8 Making a deal

He ran his fingers through his hair and pulled it. His frustration was pent up and boiling with nowhere to vent it. He had only six weeks left to apply to his dream fashion school or he would have to wait for a year or a half a year.

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They were silent as they ate. When they were done despite how much of his courage he had to burn to eat with his abductor, Wen Yanjun invited him to his room.

The man accepted immediately with a nod. The man sat comfortable sofa in the living area of his room while he stood beside man. He slowly dropped to his knees and looked at the man who leaned forward to see his face.

It felt humiliating but he did not hesitate to bow his head, "I have dreams, do you know that?" he asked as respectfully as he could.

Mingyu nodded with a smile. "Yes, you want to build the largest clothing brand of your time, right?"

Wen YanJun sighed and nodded at least he won't have to narrate it all to the man. "I also wanted to go to college. I have written the entry examination."

"And you did very well in the examination," the man commented. He did not understand why the man sounded like a proud father.

"I don't know what I could do that will make you let me go," he began carefully.

"I am never letting you go," the man vowed calmly like he was not making a vow that will greatly affect someone's life.

YanJun smiled in self-pity. "I will do anything you want me to do but don't take my dreams from me," he begged since that seems to be his only option.

Mingyu sighed and shook his head. "I think you have the wrong idea about me. I am not going to keep you from your dream. I will not do that without a tangible reason. It will be my joy if you do what you love and succeed in it.

"If you want to leave, I will never let that happen but if you want to go to school, I will let you do that but we have to live together, are you okay with that?"

Was he seriously asking him that? It was not as if he had the right to say he was not okay with that because he will be forced to remain indoors forever then.

"I am okay with it."

"Apply first. When the time comes for you to go to school, I will let you go." The man paused for a while and thoughtfully asked, "How about doing the course online?"

YanJun froze and instinctively shook his head firmly. That could be the only means he would be able to access the outside world. Things were beginning to look good for him.

"I see," the man murmured and nodded.

"When the school opens, you will be able to go. I will let my guards know about that. However, remember, you promised to do anything. I want you to be my man," the man was very direct with his words.

He swallowed. this was the most difficult decision of his life. Was he willing to exchange his body for his freedom? He looked down thoughtfully but no amount of thinking could change the situation he was in.

"Are you willing?" the man asked when he remained silent.

"Yes, I am willing." It took him all his willpower to agree to that.

"Come over," the man exhaled. YanJun concluded that he needed reading glasses and a hearing aid to have thought he saw that man look happy with his response and heard joy in his voice.

He began crawling toward the man but the man raised his hand to stop him.

"Walk over. If you are not into things like that – although I won't mind if you are – you should not force yourself to do that," Mingyu teased.

YanJun was smart enough to know what the man meant by that and it was crazy that he blushed. He stood up immediately and walked to the man. He had crawled because he felt that was what his abductor wanted and he was dying of embarrassment already.

The man wrapped his arms around his waist and pulled him close, he stiffened when the man rested his cheeks on his body. He swallowed as he could never see his abductor as a man who likes cuddles.

The hug only lasted for a couple of seconds before he pulled away and stood up. "I will be late for my meeting if I hold you for a second more," he told him in a low voice. "I am glad you agreed to stay with me."

YanJun could not look at the man because he knew this was his only ticket to escape. He heard the raw joy in the man's voice and he could not help but feel like the man was truly in love with him.

The man leaned forward and left a kiss and the shorter man's forehead before he left the room. YanJun's eyes followed his departing back and when the door closed, he slumped to the soft rug that cushioned his fall.

That was very difficult because all through, he felt like the man could look into his soul and those brown eyes held so much he could not figure out.

That night, he had just made himself comfortable on the bed when the door opened and the man he was forced to know, walked into the room.

He stiffened and pretended to remain asleep. Keeping his eyes closed but his hands gripped the sheets under the cover.

The man said nothing as he joined his under the bed. When the man got so close to him, he began shaking uncontrollably The man wrapped his arm around YanJun's waist and pulled him against his bare muscled chest.

"It is okay, I will not hurt you, I don't bite," the man whispered with his deep voice husky melting YanJun's stiff body into his embrace.

YanJun has always been the person to spoon his girlfriend into his embrace as she loved it so much so he never knew getting hugged like this could feel so good that he fell asleep almost immediately.

He slept like a baby but the man holding him, could not sleep until as he had to suppress the desire holding YanJun awakened. Before sleeping, he pulled the younger man into his embrace letting him rest on his body.