"Is your heart all right? It's practically about to leap out of your chest."
Melinda reached out with a slender white finger and poked his chest. Even through her fingertip, she could feel Chen Cheng's heart hammering wildly.
Chen Cheng instinctively raised a hand to cover his chest, inadvertently covering Melinda's jade-like hand as well.
Melinda's face immediately flushed, and she said:
"Sorry, but we still can't do that."
Chen Cheng came back to his senses at once, quickly withdrew his hand, then got up and began unfastening the buttons of his formal attire.
"Ha ha, what's this about? Don't you think it's a little hot in here?"
Melinda wrapped her arms around Chen Cheng's waist and said:
"Save it. This room has always been kept at a constant temperature and humidity. Don't worry, I won't do that with you. Even if you wanted to, I wouldn't agree. I'm not some loose woman.
"Thank you, Chen Cheng. Thank you for giving me this game of love. It really was quite interesting.
"Otherwise, with your old personality, you would definitely have been the sort of guy who put his career first and had no sense of romance whatsoever."
Melinda released Chen Cheng, then looked up at him.
"If you go back, you have to tell the other me that I successfully won you over. She'll have to work harder too."
Chen Cheng did not know when Melinda had left. By the time he emerged from the thoughts her words had stirred, the bridal chamber was already empty.
Perhaps, just as Melinda had said, this truly had been a game of love with marriage as its goal.
The night passed without incident. In the blink of an eye, it was the next day. After Chen Cheng brought Melinda to pay respects to