It was already late at night but Xia Meilin couldn't sleep at all. Without Little Melon around, she just felt so restless.
She went out of her room and decided to go to the kitchen since she started to become hungry. She opened the ref and saw a whole piece of cake in there... Oh how tempting it was to eat.
It was her favorite mocha cake. Would it be alright if she took a piece? Well... she was the Master's wife, it's her right to do anything she wanted, right?
She took out the cake and placed it on the table. She took a plate and a fork before she placed a slice of the delicious looking mocha cake on her plate.
After finishing a piece, she took another piece and ate it. She was enjoying the cake so much that she didn't realize someone entering the kitchen.
Lu Yifeng was surprised to see Xia Meilin awake at that time of the night, eating the cake he bought earlier. Although he bought the cake for her and Little Melon, he saw her stuffing her mouth with it like a squirrel.
He cleared his throat, "You shouldn't eat too much of it. It's not good for your health."
Xia Meilin was startled when she heard Lu Yifeng's voice. She turned and saw him standing by the kitchen's entrance.
He went in and poured a glass of water for her. "Here, you should drink a lot of water after you finish that."
He took the rest of the cake and placed it back in the ref.
"W-why are you still awake?" Xia Meilin asked nervously as she followed him with her eyes.
"Can't sleep." He simply said before he started to prepare a coffee for himself.
Xia Meilin noticed his bandaged left hand, "Your hand..."
It was fine earlier so why was it wounded now? "What happened?"
"An accident." He went and sat on the chair beside her after he prepared his coffee.
She stared at his hand for a while before she turned back to look at the half eaten slice of cake on her plate. Wasn't she planning to talk to him about what happened four years ago? The perfect opportunity for it has come. They were all alone and no one would interfere their chat, but... how should she start it?
Was she uncomfortable of his presence? Lu Yifeng thought. He was sadden by this but since he didn't want to suffocate her by his presence, he stood up.
When she saw that he was about to leave, Xia Meilin panicked. She quickly grabbed the edge of his shirt. "W-Wait!"
He paused and turned to her, he was a bit surprised when she stopped him. "Yes?"
She didn't know what to say at that moment but she didn't want him to go yet. She clenched his shirt tight, "Stay... Accompany me for a while..." That was the only thing she could come up with.
He blinked a few times. A miniscule smile appeared on his lips after seeing that she didn't want him to leave. He went back to his seat.
When he did, she let go of his shirt. They were both quiet and it was quite deafening for Xia Meilin. She needed to speak!
She took a deep breath before she finally opened her mouth as she faced him. "I... want to talk to you about something..."
Lu Yifeng, who was patiently sitting beside her finally turned to her. "Mm. You can ask me anything, I will honestly answer it.."
She pursed her lips as she stared at his calm face. She turned away, "It's about... what happened that night... I am so confused right now... From how you act, I can tell that you're a person who doesn't force himself to a woman so... that night... why me? Also... Why marry me?"
She was wrong... He was a man who would force himself to someone when he has set his eyes on that person... that was what he was like in his previous life. He forced himself to her and did things that made her hate him.
He looked at the cup of coffee that he was holding, "I entered the room and you seduced me that night."
She frowned when she heard his answer. "I never seduced you! I was drugged and brought to that place!"
He turned to her, "I didn't know that you were drugged. I thought you were a... whore that Lin Jinhao hired... but I was wrong. I found out the truth about it a few months ago that's why, I wanted to apologize for giving you a horrible experience."
He was... deceived by Lin Jinhao just like how she was deceived by his daughter, Lin Qingge... She never expected to hear something like that from him.
So what she thought earlier was really true... Though despite that, she continued to doubt him. What if he was actually lying? "I... I don't believe you. How can you prove that... what happened that night was... was...-"
"You know me." He interferred and faced her, looking straight in her eyes. "What benefit will I gain from lying to you? There are plenty of women that's more beautiful and attractive than you but I never touched them nor give them my time. That night, if I know that you were drugged, I could have brought you to the hospital. But that did not came in my mind. You were offered to me as a gift from Lin Jinhao. You took off your clothes in front of me and seduced me with that body." He grabbed her hand, "I thought that, you were playing with me by acting like a sleepy girl. You never pushed me away or told me to stop when I started touching you."
That was because the drug that was in her body was strong. Despite how her mind tried to resist, her body betrayed her, her mouth wouldn't say anything. The pleasure that night... the pleasure he gave, plus the drug in her body... it was driving her crazy. More... more... that was what her body wanted even if her mind was saying no.
He placed her hand on his chest. She could feel how fast his heart was beating, "Tell me, Meilin, why would I lie to you? Why would I receive the punishment that your grandparents gave if I was just playing around with you? I could have died because of their beatings and yet, I took that risk. I know that it was my mistake. I shouldn't have let my manly desires take control of me but, what can I do?
That night, you've taken my breath away."
Lu Yifeng was a man of few words but at that moment, the words keep on coming and coming out of his mouth. He wanted her to believe him and for that to happen, he needed to tell her the truth. "The reason why I left a cheque to you with my name on it was that I wanted you to look after me. I thought that you were a whore and that I was your first customer. I was willing to take responsibility for you if you have come to me. I waited and waited but you never approached me. Instead of doing that, I should have come to you. I never thought that you were drugged. I was the one who gave you such a horrible experience that's why... I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Meilin... I'm sorry for giving you that nightmare."
Her eyes started to become misty. This wasn't supposed to be the truth that she wanted to hear from him. He was staring straight at her and she could see that there was no sign of falsehood in his eyes.
How could she doubt a person who was staring at her with this kind of eyes? She didn't want to believe but his eyes were telling her to believe him.
"But... but..." She bursts out in tears. What could she say now? She was planning to continue to accuse him, her argument with him was already prepared, she was willing to get it all out from him.
It did happen but what now? She got the confession she wanted from him but... it was not the answer that she was expecting from him.
He touched her cheek and wiped her tears away with his thumb. The way she controlled her tears in front of everyone and even the way she lets her emotions flow through tears if she was hurt made her even more beautiful. Because of this, he wanted to protect her.
He pulled her in his arms and hugged her close. He could finally hug her without a heavy heart since she didn't push him away. She cried on his chest like a kid. The invisible walls that she built up around her were shattered just like that.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Lu Yifeng continued to apologize as he was hugging her close.
He was sorry... Sorry for giving her that experience, sorry for hurting her, sorry for not being able to be by her side in her hard times, especially when she gave birth to their son. He was sorry for the things he did to her in his previous life.
Who could have thought that the man who broke her would also be the man to fix her?
"I-I hate you... I hate you..." She started hitting his chest, "I hate you!"
He closed his eyes, accepting her punches. "I know."
Xia Meilin cried louder when she heard his answer and it made her stopped punching his chest. She raised her head and looked at him with her wet face, "W-why? Why are you like this?"
He touched her cheeks with both hands this time. He was wiping her tears dry but to no avail, it kept on flowing down.
"Please... please don't be kind to me... Why are you even like this to me?" How would she be able to continue to hate him if he kept on looking at her with a gentle look on his face? How could she hate him if he kept on being kind to her?
He leaned down to her level and placed his lips against hers. The move he made surprised her that it also made her tears stop.
Before she could push him away, Lu Yifeng pulled back, but their faces were still a few inches apart. "Why you say? It's because... I love you."
Lu Yifeng's words keep on repeating in her mind and it wasn't just that, the kiss he gave her kept on playing again and again in her mind which made her face instantly turn red.
"You can hate me all you want but... I will keep on loving you. Your hate will not stop me from loving you." In his previous life, these were the words that he kept on telling himself whenever Xia Meilin would look at him with eyes full of hate. These were the words that he told himself to comfort him... these were the words that he badly wanted to tell her.
"I forced you to marry me because I wanted to have you and my son. I wanted him to have a complete family but the majority of it is because I have fallen for you." Lu Yifeng said honestly.
"Y-You're crazy!" She hit him again on his chest and this time he flinched.
She felt her heart dropped when she saw his pained face. She forgot that his wounds were still healing! "I-I'm sorry... I... I-"
Lu Yifeng smiled when he saw her reaction. He closed in and kissed her on her forehead this time, "It's okay. Besides, I'm only crazy for you."
The smile on his face was mesmerizing. Even if it was a bit similar to Lu Xian Yu's smiling face, it was still different and it made her heart want to burst.
She stepped on his foot before she quickly turned away and escaped him by running out of the place. She couldn't handle the speed of her beating heart. She felt like it was going to jump out soon. Her face was burning and she felt like she was going to have a fever. She cannot tolerate being in the same room as that man!
Lu Yifeng didn't follow her. He allowed her to leave as the smile on his face remained. He was happy since he knew that their relationship would improve this time. That night was a huge step for their relationship to be fixed.
Just a little bit more... He could finally make her fall for him.
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