Seeing Lu Lijun, Jiang Yuyan gulped and thought, 'Why is he out now?' Does he know I went to Lian and what happened to her? Does he have sensors fit in his brain to know where I go?''
"What are you doing out?" Jiang Yuyan asked casually.
But he looked serious and asked, "Where did you go?"
Jiang Yuyan felt relieved to think he didn't know anything. "Went to Lian's room."
"Why? Is she not well?"
"I had something to talk about with her. She just returned so I went to see her….."
"Couldn't you wait till morning?" he asked and stood facing her while staring into her eyes.
Jiang Yuyan who was already worried for Lu Lian and scared about not letting Lu Lijun know about any of it, felt her heart sinking deep down with the fear of it.
"It...was..important…."
"I left you alone so you could sleep peacefully but you preferred to wander around. Should we sleep together so you won't go here and there?"
"What?..No...Don't you even think about it," she glared at him.
"I don't believe in only thinking," he countered and asked, "Would you like to sleep in my room instead?"
"I will go to my room," she said annoyingly behind her gritted teeth and stepped to go to her room.
"I am fine with your room too." Saying, he held Jiang Yuyan's hand and took her to her own room while she couldn't stop him.
Once they reached inside the room and the door was closed behind them, Jiang Yuyan spoke. "I will sleep quietly. You can leave."
Lu Lijun stopped only when they reached the bed and turned to look at her. "Will you get in bed on your own or should I..."
Even before he could finish his line, Jiang Yuyan got into the bed, "Now you can leave."
Lu Lijun lifted the quilt to cover and said, "I gave you a chance to be without me, but you lost it," and climbed the bed as he pulled the same quilt for both of them.
Jiang Yuyan, who was on her side of the bed, Immediately shifted away to not get inside that quilt.
"You… You just need a reason to come here, don't you?" she asked, feeling trapped by this crafty man.
Lu Lijun held her hand and pulled her towards him as he smiled wickedly, looking in her eyes, "You got me, wifey."
'Shameless!' She pushed him away, "Get out of my bed," and tried to get out too but Lu Lijun held her back and pulled her down in bed to sleep with him as he back hugged her by surrounding his hand to her stomach and her head rested on his arm.
Jiang Yuyan was left shocked as she felt the warmth of his chest on her back and his breathing on the back of her neck. "You should not do this Lu Lijun."
"I haven't done anything yet," he said.
"You are forcefully sleeping in my bed."
"I am, but rightfully," he said and moved closer to her ear as he spoke in his low and hoarse voice, "I plan to sleep quietly but if you won't listen, I won't be quiet anymore."
With these words, Jiang Yuyan felt her heart losing its normal pace. She screamed loudly in her mind as she anxiously chewed her lower lip with her teeth and thought. 'Ahh, what should I do with this kid…' The next moment she remembered what Lu Lijun said about the word 'kid' and she frowned inside. 'Not a kid anymore.'
"If you are done cursing me, close your eyes and sleep," Lu Lijun said as he continued to back hug her and closed his eyes.
Jiang Yuyan couldn't close her eyes. How could she when one man was sleeping with her in her bed when she didn't want it? She was not used to it and more than that, it was not accepted. Lu Lijun was not that kid but an adult now.
"Lu Lijun," Jiang Yuyan called softly, willing to talk with him nicely so he would understand.
"Hmm?" he responded, still his eyes closed.
"It's wrong for you to be here. Days are different from how they were in the past."
"How?" He asked casually, in a mood to sleep nicely while hugging his wife.
"You are grown up now and it's...not good… we can't..." She struggled for the words.
Instead of letting her go, Lu Lijun shifted even closer and closed the little gap that had left between their bodies. "What is not good?" he asked, his voice seductive to her ears.
She held his arm that surrounded her stomach tightly to stop him. "It's not good to sleep like this together. What you think it's not possible."
"Don't worry, I don't plan to do anything when you don't want it."
"I would never want it…."
"Or are you scared of yourself?" he interrupted her. "Are you scared that you will give in to me?"
"I…." she closed her mouth just as she opened to talk and exhaled deeply. She understood there was no use in making him understand and he will only trap her in his twisted words. "Can you shift a bit away?"
"No," came the straight denial from the stubborn guy. "It's getting chilly and you seem cold."
"I am fine...."
"But I am not," he interrupted and warned, "Now sleep or I have other ways to make you feel not so cold…."
"Good night!" Jiang Yuyan immediately interrupted him and closed her eyes.
Though her eyes were closed, her mind was anxious and she didn't feel like sleeping.
Just then she heard a sleepy voice of Lu Lijun, "I won't do anything." His hand moved to search for hers and he tangled his pinky finger with hers, "Promise."
It reminded Jiang Yuyan of the moments from the past and it tugged at her heart.
She heard Lu Lijun again, "I just want to sleep." His voice held the pleading in it as if he had not slept for many nights.
Jiang Yuyan stopped disturbing him and let him sleep. In just a moment he fell asleep as Jiang Yuyan could feel the steady and rhythmic breathing as he slept back hugging her.
'Did he not sleep at all?' she thought and closed her eyes, not having any other way.