"The agreement takes effect from today. Don’t forget the demands you promised me. You can’t refuse my kindness, nor can you reject my intimacy," he said.
An Ruowei was stunned, then she realized that the intimacy he referred to involved the most intimate acts.
Honestly, she didn’t want to be too intimate with him at the moment. But she had already agreed to it, and if she went back on her word, she would lose her only chance to leave.
The man curved his lips into a charming smile, "Rest assured, I won’t do anything to make you angry."
Now, he couldn’t push her too hard; he had to step back to advance, slowly letting her see the changes in him and discover his good traits.
An Ruo didn’t care; him not forcing her would be as likely as the sun rising from the west.
Back in the bedroom, she took a bath first, then let Tang Yuchen go in to wash.
Lying on the bed, she prepared herself mentally for what would happen between them shortly. Although making love had become routine and she neither detested nor resisted it, her heart still harbored knots, not quite willing.
Thinking of Yun Feiyang lying comatose in the hospital, unable to do anything for him, yet continuing to be with Tang Yuchen, she felt even more guilty.
Indeed, she knew it wasn’t entirely Tang Yuchen’s fault; she was responsible too.
Yet, for some reason, she wanted to blame everything on him.
Was she just looking for an excuse to leave him?
While An Ruo was lost in thought, she suddenly felt a warm chest press against her back.
Her body tensed slightly, Tang Yuchen’s bare chest against her back, his hand caressing her waist, roaming gently.
She wanted to turn and push him away, but she restrained herself.
This was bound to happen sooner or later; better to get used to it sooner. Besides, not giving him a chance might become his excuse not to let her leave.
The man turned her around, their eyes meeting, both quietly looking at each other.
Tang Yuchen stroked her face, his voice low. "Do you know? When you ran away, I always struggled to sleep alone at night."
"Only holding you can I sleep peacefully. An Ruo, in this lifetime, nothing has ever caused me such distress, not even Lan Keren’s departure ten years ago. But when you left, I felt as if the sky was falling..."
An Ruo was startled, realizing that time had indeed passed by quickly.
When they divorced, he and Lan Keren had been apart for seven years. From then until now, nearly three years had passed.
The pregnancy took about a year, and the various attempts to flee spanned over two discontinuous years...
From meeting him to now, a tangled five years had passed.
Five years, how quickly time flies.
Tang Yuchen also realized this, he exclaimed, "Time flies so fast; it’s been nearly five years since we first met."
An Ruo casually said, "If the child was still alive, he would almost be two years old in a few months."
The man’s eyes sharpened; he knew she didn’t mean to provoke him with her words, she was just reflecting.
But her words still deeply hurt him.
Not wanting to discuss this topic further, he slightly propped himself up and gently kissed her lips.
An Ruo avoided it, but his kiss followed like a shadow.
He didn’t force the kiss on her, the motion was very gentle, giving her enough chance to resist.