Chapter 16
went on a hunger strike at home to protest. My dad couldn’t really resist me, and I also had my own career, so I had no choice but to compromise. He said that in the future, I could hire a professional manager to take care of the family business.”
He spoke casually, but I could see that his figure had become slightly thinner and his face looked a bit haggard. Obviously, this struggle was not as easy as he made it sound.
Neil held me tightly and said in a gloomy tone, “Helen, what should I do? I broke my promise.”
“You said I had to wait for you, but I suddenly disappeared. You must have been very sad.”
I silently patted his back.
It started snowing again outside the window, and Neil’s voice choked up a bit.
“You don’t know how much I missed you.”
“My dad asked me to go back and marry, but I didn’t like that woman at all. I’m especially afraid that when I leave, you will reconcile with your ex–husband again, or be taken away by someone
else.”
I teased him, “Yeah, my ex–husband insisted on remarrying me. I was still considering it these
days.”
Neil didn’t speak, but his eyes were fixed on me.
He had single eyelids, and when he lowered his gaze to look at people, the corners of his eyes would
slightly lift, creating a sharp curve that made him appear somewhat domineering.
Unprecedentedly, he surprisingly didn’t get angry, but calmly said, “Let’s have dinner, I made red
wine stewed beef.”
The result was that when he took out the bottle of red wine used to stew beef, I sprayed rice out of
my mouth directly!
A bottle of Screaming Eagle, which cost thirty thousand and one, he used to make red wine braised”
beef!
I was heartbroken and furious, “What a waste!”
Neil, on the other hand, merely raised a corner of his mouth and casually said, “This kind of wine
⚫ can’t even make it into my liquor cabinet at home, but luckily there’s still more than half a bottle
left. Let’s not waste it, let’s drink it together.”
I did not doubt him.
We drank who knows how much alcohol tonight. We were originally planning to finish the –
1/3
⚫ remaining half bottle, but somehow we ended up opening a new bottle later.
the end, I cried and laughed again, not knowing what I was saying, almost jumping under the
table.
Neil supported me and let me lean on him, nodding in response to every word I said.
When I opened my eyes again, it was already midnight. My head was still a little dizzy, and I hesitated whether to go to the bathroom or not.
Neil came out of the bathroom, with a loose towel wrapped around his body, his strong and
handsome muscles still dripping water.
I was drowsy and my thoughts suddenly wandered.
Wasn’t he caught and put in solitary confinement? How on earth can he maintain such a good physique? But soon I realized something was wrong.
Neil stood by the window, looking down at me from above, and he pulled open the towel with one
hand.
The moonlight shone on his face, and his originally strong and handsome features appeared somewhat sinister. Even though he had no expression, I inexplicably felt frightened and couldn’t help but shiver.
“What are you going to do?” I propped myself up and instinctively leaned back.
Neil laughed, revealing a set of snow–white teeth.
“Fuck you.”
My neck was bitten, and the feeling of sharp teeth pressing against the blood vessels made me
tremble uncontrollably.
Neil forcefully inserted his fingers into the gaps between mine, intertwining our ten fingers, white his upper body movements were gentle and affectionate.
The following advances step by step, besieging and capturing the city.
I groggily opened my eyes, and Neil leaned down to kiss away the moisture at the corner of my eye. His actions were forceful as if he wanted to kill me, but his tone was incredibly gentle.
“Who was more powerful, me or your ex–husband?” he asked.
I couldn’t speak.
He laughed. The subsequent storm almost evaporated my brain matter, and I had to cling onto his arm, his sturdy muscles slightly damp, a drop of sweat falling into the hollow of my neck.
