A Fatal Attraction from Lawyer A - Chapter 85

Luo Panzhi couldn’t win the argument against Gu Yuxi driving his own car. In the end, he had to let the bodyguards drive his vehicle back while he rode with Gu. It took several minutes of stubborn negotiation in front of the car before Luo finally yielded the driver’s seat to him.

He thought to himself that Gu Yuxi’s personality hadn’t just changed during pregnancy; he had become somewhat unreasonable. Yet, Luo found himself completely helpless against the man. He had tried scolding, lecturing, and even “punishing” him, but none of it seemed to stick.

Take tonight, for instance. If the bodyguards hadn’t informed him, he never would have guessed that this man would lie about working overtime just to head to a bar while five months pregnant. It was only thanks to Gu’s lingering sense of responsibility—not drinking or dancing—that Luo hadn’t scolded him into tears on the spot.

Comforting him was another matter entirely.

As Luo Panzhi drove, his gaze frequently flickered toward Gu Yuxi in the passenger seat. Seeing him leaning back, looking drowsy, Luo worried he might catch a cold despite the hand warmer. At a red light, he reached out to touch Gu’s hand. It was warm.

“Are you cold?”

Gu Yuxi looked at the hand touching his and said gloomily, “Aren’t you supposed to be angry? Why are you touching me? Being angry like this is ineffective; you aren’t being serious.”

Luo Panzhi was almost moved to laughter by his anger. He pressed his tongue against the roof of his mouth, and as soon as the light turned green, he spun the steering wheel to make a U-turn.

Gu Yuxi blinked as the car turned around. “…What are you doing?”

“Don’t you love the bar?” Luo Panzhi figured that while education was necessary, he still wanted to satisfy Gu’s whims so the man wouldn’t keep pining for it. “I’m taking you back to the bar street. Tell me which spot you like, and I’ll buy the storefront for you. I’ll give you your own bar. If you like the whole street, I’ll buy it all.”

The sheer extravagance of the Galaxy Group’s CEO stunned Gu Yuxi once again. In a prime commercial district, a single storefront cost millions, let alone an entire street. While it sounded thrilling, it wasn’t nearly as fun as just going out for a few thousand yuan when the mood struck.

“That’s boring,” Gu Yuxi said, setting the now-hot hand warmer aside. He watched the neon reflections blur across the window. “I like going when I feel like it and staying home when I don’t. You don’t need to buy anything. If you don’t like me going, I just won’t go anymore.”

“I didn’t say that.” Luo Panzhi glanced at him again. Seeing Gu’s lowered eyes, his grip on the steering wheel tightened. “I told you, it’s not just about the bar. It’s about you hiding it from me.”

More often than not, he wasn’t mad at what Gu Yuxi did, but rather the fact that he wasn’t told.

“But you were very angry when you found out, weren’t you?” Gu Yuxi’s voice trembled slightly. He felt his emotions beginning to spiral—a common occurrence since he had become pregnant.

He knew Luo Panzhi acted out of love, yet he still wanted his own way. He knew the lecture was deserved, yet he still felt the need to talk back. Gu Yuxi pulled his beanie down over his eyes, taking slow breaths to hide his instability. He turned his body away, not wanting Luo to see him like this.

…Pregnancy was making him feel less and less like himself. He was suddenly terrified of wearing out Luo Panzhi’s patience. Thinking this, he felt even more unreasonable and reckless. Luo Panzhi had sacrificed so much for him; he shouldn’t be adding to his burden.

Why am I so stubborn? he wondered. The lecture was justified. I was the one who did wrong first, yet I’m the one being difficult.

Despite his attempts to regulate his breathing, Luo Panzhi noticed the shift. Since he was driving, he couldn’t stop, but he kept checking the rearview mirror. As a bright neon light flashed past, he caught the unmistakable glint of a tear track on Gu Yuxi’s cheek.

In that instant, his heart constricted.

If Gu Yuxi had argued with him or cried to his face, he wouldn’t have felt this much heartache. This was why he always ended up being the one to compromise—he simply couldn’t bear to hurt him. Gu Yuxi had given up much for him, and in his current state, he was incredibly prone to feeling aggrieved.

Instead of going to the Jiangtian Yisu apartment, Luo Panzhi chose to return to Gu Yuxi’s private home. It was better to resolve this privately before facing the rest of the family.

The car slid into the underground garage, and the light dimmed. Luo parked and turned off the engine but didn’t get out. He rested his hands on the wheel, waiting.

“…Panpan.”

A choked, sob-filled voice broke the silence.

The plan for a “stern lecture” shattered instantly. Luo Panzhi unbuckled his seatbelt and leaned over, bracing his arm against the center console to half-circle Gu Yuxi. “What’s wrong?”

“I… I know I was wrong.” Perhaps it was the tenderness in Luo’s voice, or the familiar scent of his pheromones, but Gu Yuxi could no longer hold it back. He burst into tears. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have lied about overtime to go to the bar and made you worry. It was my fault…”

The hoarse, muffled sobbing was painful to hear. The guilt and apology in his voice made Luo Panzhi’s heart ache. He turned on the interior light and gently lifted the beanie from Gu’s head.

He met Gu Yuxi’s red, watery eyes. His eyelids were swollen from being covered, and his face was a picture of pathetic, tearful regret. Ever since becoming pregnant, Gu Yuxi rarely wore his glasses. Without them, the distance between the “Elite Chief Lawyer of Galaxy Group” and the “vulnerable pregnant Alpha” was as thin as a lens.

Who could scold someone who looked like this?

Gu Yuxi didn’t try to hide his disheveled state. Seeing Luo lean in, his fears of being a “nuisance” vanished. He threw his arms around Luo’s neck and buried his face in his shoulder. “Baby, I was wrong. I’m sorry…”

“Stop crying,” Luo Panzhi whispered, stroking the back of his head.

“I’ll never go to a bar behind your back again,” Gu Yuxi sobbed, pulling back to kiss the corner of Luo’s mouth. His eyes were shimmering with tears. “…I think I’m being terrible, too. I thought I could just get away with it. I’m six years older than you, yet I act like this.”

The more he spoke, the more upset he became. It was as if his tear ducts had a mind of their own.

Luo Panzhi had never seen him cry like this—not even when they feared they couldn’t keep the baby. When he felt the saltiness of a tear-stained kiss on his lips, he knew his anger was gone for good. Fearing the posture was uncomfortable for Gu, he guided him by the waist. “Sit properly first.”

Gu Yuxi, thinking Luo was still pushing him away, hugged his neck even tighter and cried harder. “I won’t! Just scold me, I know I was wrong… but you have to hold me right now…”

Luo Panzhi was caught between tears and laughter. “I didn’t say I wouldn’t hold you. I’m just worried you’re uncomfortable. I’m pushing the seat back; come sit on my lap.”

He hit the button to move the driver’s seat back, creating a wide space.

“Oh.” Gu Yuxi let go just long enough to climb over and straddle Luo Panzhi’s lap.

Luo Panzhi gasped, reflexively supporting Gu’s waist. “Careful! You’re quite far along now.”

Gu Yuxi just looked at him with pouting lips. Luo Panzhi surrendered unconditionally, kissing his lips softly. “Alright, I won’t lecture you anymore. No more crying.”

Gu Yuxi wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.

“And you say I’m the crybaby,” Luo Panzhi teased. He took a handkerchief from his suit pocket and gently wiped Gu’s face. “Clearly, you’re the bigger one.”

“It’s not that I want to cry,” Gu Yuxi muttered.

Luo Panzhi chuckled. “Right, right. The tears just fell on their own. My Lawyer Gu definitely didn’t want to cry.”

Feeling embarrassed by the coddling, the thirty-year-old man pressed Luo’s hand down and lowered his head. “Baby, I really have become a crybaby. I wasn’t like this before.”

He had grown up without parents, suffered in the orphanage, and endured Mo Wenbin’s schemes without a single tear. Yet, since meeting Luo Panzhi, he had lost count of how many times he had cried.

“It’s not that you couldn’t cry before; it’s just that you hadn’t met the person you dared to cry in front of.” Luo adjusted Gu’s position to make him more comfortable in his arms. “You dare to lose your temper and cry with me because you know I love you, and I’ll never have the heart to actually do anything to you.”

“Don’t make me sound so spoiled.”

“You can be spoiled with me.”

“But you get so angry when I am.”

“I might get angry, and I might lecture you, but that doesn’t stop me from comforting you afterward.”

Gu Yuxi leaned his head on Luo’s shoulder. “I know it was my fault this time. But… next time, don’t scold me in front of Qi Lin or on the street. I’m thirty, I need to save face.”

“Yes, Sir. I understand.”

Gu Yuxi pulled back and looked down at him. His eyes were still red. He took a deep breath, looking as if he wanted to say something more.

“What is it now? Still mad at me?” Luo Panzhi asked, stroking his cheek.

Gu Yuxi shook his head. “Luo Panzhi.”

“Mhm?”

“Panpan.”

“Mhm.”

“Baby.”

“Mhm.”

“Hubby.”

“Mhm,” Luo Panzhi laughed.

Gu Yuxi’s eyes welled up again. He leaned down and hugged Luo’s neck tightly. “Mr. Luo.”

“Yes, Mr. Gu?”

“What would I do without you? No one else in this world would cherish me like you do.”

No one else would tolerate his temper—mostly because no one else had ever seen it. From the very beginning, even when Gu tried to push him away with lies, Luo Panzhi had refused to leave. He had seen through the cold exterior to the heat underneath. This younger Alpha, six years his junior, possessed a heart strong and gentle enough to embrace all his flaws.

“There is no ‘without me,'” Luo Panzhi whispered, kissing his temple. “I am right here, loving you with everything I have. Just remember: I only get angry because I care. I will never lose my temper for no reason, okay?”

“I know.” Gu Yuxi’s emotions finally leveled out.

“In the future, just tell me where you want to go. No more lying, okay?”

“What if I want to go to a bar when I’m eight months along?”

“I’ll go with you.”

“If you go with me, can I have one sip of alcohol?”

“I’ll bring a bottle of milk for you to drink there.”

Gu Yuxi: “…” The desire to go to the bar vanished instantly. He gave Luo a look of pure disdain.

Luo Panzhi laughed and pinched his cheek. “Are we good now, Boss? Feeling better? Still angry?”

“Not angry.”

“Then give me a smile.”

Gu Yuxi gave him a forced, “professional” fake smile.

“I’ve really spoiled you rotten,” Luo Panzhi teased, pulling him into a warm embrace.

In the quiet of the car, the small argument dissolved, replaced by a heat that only deepened their bond. Luo Panzhi looked at the man in his arms with nothing but adoration. He loved everything about him—the coldness, the fire, the stubbornness, and the incredible courage it took for an Alpha to carry their child.

He still owed Gu Yuxi a wedding and a ring that symbolized eternity. He would wait until the baby was born, so their child could witness the love between their fathers.

“Alright, I believe you,” Luo Panzhi smiled.