Chapter 539: Chapter 539

Shi Che’s thin lips pursed slightly, yet he remained silent, his dark eyes fixed intently on her with immense patience. Ling Chuxia’s hand clenched the tie so tightly that it almost wrinkled, but in the end, she decided... she would endure!

She stepped forward in a few strides and abruptly slipped the tie around his neck. Because she was holding her breath, her actions were rough, but she forgot that she was not as tall as Shi Che. As she looped and pulled, Shi Che’s body was yanked downward, his handsome face suddenly magnifying before her eyes, even his gentle breath sprinkling across her face.

Ling Chuxia had not expected this to happen and, frightened, immediately let go of the tie and reflexively stepped back two paces, only to lose her footing in her panic, twist her ankle, and topple backward.

She couldn’t help but exclaim, just as she was about to have an intimate encounter with the ground, a force tightened around her waist, halting her fall, and lifting her upward, sending Ling Chuxia crashing into Shi Che’s embrace.

Shi Che must have showered in the morning, his body carrying a faint scent of body wash mixed with a familiar masculine fragrance, filling her nostrils as she stood there dazed, unable to snap back to reality.

The warmth and fragrance collided with his embrace, Shi Che’s hands encircling Ling Chuxia’s slender and soft waist. He lightly lowered his gaze, Ling Chuxia’s long, pale neck was close at hand, and her fair face slightly flushed pink. Shi Che’s dark pupils deepened, his grip unconsciously tightening, his thin lips slowly descending...

Unfortunately, just as his lips were about to touch Ling Chuxia’s cheek, Ling Chuxia suddenly pushed him away. Caught off guard, he loosened his grip, and she sprang out of his arms like a rabbit.

Shi Che’s arms emptied, a trace of loss flashing in his eyes, while Ling Chuxia stood there with her head hung low, her mind a blank slate.

Just now, she could feel Shi Che’s breath drawing nearer, so close that his lips were about to press down, her heart pounded wildly at that moment.

She didn’t know if Shi Che was going to kiss her, but at that instant, unlike yesterday, she didn’t feel insulted, but rather, she felt fluttering and at a loss.

All she could do was quickly raise her hand, push him away, and restore a safe distance.

She thought that after yesterday, she could control her emotions, but unexpectedly, being caught off guard and so close to Shi Che, she still couldn’t control her heart.

No, she couldn’t let this happen!

Panic continuously flashing in her eyes, Ling Chuxia paid no heed to anything else, hastily muttering, "I, I need to go to the restroom!"

With that, without waiting for Shi Che’s response, she turned and ran out.

Shi Che stood silently on the spot, his dark eyes following her figure until it disappeared, his eyelids drooping, a trace of self-mockery crossing his lips.

Truth be told, he himself didn’t know what these ten days were supposed to mean.

Ling Chuxia didn’t love him, that much was clear to him. Unless he forcibly kept her by his side, dominating her even if she didn’t love him, he could never have her again. New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on novel[f]ire.net

But... could he really keep Ling Chuxia, forcing her to relive another torturous marriage of three more years, and then another?

He thought, he couldn’t do it; he couldn’t bear to see her sad, to watch her suffer, all he could do was let go... And these final ten days, perhaps, would serve as his last obsession, allowing him to possess her for ten more days.