Married To The Cruel Crown Prince

Huo Jin could not comprehend how to react to Yin Na's statement. He did not make any mistake, so why was she reacting this way? Huo Jin stood up and followed her.

"Yin Na, why are you angry?" He asked loudly, who was now on the bridge.

"Why do you care?" she snapped at him and turned to face him. "Don't come here." The anger was visible in her eyes. However, Huo Jin did not listen to her and climbed onto the bridge.

"First, tell me what happened," Huo Jin demanded the answer from her. "Why did you say that you hate me?" He asked, arching his brow up.

"I don't need to explain to you," she muttered and then chuckled. She turned to leave from the other side of the bridge when Huo Jin grasped her right hand's wrist. She tilted her head to look and pulled her hand back. But to her surprise, Huo Jin did not let it go.

"Leave," she twisted her wrist in his grip. All of a sudden, Huo Jin drew her towards him. Her hands rested on his forearms and their faces came dangerously close to each other. His hand wrapped around her waist and he pulled her up, such that she was on her toes.

His other hand moved under her chin and he lifted it to make her peer at him.

"Why did you say that you hate me? Do you know how much I run around to find you? You love to trouble me, don't you?" His eyes looked for the answer in her eyes.

"Did I tell you to run around?" Yin Na riposted. "I never troubled you," she added.

"Of course, I had to run around to search for you in the residence," Huo Jin replied.

"Who told you to search for me?" Yin Na asked him and put her hands on his arm to let go of his grip.

"Why are you questioning me instead of answering? What's wrong with you?" Huo Jin was skeptical of her strange behavior.

"Nothing is wrong with me," Yin Na replied.

"Your eyes are something else," Huo Jin stated.

"What are they saying?" Yin Na wanted to know while moving her hands on his arm. She wondered how strong he was that she was unable to pull away.

Huo Jin leaned toward her and she pressed her lips tightly. He shifted his head a little and moved to her ear to whisper, "that you love me. You want me to pamper you. You want me to love you."

He leaned back and twisted his lips into a smirk. Yin Na's jaw dropped down. She opened her mouth and then closed it, unable to understand what to say. She lowered her gaze and chuckled.

"I never thought that," Yin Na said half-heartedly.

"Do you mean it?" Huo Jin asked her.

"Yes," Yin Na replied as she recalled his words to Xu Wenhai.

"What if I kiss you now?" He questioned her, and she widened her eyes, again gazing into his eyes. "Will your answer be the same?" he queried her.

"You cannot kiss me whenever you please," Yin Na answered him.

"That's why I asked you first," Huo Jin clarified to her.

Yin Na felt stuck. She pursed her lips together. 'No, Yin Na. You cannot let him kiss you when he doesn't love you. You have self-respect too,' she told herself.

"You are taking a lot of time to answer. It means only one thing. You want me to kiss you, to claim you, and to love you," Huo Jin inferred. He was unable to understand why she said she hated him.

"I don't want that. Please let me go," Yin Na urged him.

This time Huo Jin let her go. He did not want to force anything on her to get the answer from him. Yin Na lowered her eyes and stepped forward to walk away when she heard him say, "You confuse me, Yin Na. You told me that you love me, and a few minutes ago, you changed your statement. At least, give me the answer."

Huo Jin was annoyed by her statement.

"I never confused you. It was you, who did," she stated and walked away.

Huo Jin clenched his fists in frustration.

Yin Na climbed the stairs of the corridor. She lifted her skirt to walk fast. Huo Jin appeared before her eyes without notice. Before she could understand, she was pinned to the pillar beside her.

"Huo Jin, what are you doing?" she was puzzled to see his reaction. His fingers pressed on her shoulders tightly.

"Do you mean it?" He asked her again.

Yin Na took a deep sigh. "Yes, I mean it," she stated.

"You cannot hate me when you make me go crazy for you, Yin Na. Don't hate me," he stated.

Yin Na's expressions changed. "I make you go crazy," she arched her brow to get the confirmation of what she wanted to hear.

Huo Jin loosened the grip on her shoulders. He soon let them go and walked away hastily without answering Yin Na.

"Did I hear something wrong?" she mumbled. Her heart had suddenly started to race. That statement brought many thoughts to her head, and they pointed to one thing only.

"Huo Jin loves me," she finally deduced.

She ran in the corridor and stopped only outside his room. She took a deep breath and looked at herself, her dress. She pushed the door.

"Huo Jin," she softly called his name while still panting for air. However, he was not in the room. Where did he go away then? Yin Na got worried. Did she make him furious? But he was the one who started it. He was the one who said that he never loved her.

She frowned and clutched the edge of her dress. "Can't he be less complicated? He always leaves me at the cliff! I will kill him today, if he doesn't give me a proper answer," Yin Na pledged to herself.