They sit in silence in the car, where romance was just spreading in the air yet no longer existing. Lily
freezes when she notices the redness on Rex’s face due to her slap is getting clear.
“Did slapping my face make you less angry?” Rex breaks the silence, smiling, yet with a gloomy
expression.
Not a man dares to slap him before, not to mention a woman. She is the only one who has the nerve to
give him a slap on the face.
“You are the one who messed with me first.” Lily says with little confidence, trying to find a legitimate
excuse to get herself out of the trouble.
“Is this the solution to all your problems in the past five years?” Rex speaks in a slightly angry voice,
appearing to be a little upset about the slap. “What you have done to me, will have consequences.”
Before Lily has the chance to figure out what the consequences are, the man bends down and pulls her
toward him with fierceness and suddenly his lips are on hers. His breath smells like tobacco and his
teeth take over her tender lips violently. The kiss seems more of a punishment than a kiss.
It is the consequence of the slap, and her being disobedient.
“Rex, stop…” Lily kind of panics when his aggressive kiss comes to her.
However, Rex ignores her words and forcibly grabs her hands in the back with little efforts. He knows
her so well that he can easily arouse her, sexually.
Lily is released from his grip before she can hardly breathe, but still not able to move. She pouts her
red lip angrily, “Let go of me!”
Inside the car with the dusky light, his sorrowful eyes are full of tenderness, mixed with other emotions
that she doesn’t understand. Looking straight into his eyes is like looking into an abyss, as if those eyes
have a power of applying soft pressure on people.
She can feel clearly that he moves his hands along her shoulder, her back, then straight down to the
waist, caressing her gently.
There is a slight flush on her tender cheeks, making her look more charming and attractive although
her body still awkwardly stiffens.
How could this happen?
She doesn’t want this deep inside. But the fact is, she couldn’t resist.
Suddenly, she freezes, as his hands are moving under her skirt now…
“Ah!” she cries. Before she has the chance to resist, he takes his hands back.
After such a shock, Lily looks at him, astonished. However, he just smiles with a delight, “Lily, you have
feelings for me.”
The words make all the nerves in Lily’s body light up like a firework explosion, making her dizzy and
mortified. She knows too well the implications in his words and she’s so ashamed of herself.
She bends her head, still unwilling to admit it, “Are you happy that you force me? Perhaps physically I
have feelings for you, but deep inside I don’t.”
“Why could I turn you on if you don’t?” Rex tilts her head up toward his with his eyes full of mischief,
leaving her nowhere to hide.
The erotic words make her body feel burning hot and her face turns red immediately, “Shut up!”
“Or is it that any man can turn you on?” Rex says.
“No, it’s not like that…” Lily is close to tears. She hates the fact that she couldn’t hide her feelings for
him, “Please don’t say that again. It makes me feel like a slut.”
“What am I if you are a slut?” Rex says in a sad voice. “I never thought you are a slut. I am so happy to
know you like me. Lily, I want you, both physically and emotionally, since I saw you at the first glance. I
won’t do this against your will and I will never force you. You don’t need to feel unworthy in front of me.”
“You had my child. I didn’t even know at that time.” Rex repeats the sentence like a mad man. He
moves his hands to her waist and touches her C-section scar, going through various emotions at the
same time.
Thinking of her giving birth to their son Adair, his breath quivers and the fire of lust consumes him.
Lost in his gentle manner and the pleasant sensation, she tilts her head back to keep herself from
bursting into tears. Lily looks outside the window, and she sees the branches of trees and the starry
sky.
She is so sensitive that she can even feel the palm-print of his hands fondling her. Smiling bitterly, she
wonders that there’s nothing she can do to resist him. Running away is impossible, especially when
she is in love with him.
He caresses her belly scar that most men usually dislike and avoid with the gentlest force. His fingers
linger on her waist so long that it makes her desire more uncontrollable.
She lies to herself that she doesn’t want him to find their son. But deep inside of her, she looks forward
to a day when he could meet Adair, their kid and letting him know how good a person their son has
become with her taking care of him so many years.
Rex and Lily gasp for breath after the sex, then it sinks into silence for a while. The back of his shirt is
already soaking wet when he lets go of her.
Lily opens the car door and retreats from his laps, feeling a lack of strength that make her nearly fall.
Rex follows her as soon as she leaves the car. The air outside is fresher, giving them a clearer mind.
Lily takes a deep breath as if she falls into a water and just comes back to life.
“I will come back to City J next Monday.” he suddenly speaks.
Lily didn’t expect he would say that. She pauses for a moment, but soon understands what he meant.
She replies with a gloomy look, “Adair has to go to school.”
“It’s been five years since you left.”
“Since I’ve been away for five years, it won’t matter if I don’t go back.”
“I will handle the work injury case for you if you come back.” he says casually as if it is just a random
business for him.
Lily doesn’t think that way though. His words somehow are harsh to her ears. She frowns at him, “Can
you stop threatening me with these conditions?”
She says so because it doesn’t feel right. His threatening tone leaves her feeling disrespected and it
seems like she always plays a passive role in their relationship.
“I did want to reason with you but you didn’t listen to me at all.” he doesn’t feel good threatening her
either.
“Could you at least listen to me and show some respect?”
“If I listen to you, then what would happen?” he changes the position of standing, leaning against the
car’s window with a single hand. “Do you want to move to another city and hide from me one more
time?”
Lily is unable to respond because she does consider that possibility. She’ll have more time to think
about this problem if Rex leaves Britain. But now he is here, she has to make every decision in front of
him with nowhere to hide.
“One more thing, I can’t accept that you live with Ryan.”
“We have lived together for five years whatever you think…”
Hearing that, Rex interrupts her unpleasantly, “I didn’t know that before. But now I know and I can’t
bear it anymore.”
Lily is speechless again. He is always capable of speaking out of his jealousy and intentions with the
sincerest words. He is so straight forward that it’s tough for her to deal with her feelings for him with
ration and calmness.
It’s almost midnight, a chill wind is blowing. Lily seems to catch a cold and sneezes, “Ah-choo!”
Noticing her being unwell, Rex gets a thin coat from the car and then lifts his hands trying to put the
coat on her, while Lily flinches away from him as if it is a beast approaching her.
He sighs deeply, “Come over here. Put it on.”
Lily gives a reluctant look, “I’m good. My home is not far from here.”
“Put it on.” Rex insists.
“Adair is at home. I should go now.”
Then deafening silence spreads in the air again. Her rejection leaves him a bitter taste. He drops his
arms and no longer insists.
Lily looks at him with a hard feeling in her heart. She thought he would be uncompromising and tough
as usual, but now he seems to accept her refusal so easily that she hardly knows the man. Such a
change makes her feel like it’s her who did something wrong and said something wrong.
“Go home.” he compromises eventually.
Lily pauses for a split second, then turns to leave without looking back. When getting to the front door
of the apartment building, she glances back at the turning finding that he still stands beside his car,
watching her. His affection for her in his eyes is so perceptible that she could sense it even blocks
away.
She turns her head away and stops looking back, with her heart leaping when meeting his
gaze.
Then deafening silence spreads in the air again. Her rejection leaves him a bitter taste. He drops his
arms and no longer insists.
Lily looks at him with a hard feeling in her heart. She thought he would be uncompromising and tough
as usual, but now he seems to accept her refusal so easily that she hardly knows the man. Such a
change makes her feel like it's her who did something wrong and said something wrong.
“Go home.” he compromises eventually.
Lily pauses for a split second, then turns to leave without looking back. When getting to the front door
of the apartment building, she glances back at the turning finding that he still stands beside his car,
watching her. His affection for her in his eyes is so perceptible that she could sense it even blocks
away.
She turns her head away and stops looking back, with her heart leaping when meeting his
gaze.
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