After A Secret Marriage Agreement With A Rival Omega - Chapter 79

Chapter 79

“If you said you couldn’t stand being away from me.”

Jian Jixing’s thoughts were in disarray after Sheng Ruxi’s kiss, and she couldn’t figure out her intentions. The two of them hadn’t seen each other for a whole week, yet their physical chemistry hadn’t diminished in the slightest.

Now that they were face to face, and with Sheng Ruxi blocking her like this, her self-control was completely shattered.

Before they even kissed, her pheromones had already kissed back.

The soft touch was fleeting, but Jian Jixing’s hand naturally found its way to Sheng Ruxi’s waist. She lowered her head, wanting to continue the kiss, but Sheng Ruxi didn’t go along with her wishes. She raised an eyebrow and took a small step back, pressing her hand against Jian Jixing’s shoulder.

Sheng Ruxi was wearing a natural nude-colored lipstick with a dewy shine, and Jian Jixing could even taste a hint of cherry sweetness on her lips. But now, the color was a bit smudged.

The hotter the back of her neck felt, the calmer Jian Jixing forced herself to be. She used her other hand to cup the back of Sheng Ruxi’s head, burying her face in the curve of her neck.

She switched to kissing a more sensitive spot, causing Sheng Ruxi to instinctively tilt her chin up.

“Want to be my leading lady?”

Jian Jixing spoke softly, her warm breath caressing Sheng Ruxi’s neck. “You said you wanted to release your emotions, so why won’t you let me kiss you?”

Sheng Ruxi could feel Jian Jixing’s fiery breath, but her hands remained well-behaved, not wandering from her waist.

On one hand, there was composure, and on the other, an unstoppable passion.

And she herself was often caught in the middle of this playful contrast from Jian Jixing.

She didn’t want to kiss her, didn’t want to just kiss her, couldn’t kiss her without abandon here—

Sheng Ruxi’s heart was conflicted, knowing someone could arrive at any moment. Jian Jixing would kiss for a moment, then stop, rubbing her nose against her, teasing Sheng Ruxi’s heart as if a feather were constantly brushing against it, keeping her from finding peace.

She wasn’t one to sit back and do nothing. Taking advantage of a moment of stillness, she turned her head and took the initiative, kissing Jian Jixing on the chin.

Sheng Ruxi felt Jian Jixing’s hand on her waist tighten slightly. She parted her lips slightly, not biting, but gently grinding her teeth.

With her movement, Jian Jixing closed her eyes, her swallowing motion obvious, and she pursed her lips.

Sheng Ruxi’s teasing method was simple and clumsy, yet it worked so effectively on her. What began as an indulgence of Sheng Ruxi’s mischievousness gradually turned into an agonizing back-and-forth struggle.

Jian Jixing could suppress the slight sounds escaping her lips, but she couldn’t stop the increasingly intense surge of her pheromones under Sheng Ruxi’s provocation.

Suddenly, Sheng Ruxi’s phone vibrated. This interruption broke Sheng Ruxi’s focus. She hadn’t planned to answer, but she did after seeing the contact name.

“My dear, where are you? Didn’t you say you’d finish this dinner?” It was Zhou Mei on the other end, her tone urgent. “You said you’d grace us with your presence, so why did you leave midway? Who made you angry?”

Who made her angry? No one, really… Sheng Ruxi was about to speak, but Jian Jixing’s lips found her ear. Sheng Ruxi’s breath hitched, and she steadied herself before saying, “The female lead for the movie is already decided—”

Before she could finish, Jian Jixing breathed lightly into her ear.

The breath, like a faint, yet purposeful hook, became the tongue of a serpent born of desire, slithering into her ear.

Her words came to an abrupt halt. Sheng Ruxi held back, her voice dropping. “No one made me angry.”

Her hand, without any real threat, hooked around Jian Jixing’s neck, pulling the fervent breath away from her side.

Sheng Ruxi heard Jian Jixing’s soft chuckle and was startled, quickly trying to cover Jian Jixing’s mouth.

“Where are you? Who’s with you?” Zhou Mei was alert.

“Just outside getting some air. A waiter passed by,” Sheng Ruxi said, steadying herself.

Her neck and ear felt numb. In the presence of Jian Jixing’s pheromones, she found it hard to resist.

Jian Jixing’s fingers caressed Sheng Ruxi’s hand that was covering her mouth, tracing from the fingertips to the base.

Sheng Ruxi’s heart fluttered, and she nearly let out a soft moan.

Zhou Mei continued to persuade her on the phone. “I heard from Gu Shengci that you were upset by Miss Xie Jinheng. Don’t be mad, that’s all in the past now, isn’t it? We just found out that Xie Jinheng used to be an actress for a while. It’s said that when Director Jian was filming her, she got very deeply into the character. Later, she wanted to change Director Jian’s script, and it caused some friction. They haven’t mentioned each other for years.”

Sheng Ruxi was taken aback.

“But now she’s willing to invest again, so she and Director Jian must have buried the hatchet. I heard from Gu Shengci that the female lead really hasn’t been set yet, which is why I called you,” Zhou Mei explained. “What are you afraid of? No one else knows about your relationship with Director Jian. If they did, who would even be your competition?”

Sheng Ruxi’s voice escaped through Jian Jixing’s fingers. “I’m not afraid, and I never said I had to have the part.”

She looked up at Jian Jixing. Jian Jixing could only faintly hear Zhou Mei’s voice and didn’t know what she was saying.

But she heard Sheng Ruxi say she didn’t necessarily want the part, and she knew what Zhou Mei was talking about with her.

She leisurely rubbed Sheng Ruxi’s fingers, her slightly parted lips exhaling a moist breath that gently hit the palm of Sheng Ruxi’s hand.

Sheng Ruxi suddenly let go, her eyes wide as she glared at Jian Jixing, silently warning her.

“…Nothing, I have to go now.”

Faintly, Jian Jixing seemed to hear footsteps.

But she had no intention of letting Sheng Ruxi go. Instead, she pulled Sheng Ruxi into her arms and asked in a low voice, “Going back tonight?”

Jian Jixing had specifically taken time off from the mountain film set to come back because she knew Sheng Ruxi would be here.

“Someone’s coming, let go…” Sheng Ruxi also heard the movement, so she didn’t answer Jian Jixing’s question directly. She tried to break free from Jian Jixing’s grip, but Jian Jixing showed no signs of letting her go.

Sheng Ruxi feigned a move to step on her with her high heel. “They’re waiting for you inside. Who knows when this will end.”

“If you go back, it will end now.” Jian Jixing didn’t flinch, and in the end, Sheng Ruxi didn’t actually step on her with her heel, just gave her a light kick.

They had thought the footsteps wouldn’t come this way, maybe someone from another private room looking for someone, but the footsteps were getting closer, heading straight for them.

If someone really saw them embracing here, they’d never be able to explain it away.

She didn’t know who it was, or how they had so accurately found their location.

“Let go, quickly.”

Sheng Ruxi immediately clenched her jaw, reining in her pheromones completely. She pushed Jian Jixing forward and herself to a more concealed spot, her back pressed against the wall.

It all happened in about two seconds.

“Jixing.” Someone came from behind, calling Jian Jixing’s name. At the same time, they stopped in front of Jian Jixing and sniffed the lingering scent in the air with a look of disbelief.

“Your pheromones?” Xie Jinheng suddenly realized. “Who were you just with here?”

Xie Jinheng stood in front of Jian Jixing, her slightly upturned eyes filled with surprise as she looked over.

She seemed to want to sniff again, but in an instant, the pheromones in the air were gone, replaced only by Jian Jixing’s own cool scent.

The Jian Jixing of this moment was completely different from the one with Sheng Ruxi.

She stood there, blocking any further movement from Xie Jinheng, and said in a flat tone, “No one.”

“After all this time, are you really so distant with me? Jixing, I haven’t missed a single bit of news about you,” Xie Jinheng said with a hint of helplessness. She curled her lips. “Jixing.”

Xie Jinheng didn’t move any closer. She had come out specifically to find Jian Jixing. There was a faint scent of wine on Xie Jinheng’s person. Without waiting for Jian Jixing to speak, she continued, “Jixing, you’re so amazing now.”

It was a strange compliment, and Jian Jixing couldn’t understand how Xie Jinheng could say it, as if she had been watching her grow all along.

Xie Jinheng then added, “It’s a shame you don’t make romance films anymore. You had so much talent. When you were directing me back then, even an actress with no foundation like me could quickly get into character.”

Jian Jixing frowned, her arms wrapping around herself. Her tone was no longer flat. “Don’t bring that up again.”

In Sheng Ruxi’s experience, she had only ever seen Jian Jixing’s lazy state when dealing with others. She had never seen Jian Jixing wear such a serious, and even visibly impatient, expression, as if deliberately putting it on to maintain a distance.

Romance film.

What exactly happened between them back then?

Although Sheng Ruxi’s heart was beating fast, her breathing grew softer.

“Are you married? I asked my mother when I came back—”

“I’m married.” Jian Jixing cut her off without hesitation. Sheng Ruxi’s heart skipped a beat when those four words were said.

“Is that so? Is she someone in the industry? She married you knowing about my past with you and those films we made?” Xie Jinheng didn’t seem surprised by Jian Jixing’s answer. Instead, she asked with a look of innocence, “I knew you were just teasing me.”

Jian Jixing stood still, looking coldly at the person in front of her.

She didn’t care what Xie Jinheng said, but would Sheng Ruxi misunderstand what she was saying?

Xie Jinheng laughed softly. “Don’t stay out here too long. I’ll go inside and wait for you.”

Xie Jinheng took a step back, smiling like a victor, and walked back toward the private room.

It wasn’t until she was truly out of sight that Jian Jixing felt the lingering scent of Xie Jinheng’s perfume in the air. She took a step back, her eyebrows furrowed, but she didn’t see Sheng Ruxi.

The safety exit door was half-open. Clearly, Sheng Ruxi had no intention of listening to her bickering with Xie Jinheng and had left long ago.

Jian Jixing’s frown didn’t ease. Just a moment ago, Sheng Ruxi was jealous about the female lead role and looked ready to bite, but in the next moment, she could just leave like this.

She held her phone and texted Sheng Ruxi: [Where did you go?]

Sheng Ruxi replied quickly: [I don’t have a habit of eavesdropping. I’m leaving first.]

Jian Jixing took a few steps closer and opened the safety exit door. It was empty, with only a faint scent of Sheng Ruxi’s perfume lingering.

If Jian Jixing hadn’t been mistaken when she came out, Sheng Ruxi’s bag was still on her seat.

A gust of wind from below swept through, and the air outside was scorching hot, momentarily clearing Jian Jixing’s head. She stepped back, didn’t text again, and called directly.

Sheng Ruxi answered quickly and asked first, “Are you done talking?”

She really had left right from the start, not caring about what was happening here at all?

“Are you really gone?”

“Mm.”

Sheng Ruxi’s side was very quiet, not even the sound of the wind, so she must have already gotten into a car.

Jian Jixing paused, her fingers involuntarily gripping the phone tightly. “Are you coming home tonight?”

Sheng Ruxi’s side went quiet for a moment. “No, I’m not.”

Jian Jixing didn’t hang up or speak. Neither did Sheng Ruxi. Finally, Sheng Ruxi couldn’t hold out. “When are you going back there?”

“I can go back tonight.”

Sheng Ruxi’s breathing became a little heavier. She was silent for another moment, her tone not betraying anger or any other emotion. “Are you really going?”

Jian Jixing walked slowly toward the private room, not answering the question. It wasn’t until she was near the door that she heard Sheng Ruxi say, “If you said you couldn’t stand being away from me, then…”