing that you don't deserve.' She hissed at her heart.

But still, her sight unconsciously took a glimpse at him. And her face blushed when Mr. Ye Xian gazed at her via the front mirror.

Sitting on the front passenger seat, Mr. Ye Xian expressed his gratitude.

"Thanks for the ride, Young Master."

Since he had his fill after bullying his father, Yue Xiang didn't mind his buddy's overacting.

Next, Mr. Ye Xian turned back and gazed at his Wild cub with unblinking eyes. The memory of the hospital kiss came into his mind. Subconsciously ran his tongue through his lower lips, his eyes hungrily stared at Yue Wan's cherry bud lips.

A chibi wolf in his heart scratched him with an urge to pounce on her to taste the sweetness again.

The only thing he put a focus on in the car was his wild cub. He couldn't forget the soft moan she emitted last time. It was an intoxicating feeling that dive into his heart, a prelude of erupting volcano. Her body was soft like cotton candy, yet he believes that she was a drug that he can never give up.

With a fawning voice, Ye Xian teased her. "Hello, Miss Wan. You look absolutely stunning today."

Yue Xiang's heart surge with a sensation to kick his pal out of the car, ' Annoying fly.'

However, not to lose with his anger, he clenched the steering wheel and hit up the acceleration in frustration. 'Stop with this PDA, you double face freak.'

Despite the sudden jerk on the car, the two-person involved was not giving any notice. Lost in each own mind, the world blurred, leaving only them and their longing for each other.

Yue Wan swiftly brings her eyes down, covering her eyes under the bangs, "Thanks for the compliment, Mr. Ye."

Mr. Ye Xian felt his throat constricted, sensing the emotional wall built up by Yue Wan.

' Why?' He thought to himself.

He shifted his body so he could see her better in the back seat.

' Why is she building a wall between them? ' He knew he had not misread the signs of her growing attraction to him, so why was she suppressing herself now?

She refused to look up at him, scared that he would see the confusion and desire in her eyes... desire that she must kill quickly if she is to go with her father's arrangement. But it was so hard.

Her fingers clenched in a fist as she stopped herself from reaching for him. She could stop herself, but that did not mean that she could stop him.

Xiao Hua focused on Yue Wan intently, not even any microexpression of hers escape from his gaze.

Like a Wolf intent on capturing his prey, he waited to see what she would do next.

After seconds past, he could not take it anymore. Reaching between the two seats that separated them, he brushed a soft, gentle finger down her cheek and hooked it under her chin.

Like lifting a flower, he brought her gaze up to meet his.

"I am being honest, Miss Yue. I have never seen anything more stunning than you at this exact moment."

Her eyes widened, as she could see the truth reflected in his gaze. This was what she had longed for in her past life, that no one had ever given her before.

A look that said, she was someone's whole world.

Her breathing becomes softer, her lip curved up into a smile as soft as the morning light. Her body squirms just a little as her muscles relax. There was something about that gaze of his that she never found in anyone. At that moment their souls have made a bridge and they became bound to each other.

Could she really give him up knowing what was in store for her if she ended up with the husband of her brother's choosing?

Could she give up everything to be with the man that looked at her like she was his whole world?

" We've reached," Yue Xiang intervened between them with his mouth curved into an ironic smile.

Yue Wan broke her stare first and gazed at the Villa they have arrived.

"Xiao," She muttered with palpitated heart and quivering lips.

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---In Xiao Villa---

On reaching the inner compound, Yue Xiang and Mr. Ye Xian got down from the car and were welcomed by Advisor Yu.

Instead of following them inside, Mr. Ye Xian stood before Yue Wan's door with a complicated feeling.

'What is taking her so long?'

Like a storm passed in her heart, her emotions became unstable. When anxiety and fear grabbed her tongue and dried her mouth, Yue Wan panicked more. She had been here before, that feeling made her shiver in fear. She thought that after rebirth, her heart was stronger to face her past battle scars. But now, all she could feel was the fear that wanted to take over. Perhaps those fears were trying to protect her, yet the horror could only hold her back and stop her from talking any step out.

'Knock...Knock.' the knocking brings her back before she got lost in reverie.

Sliding down the car window, Yue Wan gazed at Mr. Ye Xian. Trying hard to tamp down her anxiousness, she gulped the air repeatedly.

"What is it, Mr. Ye?" Yue Wan's face showed a blooming smile.

Mr. Ye Xian ached to see her pretending that everything is alright.

'What happened? She was alright before we arrived' Curiosity flashed in his eyes, wanting to know everything about her.

Xiao Hua wanted to bring joy for her and fill those eyes with happiness. Because those eyes showed him how to appreciate the beauty in a cruel world...However, the glow in those eyes was gone, dimmed because of the reason he wanted to know himself.