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.

gulps, the fire burning in him had somewhat receded. However, those wicked thoughts still

He sighed.

shower, 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 left the

her forehead and she

was exactly

though he was not in the same bed as her, just knowing he was home made her feel safe.

He tossed and turned but was unable to sleep. His mind was filled with images of Sang Yu. Several times,

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

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

not find it in herself to be

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

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

only just finished her classes when she received his message. She replied: Okay.

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

lips curled up into a smile as she sent back: You’ve

just left her that he

 The next time

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

to behave from now on.

then, his coworker arrived so he quickly messaged her:

answered with: Take good

Yu got an “okay” in reply and kept her phone away. She did not have any classes in the afternoon. However, she had to go to an internship interview at a company. The rest of the day passed in a blur as she prepared herself for the

cold water from the fridge, she sat down at the table and opened

Shen Peichuan sending her a message: Have

the happy grin that spread across her face. She replied: I’m eating