Chapter 382 - Overbearing 'Idiot Lee'

Pressing her cherry like lips sweet together, Xia Ruo Lan raised her head to meet Ethan Lee's distant gaze.

"I can't feel my legs.."

In the dimly lit corner, Xia Ruo Lan's tear stricken face was barely visible as she muttered in a low voice. Yet, her big black eyes that were glistening with tears looked exceptionally bewitching in darkness.

Gazing down at the little woman clinging onto him like a tantrum throwing kid, Ethan Lee felt his heart throb. His throat ran dry.

He was freaking thirsty, and in need to water.

A lot of water!

'Shit!'

Jerking at the thought that had unknowingly crossed his already addled up mind, Ethan Lee muttered a silent curse. He was torn.

Alarmed by his silence that was shattering to her ears, Xia Ruo Lan loosened her grip on Ethan Lee's waist, and took a tentative step back.

Startled by Xia Ruo Lan's barely noticeable movements, the man snapped back from his stupor.

Glimpsing at the flustered Xia Ruo Lan who stood in silence, staring at her feet like a wronged child, Ethan Lee's raven eyes flickered faintly. Her whole being gave a strange sense of bleak emptiness that stirred him.

Without any traces of hesitation, Ethan Lee easily sweeped Xia Ruo Lan off the ground and into his arms. Stunned into taciturnity, she goggled at his now magnified face in disbelief before clasping her hands around his neck.

As the pair passed through the corridor that lead to her room, Xia Ruo Lan buried herself in Ethan Lee's chest like an ostrich with it's head buried deep inside the sand. Her messy face turned a deep red that was hidden from his view.

'I.. I have to calm myself down.. It's not.. Not right!', she thought inwardly.

Xia Ruo Lan felt an abrupt hotness spread all over her fair neck and face, making it unbearable for her to breathe. She had no idea if it was the alcohol, or their close proximity.

At a short distance from Xia Ruo Lan's hotel room, Ethan Lee felt his heart drum crazily against his chest, much to his perplexity. Gulping heavily, his Adam's apple bobbed up and down as he treaded forward.

Slowing down his pace, Ethan Lee could feel his legs turn almost as heavy as lead.

"Eth.. Ethan.."

With Ethan Lee's rising anxiety came Xia Ruo Lan's faltering voice distracting him. He looked down at once.

Unbeknownst to her own knowledge, Xia Ruo Lan's pink and supple lips latched onto Ethan Lee's cold and thin ones.

It was a kiss. A clumsy one. A quick, short yet electrifying graze in the name of a kiss.

The evanescent brush of their lips left Xia Ruo Lan's world swirling around, a mayhem of emotions running through her as she locked her unnerved gaze on him, his pale shocked face.

On the other hand, a stupefied Ethan Lee froze out of utmost shock and couldn't react on time, his pounding heart flying at a frightfully fast pace.

That light brush of their shivering lips sent cold shivers run through Ethan Lee's nerves, shivers that made his whole body tremble in excitement as well as apprehension.

'Ki.. Kiss?! Did I just.. Kiss my best friend's ex-girlfriend, again?!!'

'Fuck! I'm.. I'm the worst! How can I still claim to be in love with Sera, when I.."

'Uh! No.. It wasn't me, who kissed her, it was Ruo Lan.. She, she kissed me?! Why??!!'

'Is it because of Lucifer and Sera?! Is she emotionally effected by their relationship.. After seeing all that even I.. Couldn't bear..'

"Damn! Why is my love life so fucked up!!!'

Staring at Ethan Lee's petrified front, Xia Ruo Lan couldn't take it anymore and a soft sob escaped her small mouth. It was barely audible. Her eyes rimmed with tears, overflowing. Even her fingers around his neck clenched tightly, one of her dark burgundy painted nails almost digging through his flesh.

"Ruo Lan.. You, I.. We.. It's.."

Furrowing his eyebrows from the pinching pain, Ethan Lee spluttered. He was clearly at a loss for words.

"I.."

Still shaking, Xia Ruo Lan parted her pink lips to say something, distracting Ethan Lee. His dark gaze fixated on those enticing pink petals in daze.

"You're exhausted, and probably not in your senses right now.. Let's get inside first!"

The man's intransigent voice was heard interrupting Xia Ruo Lan who held back her words. There was no room for refusal.

In a wink, Ethan Lee was back to being the overbearing 'Idiot Lee' that Xia Ruo Lan was familiar with.

"Hmm.."

Biting her soft lips, Xia Ruo Lan nodded her head and mumbled. Her eyes that were clouded with tears gave rise to a twang in his chest.

'I know Xia Ruo Lan, she's.. She's hurt, and probably vulnerable than ever.. I haven't seen Xia Ruo Lan like this, not even when she broke up with Lucifer.. I wonder how things came to be like this!'

'What would've happened if I didn't stop her? I don't.. I don't dare imagine the consequences..'

When Xia Ruo Lan and Ethan Lee stepped foot inside the large suite room booked by Seraphina Lu, the air around them dense and scorching.

As intangible the feeling was, it intensified with each breath, each second they spent together.

Swaying slightly, Xia Ruo Lan sat down on the fluffy bed with Ethan Lee's help, her head throbbing. He gently poured water in a glass, and offered her.

"Drink this, you'll feel better.."

Their eyes met for a split second before turning away.

A klutz that she was, Xia Ruo Lan skillfully dropped the glass of water while extending her hand to recieve it from Ethan Lee.

*crash*

In just a blink of an eye, the glass in Xia Ruo Lan's hand smashed to smithereens. And the liquid spilled on her laps, the bed spread as well as the carpet.

Small shards of glass shot through Xia Ruo Lan's feet, and she winced in pain. Her straight brows

"Xia Ruo Lan! Are you okay..?"

Dashing towards her, Ethan Lee inquired in a frantic manner. His gaze darkened at what he saw.

The sole of her feet and ankle were flecked red. Her fair legs in contrast with the bright color of blood was especially eye-catching.

"Wait for me.. Let me get the first aid kit!"

The man zoomed into the bathroom with the speed of lightning, and came back running with a metal box. His otherwise cold was face colored with great concern for Xia Ruo Lan.