“Why the formalities?” said Xia Lei with a smile. “I was just saying it casually back then. There really isn’t a need to be so formal.” 

“Come with me.” Jacqueline Eva seemed not to want to waste any more words and she went straight towards her room. 

“What for?” Xia Lei knew, but he asked anyway.

Jacqueline Eva looked back at him and smiled. She stretched out a slender hand to him and beckoned. 

This gesture was more convincing than words.  

Xia Lei got up and followed her to the door of her room. 

Jacqueline Eva entered her room and opened the box containing the perfume. There were six bottles of perfume in it, and the cover of one of the bottles was open. Thick perfume wafted from it. 

“Incompetent. He can’t even do a simple thing right.” Jacqueline Eva frowned and grumbled about the man who had delivered the perfume. 

Xia Lei stood in the doorway, just looking but not going in. He breathed as shallowly as possible. 

“It’s fine, though. The perfume makes one feel comfortable, wouldn’t you say so, Mr Xia?” Jacqueline Eva stared straight at Xia Lei. Her smile was mesmerising. Under the light, she looked even sharper, more in-focus — full breasts, slender waist, and peachy buttocks. The curves...