What Love Can Do

AN: Thanks for all those who reviewed last chapter. Sorry for the late update.

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Chapter 2: Talking to the Devil part 1

"No… I can't go. What about the gossips if I were seen…"

Cat grunted in unladylike manner. "Of course you'll wear my disguise. As a man you can go anywhere you like without anyone's notice."

Sakura pondered on what her sister said. She was sure that Syaoran would make a laugh about the matter between them. But he needed a wife, and she is in desperate need of a husband.

"Hold on still, I'm putting your wig."

The ingenuity of Cat's plan, a black leather jacket zipped up to the neckline, a white t-shirt underneath with pillow as padding, blue denims adorned her lower half and a black shades to match the outfit. It made Sakura's body feel heavy and clumsy. "Maybe… this isn't a good idea. I could speak to him tomorrow when he comes here."

Cat continued adjusting Sakura's disguise without a stop. "With Mei Lin nearby? You don't want your secret to be discovered, ne?"

"No." She didn't want another person to know what she had done. Being aware that Syaoran already knew is horrible enough for her.

"So… you must privately talk to know if he's sincere on his offer." Cat argued.

Since Touya was a strict brother, he doesn't allow his sisters to wonder around at late hours and gave them early curfews as if their children. To go out and meet Syaoran, Cattleya usually disguises herself as a man to hide the fact that she goes out by night and hang with him as best buddies.

Cattleya adjusted Sakura's disguise for her to look manly enough.

//////////////////// At Syaoran's House ////////////////////

"Welcome Mr. Avalon. Master Syaoran is waiting for you in the parlor." Greeted the butler ushering her to the room.

When she entered the room, it was dim lighted and she expected Syaoran to acknowledge her presence but to her dismay he didn't.

Unaware of her disappointment, he asked brusquely "Well… Did she agree to the terms of the bargain?"

Then it hit her; Syaoran didn't know that she was not Cattleya but her sister. The accustomed way he look at her as if he has known her long enough. She was about to correct his mistake but decided to play along. "She hasn't the guts to say no under her circumstances."

"She doesn't trust me. You could tell her that I can be trusted." He said void of any expression.

She was puzzled by his statement but suddenly realized that He must have known of her lover and not the possible consequence. "She's not worried about her boyfriend but the chances of her of conceiving a baby in a few months." She sat herself on the chair adjacent to Syaoran as she saw her brother done it a few times.

He didn't seem to care but replied, "I feel badly about her. Her boyfriend left her a farewell gift. What a pity?"

If Sakura were to react to what he had just said, she would have scolded him of his cold treatment of an important matter. But knowing Cattleya, she shrugged her shoulders and asked, "Why aren't you upset?"

"Why would I be concern where the child comes as long as I can brag it to my grandfather and get control of my own life?"

She could see that he was telling the truth. But she still insisted, "Most men mind. What if the baby turns out to be a boy an can be an heir that doesn't have your bloodline?"

Syaoran waved his hand in air as if he wasn't bothered by the possibility and looked away towards the fire. "I wouldn't know that, wouldn't I? I don't care anyway. It's my decision."

She was angered by his words. How could her sister thought that this man was ideal for her situation. "Isn't that kind of cruel to say?"

"Cruel?" He was shocked by the sudden display of strong emotions of Cattleya. He thought that she would be laughing at his statement. "Of course, Cat. How could I survive this nasty world if I'm not cruel myself? Did you warn your sister that she should not expect love in return nor commitment?"

"I've told her already." She replied quickly in a monotone.

"Did she hope for her boyfriend to come back for her and propose marriage for her?" The idea terrified him. He doesn't want to marry a woman who is attached to another man.

"No." She answered firmly that he didn't doubt the truthfulness of her reply.

"Good." He observed the confused look of Cat's face that is usually decisive.

"What if she did? You did expect her to take lovers on this little arrangement of yours, why not the man who impregnated her?"

"The thought seems absurd. She loves another man but sought for a man to replace him and would be disappointed, does not make a good wife."

"I thought you don't want a good wife?"

"You're right." Putting his hands on his temples to gently massage them. "If I was to choose, I wouldn't want a wife at all. I thought I had found a perfect woman for me in you, Cat. Why did you change your mind?"

She didn't answer right away. She averted her emerald orbs and gazed on the fireplace and is uncomfortable of the question. "Maybe I just found my soul mate."

He was about to laugh at what she said but stop at the seriousness look on the face of his company. Syaoran raised his eyebrow in question. "Love? Cat, you don't believe in love."

"Maybe lust." She answered with annoyance, turning her shining emerald eyes on him. She sat neatly as a woman, as she supplied, "Do you think I would not lust on another man?"

A doubt popped into his mind. He gave her his most seductive grin that usually made most women melt to his will. "Am I not a enough for you?"

"Maybe, you don't satisfy me." She whispered almost inaudible.

"You're not satisfied in our nights together?" He stood; amused to see her cross her arms on her chest tightly, as if protecting herself from danger as he approached. "I am hurt by your words. Maybe I should remind you of what would you loose."

"How?" She stammered. Her eyes widened as she watched him come closer. He was so close that he could she how her throat worked as she swallowed dryly.

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