The air was quiet for a moment.
There was a faint rustling sound.
A moment later, Wen Jin stretched out his long arm and pulled her into his embrace.
Her lower back pressed against his chest. That burning heat instantly soothed all her anxiety.
Jiang Wan couldn’t help but turn around, facing him, gently wrapping her arms around his waist.
Drawing warmth and comfort from him.
He wasn’t wearing a shirt. His body was unexpectedly firm, with the faint scent of pine lingering at her nose.
It was a calming fragrance.
Before long, she noticed a hard object pressing against her abdomen.
Her body stiffened.
“Sorry.” Wen Jin’s voice was even hoarser in the darkness. “I didn’t know… even when you’re clothed, I’d still feel aroused.”
Jiang Wan: “……”
“You can be aroused by me too,” Wen Jin thought for a moment before telling her. “Otherwise it wouldn’t be fair to you.”
Jiang Wan: “……”
Who would want that kind of fairness!
“Your previous… housekeepers, were they all scared away by you like this?” Jiang Wan couldn’t help shifting a little further away, putting more distance between herself and that hard thing, before asking, “Did you get aroused by them too? Did you also see them naked?”
“No.” Wen Jin’s arm was still around her waist. When she suddenly pulled away, his hand slid from her lower back to her waist and abdomen, his palm burning hot. “Never seen them.”
A tingling numbness spread down Jiang Wan’s spine.
Her whole body grew hot, her breath heavier. She wanted to turn away, but Wen Jin’s hand kept her held in place.
Her thoughts were a mess when above her head came the man’s low, husky voice—deep, magnetic, brushing against her ear, so hot it made them go numb.
“You’re the first.”
“The first woman to arouse me.”
“……” Jiang Wan pressed her hand against his chest, her ears flushed red, her fingertips and voice trembling. “Stop talking.”
“You’re the one who asked,” Wen Jin replied.
Jiang Wan’s blood boiled under his warm breath, sweat beading at her neck, her head spinning from the heat. “If I want to hug you… does that count as being aroused?”
“Being aroused refers to the desire and urge for intimacy, brought on by hormones and external or internal stimulation,” Wen Jin’s husky voice explained.
In her ears, it sounded unexpectedly sexy.
Jiang Wan’s mind was foggy; she couldn’t even tell whether she was or wasn’t.
Then she heard Wen Jin’s voice again.
“Do you want to have s3x with me?”
Her face flushed completely red. “No!”
She struggled. “Let go, I don’t want you hugging me anymore.”
Wen Jin released her, and Jiang Wan hurriedly pulled away, wrapping herself in the blanket and burying her face in the pillow.
The air was quiet for only a moment.
Then Wen Jin’s voice came from behind her.
“Just now, you hugged me.”
“Now it’s my turn to hug you.”
Jiang Wan: “……”
Before she could respond, Wen Jin scooped her fully into his arms. Unlike before, when he only loosely held her, this time he embraced her entirely, nose pressed to her shoulder and neck.
Their skin touched.
Jiang Wan trembled from the heat radiating off him.
At her ear, his low, husky voice fell, sending tingles crawling across her skin.
“Even though I’m aroused by you, I won’t force you into anything.”
Jiang Wan opened her mouth, just about to speak, when he continued:
“I’ll wait until you desire me—then we’ll be together.”
Jiang Wan: “……”