Chapter 152: Checking Posts

"No, I definitely thought of you first... and then I craved your body, right..."

He wrapped his arms around her waist, softly caressing her intermittently.

She hummed, found a comfortable spot in his arms, just settled in, but then saw her phone light up.

She looked down quickly and whispered, "It's my dad, don't make a sound..."

Under Pei Jinxi's watchful eyes, she answered the call.

"Dad, why are you still awake so late?"

"Why aren't you home at this hour?"

"I'm not coming back..." she said uncomfortably fiddling with her hair.

"Not coming back? Why, where did you go?"

"Just, some work wasn't handled properly."

"Then just handle it and come back, you still need to rest and sleep, right?"

"Uh, it's not worth the trouble, I'll just make do at a hotel tonight."

"It's not far from home; shall I send a driver to pick you up?"

"Dad, are you going to interrupt my work? Really, I've got to get busy, you should rest now. I'm not a child anymore, I can get home by myself."