Fatal Attraction: The CEO & His Mischievous Wife

"Xi Long...there's something...behind you."

Ying Yue had a face of horror as she stared past him into the back of her apartment. She had forced herself to maintain her seriousness as she acted out seeing a ghost. The minute she had started asking him if he0

believed in ghosts was the same minute she began her quick plans to tease him. She wasn't sure if he would be scared or call her out on her lie but she would try nonetheless. Don't take her wrong, she was truly afraid of ghosts and would have probably ran out the apartment if she had actually seen one, no questions asked. Though she was lucky enough to not see or encounter one until now her friends, especially Ming Ming, have and had tortured her with stories of what happened. Ming Ming had sworn that she had seen a couple of ghosts in her life, apparently she had a third sense for it that made her see it more than "regular people." Especially when they were younger, Ming Ming used this as an excuse to sneak into her room and have a forced sleepover because she was too scared to sleep alone.

Reminiscing a little about her childhood friend she failed to notice the odd glint in Xi Long's eyes. Refocusing on her act she continued to pretend that there was a ghost behind him.

"Don't...don't look!" Xi Long had tried to turn his body and look behind when she stopped.

"Why? Let me see the ghost, is it male or female?"

"Does it make a difference?"

"Women and child ghosts are definitely scarier." Looking at his face she saw a dead-pan expression, she could tell he really believed it.

"No, you shouldn't look, you start walking towards the door. I'll keep my eye on the ghost and make sure it doesn't move..." Before she could finish Xi Long had already whipped his head around to look at the ghost. 'Ah, he found out.' Stopping her act she began pulling herself away from his body when she was suddenly thrown into his arms.

"What're you doing!"

"I saw the ghost! Its just as scary as you said.'

"Wait...what?!" Ying Yue got slightly scared at this, looking over his shoulder she only saw her empty hallway. 'What if he was like Ming Ming and could see ghosts??'

"You...you can see them?"

"I've seen them before, but it was the first time it was this close."

Ying Yue began to slightly question her situation, he could easily be lying to her but what was she to do if on the off chance he was telling the truth? Steeling her nerves she started moving to get up from the chair. So what if there was a ghost? She would lose to no one, dead or not! As she tried to move, his arms tightened around her and pulled her closer. He pressed his face into her neck and refused to move. His shoulders trembled as he held her, "please don't move, hold me, I'm scared."

"...." Was she supposed to believe that? Even if this was an act, wasn't this too much? For a good second she had actually believed him but there was no way this annoying man in front of her would say this even if he was scared. Wasn't he just taking advantage of her???

"Get off me you liar! Stop taking advantage of the situation you profiteer!" She started pushing herself out of his hold when she heard his deep laugh. He pulled away from her and laughed with a playful smile on his face. The mischievousness was obvious in his eyes and face.

"Sorry kitten, I couldn't help myself when I saw you acting so cutely."

"Hmph, you're just trying to take advantage of me."

"Well, I did follow along and acted well, shouldn't you reward me?"

"....move, off the couch. You shameless man, tried to scare me and now ask for a reward!"

"Haha, stop stop. I was just following your lead, how can you blame me? Now let's continue the movie."

"Okay...but no more funny business."

"Mhm...no more funny business." Relaxing against him, she moved closer to the edge of the couch and continued the movie. They had only got through half the movie before she pulled her trick and paused the movie. Getting pulled back into the movie both of them sat silently watching the movie right to the end. Xi Long watched the movie with half-focus as he kept sneaking glances at his kitten. He loved seeing her expressions and how quickly she switched them. She was so adorable that he felt his heart slightly clench, she was both a badass fighter and the same innocent kitten in front of him. Seeing her slightly get stiff from a jump scare he edged his arm closer to her body and lightly placed his hand against her shoulder. He didn't do anything else but wanted to provide her some reassurance that he was here. To his surprise, she didn't shrug his hand off and let it stay there. 'Maybe she was too absorbed into the movie?' Even then, it would be weird to assume she didn't feel it all. Taking what he can get, he consoled himself believing the latter argument that she knew but didn't feel like pushing him off.

As the movie came to an end, Ying Yue leaned back and looked at the man next to her. He was looking at her and had a collected expression on his face.

"Did you enjoy the movie?"

"Mhmm."

"Do you find ghosts scared, I didn't feel you tense one time during the movie."

"Kitten, I am afraid of ghosts but more than ghosts I find humans more scary. The dead are gone but the living can still hurt you." His face maintained his calm expression but his eyes betrayed him. They were black and spoke of many horrors that he did not verbally express. Hating the look in her eyes she changed the topic.

"So...what do you want to do now?"

"Finally accepting this date kitten? Hmm what do you want to do next?"

"I don't know, what do people usually do after the movies?" Tilting her head she looked at him in confusion, she honestly had no idea what people did.

Chuckling, Xi Long'a voice dropped as he spoke again and with every word he got closer to her but kept a hair breath of distance away from touching her. "See kitten, usually after the date, people go back home together and do a.d.u.l.t things. Do you want to try?"

"A.d.u.l.t...a.d.u.l.t things?" Ying Yue stuttered as she heard his voice and felt the warmth emitting from her body. His eyes had changed to a dark look of hunger that she all knew to well but she did not what he meant by "a.d.u.l.t things." How far was he speaking? Many things could count as a.d.u.l.t matters.

Placing his palm against her face, Xi Long stared into her eyes. "Don't worry kitten, I won't do much I am a gentleman after all - but can I kiss you?"

"You..."

"Kitten listen, I won't pressure you into this nor will I kiss you without you permission. Say yes or say no I will respect either."

"I don't kn..."

"Kitten yes or no - that's all I need."