Chapter 37
His gaze fell intensely on her, but the next second, the young man restrained himself and lowered his eyes.
His eyes were dark, and his long, beautiful fingers ran through her soft hair. "Besides, I'm not really indulging in debauchery."
He has already been quite restrained.
Compared to the desires he truly wanted to indulge, he was nothing now.
The boy spoke in his usual tone, and his gaze was lowered. From Xia Qian's perspective, she couldn't see his eyes; she could only see the beauty mark under his eye.
I have a strange feeling of danger.
Xia Qian's gut feeling, like that of a small animal, reminded her that even though Hughes hadn't done anything, the premonition rising in her heart was growing stronger and stronger.
Xia Qian shifted her body, seemingly unsure of what she was about to do.
She sat on his lap, and no little movement escaped his notice.
"Should you struggle?"
Hughes tightened his grip on her waist, his warm breath washing over her face, tickling her like a light feather.
He just held her like that, making no other move, like an observer watching what she would do next.
It seemed as if he wouldn't object even if she wanted to struggle.
But will he?
Hughes is very domineering.
"Why does Xiaxia always resist and struggle so much when we're intimate?"
He held her close, as if he wanted her to be more obedient.
He held her like that, so she couldn't struggle anymore and could only sit obediently on his lap.
“Hughes…”
Xia Qian felt slightly embarrassed, but before she could finish her sentence, Hughes' voice had already drowned out hers, "Xia Xia, what's wrong with us like this?"
His voice remained low and deep, "Xiaxia clearly likes me too."
"I didn't..."
However, her voice was soft, and although she was denying it, her gentle voice sounded like an admission.
Xia Qian's cheeks turned bright red, more so than ever before. She instinctively wanted to open her mouth to deny it again.
But Hughes said at that moment, "So there's no need to pay attention to Elder Zuo's words. We like each other."
"What kind of indulgence is this?"
That's what he said, but his eyes were full of lust.
His gaze was fixed on her, like a ferocious beast about to open its blood-red maw and swallow its little prey whole.
“Hughes…”
“Good girl, that’s how couples are,” Hughes said in a deep voice. “Xiaxia taught me.”
"I didn't..."
Her face was really red. "When did I ever teach like that?"
"Only couples who like each other can be this intimate."
By the light shining down from the starship's ceiling, Xia Qian could clearly see Hughes's gaze rising. "We just like each other."
He cupped her face in his hands, and his eyes, which always seemed so imposing, softened inexplicably for a moment.
He approached her little by little, slowly and deliberately, gradually surrounding her, his presence filling the air.
She looked into his eyes, her mind blank, watching his handsome face get closer and closer, but he didn't rush to kiss her.
As if wanting more, he cupped her cheeks, making her look directly at him.
She looked directly into his eyes, at his desire that she craved even more than a kiss.
What is that?
Her mind seemed to have stopped working; all that remained in her brain was his name, "Hughes."
"The marking from last time isn't over yet," he whispered in her ear.
But what is the real mark?
What is a tag?
He never gave her a direct answer.
Xia Qian still doesn't know the meaning of the mark left by Hughes on her neck.
She was just thinking that when Hughes' fingers came up and caressed that spot, making Xia Qian tremble involuntarily.
"The marker will help you this time you go to the Royal Forest."
Xia Qian couldn't help but tremble. "What do you mean?"
His eyes darkened, as if to soothe the trembling girl in his arms. He held her close, his long fingers running through her hair.
He swept her hair back, completely exposing her long, fair neck to his eyes.
"The mark contains the aura of my divine blood, and the beasts in the forest will willingly submit to it."
Smelling his divine blood aura was like seeing Hughes himself.
"Divine blood will also protect you."
Xia Qian was somewhat bewildered; what Hughes said was completely different from her understanding of the world.
However, before she could react, the boy's lips brushed against her skin. Xia Qian could clearly feel his sharp teeth biting her bit by bit. The way he leaned on her shoulder was like a medieval vampire coming out to hunt.
"It will hurt a little," the boy said, his fingers stroking her slender neck, his brows slightly lowered. "But a complete mark will be useful to you."
Xia Qian's body trembled slightly, as if she was very scared.
But this cannot be avoided.
She's too delicate.
His kiss landed gently on her neck, a soft reassurance: "This is a small ceremony our family uses to mark the recognition of a partner."
"If you encounter danger, the divine blood within the mark will automatically form a protective barrier."
As Hughes spoke, Xia Qian's fingers unconsciously touched the spot on her neck. The mark was very small and almost invisible unless you looked closely.
But Hughes seemed to value this tiny thing very much.
When Yu Si and the King first saw her, they both noticed the mark on her body. Xiao Xiao was momentarily stunned by this...
“Only with a partner you’ve chosen,” Hughes said.
He seemed to read her mind, cupping her slightly dazed face and cupping the back of her head with one hand. He gazed at her slowly and deliberately, as if he were about to kiss her, yet he maintained a distance of only a few millimeters.
She wanted to look away in shame, "Hughes..."
"Xiaxia taught me this too."
"I didn't teach you that many things!"
“I taught him.” His voice was hoarse. “What is pursuing? Xiaxia said it’s about pursuing earnestly and giving your heart in order to win the heart of the girl you like.”
Xia Qian was taken aback.
“I’m pursuing Xiaxia,” Hughes said. “Complete marking requires sacrificing half of your divine power, and it will remain in your body forever.”
"With it, you can leap into the Imperial aristocracy, travel freely throughout the entire galaxy, and stand on equal footing with the Imperial high-ranking nobles."
He held her close, his thin lips silently drawing closer to hers, but Xia Qian was completely unaware. She could only hear Hughes's voice ringing clearly in her ears, "I can give Xia Xia any sincerity she desires."
"Whether it's power, status, money, or aristocratic titles."
He spoke slowly and deliberately in her ear, as if trying to tempt her to open Pandora's box. However, this devil seemed to have a trump card up his sleeve. He gently held her hand and led her to an even more tempting place.
He placed her small hand on his chest, his cold, thin lips pressed against her earlobe, "And my heart."
"Let me mark you completely, okay?"
This seemed like a difficult question to answer. Xia Qian's mind went blank, and she seemed to be in a daze. But Hughes whispered in her ear, "Xia Xia."
"Be good, look at me."
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