Chapter 6 Chapter Six

Half an hour later, Karen felt that she was mentally prepared enough. Maybe now she could face Elaine instead of taking a knife to her cold heart.Unfortunately, as soon as she went out, she ran into Elaine, accompanied by Si Di and Ai Li. Seen up close, Elaine is more beautiful than from afar.She was tall, blond, well-groomed, and sophisticated enough to put Karen to shame.Elaine was exactly the kind of woman Karen imagined Eli should marry.Her father must have been an envoy abroad, and she must have had some fancy but useless master's title, like Master of Chinese Philosophy or something.

Just one look at Elaine made Karen realize she was wearing overalls and had straw in her hair.No wonder Ali was so dazzled by her in the first place, she thought. Elaine stopped at the top of the stairs and took a look at Ai Li, which was enough to heat the cold steel column, while Ai Li stared at her like a lost little embarrassment, his eyes showed his mood.He still loves her, Karen thought, and she couldn't help it, and a wave of anger swept through her body. After Si Di introduced Karen to Elaine as Ali's fiancée, he left with the football, leaving the three of them behind. "Still trying to find a woman who will marry you, Allie?" Elaine asked softly, staring at Allie, as if Karen didn't exist.

"Still paying men to marry you, Elaine?" Karen shot back immediately, contented to see her normally calm face puckered up as she turned and dashed down the stairs.Apparently she thought her secret would never be known, and that she could handle absinthe whenever she pleased. Ali's reaction was beyond Karen's expectation.His big, powerful hands grabbed her arm and half dragged her back into the room.As soon as the door closed, he turned to face her. "I don't like you like that!" he said angrily, his face closing in on her. "The past between me and Elaine is between me and her, no one else's business, and I won't let you or anyone laugh at her."

Karen straightened her body, ordering her muscles to continue to tense, or she would cry on the bed.Tan Aili still loves the woman who blatantly made him a laughing stock, so what is she doing? "Of course, Mr. Tan." After she finished speaking stiffly, she turned and walked towards the door. But Ali caught her, pushed her against the wall, and kissed her hungrily.For a moment Karen's pride made her resist, but it wasn't long before she started pulling him closer, her hands in his hair, fingers on his back. "I hate you," she managed as he kissed her neck, his hands all over her body.

"Yeah, I know. You hate me like I hate you." Afterwards, she didn't know exactly how it happened. Anyway, one moment they were standing neatly by the wall, but the next moment they were writhing on the bed naked.For more than two years, the reason why Karen has been able to guard her body like a jade is all because of suppressing all physical desires.But now the combination of anger at Ali and his tender caress made her burst into flames, all desires bursting at once. Ali and she are equal, and the passion is equal to her.He plunged into her hard, then eased back to kissing Karen's mouth to keep her from screaming.

It didn't take long to end, but in those few minutes, a desk lamp fell and broke and Karen fell out of bed, and Ali picked her up and laid her on her back on the bed . The moment Ali entered her, Karen wrapped her legs around his waist and hugged him tightly, her heart beating like thunder and she was out of breath. It took another few minutes before she could think again, and when she thought about it, she felt embarrassed and humiliated.What kind of woman would he think she was?Poor little secretary with little education who thinks he's in love with his boss? "Please," she whispered. "Get me up."

Ali slowly raised his head to look down at her, and when she turned away, he held her chin in one hand and forced her to meet his gaze. "What's the matter?" he asked narrowly. "Is my little tigress shy?" Karen turned away from him. "I remember." But Ali wouldn't let her leave her side.He pulled her onto the bed and wrapped her in his burly body.He pulled the sheet over them both and said, "Tell me what's wrong." Karen could barely think, somehow the nude and comfortable embrace seemed more intimate to her than the act she had just performed. "You...I..." She opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a coherent sentence.

"We made love," he said softly, pressing a kiss on the top of her head. "It seems like I've been wanting to do this for years." "A few days ago you didn't even know I existed." "That's right, although the time is not long, I value quality over quantity." She wanted to break away from him, but he held her tightly. "If you don't tell me what's wrong, I won't let you go." "What's wrong?" she said excitedly, stepping back to look at him. "I'm just a little secretary who is a little more senior than my co-workers, and you are the boss, besides... besides..."

"Besides what?" "You love Elaine!" she spat, anyway, she couldn't have made a bigger embarrassment than just now, could she? As a result, Ai Li actually hugged her even tighter, and she felt him sniggering, which made her very angry. "Oh! How about pinching me?" he asked. This time she almost managed to get away, but was caught anyway. "I'm not like your wretches. I don't want your money. Honestly, I don't want anything from you, business or anything. I don't want anything, and that includes—" He kissed her, and she paused. "I don't want to see you again." She finished speaking in a low voice.

"I'm honored," he replied, pretending not to understand. Now that he was reaching for her chest, Karen could feel herself wanting him again, and also feel that he was ready.She pushes him away.Instead of trying to get out of bed, she looked him in the eyes and said, "No." "Okay!" he said, taking his hands away from her. "Tell me what it is that upsets you. But don't leave, okay?" Karen rolled over on her back, covered by the sheet, without touching him. "I didn't intend for this to happen. I just wanted to—" She turned to look at him now.According to calculations, today is the time when she is most likely to conceive. They did that kind of thing just now, maybe she is pregnant now.

As if he read her mind, he took her hand and kissed it, first the palm, then the back of the hand.She pulled her hand away as he began to kiss his fingertips. But Ali pulled her into his arms and held her tightly. "I don't love Elaine." "It doesn't look like that to me, and you're still protecting her." "Even if I wished Elaine bad luck, she couldn't be worse off than she is now. The man who married her married her for her money. I know what it's like, so I have nothing but pity for her. If you make fun of I'll make it easier for her, so let her go! Anyway, at least I'm not married to her." He lowered his voice. "And she's not my child's mother." "Do you have many children?" she asked casually.What she hopes most at this moment is to keep calm and show an attitude that has nothing to do with herself.Isn't it a big deal to have sex with men in this day and age?It's old-fashioned for her to think that you can only go to bed when you are married. "Maybe today we have my first baby," he said softly, and hugged her again when she tried to hide. "This kind of thing is not a joke. I just wanted you to be the donor, not... no..." "Lover? Karen, listen to me. Today was not a mistake. I've never slept with a woman without taking any precautions." He lifted her chin and looked her in the eye. "I love you, Karen. If you want me, I will try to be a good husband to you." "You love me and the free world," she said without thinking, and it wasn't until she saw his hurt eyes that she was frightened by what she said.He immediately turned around and prepared to get out of bed. "I'm sorry," she said, throwing herself on top of him sitting on the edge of the bed. "Forgive me, I didn't mean to. You don't have to marry me, or even propose to me. I know you're a noble man, a chivalrous warrior, and—" He turned to her and smiled. "Is this what you think of me? Do you think I'm going to propose to every woman I've slept with?" You could tell by the look on her face that the answer was yes. Eli's face softened with joy. "Honey," he said, smoothing a lock of hair behind her ear. "I don't know why you think I'm a saint, but I'm not. Your first impression of me is the most correct, and no other woman sees it. Do you want to know the truth?" Karen nodded with her eyes wide open, and he took her into his arms and lay down beside her, her head resting on his shoulder. "I never loved Elaine, never really loved. Now I understand, but it's a glorious thing to pursue a woman like her." "Didn't she come after you?" Karen said, then bit her tongue because she was leaking too much. Allie just smiled. "You have to remember that Elaine and I have known each other for most of our lives, and our group of boys wanted to get close to her. But she was out of reach. She was beautiful and looked like a grown-up at fourteen. We used to make bets on who could ask her out, but it never worked out. She stayed home on her senior prom, doing her homework and preparing for finals. All the boys who asked her out at school were turned away." "So the more you can't get something, the more you want it?" She said sarcastically. "Of course. Who doesn't?" Karen was too interested in the story to think philosophically. "But you got her." "Probably so! About four years ago she came to my office and said she wanted me to handle some investments for her, and I—" "You get swooned by her and you propose to her so you can show other people that you've won." "you could put it that way." Karen couldn't help laughing. "So, after all, the painter saved you?" Ali hesitated for a moment before answering. "One day I'm going to find out how you got so much out of my mother. Either she told someone, and that person told you." "Well," was all Karen could answer. "And what about the other women you've proposed to?" He paused, his eyes on the sky. "You know, it's so strange to say that every woman in the world seems to think that after what happened to Elaine, I must be in a hurry to get married. Maybe, they think I want to show Elaine that if I want a woman, I don't have to worry about getting married." Come on!" "So it's them who insist on bringing it to their door," Karen said sarcastically. "Those engagement rings and prenuptial agreements are none of your business." He didn't smile, just turned and came over her. "I mean it. If it was a fortnight ago, I would have told you that I loved Elaine, and probably every one of the pretty women I've ever been engaged to. But now I know I didn't have any No, because when I'm with you, Karen, I don't have to pretend. You're the first woman who sees me purely as a man, neither a rich Tam family nor a stepping stone to your career .You only see me and nothing else." He kisses her on the cheek. "I understand that all this is too sudden, you need time to think about it, and I really want to enjoy the fun of pursuing you, but I have to warn you first, my goal is to marry you." Karen's first reaction was to throw her arms around his neck and say, "Okay, okay, okay." But instead she looked away, as if considering whether to marry him.When she looked at him again, her eyes were serious. "By pursuit you mean candlelight dinners and roses?" "How about a trip to Paris, a Nile cruise, and Rocky Mountain skiing?" "Maybe it's good!" she said. He stepped back and studied her. "Otherwise, I will buy two more buildings at the location you choose to let you open a baby store and install the most advanced accounting system for you. What do you think?" "Oh!" she said in surprise. "Is there instant inventory management?" "Karen, honey, if you marry me, I will tell you the password of my private accounting system, so that you can have a peek." "You're pretty good at chasing women, aren't you?" "Yeah," he said, putting a leg on hers. "Did you know that my family has a lot of twins?" "I have seen some evidence." He kissed her neck as he began to move his hands down. "I don't know if you know, but the way to have twins is to have sex twice in one day." "Really? Didn't the doctor say it's all because of egg division?" "No. The more love, the more children." She wrapped her arms around his neck, and brought her lips to him. "Let's see if we can have quadruplets!" "I knew I loved you for a reason," he murmured before covering her mouth.