Chapter 1588: How Much

As she opened her eyes, Gao Zhe was also looking at her, their breaths mingling in an intimate and delicate friction. At such close distance, staring a little longer could lead to blurred vision.

Gao Zhe tentatively kissed her, and she didn’t resist, soon deepening the kiss.

Lu Zhenzhen sniffled, almost about to cry. There was a whimper in her voice, and just as Gao Zhe moved away from her lips, that whimper escaped her mouth. His hands paused on her face, then as an act of soothing, his fingers gently and skillfully caressed behind her ear, with reassurance in the gesture.

She felt embarrassed, hooking his neck to pull him down, biting sharply at the corner of his mouth.

Gao Zhe didn’t move, letting her bite him. Once she was done, he pinched her chin, found the spot to kiss her, the taste of blood on the corner of his mouth blending entirely into their kiss.

Soon, Lu Zhenzhen found the clothes bothersome, wanting nothing to cover her up. She tugged at his clothes, and he did the same to hers, as if in a competitive tug-of-war.

When they laid in bed, Lu Zhenzhen began to cry softly.

Gao Zhe turned off the curtains and the lights.

He held his girl, kissing away each of her tears. With every sob, his heart ached a little more.

Until she stopped crying, he asked in a low voice, “How much?”

“Hm?”

“For sleeping with me, how much are you planning to pay?”

Lu Zhenzhen took a deep breath, “Gao, are you being unreasonable?”

“Yes, I’m unreasonable, and you’re not much better. How much did you pay last time you slept with me? Let’s make it the same this time, okay?”

“I was just… hiring…”

Mid-sentence, she bit her lip, turned her head with a snort, feeling tingling on her lips. Even breathing felt constricted. Why was this man’s body so hot, like he had a fever? She lifted the blanket a little, the earlier impulse extinguished by his couple of sentences.

“Yes, hiring. How much did you pay last time you hired me? Make it the same this time, alright?”

Lu Zhenzhen’s lips trembled, feeling more and more drained. After being in his arms for a long time, she felt like she had been fed a paralyzing drug, too limp to even push him away. But she was proud, biting her lip hard and then kicking his knee.

“Get out, I’ll call someone else in myself.”

Gao Zhe lifted his head, looking down from a position of height, but there was a vulnerable expression in his eyes and brows.

Lu Zhenzhen was amused by his expression, stubbornly retorting, “Anyway, being hired isn’t anything clean, sleeping with you makes me sick, better find someone who makes me happy!”

Gao Zhe’s face darkened for a moment, then slowly reached for her waist, “Zhenzhen, you can’t wait.”

“…”

“Neither can I,” he lowered his head, his chin and lips resting on her shoulder, his voice murmuring low like an enchanting spell, “I can’t take it, I’m really uncomfortable right now.”

“Gao Zhe!”

“You can’t just tease me and not take responsibility.”

“Gao Zhe!”

“Those clothes by the door, my clothes, you were the one who took them off. They’re unwearable now.”

“Gao, I’m telling you to get out…”

He leaned down to kiss her, but she turned her head away, tears welling up in her eyes, ready to fall with a blink. She took a deep breath, insisting stubbornly against him, deliberately provoking, “I woke up next to another man this morning.”

“I know, I saw.”

“Then what are you doing now?”

“I’m not making a scene,” he said softly, “I wouldn’t dare cause a scene. Ji Yanzhi has a fiancée, he won’t touch you, and you wouldn’t either.”

Lu Zhenzhen laughed sarcastically, “Do you have that much faith in me?”