"I’m not running away from you, I just want some time to cool off."
Rong Shaoze stood up abruptly, bellowing furiously, "Don’t lie to me, you are running away from me! I’m telling you, I would rather die than agree to sleep in separate rooms. Just give up on that idea! And you’d better figure things out quickly. My patience is limited, and I don’t want to give you too much time to think!"
Who knows what her long-considered decision will be.
What if she realizes that the person she loves is Qiao Yiyang, that she has completely fallen out of love with him?
How many times can one truly love in a lifetime?
He thought that once she fell in love with him, she would never change her heart, nor have the strength and energy to love someone else.
But she was still moved by Qiao Yiyang.
This was her second time falling for another man, and perhaps it would be the last.
If she truly fell in love with Qiao Yiyang, no matter how hard he tried, he reckoned he couldn’t win back her heart.
The more Rong Shaoze thought about it, the more frightened he became. Suddenly, he stepped forward, pulling Lin Xinlan into his embrace and holding her tight.
His face was buried in her soft neck, his voice filled with pleading and lowliness.
"Xinlan, please, don’t give up on me, okay? I swear, you’re the only one in my heart. I don’t love Du Ruoxin; I have no feelings for her at all. Even if she loves me more than you do, knows me better, cares more about me, or even would die for me, I still feel nothing for her. Xinlan, you promised me, you said you’d love me for a lifetime. How can you go back on your word, how can you treat me this way!"
Hearing his words, Lin Xinlan’s heart ached in waves.
In agony, she closed her eyes, her hands slowly embracing his body.
A flash of ecstasy crossed Rong Shaoze’s eyes, but her next words felt like a plunge into an icy cellar.
"Rong Shaoze, if you don’t give me time to think things through, then let me go."
Heartache, heart death—that was probably what he felt at that moment.
In the world, nothing else seemed important anymore, except for her—she was the most important.
"Xinlan, what are you saying?" His eyes flickered, asking in disbelief.
"Rong Shaoze, I admit that I’m being cruel and selfish towards you. But I have my own suffering; please respect that for a while, okay?"
The man stiffened, suddenly holding her so tight, wishing he could meld her into his body so she would be his forever.
"Respect you?! Ha, don’t even think about it!" He said coldly, a sinister madness in his eyes.
"Lin Xinlan, from the moment you fell in love with me and decided to be with me forever, I said I would never let you go! Since you said you wouldn’t regret it, I would never give you the chance to leave me. Are you regretting it now? Well, it’s too late for regrets. Even if I can’t hold on to your heart, I’ll keep you as a person! The only way you’ll leave me is over my dead body!"
Lin Xinlan was shocked; she knew that if she tried to escape, Rong Shaoze would indeed find a way to imprison her.
Then everything would spiral out of control.
"I didn’t say I wanted to escape from you; I just need some time to calm down. Rong Shaoze, I am human, not a thoughtless doll; could you please respect me a little?" she said angrily.
"I refuse to respect you!" The man stubbornly and petulantly rejected her.
"The more I respect you, the further you run away. Don’t I know you? If I don’t force you, blocking your escape routes, you will never take the initiative."