Chapter 198
Suppressing his earlier urge to tease the omega, Yan Beiyou slowly lowered Ye Nanxun's hands from his cheeks.
Yan Beiyou said seriously, "I mean it."
After a moment of stunned silence, Ye Nanxun hesitantly spoke. "Why... I don't understand. Mr. Yan, what do you like about me?"
If this had happened before he was disfigured, Ye Nanxun could have guessed that perhaps the other man liked his appearance.
Though he was dull and uninteresting, at least he had once had a passable face.
But now, even his only presentable advantage—his looks—was gone.
How could an alpha like an omega who was disfigured and blind?
Yan Beiyou did not directly answer Ye Nanxun's question.
He chuckled softly and asked instead, "Xiaoxun, when I kissed you that day, why didn't you push me away?"
With the question suddenly thrown back at him, Ye Nanxun nervously curled his fingers inward, temporarily forgetting that his hands were still held in the alpha's palms.
Instead of clutching his own fingers, he tightened his grip around Yan Beiyou's.
Not intending to make the shy omega uncomfortable, Yan Beiyou softened his voice. "You didn't push me away because you don't dislike me, right?"
How could he possibly dislike Yan Beiyou?
Ye Nanxun nodded slightly. His voice was quiet, but clear. "I've never disliked you."
Yan Beiyou said, "The first time you didn't push me away, it was because you didn't dislike me. The second time you didn't push me away... can I take that to mean Xiaoxun likes me a little?"
Yan Beiyou's words instantly pulled Ye Nanxun's memories back to the day they had kissed.
The first time could be explained as him not reacting in time.
But what about the second time? The third? The fourth...
Ye Nanxun did not even remember how