Chapter 13 - You Belong To Me!!!
It took a moment for Wan Yi Jun to pull himself together and avert his gaze from the woman who appeared like a enchantress before him.
The glistening sheen on her skin and the dripping dark hair made an astonishing contrast, which was too hard to ignore.
"Aishhh Woman!!!! Why are you roaming around naked?" He bellowed as he tightly shut his eyes and swirled to the other side, completely blocking himself from Ming Yue.
"Wear something." He ordered in a reprimanding tone when he felt that his cheeks burning up in some unknown heat.
"Woah, you call this naked?" Ming Yue rebuked as if she got wrongly accused and looked down at her body. She was wearing a bath towel that perfectly covered what all things that needs to be covered. "Don't be a hypocrite, master. I have seen women wearing even little clothes than this roaming around in streets and you people are completely alright with it. What's wrong with me wearing a bath towel?" She asked half-jokingly.
However, Wan Yi Jun who stood on he thin strand of self restrain almost shrieked in frustration, when he heard her claims. "Just wear something and get out."
"My clothes are wet." She pointed in the direction of the bathroom and the next thing, she saw was something flying towards her face. On a reflex, she caught the piece of clothing with her hands and checked them in surprise. It was a new pair of hoodie and sweat pants.
"Oh thank you." She hold onto the clothes and went inside the room to change without any delay. "I will be back in a moment."
When Wan Yi Jun heard the wooden door closing behind him, he let out a sigh of relief.
"Good Lord, what kind of women is she? How can she roam around in someone else's house wearing that?" He mumbled and wiped the sweat off from his forehead. Within the very few seconds he just went to hell back and forth.
Well, whatever she said was right, he has seen, nah interacted with women who wore revealing clothes and even expressed their willingness to be his girlfriend. However, during those times, he was completely immune to their advances since he got no time to date or he simply decided to stay away from trouble.
But this woman!!! Did she drug him with some kind of potential aphrodisiac? Or is she a seductress who know to strike the iron when it's hot?
"Aishhhh!!!" He unbuttoned the first few buttons of his shirt and took a moment to calm his body which was acting weird in the presence of a reckless woman.
Within a few minutes, Ming Yue returned after changing into fresh pair of clothes. His clothes were definitely big for her, but for some reason those loose clothes looked extremely good on her slender body.
"Thanks for the clothes and sorry for taking up your time." She stated as soon as she stepped out of the room, holding the wet clothes in her hand. "Can you get me a plastic bag?"
"Huh? Why do you need it?" Wan Yi Jun asked with a tinge of bewilderment. "And I don't think we got plastic bags here."
"How can I hold this wet clothes in hand and go home?" She puffed her cheeks and asked in slightly frustrated voice. Why must she have to explain and break down every single word that leaves her mouth to this man? Can't he even read between the lines?
However, Wan Yi Jun on the other hand, looked puzzled when his line of sight travelled to the clothes resting on her hands, dripping wet.
"You washed your clothes…by hands?" He asked as if he saw something unnatural.
"Yes. That's how people wash clothes." She pouted her lips and replied in a slightly mocking tone. The stain on the dress was spreading and she had no other option, but to wash it off. It was a fairly new dress that was gifted by someone. Even though, she doesn't care about these kinds of sentiments, she just went ahead and washed the clothes on a whim.
"There is a washing machine. You could've used it that."' Wan Yi Jun reminded her as a matter of fact.
"Its alright, I washed it anyway. So can you lend me a bag?"
"At least use the dryer. It won't take much time to dry your clothes." He argued until Ming Yue agreed to use the dryer instead of leaving with wet clothes.
When she figured out that she don't have enough time to spare, she willingly followed him to the laundry room where the washing machine was kept.
"It's weird. Some of the rooms are cleaned, some are not, your butlers got a unique way to handle the house chores." Ming Yue commented when she saw the condition of rooms in the house.
"I didn't ask them to clean the entire mansion, just few rooms. Ahh...Put your clothes here." Wan Yi Jun pointed at the dryer and studied at the control panel for a long minute.
"Do you know how to operate this?" Ming Yue enquired when she saw him hesitating to turn on the dryer.
"I know, I used to do my laundry while I was a student." He replied while abruptly pressing random buttons to turn on machine.
"But nowadays you don't do it, right? " She raised her eyebrows in query and placed her clothes inside the dryer. "Because, in these types of machines we have to load the clothes first, then turn on the switch. Not the other way."
Hearing her words, Wan Yi Jun stood clueless whether to correct her or not. Though her comments sounded so harmless, but on closer inspection one could figure out that she was low-key making fun of him for being clumsy.
"Damn it!!! How long do I have to tolerate this humiliation?" He churned the random question that popped up inside his head and turned off the dryer.
"Excuse me, miss. You might have misunderstood me as someone who doesn't know the basic house chores. But in reality-" His fingers fumbled with the switches on the control panel.
"Nope. It is not a big deal. At least your incompetency and busy life created livelihood for a bunch of people." She optimistically shared her views and turned on the machine.
"Tik!!!!" The entire laundry room and kitchen fell into darkness.
"Wow...only this was left to ruin the day." Wan Yi Jun twitched his mouth in discontent and took out the mobile phone from his pant's pocket, fidgeting his fingers to turn on the torch.
Gosh!!!! he was completely acting like a fool before her.
"I think your main switch board got tripped by this washing machine." She casually replied and looked around on the flash of the light emitting from the phone.
"These are new appliances, how can it damage the circuit?"
"Your appliances maybe new, but the circuit system in your house might be too old for them. Anyway, where is the main switch board?." She dried her hands on the hoodie as if she was going to fix the problem.
"It must be somewhere here." Wan Yi Jun suggested while pointing the torch to random spots in search of the main switch board.
"Can you point to the light to this cupboard?" Ming Yue demanded as she moved closer to the cupboard in the room and opened its door.
To Wan Yi Jun's surprise the main switch board was kept on the top shelf of the cupboard and as she mentioned earlier, the switch did got tripped.
"How do you know the switch board was placed here?" He sounded surprised when he spoke. He is the person who was familiar with the mansion and yet he didn't know where exactly the switch board was placed.
"I just guessed it. Most of the people either keep the switch board somewhere next to the entrance or under the staircase or inside the counter tops." Ming Yue, adjusted her clothes and raised her right leg to climb onto the shelves since she couldn't reach the top shelf.
"Let me do it." Wan Yi Jun stopped her when he saw her enthusiastically climbing over the cupboard like a monkey. "Get down."
"You know how to turn on the switch?" She repeated her question when she sensed a strong tug on the hoodie. Wan Yi Jun was actually trying to pull her down, but this time with a "I got no time for this" look plastered on his face .
"I saw you struggling in the garden. Its alright, master. Let me do-ahhhh!!!!"
Even before Ming Yue could complete her words, she lost her footing and fell backwards.
However instead of hitting on the hard floor, her swaying body hit something smooth and sturdy in the mid air.
In the dimly lit room, she could feel a pair of strong arms wrapped around her midriff and effortlessly carrying her flaccid body.
Once her cold fingers made contact with his blazing hot skin, for the first time in the last fifteen years, the chaos inside her head replaced with a soothing melody of his breathing.
A familiar warmth that deeply engraved inside her memory, surfaced back and spread over her body, as she remained cooped in Wan Yi Jun's embrace.
"Are you alright?" He asked the girl who appeared dumbstruck and gently freed her from his arms.
"Hmmm." She hummed and moved away from him, allowing Wan Yi Jun to reach out to turn on the tripped switch.
Within a glimpse, the entire room got brightly lit and even the silence was broke by the beep sound of the dryer which started working.
"You didn't hurt, nah?" He asked once again to confirm, "Try walking few steps."
"Can I leave once this is over?" Ming Yue inquired as she walked closer to the washing machine as if she was trying to get rid of the unwanted feelings emerging from the darkest corner of her heart.
"It's already late, how will you go home?"
"It's not late. Buses and taxis are still running on the streets." She mumbled as she tried hard to suppress, various memories flashing inside her head.
"Miss Ming," Wan Yi Jun's deep voice pulled her back to reality and she mechanically turned to face him.
"I will drop you home. Just wait for sometime, let me take a quick shower." He suggested with a smile that pushed her mind back into the chaos that fueled the deep hatred that kept her alive.
"No.. . I will not fall for any of his tricks." She repeated inwardly as her long nails dug deep into her palm, keeping her awake.
"Don't you dare to fall for anyone other than me..." Above all the chaos that whirling inside her head, a roguish voice rang as a reminder.
"You belong to me."