Chapter 166 - Jealousy

Loud bass music beat through the speakers while a man clad in gym shorts did his push ups. His shirtless muscles gleamed as if piled and beads of sweat dropped down his face to the ground. The angular face and the eyes though showed the man's anger. Also in a corner lay a punching bag which had already been torn and was now in a mess in the corner.

This was the scene that Shi Ai came home to. One would think that such a sight was common to her but it wasn't. Ah Hai was a creature of habit who usually preferred to exercise outdoors though he had a high leven gymnasium built inside his home. So when she had heard the loud beats,she had been curious and followed the sound. Happy for this treat of watching her man,Shi Ai took her time to observe the line of his back and the muscles in his arm which bunched and shifted with every push up he made.

Feeling mischievous, Shi Ai tiptoed her way to her husband. The loud music and the padded floor helped cover her sound. Once she had reached her target,the moment Ah Hai went down,he felt a weight fall on his back. Shi Ai was lying on his back,her c.h.e.s.t against his n.a.k.e.d back and her legs against his calves. But Ah Hai gave no reaction and continued to do his exercise. To attract his attention,Shi Ai then placed small kisses on his shoulder blades with every upward movement. Finally after a hundred pushups, Shi Ai got a reaction and that was being thrown off his back as he continued to do his push ups with only one hand. Angry at being ignored for no reason and thrown off,Shi Ai naturally jumped back in his back and his time started to nip in his shoulders though the salty taste of his sweat made her soon give up. It was time to take out the big guns. Bringing her fingers up, Shi Ai then used her ultimate weapon,tickling Ah Hai,which caused him to lose his balance and fall. But instead of rolling over laughing and taking her into his arms as he would have done any other time, all Ah Hai did was turn off the music and pick up a towel to soak his sweat.

Something was wrong,Shi Ai realized this when Ah Hai went to pick up his phone and then leave the gym. He really was ignoring her. He wouldn't even let her see his face. This could mean only one thing-he was uncontrollably angry over something.  And it seemed that she was at the root of it.

Running,she blocked his wat asking directly,"Why are you angry?"

Ah Hai frowned at her,rather ferociously but then said nothing and tried to evade her by stepping around her. But Shi Ai was having none of it and once again stopped it.

"Snap!"The now wet towel in his hand fell to the floor with a loud noise and Ah Hai turned back marching to a small wooden table in the corner.  From there,he picked up a brown envelope and threw it at Shi Ai's feet before proceeding to once again ignore her as he started to do practice kick boxing with another punching bag.

Puzzled,Shi Ai picked up the envelope near her feet and the misleading pictures inside made her heart drop to her toes. Who did such a thing.  They were pictures from this afternoon when she and Knox had been in a car. But who dared to click pictures and then send them to Ah Hai? Was it really Shi Qinglan and had he made his move faster than expected? But first she needed to assure Ah Hai that these pictures were not what they seemed. The angles that the pictures were taken from looked as if her and Knox were kissing. Shaking her head,Shi Ai trued to stammer out an explanation over her erratically beating heart."This...this is not what looks like.."

A scathing look from Ah Hai almost made her pause in fright but he turned back to his kick boxing. His hits were so fierce that Shi Ai was pretty sure that this bag too would next be on the ground in a torn mess. And for the first time in her life,she was almost scared to approach him. Gathering her courage and repeating the mantra, "I have done nothing wrong.i have done nothing wrong." Shi AI approached her husband cautiously and tried to explain in a rush when she was nearer but at a safe distance,"This really is not what looks like. And I know this is the kind of reaction anyone who was guilty would have but.."

Before Shi Ai could complete her sentence,Ah Hai turned to her,picked her up and placed her in the weighing rods growling,"What nonsense ar eyou muttering about? Of course I know that these pictures are misleading and there is nothing between you and Knox."

"Well.." all the hot air that had been gathering inside Shi Ai at the thought that Ah Hai would have such a notion about her deflated out and she was confused.."But..but then why are you angry?"

Closing his eyes to pray for patience, Ah Hai explained, "I am angry at that bas**** Knox who purposely used this tangent to rile me up! He wants to use you to mess with me because I forced him to use you in this mission so he is testing my limits and challenging me to take over.Bloody bas****! I will kill him. But I will have to wait till the end to do that! And you? Did that jerk touch you anywhere with his filthy hands? Just remember which hand he used, and I will break it."

Shi AI felt relief course through her when she realized that he understood Knox's plan and was not doubting her. She jumped at the man with her legs around his waist and placed a tight kiss on his forehead before sighing in relief,"I thought you were doubting me!"

Shi AI touched her forehead to Ah Hai and rubbed their noses against each other,causing Ah Hai to close his eyes and just breathe her in even as his hands cradled her a** supporting her weight. 

He wanted to kiss his girl so he gave in to the urge and brought his lips close to hers. Just before their lips touched,a scene from his office flashed in his mind but was silenced immediately. Seeing her eyes closed as she waited for his kiss,Ah Hai gave a sharp bite on her lower lip causing her to yelp and hit him with a fist,"What was that for?"

"For not believing in me and thinking that I would doubt you.Silly girl."

A few minutes later,Shi Ai was on the ground and Ah Hai leaned over her as he thought her how to rightfully do pushups. He kissed her with every downward movement and teased her by going out of her reach the next. Shi AI lay smiling as her husband showed just how many push ups he could do before he had teased her enough to let go of his body and press her into the floor and they did another activity which generated a lot of sweat but was a lot more pleasurable.

The misleading pictures lay strewn on the side,their sender would never have expected this outcome of his hardwork.

Finally,the couple separated, breathing hard but still clinging to each other. Shi AI looked into her husband's eyes and assured in his love and trust,she wanted to blurt out her words of confession that she had been holding back in the past because of their age barrier and that she was unsure of his feelings. But before she could open her mouth,a loud ring pierced the room shattering the cozy atmosphere. Shi AI wanted to tell Ah Hai to ignore the call but before she could he had already left her to walk towards the ringing cell phone. With his heat gone,Shi Ai felt a shiver pass through her and getting up,she walked towards the shower room to freshen up. Just before she would have closed the door she heard Ah Hai answer the phone,"Yes,Mei?"

Closing the door slowly,Shi Ai had one thought in her mind,when did Miss Yang Mei become Mei? And why? Now,tasting the same vinegar that Ah Hai had a few moments back,Shi Ai dropped her idea of a shower and marched back into the gym to attack her husband. To attack meant naturally..to seduce..His mind should have no one but her..What Mei? Who Mei?"

Before Ah Hai could finish his conversation,he was pulled and pushed into the shower with his back to the wall and an aggressive wife attacking him ready to milk him dry. He needed more workout,she had decided.