Li Yuhua needed a long while to steady herself, her chest rising and falling as she slowly regained control over her breathing.
A faint warmth still lingered in her body, spreading through her limbs like a quiet aftershock she couldn't quite suppress.
Even after everything settled, her fingers trembled slightly, betraying just how deeply she had been affected.
Yet more than the sensation itself, it was the confusion that occupied her thoughts.
What… was that just now? she wondered, her brows knitting ever so slightly as she tried to make sense of it.
It had been overwhelming far beyond anything she had ever experienced before.
There had been moments in her past where she thought she understood intimacy, thought she had already seen its limits.
But what happened just now shattered that belief entirely. It wasn't even comparable.
It was as if she had lived her entire life seeing only shadows, only to suddenly glimpse something vivid and real for the very first time.
