The Substitute Bride - Yizhan

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Yibo groaned. "Her again? Can't we totally forget about her? I don't want to hear her name anymore."

"But she was with you in Guangdong," Zhan insisted.

Yibo's eyebrows furrowed. "No!" said Yibo in firm denial. " We were together earlier because I went to their house to get my phone. She had borrowed it the other night when we were getting takeout and forgot to give it back. She said she was going to visit a friend in this building, so I let her tag along since Haoxuan had her car. I almost didn't believe her but gave her the benefit of the doubt. Also, the reason I left early this morning— was to get my phone from her. But she wasn't at their house this morning when I dropped by; they said she left early. I went to Guangdong without bringing my cell phone, Zhan."

"Oh," Zhan's gentle exclamation. But he was unstoppable. "On that night you arrived together, Zhou Fei said you were with her..."

Yibo shook his head again. "I found her standing next to her car in the parking lot. She said she came from here and that you weren't able to cook, so we just bought some takeout. I didn't really want to go because I was exhausted from all the work, but she was persistent." Yibo held his chin and lifted it. "Another miscommunication, my dear husband?"

"Oh, Yibo... There are so many misunderstandings. And it's all because of me." Zhan ran a finger across his husband's face. He gently stroked Yibo's lips, as if he was begging for a kiss.

Yibo held his hand and kissed his fingertips one after the other.

"From now on, you can forget Zhou Fei. She won't bother us anymore. I talked with her earlier after I dropped you off. I bargained with her. For the sake of our old friendship, I hope you understand, sweetheart..."

"What was your conversation about?"

"She really told her dad to find a way to stop our wedding, but she never thought her father would think of murdering you. The day you said Shen Guangshan hit your aunt, she told his dad to take the woman they hit to the hospital.

"But Shen Guangshan did not agree, he doesn't want to go to jail! I believed Zhou Fei because they were really honestly arguing about it. Zhou Fei blamed her father. I heard on the recorder that Wenhan secretly left in his office when Zhou Fei and her dad were there.

"So, I told Zhou Fei to go out of the country and never come back. She should back off and not mess with our lives anymore because I love you. In exchange for me not filing a case against her and Haoxuan, she agreed to leave the country "

"What about Shen Guangshan?"

"Zhou Fei pleaded. But let the law handle him. Aside from the case of your aunt, he hid for a long time, he also tried to harm you and Ziyi. And then there's the money that he embezzled from the company.

"I kept silent about it. I was worried that Dad might have a heart attack the moment he found out that the friend he trusted embezzled a large sum of money from the company. Shen Guangshan will be forced to sell his share in the company so he can pay back the amount of money he embezzled from the trading firm over the past two years."

Zhan sighed. On another day, he will be able to tell his parents and his Uncle Ye Hua that justice has been served for his aunt's death.

" I promise, Yibo, from now on, I will not allow false suspicions to control my heart and mind. Though you can't totally blame me," "Zhan retorted and pouted. "You didn't even say that you love me."

"Didn't my kisses tell you that? Didn't my eyes say that I so love you, sweetheart?" Yibo stood up, and scooped him in his arms. "I love you, husband. More than any man could ever love you."

Yibo carried him into the room and gently placed him in the center of the bed.

"We haven't had dinner yet, Yibo," he said, about to get up, but Yibo gently laid him back down.

"If I'm hungry right now, it's for one thing, sweetheart, and I can't wait any longer."

Yibo got down beside him. Then Yibo rained his face with kisses. Yibo's lips moved down to the hollow of his throat. His arms went around Yibo's neck.

Warmly and freely, he responded to his husband's kisses. Slowly, Yibo ignited a fire in his body. He seemed like a dry forest beginning to blaze. Zhan was moaning and whimpering. Zhan wanted more and faster.

However, Yibo's tight embrace around him gradually loosened. Yibo's kisses stayed in one spot on his neck and remained there, lingering.

And Zhan could feel the weight of his husband on top of him.

Zhan slightly broke free and stared at his husband. He almost laughed out loud upon seeing his husband already asleep. Yibo was breathing evenly. Instead, a tender smile broke Zhan's lips slowly.

Zhan sighed in contentment and gazed at the handsome face of his husband. Every line and angle. And although happiness and peace were evident in his husband's face, Zhan knew that his husband was exhausted.

From the tension that existed between them since they got married to the current problems at the company. And up to what happened earlier.

Last night, he knew Yibo was tired and sleep-deprived because his husband was angry when he left their room.

Zhan was sure that Yibo hadn't slept at all. He was also sure that his husband encountered many problems in Guangdong and that he was tired from the long round-trip journey.

He should have insisted on feeding his husband dinner but he missed Yibo so much that he, too, wanted to spend the next hours making love to him.

Seeing his husband's exhaustion, Zhan was sure that Yibo would rather sleep than eat.

"Sleep well, love," Zhan whispered, planting a soft kiss on his forehead and cradling Yibo against his chest. "I love you."

"Hmm... love you, too, and don't leave," Yibo murmured sleepily. The embrace around him tightened again. Yibo's hand on his soft curves forced himself awake.

But Zhan softly and lovingly caressed the thickness of his husband's hair, until Yibo finally fell asleep again.

Zhan remained holding his husband in an embrace. Their married life with Yibo is just beginning. Bigger storms are yet to come into their lives. But they would weather them all as long as they were together. Right now, just knowing they love each other is all that matters.

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