For some reason, when he made that gesture, it gave her a sensuous feeling.
Her face flushed, her heart began to panic, and the back of her hand that he had licked felt scorchingly hot.
Lin Xinlan felt like she had been pricked by a needle and suddenly pulled her hand back, gripping it tightly with a slight frown between her brows.
"I just said that when you need me, I’ll continue to be the Young Madam of the Rong Family. However, I will never acknowledge that we are husband and wife!"
Rong Shaoze lifted his eyes, his enchanting thin lips curving into a slight smile.
"What do you mean you won’t acknowledge that we are husband and wife?"
"Rong Shaoze, you should be very clear that we are only married by contract, and our marriage doesn’t count. I’m just temporarily acting as a stand-in, and I could never be your wife for life. So, it’s better if we clarify everything from the start."
"Even if what you say is true, your current identity is indeed the Young Madam of the Rong Family, and you are my wife. Just take out our marriage certificate, and the whole world will recognize our legal marital status. So, it’s too late for you not to acknowledge that we are husband and wife."
Lin Xinlan had a strange feeling, thinking his words sounded unusual, for the former Rong Shaoze would never admit that they were a married couple.
She tried to control her impatient emotions and continued to speak calmly, "Yes, we are married, and it’s legal. But we both clearly know..."
"Clearly know that this marriage is not serious, that deep down, you never accepted me as your wife, and I never accepted you as my husband..."
"So what?" the man said indifferently, with a smile in his voice, "What if you don’t recognize it? Anyway, all I know is that right now, you are my wife. You are my wife, and you should sleep with me."
Lin Xinlan finally lost her patience. "After all this time, you simply haven’t understood what I mean..."
"What have you understood?" She wanted to see if he could truly understand.
Rong Shaoze looked at her with his bright eyes and said slowly, "I understand what you mean. You hope that we don’t take this marriage seriously. Unfortunately, you still have to sleep with me, from today on, every night with me."
"Why?!" Lin Xinlan asked sharply.
She was on the verge of going crazy. If he understood, why was he still demanding this of her?
"Because we are husband and wife," Rong Shaoze replied with a smile.
Lin Xinlan couldn’t help but curse inwardly.
This man was deliberately messing with her, and she had foolishly explained so much to him.
"Forget it, I can’t make it clear to you! I won’t talk to you anymore," she said, deciding to just leave. Anyway, she didn’t want to sleep with him anymore.
This devil. If she slept with him, she feared she would have nightmares.
Didn’t he know? The closer she was to him, the more she lived in hell, even just looking at him made her feel terrible, in pain.
Only when she was far away from him did she feel like she was living in paradise.
Lin Xinlan got up to leave, but Rong Shaoze caught her wrist with a tug, and she fell onto his lap.
His hand then swept around her waist, neither loose nor tight, but very secure.
"Let go of me!" Lin Xinlan struggled instinctively, pushing against his chest, her brows knitted in disgust.
Rong Shaoze remained unmoved, which made her struggle even more.