Stealing Your Heart

Shen Peichuan nodded, adding, “I know. I’ll be back permanently after another month or so.”

The couple remained in their embrace a moment longer, basking in each other’s presence. After a while, Sang Yu murmured, “Let me go. I want to take a shower.”

He refused and bent down to kiss her. She quickly shied away, chastising him, “As punishment for what you said, you’re sleeping on the couch tonight.”

With that, she took her clothes and headed for the bathroom.

“Sang Yu…”

“Say anything more and you’ll have to sleep there two nights.”

He dogged her steps to the bathroom and tried to negotiate, “Can’t I do the punishment next month? I just got back and you’re forcing me to sleep on the couch?”

“No. Otherwise, you won’t remember and learn from your mistakes,” she answered firmly.

Isn’t it just too cruel to make me sleep on the couch when it was so difficult for me to come back?

“Sang Yu…”

“Three days.”

“Fine, fine. I’ll stop talking.” At this rate, he would have to stay away from the bed for four days. That was most definitely not worth it.

Shen Peichuan sat down on the bed and stared at the bathroom door. Unbidden images of Sang Yu taking off her clothing and showering swam through his mind. His breathing grew heavier. Realizing where his thoughts were heading, he shook his head vigorously to get rid of them.

If he continued with these perverted thoughts, he would not be able to sleep tonight.

Getting to his feet, he headed for the living room and took out a bottle of cold water.

receded. However,

He sighed.

Sang Yu climbed into bed. By the time he came out of the bathroom, she was already asleep. He stood by the bedside and stared at her. After a while, he

her forehead and

exactly why

her, just knowing

lucky. He tossed and turned but was unable to sleep. His mind was filled with images of Sang Yu. Several times, he got up to check in

the next two days, he did not make any request of wanting to sleep with

which was a fact that she knew. Every time she thought about it, she wanted to laugh. She found him rather silly but at the

could not find it in herself to

had to leave. She knew he did not have a choice as it was

destination, he immediately sent her a text: I’ve

when she received his message. She replied: Okay.

to pick him up. His head was bowed as he stared at his phone screen and messaged: I

she was stunned. Her lips curled up into a smile as she sent back: You’ve only just

because he had just left her that he

next time I go back, don’t force me to

she read that. She replied: We’ll see. It depends on your

himself to behave from now on. He did not want

quickly messaged

 Take good

However, she had to go to an internship interview at a company. The rest of the day passed in a blur as she prepared

Taking a bottle of cold water from the fridge, she sat down at the

was Shen Peichuan sending her a message: Have you eaten

that spread across her