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Lei Xing immediately froze and blankly stared at him, then she started blinking rapidly, opened her mouth, but ended up just sucking in a deep breath and closing it again.

{...L-l-l-lo-love, love?...＊〇□〇）...!...}

She was suddenly feeling short of breath, she lowered her eyes and gulped as she loosened her hold on his hand and then squeezed it again, loosened and squeezed...Her heart was beating furiously. She glanced up at him again and opened her mouth but no words were coming out. She had no words, the Emperor showed a wry smile, which completely baffled her. He then leaned over and kissed her, it was a short kiss and Lei Xing just blinked and held still.

The Emperor slightly raised his head and stroked her cheek as he said, "You don't have to say anything...you being here is enough." Lei Xing blinked and a showed a weak, but relieved smile.

{...You're really too nic-...}

Her thoughts were cut short when the Emperor took her lips again, this time it was a deep and passionate kiss as he drew her body closer to him and she closed her eyes let herself be swept into his arms. She raised her arms and circled in his neck and leaned closer on her own accord. She was not even aware when the Emperor got on his feet, pulling her along until they separated to catch their breath. The Emperor smiled down at her warmly and Lei Xing blinked up at him in a daze.

{...This - This can't be real...}

The Emperor kissed her again and her mind fell silent, she was momentarily startled when her feet were lifted off the ground, but she quickly became engrossed in the passion of the heated kiss. When he arrived next to the bed, he set her on her feet. Still kissing, he slipped her arms from his neck so he could slip the red robe off and gently lowered her down to the bed.

Distant alarm bells rang in her head as her back touched the bed and but they were quickly muffled as the heat intensified. She was kissed senseless again and then the Emperor trailed kisses to her ear and then nibbled on her earlobe for a bit. Lei Xing let out a small squeak when she felt his hand pushing the bottom of her gown, she was not wearing anything under because she felt that was the point of the entire dress-up.

She also just realized that her chest band had been removed somewhere between where they were sat and the bed. She was practically n.a.k.e.d now save for the very flimsy light silk dress, which seemed to be falling apart courtesy of his busy hands.

Lei Xing took a deep breath as the Emperor began trailing kisses down to her shoulder, collar bone and then lower, as the silk dress gave way with a light tug of his hand. She gasped and then took another deep breath as his mouth dove down to her chest. She was not going to run away...and honestly, she did not want to.

She fisted her hands on his shoulders, she did not know what to do but she felt she should do something. So she unfisted her shaky hands and tugged at the sides of his collar in an attempt to get his clothes off, but she apparently forgot they were tied at his waist. Luckily for her, the Emperor was in a very helpful mood and without lifting his head, he moved his hand from her legs and swiftly untied his robes and assisted her in shrugging them off.

He raised his head and went to kiss her lips again as he pulled off his pants without leaving her lips. Once that was done, he held her waist and sat her and pulled the dress over her shoulder, leaving them both completely n.a.k.e.d. He stared at her for a bit and Lei Xing just sat there with looking off to the side, biting her lower lip and furiously blushing, but she made no moves to cover herself and just let him look, instead, her hands nervously clutched the sheets, mind empty and nervous beyond comprehension.

After the seconds that felt like hours to Lei Xing, the Emperor kissed her cheek and then kissed down her neck as he slowly pushed her back on the bed. Lei Xing felt awkward and did not know what to do with herself, so her hands just stayed fisted at his shoulders for a while, then she moved one of her hands down to his chest and then lightly, opened her fingers and lightly, but hesitantly stroked his chest. She flinched and went wide-eyed when she felt him shudder and groan.

She subconsciously smiled and curiously did it a few more times and even became much bolder in her actions, until the Emperor's fingers went into her private spot and sent a jolt through her. But this time, she did not stop him and instead just fisted a hand on his shoulder and used the other one to cover her mouth to stifle her m.o.a.ns and squeezed her eyes shut.

The Emperor glanced up at her face and smirked seeing her reaction. She was not stopping him or denying him anything. This was very different from her unleashed hunger of their first time. Tonight, she was shy, curious and anxious but she was definitely not in a hurry.

And he was not going to rush either, he was going to suppress his urges and take his time to love her...until she believed that he truly did love her. He kissed his way back up to her face. He kissed the hand covering her mouth and she readily removed it and eagerly met his lips with a passionate reception.

She was giving him everything...and he meant to give her the world, his world.

**

Later on that night, Lei Xing laid quietly curled up next to the Emperor with her head on his shoulder and her hand on his chest, as their heated bodies and breath calmed. While the Emperor's arm was on her back as his fingers lightly stroked her. She looked up from his chest and stared at his face for a while. His eyes were closed and there was a small smile on his face.

She subconsciously smiled herself and then she slightly knit her brows. She looked down at her hand on his chest and watched it rise and fall with his breaths and then she absentmindedly started tapping his fingers on his chest, in an increasingly nervous manner. Until she felt the Emperor move as he brought the blanket from the side with his free hand and covered the two of them and then he rolled to his side and wrapped his two arms around her and pulled her closer to him. He saw her knit eyebrows and kissed them as he asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Lei Xing buried her head in his chest and stared at her hand on his chest for a bit and started tapping again for a bit, before she finally stopped again, let out a breath and quietly asked,? "Can I ask you for something?"

"Anything." The Emperor swiftly responded and planted a kiss at the top of her head. He would truly give her anything, almost anything...as long as she stayed at his side.