Seeing this, Xu Mo sat down next to Magna without hesitation. He stood tall, his eyes fiery and focused, staring into her eyes. He said in a low and slightly warning voice, "Magna, you are playing with fire. Aren't you afraid that I will kill you on the spot?"

"Will you do that?" Magna didn't flinch. She looked back at Xu Mo with a determined gaze, a complex light flickering in her eyes. Although she tried to keep her tone calm, the slightly trembling ending of her voice still revealed a trace of inner turmoil.

When she heard Xu Mo say this, her heart rippled, and fear surged over her like a tide. After all, she had suffered such trauma before, and that painful experience could not be easily erased from her memory. However, beneath this fear, an indescribable anticipation and excitement quietly grew in her heart.

She thought to herself that if such a thing really happened, it was because she had taken the initiative to invite, or even seduced, Xu Mo, and it was not because Xu Mo intended to rape her.

"No." Xu Mo frowned slightly, his eyes deep, and fell into a brief moment of thought. After a moment, he gave a calm and firm answer.

Deep down in his heart, he has his own principles for dealing with such matters. Unless there are some special reasons, he will never force a woman unless she is willing.

More importantly, he was concerned about Magna's past traumatic rape. He knew the deep impact that trauma had on her, and he absolutely did not want to drag her further down this painful path. His goal was to straighten Magna out and guide her toward a normal emotional state, not to do the opposite.

"Tsk." Magna sighed inwardly, feeling disappointed. However, she feigned composure, skillfully concealing her inner emotions, not letting the slightest bit of disappointment show on her face. She simply said, "That's good. I'll go to sleep first!"

After she finished speaking, Magna climbed onto the bed lightly, pulled the quilt over her body carefully, then turned around, facing Xu Mo, curled up slightly, trying to make herself look calm and at ease.

The perceptive Xu Mo noticed the strangeness in Magna's tone. His eyes were fixed on Magna's back, his brows furrowed, and he fell into deep thought.

To be honest, from the moment he first met Magna, her behavior was very different from the image of Lily that he knew.

However, if we say that Magna is not Lily, her previous contradictory behaviors are really difficult to explain.

Although Magna had feelings for him, she refused when he asked her to kiss her before.

If Magna had no feelings for him, then why did she take the initiative to invite him to sleep in the same bed?

But if she had feelings for him, why did she refuse the kiss before? If it was because she was being reserved, then inviting him to bed has nothing to do with being reserved.

But if there is no feeling, then isn't the subsequent invitation to sleep in the same bed a contradiction?

Faced with all these contradictory situations, he racked his brains but could not think of any other reasonable reasons unless he used Lily's sexual orientation to explain it.

"Forget it, things will work out when the time comes. No need to overthink it." After some hard thinking, Xu Mo shook his head helplessly, deciding to give up. He reached out and gently blew out the candle, plunging the room into darkness. Then, he carefully crawled into bed, adjusted his posture, and tried to relax.

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Time passed quietly, two hours went by in a flash, and it was already late at night and everyone was asleep.

The night is as quiet as the deep seabed, and everything is silent.

The silence allowed the two to clearly hear each other's steady and regular breathing. That sound, like the rhythm of the night, gently echoed in the silent space.

Xu Mo stared quietly at Magna's profile. The moonlight filtered through the cracks in the window, casting a shadow on her face, outlining her delicate features. His mind was still swirling with the question of how to straighten Magna, his thoughts tangled like a tangled mess.

As his mental attributes continued to improve, his need for sleep also decreased significantly. Even if he stayed awake for several nights in a row, he would not feel noticeably sleepy.

Even if you feel a little sleepy occasionally, just a short sleep of ten minutes or half an hour can instantly restore your energy, just like a fully charged battery, full of energy.

The other side.

Magna lay in bed, listening to Xu Mo's steady breathing behind her, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

Of course, she couldn't sleep because of Xu Mo's breathing. In fact, it was because so much time had passed, and Xu Mo had actually kept his promise and didn't do anything that crossed the line with her.

"Have I lost my charm? Or am I just not as pretty as before?" A wave of self-doubt washed over Magna. She couldn't help but think back to her student days, when she was the center of attention on campus, surrounded by countless suitors and showered with love letters. However, her standards were high, and none of those suitors met her eye.

Now that I think about it, the congressman's son who had attempted to rape her might have done so out of hatred after being rejected by her. This also fully proves that her charm and beauty are definitely not to be underestimated.

But why was Xu Mo able to restrain himself and remain indifferent to her under such circumstances? Could it be that Xu Mo was really gay and had no interest in women?

But that didn't make sense. If Xu Mo was really gay, why did he ask her to kiss him before? And why did he even warn her that if she continued to play with fire, he would kill her on the spot?

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