Chapter 337 - The scavenger hunt 3

"Shishi, please tell me it's not that. You are just joking with me." 

"Quite." Wang Shi said, walking towards her. Honey jumped down from the tree and reached to get something from the backpack. 

She sprang up. "Is it on my head? Help."  She shouldn't have sat under the tree. Wasn't a tree bark a perfect breeding ground for insects? Squealing, she jumped on her feet, leaping straight into Wang Shi's arms. "Take it down. It will eat me up. Shishi..... shrug it off!" gasping for air, she felt him dusting on her hair, her shoulder. Her hand clasped tightly around his waist. "Is it gone?"

"Easy." he turned her and dusted her back. "I'm looking for it--"

"IT WENT INSIDE MY CLOTHES?" Suyin couldn't stop the shriek that tore from her throat, unbuttoning her clothes, her feet prancing against the ground. "GET IT OUT! WHERE IS IT? GET THE FUC* OUT! SHISHI--"

His one hand slides against her abdomen, while the other holds the shirt close. "WHAT ARE YOU--" but he hauls her up, dragging her into the deep forest. She heard water crashing against the rocks, her eyes registered the mini waterfall.

The next moment, he jumped. Loud and splashy.

...

Fear, panic. At least it was that way for Suyin until she realized it was just shallow water, up to the waist. With his arm wrapped around her, he hauled her to the rock, keeping her covered under his c.h.e.s.t.

"Are you all right?" His warm breath tickled against her ear as he whispered. 

"L-Lizard."

"Don't move. Stay still. I'm checking." he pressed his lips to her ear, hands sliding under her shirt, grazing her b.a.r.e skin. Suyin's breath hitched, muscles tightened. 

For God's sake, he was just checking for a lizard. Why was she turning into a heap of liquid? Wasn't the water around enough.

Drenched, the barrier of clothes between them holds no meaning. "S-Shi--" She wondered if he could see the goosebumps rising on her flesh as clearly as her. Does he know what's happening to her body under his touch? Bet he knows.

Wang Shi doesn't glance at her body but holds her gaze as he slowly trails his fingers up the side of her b.r.e.a.s.t. "Not here. It probably is out," he said, withdrawing his hands. 

Suyin held his hands at her waist, as if asking him not to withdraw. He frowned, waiting for her next move. She shifted a higher in his arms, sliding his hand down to rest at the side of her h.i.p.s. He firmed his muscles. 

"This--You can't." It's the forbidden area. He remembers what happened last time when he touched her there. 

"You can. Check here too." She bit her lips, hiding the shiver that went down her spine. But the way her back arched, she's certain he noticed.

"It's not here. I'm sure." His words differ his body language as he lets out a low sound from his throat when her lips brushed at the crook of his neck which he tried to hide behind by a cough.

"But I'm not. Do it. Something is tickling me here." 

"Suyin--"

They heard a commotion coming from the forest. Sound of leaves scrunching under foot. 

"Is that Honey? Or other teams following--"

"Shhh---" with one arm holding her by the waist, he leads her to the waterfall. It was like a natural alcove built by the nature, curtained by the waterfall. He first checks the place for any hidden insect and then gently sets her down on his l.a.p. "Just stay here with me. Don't make any sound."

Fear advancing and she wiggled, almost in tears, her grasp tightening around his neck.

"Ok ok..... let me see."

He pitched closer, swaddling her legs on his l.a.p. Her eyelids scrunched as he lets his hands on her upper t.h.i.g.hs, drifting upward to feel around the h.i.p.s. She felt him pausing at her right hip, feeling something with fingers.

She too felt the bump, and something crawling inside. "Oh, God!" 

His one hand went to unbutton her shorts, while the other holding the creepy-crawly firmly in its place. A gasp escaped from her throat when his hand went under, his intoxicating touch boring inside her, tracing the hems of her panty. He clenched his hand in a fist around something and fling it outward.

"There," he said. Suyin's face retrieved from his embrace to see. A snake barely five-inch, wiggling. "Baby snake. Probably got under when we were in the water. Did it bit you?"

"I don't know."

"Check."

"No pain."

"Then it didn't." He flung it to the curtain of water, out. Then he grabs her knees and scoots her closer. "Shall we talk now?"

Suyin brings her face within inches of his, tracing the bleeding scratchy marks with the tip of her fingers. She must have done it in panic. But he never complained, neither stopped her. "Sorry."

"More than this, you owe me an explanation about something, don't you?" His voice was deeper and serious than a moment ago.

And as she sits on his l.a.p, his musky cinnamon fragrance was everywhere on her. Her entire body on heat. Slowly her fingers moved up to trace his jawline, to his cheeks, to his perfectly sculpted nose. 

"I'm talking to you."

Lost in the moment, her fingers stopped at his lips. She licked her lips, remembering the deliciousness whenever he kissed her. Gaah, she can't even remember when was the last he kissed her. But she does remember what type of kisser he was. A deep, passionate, and loving one. He knows how to give and take p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e.

"Suyin!" 

She jumped out of her thoughts when the man held her hand, shaking her awake. 

'Wait. What was I doing? Did I just lose control? I let myself be vulnerable in front of him? How couldn't I control my feelings?' her mind juggling.

"Answer me."

She blinked, "What?"

"What exactly changed that you didn't panic when I touched you down?"

Her throat bobbed. He knows. He knows everything. Stupid. Stupid. She herself led him to it. A chill broke over her skin. "I don't know what you are talking."

He rakes a hand through his hair, and sets her down from his l.a.p, a little rough, "There were many ways you could have answered that. 'Shishi, I want to talk about it, but can you give me some time?'  this could be one. 'Let's talk when we go home' sounds good too. And even 'I'm not comfortable talking about it' would've done. But instead, you choose this. As always."

"Shishi--"

Paying no heed to her voice, he walked to get out of there.

*****

"Listen to me once--"

Wang Shi jerked her hand away, walking faster. Leaving her behind. Her messed-up clothes ensured she won't be able to catch up.

"Dad! Are you okay? Where's mom?" Wang Shi looked over the shoulder. Honey followed his gaze, sighing in relief at seeing her walking from behind. "Everything's under control. We caught him. He's in Uncle Jin's custody." As she reached, Honey jumped to hug Suyin. Bagheera rubbed himself against her and Cleo sprawled at Wang Shi's feet, asking for a tummy rub, but got ignored.

"What happened here?" Suyin asked. Wherever she runs her eyes, military personal were scanning the area. Some even rushed to form a barrier around them.