Chapter 18


    Chapter 18


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    At the crack of dawn, as the first sunlight shone into the bedroom of Dustmeadow Mansion, Cassandra


    was woken up by the rm. She stretched but felt warm skin, which startled her and made her fling her


    eyes open.


    What came into her view was Ondo’s handsome countenance. He was still asleep with his eyes


    closed while she was leaning against his chest as his arm circled her waist.


    Cassandra was stunned. Before she could react, he asked in a deep, raspy, and fairly amused voice,


    “You’re


    awake?”


    “Why… Why haven’t you gotten up yet?” she inquired.


    “I couldn’t bear to wake you up since you were sleeping so well,” he said.


    “What does it have to do with me?” She was puzzled.


    He answered, “What do you think? You’re holding me so tight that I can’t get your hands off”


    Ondo stared intently at Cassandra, who was in his arms. His warm breath fanning her cheeks


    caused her face


    to redden by the second as if the air had be thinner.


    Ondo’s smile deepened, and his voice also turned exceptionally husky. “What? Are you going to


    throw me away now that you’re done using me?”


    “What nonsense are you saying? Unhand me.” She pushed hard, but his muscr chest was as hard


    as a rock,


    rendering the attempt futile.


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    ly, it made him hug her even tighter.


    Cassandra looked at him in a daze, pursing her lips lightly while at a loss.


    Unbeknownst to her, she resembled a frightened fawn at present, and the more she looked like this,


    the more he


    wanted to tease her.


    Something seemed to dawn on Ondo out of the blue.


    He knitted his brows and ordered lowly, “Cassandra, do not casually get with men after the divorce, and


    do not believe their acts of goodwill to you. All of them are ill–intentioned.”


    This stunned Cassandra but she didn’t say anything.


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    “Answer me, Cassandra. Tell me you will listen,” Ondo demanded sternly.


    “What if I don’t?” she asked.


    “You have to. I’m not joking with you,” he stated.


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    Cassandra found this ridiculous. “Ondo, if an employee of yourpany resigned, are you also


    going to meddle with what their next job is?”


    “That’s different,” he said.


    She frowned, “How so? It’s just a different metaphor, but it means the same thing.”


    “Cassandra, this isn’t a discussion. You must listen no matter what, you hear me?” Ondo said.


    “No,” she objected.


    “Try disagreeing again.” He seemed to be furious as his face fell.


    Yet, Cassandra’s stubbornness was also aroused. She looked up, overlooking how close they were to


    each other, and challenged. “What? Are you gonna hit me if I do?”


    He looked down at her red lips with slightly narrowed eyes, saying meaningfully, “I’ll kiss you if you still


    disagree.”


    Cassandra was taken aback, musing, ‘Does he know what he’s saying?”


    It was the first time Ondo had expressed something like that so explicitly.


    Cassandra felt especially awkward and uneasy, but she was still in his embrace and didn’t dare to


    move.


    “You can’t do that,” she replied, feeling jittery.


    “Why not? We’re still married, so it’s only natural for us to do this.” He kept his gaze fixed on her. “If you


    really don’t want to do it, you can promise me you’ll listen. But if you keep disagreeing, I may take it as


    that you actually want me to kiss you.”


    “No, I don’t,” she denied.


    “Oh? Really? Then, why won’t you promise me?” Ondo quizzed.


    “That’s my business. Why should I still do as you say after we’re divorced?” she questioned.


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    “I say that for your own good,” he said.


    “But I don’t need it,” she replied.


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    ‘He doesn’t know what I want at all and yet thinks he’s doing this for my own good, thought Cassandra,


    who


    didn’t need his unsolicited advice.


    But Ondo was a man of his word, so he immediately rolled over and pinned her down.


    Cassandra raised her hands and tried to push him away but to no avail. Instead, she heard him say,


    the more you resist men at this time, the more it’ll excite them.”


    Helplessness washed over her. “What exactly do you want?”


    “Cassandra,


    The next second, he lowered his head and closed the distance between them, letting the tip of their


    noses touch. She then felt his warm hand sliding past her waist.