"Wait! Wait!"
Harleen shrieked and flopped facedown on the bed, reaching back to grab Li Jie's hand. "Let me rest a little. Why does your stamina keep getting better? This defies science."
Harleen panted. "And I'm taking twice as much..."
"If you can't take it, just say so. What's this about taking a break?" Li Jie snorted smugly and gently patted her sweat-slick back. "You're the one who asked for it."
"Hee-hee."
Li Jie leaned against the headboard, and Harleen crawled up to whisper in his ear. "It's such a shame we can't get married."
!!?
What was going on?
Li Jie suddenly felt as though Cairne Bloodhoof had possessed him. "What do you mean by that?"
"Because when we went to South America this time, Little Red and I found a notary and had a wedding in the tropical rainforest. Hahahaha!"
Harleen laughed smugly. "We've got legal documents, you know."
She lightly scratched his cheek with a finger. "But that's all right. You've still got Raven, and..."
She started giggling again. Li Jie shook his head. "Don't be ridiculous. Raven's just a kid."
"Oh, is she?" Harleen smiled. "That's not what she thinks. You know she likes you."
"Maybe." Li Jie pursed his lips. "But I think that's just a teenage girl's romantic fantasy."
"Right." Harleen raised an eyebrow. "You call someone who can subdue a Talon with magic a teenage girl?"
"Puberty doesn't care how powerful you are. She's only fifteen or sixteen. She grew up with that abusive father and barely met any normal people. It's perfectly normal for her to confuse gratitude with affection."
"That's what you think?"
"Of course it is." Li Jie nodded. "And honestly, I'm partly responsible for this."
"You?"
"Think about it." Li Jie wound a lock of Harleen's blond hair around