Married to his secret crush

''In exchange of the gift,'' Mu Shen said, ''I liked that watch. So, you can keep this in exchange.''

Li Shuang raised an eyebrow, ''That watch was for my Cousin-in-law. It was his birthday, not yours.''

''Didn't I say that I will give him whatever you gift me on my birthday?"

''You are a strange man,'' Li Shuang said after some thought, ''But I am really busy right now. I am not sure whether I will be able to attend your birthday party.''

''It might not necessarily be a party.''

Li Shuang did not believe it. This high-profile superstar would not throw a party on his birthday. It? would be strange.

''Anyways, I will inform you before days. Will that do?"

''Alright,'' She nodded. ''I'll ask my assistant to make some time if I am busy.''

Mu Shen was a little amused.

On the other side, while the servants made the arrangements in the library, Yu Mei and Jun Zixuan walked towards the further end of the bookshelves.

''This is so beautiful,'' Yu Mei mumbled while looking around the place.

''You like it?" Jun Zixuan found the place quite dull. It was just an old rustic library and probably because he has been staying in Ren Mansion alone for a few years already, he was used to all of this.

Yu Mei could tell it from his reactions. ''This library is even grander than the library inside the Jun Manor,'' She sighed.

''You have been there before?"

''Once only,'' Jun Zishen was the one who took her there but since Jun Zishen's topic was off charts, she changed the topic, ''Why have you never told me about this place?"

Jun Zixuan could guess who took her to the royal library. He did not dwell on that topic either, ''Ever since you appeared, there has been one blunder after another. When did we ever have the leisure to sit on the terrace with two coffee cups while discussing the architecture of Ren Mansion?''

Yu Mei laughed awkwardly, ''That sounds very right,'' She bit her lips.

His eyes landed on her plump lips and he stepped closer to her, slowly and deliberately trapping her in between his arms while she leaned back on the book shelf. ''Would you mind a kiss?" His tone was smooth as a gentleman but dominant as ever.

''Right here?" She looked to her left and right before looking back at him.

''Right here,'' He nodded.

''A-Alright-'' Before she could speak further, she found his lips capturing hers. His tongue ravaged her mouth hungrily as he wrapped an arm on her back, his fingers curling near her breasts as he kissed her passionately.

It took her a moment to register his actions but soon, she fisted the material of his shirt as she slowly kissed him back, their lips danced together until both of them were breathless, and warm in the initially cold atmosphere.

Jun Zixuan leaned his forehead on hers as their lips parted. He unbuttoned the upper buttons of his shirt with his other hand.

''They might be looking for us…'' She whispered against his lips.

''Let them,'' He mumbled, ''We can play truth dare here, can't we?"

''How so?" She hooked her arms around his neck.

''For truth… you can ask me anything you want…'' He paused and wrapped an arm around her waist before twirling her around such that he was leaning back on the shelf while her body was positioned to lie on his, ''As for the dare… I will dare you to go down on me in this position,'' His husky voice sounded beside her ear and his cool lips fell on her neck.

''A-And, that will be very unfair to me…'' She pulled back from him and tugged at his hand, ''I know almost everything about you.''

''Then do you want to dare me to do something to you?" He asked teasingly.

She shrugged, ''Could be,'' A soft blush crept up to her cheeks.

''Ah Xuan… where did you disappear to?" A voice interrupted the sexual ambience between the couple.

Yu Mei laughed looking at his darkening face, ''I say I would have thought Mu Shen is your girlfriend if I hadn't known better.''

Jun Zixuan's face was dark like the bottom of a pan.

…

A huge round fluffy carpet was laid next to the fireplace and everyone sat on it in a circle. Jun Zixuan and Mu Shen sat next to each other.

Li Shuang sat beside Mu Shen and Yu Mei sat beside Jun Zixuan. Next to Yu Mei, there was Shi Luo, then Jun Boyan, then Han Jian Yu and finally Mia.

''It is so good here,'' Mia whispered to Han Jian Yu, ''So cold and so comfortable,'' She placed her elbow on his knee and propped her head on her fist.

Han Jian Yu glanced at the genuine happiness on her face before looking at the elbow propped on his knee, ''As long as you like it,'' He whispered.

Mia tilted her head to the side, ''You don't like it?" Since they were sitting on the further side of the fireplace, it was colder.

''It's good,'' Han Jian Yu smirked.

''I know right,'' She mumbled.

''So, here we go,'' Mu Shen's voice attracted everyone's attention as all of them turned to look at the bottle twirling in the smooth center of the carpet.

As the bottle twirled, the anticipation rose and since Mu Shen had done it with a huge amount of force, it kept twirling for a long time before it came to a halt, the head of the bottle pointed towards…

Everyone looked into the direction it was pointing at.

Jun Boyan was stunned for a moment.

''Say Fourth Young Master, truth or dare?" Mu Shen rubbed his palms together.

Jun Boyan knew that he has offended this man quite a few times like the time when he fell on his face in the mud in front of the girl's dormitory. So, he was sure that nothing would be good if he chose truth as the man looked ready to dig any embarrassing thing or incident from his life.

So, in the end, he chose, ''Dare…''

Mu Shen raised an eyebrow as he laughed a little evilly.