Chapter 16: Domineering CEO’s Fierce Love

The next day, Xia Lingyu woke up groggily, feeling a bit dizzy and thoroughly uncomfortable. It must have been the incense she’d burned too much of the night before.

She shifted and realized something was wrong. When she opened her eyes, she found that her hands and feet were tied.

Her whole body was splayed on the bed in a giant “X” shape.

Xia Lingyu’s chest tightened. She instinctively turned her head and saw Xiao Luo, fully dressed, sitting at the edge of the bed, looking at her with a barely suppressed smile.

“Miss Xia, how does it feel to be tied up?” Xiao Luo cast a mocking glance at her.

Xia Lingyu was speechless.

What a turn of the tables. The incense she’d used yesterday had been so strong, she’d never expected to sleep so soundly and let Xiao Luo wake up first and tie her up.

After calming herself down a bit, she whispered an apology, “I’m sorry.”

Although her jealousy yesterday had made her impulsive, she was indeed the one who had tied the person up first. It was only right that Xiao Luo was angry.

“Just saying sorry isn’t enough, you know.” Xiao Luo smiled faintly, a smile that made Xia Lingyu’s heart grow cold.

“Then… then what else do you want? You’ve already tied me up once.” Xia Lingyu lifted her delicate face, looking a little embarrassed, and said, “How about this: you untie me now, and you can tie me up again tonight?”

“You wish.” Xiao Luo snorted coldly.

A feather suddenly appeared in her hand. It looked large, fluffy, and quite beautiful.

But the sight of it made Xia Lingyu’s body shudder involuntarily, and an uncomfortable restlessness washed over her entire being.

“What are you doing?!”

Xiao Luo gave her a malicious grin and aimed the feather at the sole of her foot, giving it a gentle scrape. “Boss, let me serve you now. It’s very comfortable, don’t worry.”

Xia Lingyu’s delicate face flushed a deep red. She instantly reverted to her arrogant, villainous ways. “Xiao Luo, don’t you dare… Ah! Xiao Luo, you just wait! This Miss won’t let you get away with this—Ah!”

Though she gritted her teeth, her body’s reaction forced laughter out of her. Her gasps became heavier and heavier, as if she might pass out at any moment.

“Xiao Luo, I can’t take it anymore… Ah… Please, let me go… I won’t… I’ll never tie you up again,” Xia Lingyu was forced to beg for mercy.

After playing for over ten minutes, Xiao Luo grew tired and tossed the feather aside.

She then glanced at Xia Lingyu. The Eldest Miss was there with red-rimmed eyes, staring blankly at the ceiling. Her expression, caught between wanting to live and wanting to die, looked as if she’d been utterly ravaged.

So tragic, so pitiful.

Xiao Luo silently commented in her heart.

Not daring to go any further, she slowly began to untie the Eldest Miss.

Xia Lingyu’s eyes flickered. She murmured, “Xiao Luo, just you wait…”

She would not let her off.

Xiao Luo scoffed, “The powerful can do whatever they want, but the common people can’t even light a lamp. I’ve only tied you up this once. Can’t you handle it, Xia Lingyu?”

This Eldest Miss had tied her up twice, after all.

The moment the ropes were off, she was once again pinned down by Xia Lingyu.

Xia Lingyu stared down at her with cold, hooded eyes, but Xiao Luo wasn’t afraid. She even reached out a hand and wiped the corners of Xia Lingyu’s reddened eyes.

“Oh my, Miss Xia actually cried.”

Xia Lingyu’s ears also flushed red with anger. She grabbed Xiao Luo’s hand and whispered, “Xiao Luo, if you treat me like this, the consequences will be disastrous.”

Xiao Luo met her gaze and shook her head. “I don’t believe you.”

She arched her chest up, wrapping one arm around Xia Lingyu’s neck and pulling the distance between them close.

Xia Lingyu yielded to her movement. She could feel herself pressing against the softness of Xiao Luo’s chest, but she didn’t dare move carelessly. Her breathing became increasingly erratic, her nostrils filled entirely with Xiao Luo’s scent.

She was completely oblivious to just how suggestive their intertwined position was at that moment.

Xiao Luo whispered in her ear, “Boss~ you can’t bear to treat me like that.” After saying this, Xiao Luo gently bit her earlobe, then quickly released it.

It felt as if something exploded with a boom inside Xia Lingyu’s brain. She stared at Xiao Luo in utter disbelief, the warm, moist sensation still lingering on her earlobe.

“You…” What was Xiao Luo doing? Was she flirting with her?

Xia Lingyu was teased into a dazed stupor by Xiao Luo, her heart felt like it was about to leap out of her chest.

Xiao Luo gazed at her with her alluring, peach-blossom eyes. The air seemed to crackle with electricity.

Xia Lingyu looked at those slightly parted red lips and couldn’t help but slowly lean closer, slowly…

Suddenly, a slender hand covered her mouth. She looked blankly at Xiao Luo, only to see Xiao Luo give her a faint smile: “Xia Lingyu, did you not brush your teeth?”

The ambiguous atmosphere vanished with a “pop.”

Xiao Luo pushed Xia Lingyu away with one shove, shaking her slightly sore wrist and murmuring, “You squashed me. That hurt.”

It took Xia Lingyu great effort to fully regain her senses. She felt as if Xiao Luo had been toying with her, which made her a little angry, but she was completely helpless.

She turned and sat at the head of the bed, grabbing at her messy hair.

Had that fox spirit, Xiao Luo, just been seducing her? She really couldn’t resist the temptation of a fox spirit; she couldn’t help wanting to pounce…

As her thoughts were running wild, her cell phone rang. It was her assistant.

Xia Lingyu knew it was probably because she hadn’t shown up for work that morning, so her assistant was calling to ask what was wrong.

She answered the call and said, “I’m taking a half-day off this morning. If there’s nothing particularly urgent, you don’t need to report it to me.”

After hanging up, she got up, got dressed, and then turned back to Xiao Luo and said, “Let’s go. I’ll take you back.”

Xiao Luo sat in the passenger seat and pulled on the seatbelt, only to find it was stuck and wouldn’t budge.

“Let me.” Xia Lingyu leaned over and carefully guided the seatbelt with her hand.

Their bodies were once again very close. Xia Lingyu held her breath, afraid she might accidentally brush against Xiao Luo’s full chest again. After all, she had to drive soon, and she was afraid of being distracted while driving.

But the seatbelt seemed to be working against her, and at that moment, it just wouldn’t pull out.

Xiao Luo started teasing again: “Miss Xia, you wouldn’t be trying to take advantage of me again, would you?”

Xia Lingyu lifted her eyes and glared at her. “Who’s taking advantage of you? Can’t you see I’m trying to pull out the seatbelt?”

Just as she spoke, the seatbelt suddenly released. Xia Lingyu, losing her balance, fell backward and instinctively reached out to grab something.

Her palm landed on the one softness she least wanted to touch right now.

The sensation under her hand was magical, exactly as she had imagined—soft, and more than a single hand could grasp.

Xia Lingyu instantly turned to stone. Meeting Xiao Luo’s terrified eyes, she felt like a total pervert.

No, wait. She was already a pervert. She had a sickness!

Xia Lingyu once again had a deep, profound moment of self-realization. Then, she slowly retracted her hand, pretended nothing had happened, fastened Xiao Luo’s seatbelt for her, and started the car.

She stared straight ahead, driving with full concentration.

Xiao Luo was also looking out the window, smiling. She suddenly heard Xia Lingyu say, “Xiao Luo, actually… I’ll be breaking off my engagement with Si Nanyan very soon.”

“Oh.” Xiao Luo raised an eyebrow.

Xia Lingyu stole a glance at her and asked in a composed tone, “What do you think?”

Xiao Luo replied, “Not bad.”

The corner of Xia Lingyu’s mouth curved up slightly. Suddenly remembering something, she said quietly, “I’m sorry. I was too impulsive yesterday. That… giving you a massage last night was just to…”

Xiao Luo suddenly interrupted, “Miss Xia, last night was very comfortable. Let’s continue next time.”

Xia Lingyu’s face reddened at her words. She tried to continue explaining, “Actually, I…”

“No need to say more. In any case, I tied you up once today too. We’re even now.” Xiao Luo interrupted her again.

Last night, she knew everything. Xia Lingyu’s little tricks couldn’t really do anything to her; instead, they revealed Xia Lingyu’s feelings toward her.

When Xia Lingyu asked if she liked her, Xiao Luo had indeed been a bit lost.

Oh dear, how strange. How could she possibly have a good impression of a vicious supporting character? But after the test just now, she really didn’t seem to reject Xia Lingyu that much.

Should she test things out again later?

Since Xia Lingyu wasn’t working this morning, she planned to treat Xiao Luo to a meal.

She had booked a spot at a restaurant, but an unexpected woman came looking for them. It was Si Nanyan’s mother, Yu Chunxia.

Yu Chunxia had originally been Si Nanyan’s father’s secret mistress. After the legitimate wife’s son died, she naturally leveraged her own son to rise to her current position.