““And a man accepting a kiss as ‘punishment’ has to be the most overplayed parlor trick since the time of the First Emperor. Next to accepting a drink as punishment. Oh, the torture of it!” “I didn’t say I wouldn’t enjoy it. This is merely a chance for you to know what it is to have a kiss you were in complete control of.” “It’s hardly the same. You’re still allowing me this liberty, as if it were a gift you were bestowing.” “Miss Yue-ying,” he sighed. “Show some mercy.””
