Skin to skin, her wrist was warm and slightly sweaty, the slightly slippery sensation was clearly felt, but there was no discomfort at all.
On the contrary, it felt warm and cozy.
Zi Xi stopped in her tracks but did not immediately break free. She simply turned her head slightly and looked at him with a questioning gaze.
Pei Mozhi could feel her pulse beating rapidly in his palm.
He looked into her eyes, and those eyes were filled with his image.
"I've already called you Xixi, isn't it too formal for you to call me by my full name?"
"And...why has Xixi suddenly become so busy? So busy that she doesn't have any time to spend with me?"
He tightened his grip slightly, his voice lowered, carrying a hint of tension and barely perceptible grievance.
Zi Xi looked at him with a hint of confusion in her eyes, and gently tried to pull her wrist away, but Pei Mozhi did not let go.
"Is Mr. Pei very free?"
She frowned slightly, as if pondering a simple question.
Is the Pei family about to go bankrupt? That's why Pei Mozhi is so free.
These words were like a precise slap across Pei Mozhi's face.
idle?
He controls a vast business empire, with hundreds of millions flowing in and out of accounts every minute. His time is accurate to the second and is priceless.
She said he was very free?
He still has several international conferences to attend!
But he just didn't want to leave Zhao Zixi, and he wanted to see Zhao Zixi all the time.
Pei Mozhi unconsciously tightened his grip on her wrist. Just a second before he was about to explode, he met her clear and honest eyes, and all the harsh words he had prepared stuck in his throat.
Pei Mozhi's Adam's apple bobbed as he forcibly suppressed his surging anger.
A sense of panic arose, a feeling of being excluded from her world, of not being needed.
Is she really planning to get a divorce in a year?!
"I'm not free at all."
"I'm interested in you, so I'll stay with you all the time until my interest fades."
He stared at her, almost gritting his teeth, and uttered a sentence that even he himself found utterly absurd.
The air seemed to freeze instantly; the music lingering in the dance studio and the laughter coming from the dressing room all seemed to have faded away.
"You... want to... fulfill marital obligations with me?"
Zi Xi was clearly stunned. A ripple finally appeared in her calm eyes, a mixture of pure surprise and bewilderment, as if she couldn't understand the simple sentence.
She looked at Pei Mozhi as if it were the first time she had truly seen him for who he was.
A crack appeared in the usual cold arrogance that suggested he was in complete control.
What does she mean by that? He's talking about hobbies and interests!
He never thought about doing anything with Zhao Zixi. He was a germaphobe and not the kind of person who was driven by lust!
Zi Xi loosened her grip on his wrist, but Pei Mozhi jerked his hand back as if he had been burned, his fingertips still feeling the warm, smooth touch of her skin.
He looked away, his jawline as hard as a rock, his whole body incredibly stiff.
"I mean!!! The kind of interest I have in you that's extremely strong and passionate about you!!"
Pei Mozhi tried to hide his inner turmoil and embarrassment by offering an explanation.
“Our contract states that we cannot fall in love with each other, so don’t break the rules.”
Zi Xi's words made Pei Mozhi cover his face with his hands.
Are you just replying randomly after I've read your message?!
Pei Mozhi scratched his hair in frustration.
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