My Husband is the Emperor : I Woke Up With a Husband

Time didn’t rush her so Violet didn’t mind the wait but it confuses her because Li Lian was the type of person who rarely made others wait on her even if they were servants. She doubted she was involved in any dangerous activity seeing that Li Lian’s as still inside the house that was filled with more than fourth bodyguards.

Violet then decided to wait again, pulling the chair near her that was occasionally placed in the corridor, waiting for her when at time, someone had came passed by her.

Many people had passed by the passage, mostly servants and at times bodyguards who had to move places accordingly to their shifts. The person that walked this time wore a striking white polished shoes with black laces tying the shoes neatly.

Unlike the people who had come away, this one person didn’t move and had stopped right in front of her.

Slowly Violet who was piqued by curiosity raised her chin, meeting the handsome man whose hair had been combed neatly to the back of his head, a hairstyle which was contrasting to the way he often dress, his clothes wasn’t his usual style either with it being a tuxedo, and his black necktie with an abstract pattern caught Violet’s eyes as she laddered her gaze to look up and met the man’s eyes.

"Are you alright?" Li Xiao Chen asked, his voice holding back as if he was hesitant.

Li Xiao Chen didn’t know where it begin, where his interest had been caught. What he knew was of how quick he was to caught Violet’s figure amongst the people around him. Her presence stood out like the only violet-colored flower amongst a garden full of white. She caught his sight and attention not because of how pure she was but because that he had caught glimpses of the real her hidden underneath her strong and indifference ambience.

What happen on their last meeting became Li Xiao Chen’s warning however. He cannot admit that he had fallen for Violet as he wasn’t sure if this was what others would call as love. He could feel passion when Violet was near and he knew she felt it too but that passion was yet to be love for them, neither was feeling the ardent pull but he felt that he had stepped on her’s proximity and at this point it was too late for him to recoil.

Violet could sense the hesitation on his voice, "I am. Just waiting for the Mistress," answered Violet. Strange, she thought. Last time she felt riled and unruffled by his appearance but now that he didn’t ignore her, cause her to feel happy.

Li Xiao Chen stared back at her, they didn’t do anything but stare at the first few minutes and Violet found herself gulping for some reason.

"That’s great then. I thought you were ill with your head bent down like that," Li Xiao Chen said and he exhaled a little sigh, the sigh surprised Violet and she wondered why she felt on edge. The littlest movement Li Xiao Chen made swayed her emotions.

Violet questioned what Li Xiao Chen was doing by not leaving but then she didn’t want to ask him for his movement of inactive.

Her eyes trailed on his clothes, seeing how good he was with the clothes. Compared to how goofy he was when he spoke, the way he dressed was similar to his older brother, with a clean cut image and a strict look on his face and a tinge of coldness.

Despite never seeing the man fighting before, Violet doubted he was one person who would stagger after a single punch. The way his arm fit snuggly to his sleeve, she realized that he had an adequate amount of muscle in him. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

She continue to watched his clothes only to avoid looking anything above his neck, and looked down to narrow her eyes.

"That wound..." Violet drawled, her eyes were unable to leave the bandage that stocked to the back of his palm.

"This," Li Xiao Chen said, raising his hand and a sudden smile came to him, "I guess the cat was in a bad mood and scratched me when I tried to come closer. I heard that they rarely warm themselves to each other and I see how true it is."

"I didn’t know you like cat," answered Violet, her tone a little bitter because she was aware of who he had called as a cat.

"I tend to be seen as someone who would like dog instead, I heard a lot about it," Li Xiao Chen answered, "It did hurt, however."

Violet’s eyes run to meet him, and Li Xiao Chen pulled the bandage from his hand, showing the line which was still red, caused by her fingernails. Violet felt bad for the wound she caused because truthfully, she hadn’t done it with the idea of wanting to hurt him.

"Have you addressed the wound?" Violet hen asked and Li Xiao Chen nodded.

"I just plastered the bandage."

"You should have put more medicine," advised Violet, "Not all fingernails is clean and they could be the container of wound. What will happen if you catch an illness?"

Li Xiao Chen grinned, "Then I would ask the one who caused me this illness for compensation."

"A cat cannot pay for the damage," Violet answered, though that wasn’t the point, she cannot help herself from retorting to his words.

"Yes, a cat cannot but this cat can. But whether they can success is still a question, because the compensation I want is not money," saying this, Li Xiao Chen took a step forward and the movement had Violet to press her back deeper to the back, her eyes warily looking at him as he went more closer until there was no longer space between them.

"I didn’t think of you as a dirty person," Violet said, she could push Li Xiao Chen yet her hand was unmovable and he could only glue her eyes to Li Xiao Chen’s smile that went wider.

He raised one of his eyebrows, "I think the one who is dirty here isn’t me but you. What compensation did you think I want?"

Violet wasn’t someone who play coy, she went straightforward, "What do you want?"

"Just a little," Li Xiao Chen reached out his hand in a very careful manner and when his fingertips landed on her cheek, he pushed aside the hair that covered her face, pushing it to the back, "Talk and time from them. That’s all I want. I think I was accused for things that I don’t do. It didn’t sit well with me, and I feel rather sad."

"I don’t have time," Violet answered directly, "You should settle with my apology."

"Okay." Li Xiao Chen replied quickly and it surprises Violet. He bent his knees then sitting on the floor regardless of getting his pants dirty, "Apologize to me then and tell me what made you felt angry?"

"I can do the first one but not the second," Violet felt tickle when Li Xiao Chen took his time to tuck her hair behind her ears and his fingertips continue to slide down as if tracing the shape of her ears.

"Why not the second? I think I deserve to know the reason for me to be dislike or else I won’t be able to apologize to you either," Li Xiao Chen then pulled his hand, "Do you hate me?"

Violet gulped, she learned her lesson in the past and can’t help but became wary that the interest given by Li Xiao Chen was just a momentarily attraction, "Does it matter whether I like or hate you?"

"It does," Li Xiao Chen answered, his eyes that looked at Violet turn brighter with sparks, "Because by then I would know if I should retreat myself from you or if I am allowed to get closer to you. Though I can’t see myself pulling away from you any longer. You cause me to feel strange."