Sweet Military Marriage: Mr. Jing, Please Spare Me! Chapter 23 - I'm Sorry

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"What?!" Mo Xi asked in shock.

"I like you and I know you do too, so let's get married."

"You… I… We… We can't," Mo Xi was at a loss, she didn't know what to say or how to react.

Jing Mo Chen couldn't take it anymore, so he turned Mo Xi to face him. He held Mo Xi's face in his hands and forced Mo Xi to look at his eyes.

Mo Xi closed her eyes tight in shocked, avoiding Jing Mo Chen's eyes. She tried to move her head down, but Jing Mo Chen held them tightly.

"Mo Xi, look into my eyes," Jing Mo Chen said gently as he held Mo Xi's face gently.

"Don't want to."

"Don't be afraid, look at me."

However, Mo Xi didn't budge one bit, instead, she closed her eyes tighter.

Jing Mo Chen then leaned forward and kissed Mo Xi on her eyelids gently, "I know everything already, I like you for who you are. Your eyes may be different, but this is who you are, your eyes made you who you are today. You are the one I like, so trust me," Jing Mo Chen said lovingly as he held onto Mo Xi's hands. He then placed Mo Xi's right palm on his beating heart. He wanted to show how Mo Xi made his heart race, he wanted Mo Xi to know how much she means to him even if they only met each other briefly before.

Mo Xi was shocked by the sudden kiss and confession that her eyes popped open, however, she still didn't look at Jing Mo Chen's eyes.

"How… How… How did you know?"

"Yan Chu told me everything. Even Yan Chu wants us to be together, so Mo Xi, look into my eyes." Jing Mo Chen said while his forehead gently touched Mo Xi's forehead to hold her head up.

Jing Mo Chen saw that Mo Xi wasn't as resistant as before, so he slightly increased the force to make Mo Xi look up into his eyes.

Their eyes met.

At that moment, Mo Xi saw everything clearly. Jing Mo Chen wasn't lying, he really really likes her, he really accepts her for who she is. Mo Xi also saw the pain and heartbreak he experienced the past few years trying to find her.

Mo Xi's vision became blurry once again, but this time it was because of tears. She felt really sorry for being such a coward, for running away, for letting him experience those pain and heartbreaks to look for her. Tears started rolling down her face and she began to cry.

"I'm sorry… I'm sorry for being such a coward… I'm sorry that I made you experience those pain and heartbreaks…" Mo Xi said as she hugged Jing Mo Chen's waist tightly.

Initially, Jing Mo Chen was surprised by Mo Xi's hug that his mind went blank and he forgot to react. However, after a few seconds, his mind came back, and he hugged Mo Xi even tighter. Jing Mo Chen's eyes turned red and he smiled as tears trickled down his face, but those were tears of happiness.

"Don't ever leave me again…"

"I won't. Unless you don't want me anymore." Mo Xi said with resolution in her voice

"I would never, don't want you."

The hug lasted for a few minutes, Jing Mo Chen then gently pushed Mo Xi away to look at her face. Looking at the expression on Mo Xi's face, Jing Mo Chen finally believed that Mo Xi would never leave him again.

Jing Mo Chen and Mo Xi looked into each other's eyes then Jing Mo Chen's eyes dropped for a moment and back into Mo Xi's eyes. Jing Mo Chen leaned in once again, as they got closer, the distance between them got lesser and lesser until their lips met.

Their lips touched and both were surprised by the emotions and feelings they got from that mere touch. Their lips parted for a moment before Jing Mo Chen inched in once again wanting to taste more of Mo Xi's lips. Jing Mo Chen gently kissed the corners of Mo Xi's lips, then gently sucked her lips. Jing Mo Chen's kisses were slow and gentle, making Mo Xi's heart skipped a beat each time their lips touched. However, it only lasted a minute before Mo Xi pushed Jing Mo Chen away lightly, "Wait… My body is getting very weak and soft, if this were to continue, I might faint," Mo Xi said while panting with red cheeks. As Mo Xi had an extremely sensitive body, and she felt extreme feelings from their kiss and Jing Mo Chen's eyes, a simple kiss could make her lose her energy.

"Sorry. I forgot…" Jing Mo Chen chuckled and said as he planted a restrained, long kiss on Mo Xi's forehead then hugged Mo Xi in his arms again. Jing Mo Chen was very happy to see that Mo Xi would go weak with just a simple kiss because this meant that Mo Xi truly had feelings for him. And her feelings for him were strong too, that's why she would be easily affected by his kiss. Yan Chu had also told him about how Mo Xi's senses are more sensitive than normal, but Mo Xi could will herself to stay normal if she didn't want to be in certain conditions. For example, if Mo Xi was drugged, she could will herself to stay clear and awake, she would not be like others when they were drugged. Similarly, if someone kissed her and she didn't like it, she could will herself to move away from it. She would also not be affected by their kiss, it would end up as though nothing happened if she didn't like it.

They stayed in each other's arms with Jing Mo Chen sitting at the side of the bed.

Jing Mo Chen moved to lie with Mo Xi on the bed when Mo Xi had fallen asleep with her hands kept tightly wrapped around his waist. For a very long time, Mo Xi hadn't felt such safeness surrounding her, so she had a deep and peaceful long sleep.

On the other hand, Jing Mo Chen didn't sleep a wink that night as he kept looking at Mo Xi's face. Occasionally, he would use his hands to touch or outline Mo Xi's face to make sure that she was there by his side. However, most of the time he would just pull Mo Xi in for a tighter hug.