Flash Marriage to a Billionaire Husband: Lovely Wife for the Taking

Chapter 22: The Dominating yet Seductive Man

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Xia Yanxi’s eyes were still locked on to the bowl. She was not truly listening to what he had suggested. Hungry, she smacked her lips. Like being tortured, almost moaning, she said, “I made that for myself…”

Qiao Yanli lifted a few strands of noodle and held the chopsticks up in front of her.

The girl was famished, and to be honest, she did not care about anything else but to feed that hunger of hers. She leaned downward and let the man feed her the noodles. Some of the noodle ends smacked the corner of her lips with her slurp. After she had inhaled the mouthful of noodles that he had offered her, she extended her tongue slightly, licking the corner of her deliciously tainted lips, and then she swallowed.

Even though her action was clearly of habit, it made Qiao Yanli’s eyes focused on her, laser-like as he gazed at her every move.

“Is it… good?” he asked, voice suppressed.

“It’s good…” she replied, instinctively. Only then, she snapped back into reality and retreated.

Slightly aghast, the girl stared back.

How could he let her eat the food he had already eaten?

Yet, she allowed herself to eat the noodles he had given her…

The two, even though briefly, could taste each other’s saliva. It was an indirect…

Her chest tightened and another feeling presented itself. It was something she could not put a finger on. She thought that, after the ordeal, he would not want to continue feasting on the bowl of noodles, but lo and behold, he lowered his head, picked up the piping hot noodles from the bowl, and ate with relish.

Compared to his nonchalance, the girl was stunned, not knowing what to do next.

She wanted no more than to keep her distance from the man, yet…

“Qiao Yanli, I-I-I’m going to sleep now!”

Qiao Yanli heard her stammering and placed the pair of chopsticks down on the resting plate. His eyes, sharp and deadly, turned to her.

“That’s not right, is it?”

Xia Yanxi clicked her tongue.

“Yanli, I’m going to sleep.”

Qiao Yanli shot to his feet and paced toward her. His hands, albeit large and boney, held her chin gently. A smile arched from the corner of his lips.

“Mrs Qiao, are you suggesting something?”

With quick reflexes, she smacked his hand away and moved two steps backward.

“Qiao Yanli, if you’re going to continue on like this, I will find it impossible to go through with this marriage!”

‘He is truly dangerous!’

To be honest, this was only their second encounter and the two were either at each other’s throat or otherwise… One could never make a clear distinction…

Qiao Yanli remained where he was. The girl was cautious and defensive of him. It did not matter. They were going to be wedded tomorrow. His dull, drab life would surely be brightened up with the presence of this sensitive and interesting girl!

“As you wish. Tonight, you shall rest in the master bedroom. I shall take the guest room,” he said. His eyes then traced from her eyes down to her legs. Her heart skipped a beat as it tightened.

Xia Yanxi sighed helplessly. How could she feel so exposed, so nervous with just a glance from him?

Having calmed herself down, her eyes were now relaxed. She hooked her hair that was hanging from her forehead and tucked it behind her ears. Determined and in a decisive tone, she said, “I’ll take the guest room instead.”

Just then, she could feel the atmosphere change. It was as if the room temperature had dropped by several degrees.

The man’s expression changed to an ice cold one, and she bit her own lips in response.

“You are going to be Mrs Qiao by tomorrow. As such, I will only provide you with the best there is. Go and rest,” he declared. His voice was low, decisive and absolute.

***

Xia Yanxi rested on the bed, her face tucked in between pillows. The single bed was clean, neat, and smelled just like him.

Thinking back to everything that had taken place today, it all felt like a dream.

Such an elegant and refined gentleman, was he really just an assistant?

She chuckled at the thought.

She had always heard about dominating CEOs and now, with evidence, there was an assistant CEO that behaved just as domineeringly! He was attractive at that.

However, be that as it may, the marriage would only be a formal agreement. An orchestrated ploy for the benefit of the two. She had to remind herself that that was reality. She could not let herself stray from that fact!

If a man she had been together with for five years could betray her without batting an eye, how could she trust another in such a short period of time?

Alone… She, alone, had to take control of her life!