Chapter 10

She bit her lips tight to hold back the swear words which lingered. She wasn’t moving in any way, as still as a statue in this huge unmovable bed. So he was just looking for a reason to criticize and talk down to her.

TangShi huffed, made an unladylike snort of distaste, and made a point of moving around on the bed to get comfier. Plumping her pillow, she lifted herself to bash it around and adjusted the sheets slowly and deliberately to rile him for the sake of it. She took great delight in tugging the sheets, so her action moved his arm. He turned angrily, leaning up on one elbow to glare at her shadowy face as they came eye to eye. Two storms meeting in a chaotic ocean.

“Really? Are you trying to piss me off?” He snapped, his biting tone carrying a threat, and yet TangShi found the inner strength not to back down. Even as a child who suffered so much and held her tongue in many ways, she was still stubborn when it was called for. He had found the button to ignite some