The night was as cool as water, with a crescent moon hanging high in the sky. Its faint glow streamed into the room, and every now and then a warm breeze would sweep in, ruffling the curtains by the floor-to-ceiling windows.
Xia Ruohan sat restlessly on the edge of the bed, listening to the rushing sound of water in the bathroom, her heart pounding wildly.
Tonight, she and Jun Lin were going to sleep together.
The sound of water stopped abruptly. Xia Ruohan’s slender white fingers clenched the bedsheet tightly, and she felt as if she were sitting on pins and needles.
A moment later, the bathroom door slid open from the inside.
Xia Ruohan looked up, her beautiful eyes widening instantly. She pointed at him, stammering, “You, you, you…”
She couldn’t manage to form a complete sentence for a long time.
Jun Lin held a dry towel in his hand, drying his hair. Hearing her voice, he looked over at her.
“What’s wrong?”
His voice was magnetic and hoarse, sounding particularly sexy in the still of the night.
It wasn’t just his voice—it was his physique, too.
Although he was already thirty years old, Jun Lin looked every bit as young as twenty-five or twenty-six.
Xia Ruohan swallowed hard and said, “Why did you come out without any clothes on?”
Jun Lin walked toward her, still drying his hair.
“Do you think I have a voyeuristic streak?”
He was still wearing a towel—how could she say he wasn’t wearing any clothes?
Xia Ruohan silently took a step back and said, “No.”
Even if she did, she wouldn’t dare say it.
But Jun Lin looked so captivating like this!
Look at those collarbones, those defined abs, and those eight-pack abs!
He was practically tempting her to commit a crime!
Xia Ruohan was a total sucker for good looks. Even though this man had been her creditor until this afternoon, she couldn’t help but be drawn to his face.
Jun Lin noticed her reaction, a faint smile playing at the corners of his mouth. He tossed the towel aside, walked over to the wardrobe, and pulled out a set of pajamas.
Xia Ruohan quickly protested, “Don’t change in front of me!”
Jun Lin glanced sideways at her, his dark eyes as cool as the moon in the night sky.
Xia Ruohan shrank her neck, averting her gaze from him and turning her back to him.
“You’re not going to look?” Jun Lin asked.
Xia Ruohan: “I won’t.”
How could she resist? With a face that handsome, she’d gladly give up two years of her life just to touch it.
“Turn around.”
“I’m afraid I’ll get a sore eye…” She was still an innocent young woman who hadn’t seen much of the world; she couldn’t handle scenes involving nosebleeds.
Jun Lin’s lips twitched, but he paid her no mind. He took off his towel and changed into his pajamas.
“Time to sleep,” Jun Lin said.
Xia Ruohan heard the rustling sounds of him changing behind her and asked, “Are you done yet?”
“No. Are you still not going to turn around?”
Xia Ruohan could tell from the sounds that he was already dressed. She turned around and saw that he was wearing the same pajamas as her.
Hers were pink, while Jun Lin’s were black.
“I’m warning you, I really toss and turn a lot in my sleep. You’d better be prepared.” Xia Ruohan climbed into bed, pulled back the covers, and slipped inside. She grabbed a pillow and hugged it to her chest, burying herself in the blankets until only her beautiful eyes were visible as she looked at him.
Jun Lin shook his head helplessly and said, “I’m going to the study to take care of some things. You go ahead and sleep.”
“Huh?” Xia Ruohan looked taken aback. “Are you busy?”
It was already past nine o’clock. Was Jun Lin still working overtime?
“Mm.” Jun Lin replied casually, then turned off the main light in the room, leaving only the bedside lamp on.
Although Xia Ruohan wasn’t exactly a stranger to Jun Lin, she was only slightly more familiar with him than a complete stranger.
They had only reluctantly picked up their marriage certificate that afternoon, so Xia Ruohan wasn’t about to completely let down her guard and sleep with Jun Lin just yet.
Jun Lin could tell, so he was giving her time to adjust.
Like a frog in slowly heating water, everything would fall into place naturally in time; there was no need to rush.