章)"Brother, youre so heartless..."
A soft, tender whine emanated from the warmth of the bedding.
Winsome Wen, suppressing her discomfort, crawled to the edge of the bed, picked up a mans shirt lying nearby, and donned it, fastening the last button. The red marks on her neck and shoulders were as striking as blood in the snow.
Lifting her flushed eyes, she looked at the tall figure beside her.
The man stood against the light from the floor-to-ceiling window, bare-chested, his lean abdomen rippling with the aftermath of their encounter, leaving a trail of red marks.
An aura of unapproachability radiated from him.
Undeterred, Winsome touched the marks on the mans body, her voice soft and pitiful: "Brother tore my clothes; cant I have your shirt instead?"
Bai Shiyan remained indifferent, brushing away her audacious hand, picked up his suit jacket from the floor, and donned it directly. From beginning to end, he offered no kindness to Winsome, as if last nights absurdity was a fleeting cloud of smoke.
Seeing him about to leave, Winsome lost her composure.
"Brother, last night was my first time. Are you truly so heartless towards me?" Winsome descended from the bed, her fair legs exposed to the air, bruises visible for all to see.
The faint pain was a silent accusation of the mans violent conduct from the night before.
"A mutual affair, what do you think I should do for you?" Bai Shiyans handsome face remained unmoved, as if the marks had nothing to do with him.
...
Winsome was taken aback by the mans indifference.
She hadnt realized her fianc茅 was so cold and emotionless; they had grown up together, sharing twenty-five years of memories.
Her peripheral vision fell on the floor-to-ceiling window; though she had been reborn for two months, she still couldnt get used to her current appearance.
Her face was named Winsome Wen, but her soul was named Wen Yian, the eldest daughter of the prominent Wen family in South City, betrothed to the Bai family since childhood.
A year ago, she was pushed into the sea by her half-sister Wen Xing at a maritime feast and drowned.
Reborn in the body of her fathers illegitimate daughter, Winsome Wen, she was brought back to the Wen family.
Watching the murderer usurp what was rightfully hers, she seduced her former fianc茅.
Now, Bai Shiyan, the fianc茅 of Wen Xing.
"Brother, its just a union between the Bai and Wen families; cant we be together? Besides, compared to my eldest sisters career obsession and my second sisters deep scheming, I..." Winsome hooked her fingers into the mans belt, her naturally enchanting eyes meeting his gaze: "Am I not more to your liking?"
Bai Shiyan half lowered his eyelids, looking down at her with a heartless: "You are not worthy to compare with her."
He strode directly to the bedside, picked up the prepared medication, and tossed it at Winsome.
"Take it."
The wretched man.
When he slept with her last night, why didnt he say she wasnt worthy!
"Brother, cant I not take the pill? Its harmful to my health, and Im scared."
She wrapped her arms around the mans waist again, playing the pitiful role to the hilt: "You men all like to have multiple wives and concubines; even my father, after his wife died, remarried and kept a mistress on the side. Dont worry, I promise not to cling to you or bother you. Even if I get pregnant and give birth, I will raise the child myself. I truly love you, which is why I defied morality and climbed into your bed."
Bai Shiyan did not deny that men are naturally fickle, but it does not mean he would allow his child to be born from just any woman.
Grabbing Winsomes chin, his thin lips uttered a threat: "Born one, Ill end one."
Hearing this, Winsomes body stiffened.
"How about it, want to try?" A cold glint flashed in Bai Shiyans deep pupils.