Billionaire's Hidden Princess by Alegna Ciee (romance novel chinese novels TXT) 📗

Chapter Eight: A Kiss to Mark their Beginning

With their fingers intertwined together, Leticia feels like she's holding the most treasured possession that she has ever laid her hands on.

The new couple is strolling at a park near the university at the moment. For some reason, Livius took her there right after they left the cafe a few minutes ago. 

Though they're just doing something as simple as walking, she can't help but be thoroughly filled with happiness. She still can't believe that the person she likes reciprocates her feelings. 

Then, all of the sudden, Leticia catches sight of a lovey-dovey couple from a distance. They're sitting on a bench and eating ice cream together.

She finds herself absorbed at the scene. The way the girl wipes her boyfriend's cheek with affection and how he returns it with a small peck on hers reminds Leticia that this is how she and Livius are going to act like starting this point on.

That's when she suddenly feels a little pressured. She just can't imagine herself doing something like that in public. 

Heck, she doesn't even know the first thing about being someone's girlfriend. 

The thought worries her for a bit since she really doesn't want to disappoint Livius.

"Ummm... L-Livi, are you really okay with me?" Leticia asked out of nowhere, looking at him with a hint of concern written over her face.

"Hmm? What do you mean?" he replied in confusion, staring down at her dwindling figure.

"I-I mean, you know well that I'm not very good with people. A-And this is my first time sharing this kind of relationship with someone... I-I don't know if I can-"

"Eya," he then cut her off all of the sudden before halting on his tracks and turning to look at her directly.

Taken aback, Leticia also stops walking and faces him. Livius peers at her straight in the eye, a dead serious expression splattered across his face.

"I like you, Eya. No matter how shy you are, I like you. I also don't need you to change yourself for me. I like you as you are..." he confessed once more before smiling gently.

"You feel the same way too, right?"

"I-I do. I r-really do... B-But..." she stuttered a bit hastily, blushing furiously all the while.

"Then, that's all that matters... Or perhaps, you're starting to change your mind about dating me?"

"O-Of course not, Livi! I-I like you very much! It's just that... I'm afraid I might disappoint you or turn you off at some point, a-and to be honest, I just realized earlier that you have become someone who's too good for Ms. Alice... Even more so for me..."

With a downcast gaze, Leticia lowers her head a little and begins wondering what exactly Livius sees in her that urges him to look beyond her flaws. With this thought in mind, she then finds herself trying to let his confession sink in once more.

"I-I'm sorry, Livi... I know we just got together, but I'm already being pessimistic. I-I only wanted to start everything properly."

Livius stays silent for a moment, regarding her with an inscrutable gaze. His heart can't help but flutter at her genuine intention to take him seriously. She even went to the point of overthinking and worrying about the unnecessary.

Then again, he knows that Leticia has always been the type who doesn't take things for granted. That's one of the reasons why he's attracted to her in the first place - but as for the reasons why he eventually fell head-over-heels like this, all those things don't matter anymore.

Livius just knew that he fell in love, and he's determined to show her just how much.

"So then, you want to start things right, huh?" he started again, encircling her waist and pulling her closer to him.

"E-Eh? L-Livi?" she stammered out, surprised by his uncalled-for gesture.

"How about we start our everything with this?"

With that, Livius inches his face nearer to hers and encases her cheek gently. Fluttering his eyes closed, he then proceeds to kiss her on the lips, holding her tight enough to express his intention to never let go and to keep her no matter how little she thinks of herself. 

At first, sparks and butterflies fly through Leticia's vision the moment their lips made contact. But as seconds pass by, she begins imagining fireworks with how his touch seem to light up a fire within her. 

The two can't help but melt at each other's warmth, revelling in the softness and their rioting emotions themselves. Time seems to still at that moment, and before they knew it, they eventually lost sight of reality.

That's until Livius tries to go deeper.

Unable to take any more, Leticia finally decided to pull away, catching her breath in an attempt to calm her racing heart. Her whole face is crimson red at this point.

She can't believe that things have escalated to this. Just when she thought that she felt the happiest she's ever been in a while after getting confessed to, he made another direct attack out of nowhere.

"T-This is... my first kiss..." she thought silently, wonder and disbelief dancing in her gleaming eyes as she stares back at him.

Livius seems to be raring to go further with the kiss, though, especially with how he's looking at her with such needs and desires. He still hasn't even let go of her and just continues to caress her cheek tenderly, an unfathomable fondness glazing his half-lidded eyes.

"L-Livi... T-There are p-people around..."

As Leticia mumbles this weakly, face getting hotter and hotter in each passing second, Livius reacts a bit taken aback, finally realizing that this is probably what she's pertaining to all along - that perhaps, she's still not prepared to make such intimate contacts in public. Despite her cute reaction to the kiss, he can see the discomfort on her face after being seen by others.

"Well, in that case..." he then chimed in again, finally unlocking her waist and holding her hand once more.

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