He groaned in her ear, "do you want me to climax without even entering you? At this rate, I would defeat even my teenage resistance time limit . "

Sam's delighted musical laughter rang in the room .

She replied naughtily, "it's a long night . Don't worry about your performance . I am sure you will get enough opportunities to show your control . For now, let it flow . "

For Wei, the banter was as big a turn on as her body was . He closed his eyes and let the wicked woman enjoy the torture that she was doling out to him . The room was soon inundated with his harsh, guttural sounds as she pleasured him .

By the time it was 3am, Sam had lost count of how many times had she reached the peak . If she thought that the first night with him had been amazing, it was nothing compared to tonight . Prince Wei had opened a new world of forbidden delights few hours ago and she was already addicted .

Looking at his peacefully sleeping face while his chest rose and fell in a rhythm, she couldn't help but reach out to trace the planes of his face with her fingers .

"Do you know that I have fallen for you already, fallen hard?" she thought ruefully, not daring to voice out the words, even in front of his sleeping form .

Earthly Matters Ltd, London

"Why are you looking so forlorn? Ah… I forgot, she left this morning, didn't she?" Eric came to Hui's cabin .

"I don't have time for any nonsensical conversation . If you are here on a work related matter, spit it out else go back to your desk . We have enough tasks on our respective platters," Hui snapped at him .

Eric didn't take his friend's words to heart .

He grinned, "that bad, eh? If you were going to be affected this deeply, why did you let her go? All that intelligence of yours is a complete waste if you can't even come up with an effective scheme to trick a woman into falling in love with you . "

Hui frowned at him but said nothing .

With a suffering sigh, Eric raised his hands in surrender and said, "alright, don't look at me like a wounded animal . I won't add to your woes . When is she coming back though? And I hope you told her severely to take care of her health . In the past few days, she has really lost a crazy amount of weight . Before we know, you will be carrying your parents' food to her in China as well . "

Hui finally relented under his COO's tactics and cracked a smile .

"Yes, I admonished her but I am not sure if she would really pay any heed to it . Having interacted with her all this while, I have realised that she looks docile and subservient but is quite obstinate when it comes to doing as she pleases . So one can only hope…" he left his words incomplete .

"Hui, do you think that she has gone to seek her past," Eric asked him, out of the blue .

Hui got up from his chair and went upto the window which overlooked the Hyde Park .

With his back to Eric, he said softly, "she has been carrying that past within her . So it really isn't her past logically then because she is still living it . "

Eric could hear the pain in his friend's voice but there was nothing that he could do about it currently . He wanted to wait for the outcome of Jia Li's trip . If she came back to London, still single, he would leave no stone unturned to matchmake Hui with her . So he had to wait!

Pudong International Airport, Shanghai

Jia Li took soaked in the environment around her . Everything felt familiar yet distant . The place held bittersweet memories for her . Composing her features, she walked out . Hailing a cab, she went straight to Xie Mansion .

After half an hour of exhausting conversation with one staff to another, she finally came out of there with no update except that the entire family has s.h.i.+fted base to a foreign country . The staff simply refused to divulge anything further . She begged them for a contact number but was informed frostily that they didn't have any number except for Mr . Xie's China mobile number which was the same that she had with her .

The minute she left from there, the senior caretaker dialled Mr . Xie immediately . Though there was a time zone difference between the two countries, but the man instinctively knew that he should inform his employer of this visit ASAP . Amongst the staff, he was the only one who knew the details of why and where of the Xie family .