Chapter 48 Possessiveness
At nine o'clock in the evening, Lin Zaoyi returned to Green County Mansion. She felt completely exhausted and buried herself in the sofa as soon as she got home. Her head was throbbing and her heart was pounding.
Just as my body was aching unbearably, I suddenly heard someone use a password to open the door.
She was startled, then sat up abruptly. It was her mother.
Or... talk about Zhaojing?
The door opened, and the light reflecting from the corridor cast a dim, yellowish shadow. The first thing that caught the eye was a pair of straight, long legs. Looking up, there was a flawless face.
I don't understand why he came here. Also, is it appropriate for him to come to her house so openly?
"What's up?"
The man, his face cold, stopped a step away. "You helped Yuan Lai pick out a gift for me because you want me to be with her?"
In no mood.
Her fingers unconsciously fiddled with the pillow in her arms. "That's your problem."
The air grew quiet.
He didn't speak, so she couldn't help but raise her eyes. Under the fluorescent light, the man's eyes were dark and unfathomable.
After a short while, his Adam's apple bobbed slightly. "You seem quite willing to make decisions about my affairs."
What did she do?
Only then can one avoid being wronged.
"I was just offering a suggestion. If you don't like it, you can just throw it away. I'd also like to ask you guys, could you please not put me in the middle?"
Tan Zhaojing's expression darkened several shades under those words. He bent down and pulled her into his arms. "In your opinion, I should be with her?"
Lin Zaoyi felt a lump in her throat, paused for half a second, and gave a perfunctory smile, "Whatever you want."
Her arm was grabbed, and when she tried to shake it off, the man forcefully lifted her up.
She struggled, but he wouldn't loosen his grip, and his tone turned cold as he demanded, "What are you trying to do!"
A flicker of emotion crossed Tan Zhaojing's eyes. He gripped her shoulders slightly, but quickly relaxed back down without making a sound.
"Whose standards were used to choose that burgundy shirt?"
Lin Zaoyi frowned. What kind of question is this?
"I just picked it randomly."
"Yeah?"
He lowered his head and brought it within an inch, his possessiveness as thick as a dark cloud obscuring the sun.
"Are you sure it's not Tan You?"
?
What does this have to do with Guan Tanyou?
Her phone, which was on the coffee table, vibrated. She glanced at it and saw that the screen displayed the person they were currently talking about.
Seeing that she didn't move, Tan Zhaojing seemed to be kindly reminding her, "If you don't answer soon, I'll hang up."
As he spoke, he bent down to pick up his phone. She reached out her hand, but he didn't give it to her. Instead, he pressed the answer button and put the phone to her right ear.
Tan You's voice came through, "What are you doing?"
He was controlled by your cousin.
He said, "What's up?"
A breath brushed past my left ear. "Why didn't you tell him I was here?"
"..."
What's the difference between this and suicide?
Tan You hissed, "Zao Yi, is someone next to you?"
She instinctively held her breath, "No!"
Immediately after denying it, Tan Zhaojing asked, "Then who am I?"
As he spoke, his fingertips reached towards her earlobe, and when he kneaded it, it felt like an electric current was flowing through her body, causing her to flinch.
"Don't..."
The soft whisper made Tan You very suspicious. "Who are you with? Are you dating someone behind my back?"
"No!" Lin Zaoyi denied it too quickly.
She reached out to grab the phone, but missed, and instead fell into his arms.
Even without anyone else, she herself felt a sense of wanting to accept but also being reluctant.
Tan Zhaojing casually hooked his arm around her waist, "If you won't say anything, I will."
Lin Zaoyi's eyes widened. What was this person going to do...?
Let Tan You find out about their affair?
She kept pulling at his arm with both hands, but it was no use; he remained unmoved.
Tan You's voice came through intermittently, "Speak! Who are you with? You're being so mysterious!"
"Nobody, you must have misheard me, I was watching TV!"
Seeing Tan Zhaojing bring the phone to his ear, in a moment of panic, he did the stupidest thing: he grabbed Tan Zhaojing's collar, pulled him down, stood on tiptoe, and forcibly covered his mouth.
Tan Zhaojing seemed not to have expected her to be so bold. The moment their lips touched, he froze, and she realized how shameless her behavior was.
How could you kiss me...?
He's Tan Zhaojing, after all...
She released him as if electrocuted, her whole body flushed with shame. She opened her lips, the words of apology still in her throat, when his lips pressed down along the bridge of her nose.
With barely a sliver of reason remaining, she turned her head away from his kiss, but in less than half a second, her breath was stolen again, and his kiss gradually took over her senses.
After that, all resistance gradually crumbled under his control.
Go down this path.
Just this once.
She couldn't lie to herself; physiologically, she wasn't at all averse to his advances.
The body, shamelessly indulging in greed.
His lips parted, but only by a negligible distance; their noses brushed lightly, and his voice, low and husky, fell on her ear, "Don't hide anymore."
Reason returned, and Lin Zaoyi woke up as if from a dream, swallowing the lingering heat on her tongue. "Let's even it out."
Tan Zhaojing's eyes darkened. "A draw?"
Um……
She was terrified of his gaze at that moment and only dared to answer in her heart.
"Speak." His voice was cold.
Run away.
escape.
Just as he made a move, his chin was grabbed. "Then keep owing money."
They kissed again.
Lin Zaoyi tried to push him away, but he grabbed her hand first. She lost her balance and fell onto the sofa behind her, her breath catching in her throat.
The kiss was fierce, as if it were searching for an outlet for its pent-up emotions.
She cried.
I felt an indescribable grievance and sadness.
He sensed the dampness on her face and released her.
Lin Zaoyi cried silently.
She choked back a sob and asked haltingly, "Is...is it only by doing it once that it can be wiped clean?"
"What did you say?" A chilling voice rang in my ears.
She opened her lips, but could barely utter a sound; that one sentence seemed to have taken all her strength.
Tears blurred his vision, but he exuded a gloomy aura.
His voice slammed down on his head, "Lin Zaoyi, you're ruthless."
The door opened and closed.
Tan Zhaojing left, but she was lost in thought.
The result I clearly wanted, yet I felt inexplicably empty, as if something was falling, and finally crashing to the ground without any relief.
Scattered and in disarray.
Lin Zaoyi picked up her phone, which had fallen to the corner, feeling utterly desolate. The screen showed several missed calls from Tan You. She called back, but before she could speak, the other end asked, "Don't try to lie to me. Do you have a boyfriend?"
"No."
Tan You's voice was deep, "Lin Zaoyi, you better confess!"
"I'm hanging up, I'm sleepy."
Lin Zaoyi had insomnia and couldn't fall asleep while lying in bed.
In that out-of-control kiss, she saw desire in his deep eyes.
But what about her?
Why am I feeling palpitations...?
I wanted to say that face was the culprit, but my body language betrayed me.
She was not only confused, but also infatuated.
Lin Zaoyi pulled the blanket over herself, covering herself completely, deceiving herself into believing that this was the only way to suppress the unattainable stirrings of her heart.
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