Golden rays of sunlight washed into the bedroom, shafts from the huge windows spilling over the two occupants sleeping on a king-size bed. The woman groaned and shifted on the bed. Her long tresses tickled her bare skin. Her hands splayed on a torso of a man as she slept soundly, her naked body pressed against him.
She slowly woke up, wondering why was her pillow too warm to touch. The woman moaned softly, and her brows twitched as the sunlight hit her face, making her aware that it was already morning.
Luna Jiang just wanted to spend most of her days in her bed. Most of her nights passed by with her working on the advertisement for the newest phone that their company launched yesterday. Good thing it was already Saturday, and she didn't have to do anything for today.
Her hand unconsciously gripped the nearest pillow to her body, but she was surprised when she felt naked skin beneath her fingers. She opened her eyes in confusion and propped an elbow to lift her torso from the bed. Her gaze landed on a man smiling down on her, and she jolted up from her lying position while clutching the sheets to her chest, covering her breast from his sight.
"Where am I? This isn't my place!" Luna Jiang blurted out.
Her eyes looked around, seeing she was in an unfamiliar room. From the looks of it, it seemed she was in a hotel. She looked down on her body and noticed the darkening hickeys on her chest and that she was in her birthday suit. Her clothes littered the floor beside the bed.
"Oh, God ... no ... what did I do?" she murmured to herself. It finally dawned to her what had taken place apparently.
"You seemed surprised." A cold and stoic voice of a man startled her. She almost jumped out of her skin when she heard his voice. She couldn't believe the situation she found herself in. Her heart skipped a beat.
Luna met his eyes that were intently focused on her face.
"Holy sh*t!" she berated herself. Did she just sleep with a stranger last night? She remembered going out to a bar with her office mates and had a lot to drink. She couldn't remember anything after the party and how she ended up with this man in the hotel room.
Hero Li never had a bedmate ever since his wife died five years ago. He watched how this woman slept peacefully beside him earlier, unaware of his gaze on her pretty face. He didn't care that he had no idea who was this angel who shared a blissful night with him.
He had seen her before. She was from the Marketing Department and part of the team who celebrated the success of the launching of one of their newest products. Everyone decided to party with drinks last night. It was already late when the party ended, and he was left with a drunk woman to spend the night with.
He had waited for almost an hour, wondering what would she look like when she was awake. Now he knew: her hazel eyes complimented her pale and smooth complexion, and brown locks were tousled nicely on the pillows.
Relationships weren't his thing, and he was too busy running his company; he barely had time to date anyone. So it was a surprise to him that he allowed himself to have a hot and steamy one-night stand with his employee. She was the prettiest person he had woken up with.
"Good morning, " he grinned mischievously. Yes, it was indeed a great morning for him.
"I suppose you forgot what had transpired between us last night, " Hero said with his eyes gleaming in delight. Ah, her blushing face looked adorable and cute. He had never seen such a fragile and innocent woman in his life. His desire to tease her was almost irresistible, but he knew she really had no idea what happened last night after they left the bar.
"You aren't Jasper. Who are you?" Luna asked. She was supposed to spend the night with Jasper Mo, her boyfriend for two years. Jasper was the one who told her to join the Li Group of Companies since it was one of the partners of their family business. Aiko had given her a key card to his hotel room after the party so why did she end up sleeping with a handsome stranger?
The smile on Hero's lips instantly vanished as soon as the woman he slept with mentioned another man's name. It was obvious that he wasn't the Jasper she was talking about, and it was surprising that she didn't know who he was.
"No, " he answered with his face devoid of any emotion that made Luna shiver under his gaze. Hero was calm, and he tried not to move a muscle so she wouldn't freak out. But who the hell was Jasper, and how could she make such a mistake, thinking that he was that man?
"Why ... you aren't Jasper ..." Luna gasped.
"Isn't it obvious?" Hero frowned. "For one, you can see I am not him, and two, I am pretty sure you were the one who barged into my room and seduced me last night. This is my room, " Hero said.
He waited for her reaction. It was the truth. He had seen her during the party, but he decided to spend the night alone, left the bar, and checked into a VIP room next to it.
His eyes landed on her lovely neck. He remembered how smooth and soft her skin was when it was pressed against him. Even the way she moaned and sighed in pleasure as he drove her to peak.
Thinking about it made him hard and ready to claim her once again, but he doubted she would allow herself to make another mistake with him.
Luna's eyes darted around the room before turning her attention back to him.
"It can't be! I counted the doors of the rooms. This should be Jasper's room, not yours. Are you sure this is your room?" she asked, her eyes still wide from what had happened.
"Positive. I checked in last night and took a quick shower before throwing myself on the bed." He was too tired and didn't bother to call his assistant to drop him home. Hero decided to spend the night alone and face his problems the next day. He had never imagined that he would wake up with a beauty beside him instead.
"I came to bed and then had the best dream I ever had in years, only to wake up and realize that it was real."
His accidental lover from last night was now burning red. Her cries of ecstasy came back to him; her rough invitation and seduction turned him on last night. This beauty made a mistake, but the passion they shared last night was for another man. Hero couldn't help but envy the man, but it was he who had pleased her so much.
Luna started to panic.
"Oh my god! What have I done?! I can't believe this. I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" Luna kept on chanting, and Hero didn't know if she was saying to him or to the other man.
That shouldn't have happened. She shook her head, trying to deny that she had given up her virginity to a stranger rather than to her boyfriend, but the soreness between her legs said otherwise. On her drunken stupor last night, she swore she had seen stars.
Now, how the hell would she explain this to Jasper?
Luna bit her lip and tried her best not to cry. She was a fool. There was nothing she could do to undo what she'd done. She had lost her virginity to someone that wasn't even her boyfriend. How the heck didn't she notice that the man she spent the night with wasn't Jasper? Oh, wait, maybe it was because she was too drunk to know what she was doing.
His kisses were demanding as if branding her as his, making her toes curl in pleasure and her thoughts in a blur.
"You don't have to apologize." Hero's voice brought her back to reality. Luna didn't even notice that she was crying already. She gripped the blanket tighter on her chest and silently sobbed. It was all over for her. She didn't have a face to confess what happened to her boyfriend. Surely, Jasper wouldn't understand that this was a mistake.
Not when both of his parents were also not fond of her. Several times, Jasper's parents had tried to force her to break her relationship with him. They both claimed that she wasn't a suitable candidate to be his wife.
Hero watched the poor woman who was completely mortified for what she had claimed a mistake. To be honest, he should be the one saying sorry now because he was himself the other night. His need to be with this woman broke all his logical thoughts, but he couldn't find it in himself to regret it.
It wasn't in his nature to apologize. For Christ's sake, even his employees were afraid of him, but seeing her in tears made him feel uncomfortable. They were still both naked on his huge bed, both trying to figure out what to do next. She thought he was Jasper; the intimacy they shared last night wasn't really for him. She was hot and demanding, and he was the one who had satisfied her needs.
He did a quick look at her knuckles. Hero knew by then, that whatever this woman had on this Jasper haven't reached a permanent claim yet.
Her discomfort bothered him and made him wonder what she had done to him. Hero Li, who was also known as the Demon President, was lowering his pride for a mere employee? It was even humorous that he was considering to comfort her. When did he ever start having sympathy for other people?
"What are you planning to do now?" he asked. He had to know, or else he would have to pursue her. Definitely, he had been too long without a woman that he was now seeking her company for his own needs.
Luna avoided his gaze. This handsome stranger that she shared the night with, who took her virginity, made her heart skip a beat. Her cheeks burned red in embarrassment. His cold voice that slipped from his lips, that gorgeous small smile that made her breath hitched. He was so handsome with that fair skin, those dark brown eyes that seemed to look through her soul, and those soft tresses that reached up to his waist.
Luna thought that this stranger would put any woman's hair to shame. His defined muscles and well-toned body screamed that he was a better specimen than Jasper. He was definitely not her boyfriend. Jasper would look inferior beside this man's domineering presence.
When she pulled the sheets closer to her body, it completely revealed what he was hiding beneath it. Luna squeaked in shame for what she had done. Well, this handsome stranger is quite ... big.
"I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. This shouldn't have happened, " she said again while trying to ignore the fact that the man was ready for another round with her. Man, he was aroused, and Luna tried her best not to succumb to her desire to be with him once more. He was damn too hot, and she couldn't deny that she was somewhat attracted to him.
"I'm not."
Hero noticed the red stain on the bed sheet. So he was her first then? The thought somehow thrilled him. She was so pure, so innocent, and he was the one who was able to have her.
"W-what?"
Luna couldn't believe what she just heard. This man didn't care that she seduced him? What if he got a wife? The thought made Luna hate herself more. It was impossible for such a man not to have a woman on his side.
Hero sat up at the edge of the bed and ran his fingers through his dark locks.
"You didn't mean to do it. You didn't do anything I didn't want you to in the first place."
That made Luna stopped crying for a second and thought about what he'd said.
"But still ... I seduced you. You weren't aware when I barged into your room and started to harass you."
Well, that was embarrassing. Being drunk and barging in a room she thought that was her boyfriend's and made love with a total stranger.
"Yeah, but it wasn't like I said no to your assaults. I could have stopped you if I wanted to."
"But still ..."
"Relax, I'm single, and you are ..." Hero's eyes lidded. After what happened between them, he was sure this woman would have to leave her boyfriend for good.
"It wasn't supposed to happen. Can we just forget it? Let's pretend this had never happened."
Luna moved away and was about to stand up when her arm was pulled from behind. She found herself pinned beneath this handsome stranger who was grinning at her like a Cheshire cat.
"Too late, woman. You are mine now. You should take responsibility for being selfish and seducing me on my own bed."