Chapter 22: Quickly Wearing and Falling in Love with the Dark CEO (Part 4)
I didn't choose to ignore it, but I felt that it was most likely her. She was the woman who was supposed to marry Lin Yehan. Even if I knew, what could I do? It was like a thorn in my heart. I didn't understand why I was worried, scared and jealous. I only knew that I wasn't like this before. But if I told Lin Yehan, it would definitely make him unhappy.
The feeling of happiness is always so short-lived. Unease is like a vine, entwining my heart little by little. Su Ran's figure appears in the company more and more frequently, and every time it is like a thorn, piercing my heart. Lin Yehan said that she is a partner of the company's new project, but a man's intuition tells me that things are definitely not that simple.
Su Ran always deliberately appeared in front of me with a triumphant smile, as if showing off something. Every time she talked to Lin Yehan, her eyes were ambiguous, as if she was hiding some unspeakable secret. I tried hard to suppress my inner uneasiness and pretended that I knew nothing, but I could feel that Lin Yehan also noticed my abnormality.
"Zi'ang, what's wrong with you? You seem absent-minded lately." He put down the documents in his hand and looked at me with concern.
"Nothing, maybe I'm too tired from work." I forced a smile, not daring to look him in the eye.
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Tell me something, okay?" His tone was gentle, as if he was coaxing a child.
I nodded but didn't say anything. There were many things that I didn't know how to say. The content of the anonymous letter was like a huge rock, weighing heavily on my heart, making it hard for me to breathe. I began to pay attention to Lin Yehan's schedule, his mobile phone, and even every word he said inadvertently, trying to find clues and evidence of whether he was cheating.
"What are you looking for?" One night, I was reading Lin Yehan's documents in the study when he bumped into me.
I closed the folder in a panic and stammered, "Nothing...nothing, I just..."
His sharp eyes swept across my face and finally landed on the folder. "Are you doubting me?"
His tone was calm, but I could hear a hint of chill in it, like the calm before a storm. I bit my lip and raised my head with courage, "I just... want to figure out something."
"For example, is what's written in the anonymous letter true?" His eyes became deep and unfathomable, as if he could see through the deepest secrets in my heart.
I avoided his gaze and remained silent. The atmosphere in the office was suffocating. After a long silence, he sighed, turned around and left, leaving only a cold sentence, "If you don't trust me, why force yourself?"
His back was filled with an indescribable loneliness, and my heart felt like it was pierced by a needle, and it ached. I told myself that all this was to find out the truth, but the uneasiness in my heart became stronger and stronger.
Su Ran seemed to sense the gap between Lin Yehan and me, and became even more reckless. Some negative rumors about Lin Yehan began to circulate in the company, saying that he would do anything for profit, and even that he approached me just to take advantage of my family's influence.
I tried hard not to believe these rumors, but they were like a virus, eroding my sanity bit by bit.
Until that day, I witnessed Lin Yehan and Su Ran meeting in a hidden coffee shop. They talked in low voices, but I could still clearly see the smug and sinister smile on Su Ran's face, and the cold light that flashed in Lin Yehan's eyes.
At that moment, I felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over my head, chilling me to the bone. All the doubts, insecurities, and fears flooded into my heart at that moment, and I could no longer deceive myself.
I felt the blood rushing to my head, and I almost lost the ability to think. I rushed into the cafe, threw the anonymous letter in front of Lin Yehan in front of everyone, and asked him with a trembling voice: "Is this what you call innocence? Is this what you call sincerity?"
Lin Yehan obviously didn't expect me to appear here. He was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and immediately stood up to explain: "Chenxi, listen to me, things are not what you think..."
"It's not what I thought? What is it then? Do you dare to say that you and Su Ran have no relationship? Do you dare to say that you approach me without any selfish motives?" I could no longer suppress the anger and grievance in my heart, and tears burst out.
He reached out his hand to wipe my tears, but I waved him away: "Don't touch me!"
"Chenxi, calm down and listen to my explanation. I do this for you." His tone was anxious and helpless.
"For me? Who are you fooling? You are clearly doing this for yourself and for the benefit of the Lin family!" I sneered, feeling heartbroken. "I was so blind to believe you!"
I turned around and wanted to leave this suffocating place, but he grabbed my wrist and pleaded in his tone:
"Zi'ang, don't leave. Give me a chance to explain, okay?"
"What else is there to explain? The facts are right in front of me, how can I believe you?" I shook off his hand and ran out of the cafe without looking back.
I wandered aimlessly in the streets, letting my tears blur my eyes. I thought I had found true love, and that I could be with him regardless of everything, but I didn't expect that all this was just a carefully planned scam.
I was tired, really tired. I didn't want to guess his thoughts anymore, nor did I want to be deceived and hurt anymore. I decided to leave him and face it all alone.
I was the only one left in the empty room. The last message from him on my phone was from three days ago. He said he would explain everything and asked me to wait for him. Ridiculous, what was I waiting for? Was I waiting for him to make up one lie after another?
"Brother, are you really leaving?"
"Well, I've already bought the plane ticket, Chenyang, you have to take care of yourself when I'm not around."
I held back my tears, touched my brother's head, turned around and left this city that held so many sad memories for me.
At the same time, Lin Yehan sat at his desk with a gloomy face. On the desk was a document that was the evidence of Su Ran stealing company secrets over the years. He finally understood that the way he had always wanted to protect me had become the sharpest weapon that hurt me the most.
"Su Ran, you are free."
He called Su Ran and his tone was cold, without a trace of warmth.
"What did you say?" Su Ran on the other end of the phone was obviously a little surprised.
"I said, you win, I will not pursue anything you have done, from now on, you go your way, I go mine, there is no connection between us anymore."
Lin Yehan hung up the phone after he finished speaking. He knew that only by completely solving the hidden danger of Su Ran could he regain my trust.
He drove to the airport, but saw only an empty terminal. On the electronic screen, my flight information showed that it had already taken off.
He leaned weakly against the cold wall, the scene of our first meeting emerged in his mind, my smile, my tears, everything about me, all flashing by like movie scenes.
He knew that this time, he really lost me.
"Zi'ang, wait for me," he said silently in his heart, "I will definitely find you and prove to you my sincerity and my love for you. It has never been a lie."
But will he still be able to find me? Will he still have a chance to prove his sincerity to me?
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