Chapter 3 Should We Be On Guard Against Her

Wendy was slightly surprised to see Joy there. She thought, Joy didn't even like to see her.

"Aunt Joy, what's up?" She asked Joy indifferently.

Joy gazed at her sharply and raised her hand, holding a bag. "I want you to send something for me."

Did she just ask her to deliver something for her?

Looking at the gift bag, Wendy's lips twitched before she asked, "Don't we have a driver at home? Why don't you ask him instead of asking me?"

The driver could do trivial tasks like these. Why did Joy come to her?

"Ace is waiting for it. Take it to him!" Instead of answering her question, Joy said harshly, "Wendy, don't forget that you are going to marry into the Tang family. Why can't you do something for me without any question? As your elder, I expect this much obedience from you."

"But when we were downstairs a while ago, you weren't even nice to me. You treated me bitterly and didn't want to see me here. You weren't as kind as an elder should be." Wendy pointed out with a feigned innocence.

"You..." Joy was about to snap but stopped herself and took a deep breath to calm down.

Wendy smiled complacently while smoothening her hair. Then she took the bag from Joy and asked, "What is the address?"

She also didn't want to argue with Joy anymore. Coincidentally, she too had something to talk to Ace.

Joy pursed her lips seeing Wendy agreed sooner than she'd expected to deliver the bag. With a single nod of endorsement, she told her the address, "The driver will take you to a specific hotel. You'll have to go to the room number 1202."

"Okay."

Wendy nodded understandingly then went downstairs with the bag. She wasn't least interested in what was in it.

The driver dropped her to the gate of the NC Hotel and from there she went in by herself.

Meanwhile, on the sixteenth floor of the hotel, Alex came and stood in front of the glass window that overlooked the busy street below. He spread his arms like an eagle and looked down at the busy street. Suddenly his eyes narrowed as he saw someone familiar among the crowd.

Jim was standing behind, reporting to him, "Mr. Alex, Ace is a typical playboy. He spends most of his time clubbing and having romantic affairs. He is quite ignorant and has no ability to compete with you. Right now, he is enjoying the same way in one of the suites downstairs."

"Seems like, we are going to meet again so soon. Interesting," said Alex suddenly, with a faint smile. His eyes were still on the woman who had just entered the hotel.

"What?" Jim was puzzled with Alex's response. He stepped forward and followed his gaze before asking, "Mr. Alex, are you really interested in her?"

Alex smirked. "Are you doubting me?"

Jim was flabbergasted. After a momentary pause he replied, "But she is going to be Ace's wife. Do you want us to keep an eye on her?"

"Jim, I think their marriage will not happen." Alex shifted his gaze on Jim for a quick second before he went towards the door. "Go downstairs and have a look. I don't want to upset her feelings."

Jim was shocked listening to Alex. Did he really fall in love with Wendy?

In the meantime, Wendy found her destination. Room number 1202.

But before she knocked on the door, she stopped abruptly.

There was no denial that the sounds that came out of the room were of a man and a woman making love to each other.

It was so obvious that they were having sex. Weren't they aware that they were too loud?

"Baby, how are you feeling?" A deep male voice asked. Wendy could tell it was Ace's voice, her future husband.

Apparently, he was enjoying too much.

She felt awkward to just stand there and listen to them. Although this was not her first time to hear such a sound, her face flustered out of embarrassment. But she felt more disgusted than embarrassed.

So, this was the reason why Joy asked her to send the gift bag to Ace personally.

Although it didn't matter to her, she felt disgusted.

After a few minutes, she raised her hand and knocked on the door. The sounds inside stopped soon. The sound of a woman panting came out followed by her sweet voice. "Ace, someone is knocking on the door."

"Leave it. Let's continue,"

he said huskily, but his voice held no emotion, not even lust.

A realization washed over her.

Maybe the reason why Ace asked her to come here tonight was to humiliate her on purpose. Wendy wanted to talk with him regarding the cancelation of their engagement, but now the time wasn't convenient. Wendy decided to talk to him some other day.

After deciding this she turned around and left hurriedly. She was so engaged in her thoughts that she didn't even notice the person coming from the opposite side and bumped into him directly at the corner of the corridor.

The person had a sturdy, masculine chest. The aura came from him was dangerously powerful. As she was losing her balance, he caught and steadied her. The familiar cologne hit her nostrils while she could feel the warmth radiating from him. It tingled her bare skin where his breath fell. It was a strange and new sensation to her.

She looked up after calming her nerves and found it was Alex. Wendy was surprised to see him there. "What are you doing?"

"Well, as long as I can recall, it was you who bumped into me." With an elegant smile and charming voice, Alex asked, "Are you throwing yourself at me?" It was just a simple bump, but his flirtatious words made it look intentional.

Wendy scowled. "Excuse me!" She stepped back.

Alex's eyes fell on the bag in Wendy's hand. "Are you here to give someone a gift?"

At the mention of the gift, Wendy's mind replayed the recent memories she just encountered a few minutes ago. Out of hatred towards Ace, she raised her hand and gave the gift to Alex. "No. I've brought it for you, as a thanks gift for the last time when you helped me."

He indeed had asked her to repay him. She felt relieved having to dispose of the gift that was meant for Ace.

Out of curiosity, Alex immediately opened the bag and took out the gift. He stared at the box in his hand flabbergasted then shifted his gaze on her. "You really want to give me such a gift?"

Wendy wasn't even looking at him. But when he asked that, she looked up and saw the box in his hand. Her eyes widened immediately and face took a shade of red.

It was a pack of­— condoms!

There was brief description written on the box that told users about the product. To prevent unwanted pregnancy, condoms were used by a man during sex.

As she wasn't interested to see what was inside the bag, she didn't have a peek at it. She only wanted to throw it at Ace. But she didn't expect that Joy would give her a pack of condoms and ask her to bring it to Ace.

By doing this, Joy openly made her realize that she didn't like Wendy as her daughter-in-law. She didn't even mind her son messing around with other women. Actually, she was even encouraging it.

Ace didn't like Wendy either. So, he deliberately embarrassed her when she came to the hotel.

Alex looked at Wendy with his dark but calm eyes. When he saw her frightened look, his eyes flashed a strange emotion.

"Sorry, it- it was a mistake!"

If she had known there were condoms in the bag earlier, she would have thrown it away.

"Now that you have given them to me as a gift, would you like to make use of them with me?"

Wendy flinched at his blunt offer. She looked at his attractive and intelligent eyes, which were exceptionally profound and dangerous at the same time.

Subconsciously, she took a step back, but Alex didn't let her off the hook. He slipped his hand behind her and pulled her into him. His manly cologne spread around her personal space. "Are you panicking? Do you want to escape me?"

"I..." Her long black hair fell down loosely, making her facial features even more alluring. Her black lustrous eyes and charming red lips were tempting him so much.

Without realizing, Wendy licked her bottom lip, and it made Alex go insane with lustful hunger.

The next moment, he lowered his head and pressed his lips on hers. He kissed her with so much passion.

Wendy's eyes widened in shock at his sudden action. She struggled to push him away.

"Let me go."

A moment later, she freed herself from his tight embrace and panted severely.

Looking at her flustered face, Alex couldn't help but squint at her skeptically. "You gave me these things. But now you asked me to let you go? What are you trying to do?"

"I-I… this wasn't for you." Wendy blurted out the truth.

In fact, Alex already knew that it couldn't be for him. But when she said it, he remembered that she was Ace's fiancee and Ace was staying in room 1202. This made him uncomfortable. He raised his head and asked coldly, "You can't wait to throw yourself at a man soon after giving him this gift. Can you?"