Chapter 21 - 21. 'I love you, so dearly'.....

He hadn't noticed those crumbs but he was not embarrassed because of that, scratch that, she had seen him in times where it was way more embarrassing but now was not the time to go through them!!

He was already on his limits and now out of nowhere she had decided to show him her ignorant sexy look...grrrr..what was with her today? Did she take some wrong medicines?

Her smooth voice brought him back from his internal struggle.

"It's okay, it was for you. Is it good?" she asked tilting her head.

As he looked at those soft plump lips, his throat felt itchy, he didn't hear what she said but she seemed to be asking if they were good and he gulped lightly and in a husky voice replied, "En"..' they must be really good!'

"I'm glad" she gave him her brightest smile of the day....]

Her smile reminded him of the red China roses he had planted here before these tulips, all it meant was 'I love you, so dearly'.....

They sat there for about 30 minutes and Qin ZiXuan kept peeking at her exposed legs and nibbled on the cake, though it was not that big, he was taking ant(?) bites to lengthen their time together.[Our family's Male lead has been abstinent for a long time, as his mother I feel so conflicted and sad.. check the Author's note..wuwu...]

Qin Meilin, ignorant of the world had again closed her eyes and was enjoying their leisure time together.

She remembered their time when they were kids and used to frolick here like butterflies, they never stopped to rest and were scolded many a time but they didn't have a care of the world.

It was the time she used to laugh a lot,..... yes, she knew.

She knew she had become abnormal after that incident but it was hard on her too, it was also a reason she thought she didn't 'deserve him'.

She didn't want to be like this but she couldn't control it and the one who could do something about this was also him....

She really loved her XuanXuan because no matter what she became he always stayed by her side, without asking for anything in return.

He was really her sun. He always gave her the warmth she needed without expecting anything in return.

Her smile deepened as she opened her eyes, he was already on his last bites.

"If you are done eating, we should go back?", she asked him.

"En...let's go"

He was done watch- *ahem* eating, so they shouldn't stay outside for a long time, she might catch a cold.

He gulped down the rest of the cake in a big bite, earning a light chuckle from her.

They both got up and walked towards the kitchen door, side by side.

The light breeze gently played with her hairs and some strands fell upon her face.

She slowly tucked them behind her ears, Qin ZiXuan who was beside her was, as always, mesmerized by her.

Something in his heart went wrong and before he knew it he had already embraced her.

He came to himself when he felt her stiffen up, it was not in the script but he didn't want to let her go, not now.

Through their clothes he could feel her heartbeats speeding up, 'she must be shocked.'

He took a deep breath and tightened his grip over her, "Linlin.."

"E-En?"

"Towards you--" he trailed off, his rationality came back, kicking his impulsive behaviour out.

'..haah, it's not the right time, patience Xuan, patience!', he scolded himself.

..........

When he had embraced her out of nowhere, she felt like her heart would jump out of her body and when he called her name she had stammered.

She was turning into a statue real fast but when she noticed his grip tightening she felt that something was wrong, it was not like his usual self.

She got worried and threw her panic to the back of her mind as she looked up from his embrace, "XuanXuan....."

Before she could continue, she saw him bend down a little, from her angle she saw everything in slow motion, his face came closer till there was no gap between them then he closed his beautiful eyes and in the next second he had kissed her on her cheeks.

Her eyes widened from shock she felt, her body experienced a tingling current and she turned into a statue.

"Xua-"

He gave her a bright smile cutting her off, "Linlin, today... you're really beautiful!"

"...eh?", she was flabbergasted.

He just chuckled at her blank face and repeated, "You're really beautiful,... as expected of my Linlin..hehe"

After he said that, he turned back like nothing happened and dragged her along him, without looking back.

............

His heart was pounding like mad.

He went and hugged her whenever he felt like it, he treated it like a compensation for the daily restraints he had put on with but kissing her was out of limits ba.

No matter how close they were, it was not proper; both of them being adults, it was not right, even if it was a kindergarten one, it was still not right........but today it changed.

Meilin was still dazed as she clutched her pounding heart, she felt like she was in a dream, she had kissed him yesterday but who are we kidding, right?

The genre is different when he does it!!

She was a part happy but majority was shock, a little part of her felt that it was a hallucination or maybe a dream.

A part of her thought like this, 'But even if it was a dream, she didn't want to wake up....'

Qin ZiXuan on the other hand was now grinning, he was shocked by what he did but easily got over it.

He was like 'there was nothing bad in pushing her a bit or else, she just won't budge...serves her right!!'

Just thinking about the turmoil he created inside her, made him smile.

[...do-S? Well, Meilin is definitely a do-M who likes to act as a 'S' every fortnight _(-_-)_/]

Watching the cold-beauty who had turned into a tomato and was harbouring a storm inside her eyes.....it seems he knew her the best after all.