Total pages in book: 118
Estimated words: 120336 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 602(@200wpm)___ 481(@250wpm)___ 401(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 120336 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 602(@200wpm)___ 481(@250wpm)___ 401(@300wpm)
“And?”
“They think she’s too advanced for middle school. They want her to skip straight to high school.”
His jaw tightened. “She’s too young.”
“I know. She’s supposed to be at the beginning of middle school, but. . .TT’s scores are off the charts. They said she’s performing at a level far beyond her age, and they don’t think keeping her in middle school is fair to her.”
Lei processed the information.
“And you know. . .I realized that at Glory Middle School. . .she was just in the background, quiet and floating. The teacher was too busy with close to forty students to even notice TT’s progress. Meanwhile, Mulberry sees her genius and they want to send scholars and all types of people around to help.” My nerves flared some more. “Anyway. . .Jo thinks we should force her to go to high school and that TT is the next astronaut or some shit. Chloe’s vote is to keep her in middle school so she won’t get bullied in high school.”
“And my Aunts?”
“They say they back whatever TT wants but Aunt Min has opened up a new space in the Palace to be TT’s special library.” I leaned my little head to the side. “What do you think?”
“Well. . .I understand what Chloe is saying but TT is now the Mountain Master’s little sister.” The line of his jaw twitched again. “No one is bullying her anywhere. She’ll have guards and I would personally come down there to deal with anyone messing with her.”
I blinked.
“What do you think, Moni?”
“TT is a genius and I’m out of my element with all of this.”
“What does TT think?”
“She’s terrified. She keeps saying everyone in high school is developed and they’ll look at her like she’s some sort of monster. She doesn’t want to do homeschool either, so that’s not an option. And even more. . .she’s super uncomfortable with all the attention. She asked to do the tests over claiming that the scores will be low next time.”
A long heavy silence came.
“But. . .in the end, Lei. . .I don’t want TT to hide who she is and try and blend in with so called normal people if God blessed her to be great.” I swallowed. “But I already made Chloe cry this week over my trying to push her in life. . .so I didn’t push the matter further with TT. Instead. . .I called Dima.”
Lei narrowed his eyes. “Dima?”
“Yes. He’s been helping me out—”
“Helping—”
“Mentoring—”
“Him and no other man is to be around you—”
“I was never alone with Dima. Duck, and Hu were near.”
Lei finally closed his mouth.
“You’ve been out for five days, Lei. The East still needed leadership. And Dima. . .he’s been there to help me navigate things while you’ve been recovering.”
“Help you navigate things?” His tone darkened, the dangerous undercurrent was unmistakable.
I molded my breasts against him. “He’s guided me on decisions I had to make. I’ll update you on everything, but trust me, no one could ever take your place.”
His lips curved into a faint smirk but the possessiveness in his eyes didn’t fade. “I love Dima, but I don’t like the idea of him being too comfortable with you.”
“He knows that which is why he’s been respectful and helpful. Plus, Rose is dope and usually is with us when he is helping.”
“Hmmm.”
“Anyway. . .I told Dima everything. He was super excited about TT’s results, so. . .then I asked Dima to help.”
“What exactly is Dima supposed to do?”
“Rose and he are coming to dinner tonight to talk to her, which is great since you’re back.”
He rolled his eyes. “Yay.”
“TT needs someone who isn’t Jo or me telling her it’s going to be okay, so you should talk to her too.”
“I will.” He studied me, and his expression was unreadable. “Dinner will be good. I needed to talk to Dima anyway.”
“About?”
“That’s a long conversation, but we’ll discuss it.”
“Good.”
“Anymore updates on my sisters?”
I smiled. “No, but your aunts put Song and his monks in the dungeon. They’re waiting for you to decide how long Song and them will serve time for helping your father. There’s also things in the East like—”
“The East can wait.” Fast, he returned his hands to my panties, diving his fingers in and playing with my pussy. “This is more important.”
It felt so good that I couldn’t stop him.
“Damn it, Lei.”
His touch was relentless, demanding and intoxicating all at once. The world outside our little cocoon ceased to exist; there was only Lei and the fiery passion that threatened to consume us both.
The way he controlled my body was nothing short of masterful. Every stroke of his fingers brought me closer and closer to the precipice.
His free hand slid under my gown and up my body, cupping my breast.
Then, he brushed his thumb over my hardened nipple.
Hell yes.
The dual sensations sent me over the edge.