Lin Xinlan’s eyes flickered with confusion.
He explained, "I had someone investigate and I found out about what happened five years ago. You were the one that night, weren’t you?"
Lin Xinlan’s pupils contracted slightly, a stab of pain in her eyes.
To her, that night five years ago was an untouchable wound.
Everything back then was like a nightmare. Even after five years, it all felt surreal to her, as if it was all fake.
She was just working diligently, cleaning guest rooms when, out of nowhere, someone grabbed her and pushed her into a dark room.
No matter how much she screamed and struggled, it was all in vain.
The man pressing down on her was like a dangerous beast, causing her fear and terror. To this day, just thinking about it made her heart ache.
Although it was Rong Shaoze, although she had fallen in love with him now.
But the pain he had brought her back then could not be completely erased...
"I’m sorry!" Seeing her , Rong Shaoze’s heart ached, and he pulled her into his arms, holding her tightly.
His kisses fell continuously on her face, filled with unease and trembling.
"Xinlan, I’m sorry, it’s all my fault. You can hit me or yell at me, just don’t be sad on your own, don’t hate me, don’t push me away!"
Lin Xinlan said nothing. She closed her eyes, feeling somewhat distressed.
She didn’t want to hate him, but deep down, there was always a trace of resentment, a sense of grievance that wouldn’t fade, that couldn’t be dispelled.
Rong Shaoze kissed her lips, delving deeper and deeper. His gentle yet burning kisses soon dissipated her consciousness, no longer making her think about that sad incident.
"Xinlan..." He loosened his hold on her a bit, his forehead resting against hers, his dark eyes looking at her tenderly, "Back then, it wasn’t intentional. I might be overbearing and cruel, coldhearted and indifferent, but I wouldn’t force myself on an unfamiliar woman, a woman who didn’t wish for it."
"Then why did you..." she asked with a hoarse voice.
"I was drugged." Rong Shaoze hastily answered, "A man fancied me and gave me a strong aphrodisiac. If I didn’t mate with someone immediately, I might have died."
Lin Xinlan’s eyes flickered slightly, "So you found me?"
She really was unlucky.
Though the news of Rong Shaoze being drugged by a man was indeed a strange tale.
His face, desired even by men...
The man nodded, "I asked my subordinates to find me a woman, within a minute. How would I know that they would grab you? If I had known it was you..."
Lin Xinlan thought he would say: If I had known it was you, I wouldn’t have forced you.
Instead, he said: "...I would have been gentler, at least so you wouldn’t have been in so much pain, and you might have even found pleasure in it."
Lin Xinlan’s eyes widened, and her face darkened instantly.
"Rong Shaoze!" she hissed through clenched teeth, outraged that he would say such a thing!
The man smiled with a hooked lip, tenderly and enchantingly, "Xinlan, knowing it was you, do you think I’d be foolish enough not to touch you? Do you know you’re a gift from heaven to me, an angel given to me, a pure and beautiful angel."
Lin Xinlan’s face flushed red, shyly embarrassed.
This was the first time she had heard Rong Shaoze say such cheesy words.
How could she be an angel? She was at most a fruit-selling working girl.
"Don’t think that by saying some sweet nothings, I could forgive what you did back then!" She glared at him with embarrassed anger.