14 Were you avoiding me, darling?

The maid who was outside the master's bedroom for her daily duty was shocked to find her mistress in a disheveled state as she fled away from the corridor without an exchange of words.

"Mistress, your bathe is-"

The maid was stupefied, finding her already gone and turned her head to face the master's bedroom door.

"Don't tell.. me."

Did master..?

Thinking of such possibilities, her face turned red and she quickly went after to look for her mistress.

...

"Mistress, where are you?"

"Mistress!"

"Mistress, where are you hiding?"

All the maids and the head maid were in a frenzy, searching everywhere for the lady of the house but all in vain.

They didn't know where she hid herself.

"Xiao Qiao, do you-.. do you perhaps think that master did something forcibly to our innocent mistress?" A maid asked, worried about her mistress.

"So what other reason could there be? If not for it, then why would she have to hide herself like that?" Other maid chipped in, angry at the thought of their master doing something wrong to her pure mistress.

"Do you think they..did that?" Another maid quipped with a mischievous smile on her face. "I wonder if the master was able to control himself in front of our mistress. He's so lucky! Oh I envy him so much." She made a crying face. "Oh how I wish to be a man."

"Don't be shameless and look for her!"

They all went quiet when the head maid came inside the hall and started searching behind the curtains.

And yes, to their utter relief, there they found her huddled body cocooned against the wall. Scared, they all swarmed around her in concern.

"Mistress." The head maid patted her head like a mother and said in a gentle manner. "Lift up your head, dear."

Fei obediently looked up. Her eyes were teary and lips were trembling. All three maids gasped upon seeing her in that wanton state; her muslin was almost ripped off from inside and exposed a large part of her skin.

She looked just like a beautiful fairy, tempting one to ravish her on the spot. Now the other women in the room seemed to understand their master. No man could ever escape their mistress's charm and not surprisingly, their master was the first victim to her bewitching beauty.

"Go get some water." Head maid ordered the maid in a shushed manner, who quickly came back with a glass of water and handed it to her with trembling hands.

This commotion has taken them all by surprise and they couldn't help but want to know more about what has happened behind those closed doors.

The head maid gently stroked Fei's head and made her drink the water. "Are you alright, dear?"

The nymph nodded while blushing in a response. "I apologize for troubling you all. Please forgive me."

"It's no problem, mistress. We love playing hide and seek." The mischievous maid quickly comforted her, earning a sweet giggle in response.

Hearing the pleasant sound of it, all of them took a sigh of relief.

Phew! She seems to be fine now.

"You shouldn't sit on the floor for too long, dear. Come, hold on to my hand." The head maid said and helped her up.

Fei nodded and politely thanked her.

Gasp!

Suddenly, all of the maids gasped and blushed at the sight of Fei’s fair neck which was marred with the horrible sight of love bites and purple bruises. It was glaring and too hard to ignore even if someone wanted to.

The head maid was also shocked for a good moment and her lips parted in a comical manner.

"..." The Maids.

"..." Head maid.

Did their master do this?

Clueless about her own state, Fei stared at their faces, not understanding what they were thinking about and innocently asked. "What happened?"

"Nothing." The head maid gave her a comforting smile and led her out the room calmly, ignoring all the silly maids.

Left in the room, all of the maids were stumped with no words coming out their mouths for a long time.

"See? I told you! Master wasn't able to control himself."

"Shut up!"

...

The head maid knew that Fei would be too shy to tell them anything if something were to happen to her in that aspect, so she told a maid who was in charge of her bath to make sure of things.

And to their surprise, the pure girl was yet to be touched. So the master didn't do anything?

They didn't know what to feel at the news but nonetheless, the head maid decided that now it's the time to explain to the little girl about some other aspect of marriage - consummation; the matters of the bedroom.

The young mistress was bathed in rose petals and milk after her skin was massaged with a scented oil by the maids.

She couldn't stop blushing when the head maid instructed her about her duties as a wife. The girl had no idea about such explicit things and for her, it was more of a taboo topic.

She thought that it was a sin to feel aroused.

"Consummation is when the act of intimacy is commenced between a wife and a husband, so that their marriage could become fruitful and she comes off with an offspring to his noble lineage."

Fei could read between those lines and she came to a conclusion. They had already kissed. What more do they have to do? Is he going to touch her like he did this morning?

Attentively listening to all the things the head maid explained to her about, she gasped and buried her face in the head maid's arms, feeling shy and afraid at the mere thought of being touched like that.

The places where he touched her still burned as though it had been marked and remembering the way he spoke to her made her ears flushed in embarrassment.

“Is..h-he going to touch me?”

“Yes, dear. Leave it all to your husband.”

Is there more to that than sleeping together?

Fei was getting so curious that she felt ashamed of herself. Her eyes drooped and tears welled up in them because she was afraid and couldn't imagine being naked to his eyes.

The maids around her looked at her with a pampering gaze. The mistress was too innocent, so they could only hope that their master treats her with patience and care tonight.

Hope, they could only hope.

...

In the study room.

Yang was being avoided by a certain nymph since the whole morning mess. The man felt helpless for the very first time while dealing with a woman.

The head maid even scolded him in her curt voice. "Are you trying to scare the girl away, master?"

Faced with that question, Yang didn't get awkward, instead he chuckled and responded with,"Did I scare her? Why? She said she wanted a baby."

"She was so scared that she'd to hide herself for hours."

Yang "..." He stared at the head maid, speechless for a good second. Did he really go too far?

Not only that, the master of the household also received countless glares coming from the maids every now and then, like he was some beast courting their mistress.

She was his wife, okay? Why were they acting as though the husband in the picture was actually them and not him?

Seems like that little vixen has successfully managed to wrap everyone around her pinky and Yang knew that he'd be the next victim to her charm.

Not that he was going to resist, not for now. The man was intrigued and was willing to be charmed. After all, nothing is more pleasing than having a beautiful woman by your side.

As expected, she wasn't leaving his thoughts for even a second. What spell has she casted on him? Yang couldn't believe that he was entertaining such thoughts of a woman as though he'd never been with one.

A knock resounded outside the study room, interrupting his chains of thoughts and he looked up, pausing slightly when his eyes fell on that pretty little thing.

Dressed in a mint green dress with peony flowers embroidery, she looked absolutely breathtaking.

The man was effortlessly charmed, yet again.

Fei’s short hair was pushed back into an elegant hairstyle, making her appearance youthful with some strands of hair falling around her forehead and palm-sized face.

She has also applied a rogue on her lips. What a minx. He wanted to kiss her and taste her melting sweetness.

"Husband?" She called out in her soft voice and Yang realized that he had really lost his mind, thanks to his little wife.

Pulling his fleeing composure back, he motioned her over after noticing her holding a tea tray in her hands. Then he slowly stood up and walked toward the sofa before sitting himself down elegantly.

Despite him telling her only yesterday, his wife still sat herself down beside his leg. However this time, the man seemed to prefer this much better.

Like he was in control.

Fei’s head was shyly bowed as usual as she poured him a cup of tea before stretching it toward his direction.

Yang took the cup without a word but not before giving her palm an indecent touch as his middle finger grazed there in the middle in a really slow and ambiguous manner.

Feeling her go stiff, he slowly pulled back as if nothing had happened, leaving the little wife in daze as she didn't dare to raise her head.

Her face was flushed and the area where he’d touched felt hot; his touch wasn't soft but firm and slow.

Fei’s lips trembled and she slowly looked up, meeting his knowing eyes and watched as his lips curved into a devious smirk.

He was clearly teasing her.

Witnessing her adorable reaction, Yang placed the tea cup back on the table and pulled on her wrist, making her kneel before him with her hands resting on his kneecaps for support.

He sensually stroked her ear with his thumb and index finger, and asked in a hushed tone. "Were you avoiding me, darling?" He leaned against the sofa, taking in the view of her kneeling like that.

She was a beauty he wished to defile and he will soon. If he doesn't, then he might really lose his mind.

His thumb slowly slid down her beautiful face and he played with her soft lips as he hummed. "Hmm? Now then, I heard you even hid yourself for hours." Slowly the man plunged his thumb inside her small mouth and grazed it on her pearly white teeth.

His eyes were darkened in pure lust but his facial expression remained extremely calm as though he wasn't the one thinking of ravishing the nymph before him on the spot.

“I'd like to know why.”

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