Chapter 47: No Separate Rooms

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With Jiang Beihan in the bathroom, which adjoined the bedroom, Song Wenxin could clearly hear the sounds of any action in the bathroom and bedroom.

After a brief interval, the sound of the shower running came through from the bathroom. For some unknown reason, Song Wenxin felt her heart stir when she heard the shower running, making her feel uneasy.

Picking up the water glass from the coffee table, she drank a mouthful of water. Then, she decided that she might as well turn off the TV, after which she climbed onto the bed quickly, preparing to go to sleep.

Before she went to sleep, Song Wenxin spent some time on her phone, sending her brother a text message to ask him about the status of the big business deal.

However, her brother had seemed very confident, reassuring explicitly that it was going well and telling her not to worry.

Song Wenxin was left with no other option but to stick to her promise and knit that sweater for Jiang Beihan.

Placing her phone on the nightstand, she turned and prepared to go to sleep.

At that moment, the sounds of the shower from the bathroom ceased abruptly.

Shortly after, the bathroom door was opened, and she could hear Jiang Beihan’s footsteps.

Song Wenxin, who was preparing to go to sleep, immediately felt a little panicky.

On each of the past two nights, she had already fallen asleep by the time Jiang Beihan got into bed. So, she had no impression of having to share her bed with someone else.

But today… the situation was a tad different because she was still wide awake.

Although she knew that Jiang Beihan was sexually attracted to men, he was, after all, a man—a strikingly handsome man with a well-toned body, at that.

For what it’s worth, that did make Song Wenxin feel a little uncomfortable.

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The sound of his footsteps got closer. Song Wenxin could feel the previously unoccupied half of the bed beside her sag as Jiang Beihan, clad in his bathrobe, laid down next to her.

“Um…” Not able to bear it any longer, Song Wenxin turned to face Jiang Beihan.

Biting her lips, Song Wenxin asked suddenly, “There should be many unoccupied rooms in the villa, right?”

“Get to the point,” Jiang Beihan said, lips pursed. He had already seen through her, knowing her intention.

“Is it possible for us to sleep in separate rooms?” Song Wenxin asked.

Since there were so many rooms in the villa, it was surely not necessary for them to have to sleep in the same room.

With the current sleeping arrangement, was he not worried about Shangguan misunderstanding and coming to the wrong conclusion?

Brows furrowed, Jiang Beihan replied with a question, as though there was nothing wrong with the arrangement. “Why do we need separate rooms?”

“I just feel that it would be more convenient if we lived in separate rooms,” Song Wenxin replied, her gaze moving involuntarily to his chest—to the well-toned chest, which had been partially left bare by the bathrobe having fallen open…

Gulping down her saliva, Song Wenxin drew her gaze away immediately.

At the same time, Jiang Beihan laughed abruptly and, raising his body on one arm, moved closer toward her, looking down at her and asking, “Are you worried about not being able to control your urges to do something to me?”

“Of course not!” Utterly embarrassed by his question, Song Wenxin quickly pulled the quilt over to cover up her guilty conscience.

“Since you don’t have ill intentions, then what’s the point of us sleeping in separate rooms?” Jiang Beihan asked with a hint of laughter in his eyes as he looked at her.

Since she had no inappropriate thoughts about him, then did it matter if they were sleeping in the same room or in separate rooms?

He could not fathom why, but the sight of her in an embarrassing state was really very cute, and he found that he was getting increasingly drawn to that look, as though he could not get enough of it.

Made speechless by what he had said, Song Wenxin felt helpless and trapped, momentarily lost for words.

This man, who usually looked cool and collected, was in fact a formidable opponent when it came to arguments, and Song Wenxin knew that she was not his match.

If she chose to continue arguing with him now, it would appear as if she did have inappropriate thoughts about him…