Just a slight movement, and behind her, a deep male voice blew over her ear amidst waves of warm breath.
As soon as she heard it, her whole body froze, and the heaviness before she fainted reappeared in her mind. Following that, her entire body started to tremble slightly.
It was the first time she was so afraid of him. She never thought that one day, he would be so rough with her!
The man holding her sensed her shiver, and instantly, a needle-like pain spread within his heart. With a harsh pull, the hand didn’t release but held on tighter.
"Don’t be afraid, I won’t hurt you anymore..." He held her tightly, as if worried that if he loosened his grip, she would run away.
Ye Ning lay there, feeling the strength of his arms and the faint tremble in his body, finally stopped moving, quietly lying there in his embrace.
Lying down, the room became quiet again. The curtains were drawn, and the orange light flickered, as if it were midnight, so silent, yet so oppressive.
"I know that we can’t be together anymore, but Ye Ning, can you stop saying you regret having Xiaobao? I can’t stand hearing it; it drives me crazy."
Seeing her finally calm down, the man who had been holding her for about two hours spoke with his chin resting on her head, his hands around her waist.
As his words ended, Ye Ning, lying there, trembled her fingers, feeling a sharp pain in her chest as something was cut inside it.
Indeed, she thought, although he was bad-tempered, he had always tolerated and pampered her. How could he have committed such violence against her?
It turned out, it was all because of that statement...
The girl whose heart hurt so much it nearly stopped breathing finally fluttered her long lashes, and a tear fell from her eye: "I’m sorry, I... I shouldn’t have said that."
"I understand what you meant; you said it to make me stop bothering you. But Ye Ning, you can hate my dad or take revenge on the Ou Family, but can you not deny that you love me? Can you not deny that having Xiaobao is something you don’t regret? I have nothing to do with him!"
These last few sentences, he practically pleaded with her.
Such a proud and arrogant man, begging her so she wouldn’t erase everything between them.
Ye Ning’s shoulders finally began to tremble slightly, and her fingers brushed over the hand that was encircling her waist. She moved, finally turned around, teary-eyed, looking at him, at this man she never intended to deny.
"Do you remember what I said to you that morning?"
"I said, I, Ye Ning, will have no other man in my life, only you, Ou Mucen!"
As if everything suddenly revived, or like frostbitten flowers received a chance for new life, the man sharing the pillow with her, in an instant, his dim eyes lit up: "Then if that’s the case, can’t we be together?"
"Because someday, I will take your father’s life, I will bring down the Ou Family. Maybe your mother might also be implicated. When that happens, will you still want to be with me? Will you still comfortably live with me?"