The Billionaire's Hidden Affection-Chapter 572 - 569 Time’s Up 11_1

He laughed heartily. "You’ve met them before. Why are you still so scared?"

It was precisely because I had met them that my fear intensified. The first impression wasn’t good. How could I expect them to change their minds about me just because of a dinner?

She brooded, "Should I maybe... put this off for a while?"

"How would you ’put it off’?"

"Maybe wait until I’ve been accepted at Harvard..."

"What if you don’t get in?"

She replied promptly, "Then, I’ll never go."

Didn’t the Empress Dowager say that presentation was important? At that time, my own presentation wasn’t up to par; I was still at the starting stage. How could I dare to step foot in the Wan Family home?

She fretted. Perhaps, only after getting into Harvard and broadening my horizons could I become more confident.

Wan Donglin sighed inwardly. Truly, once bitten by a snake, one fears a rope for the next three years.

"Didn’t Lady Daqing teach you to say the word ’husband’ backward three times? If she didn’t like you, why would she encourage you to spend my money?"

Yan Xixi fell silent.

Could it really be interpreted this way?

He laughed. "Lady Daqing would probably be quite upset, realizing she’d been mistaken for some kind of monster by someone. You should know, she’s not one for pretense. If she genuinely disliked you, she absolutely wouldn’t have offered to invite you to their home for dinner..."

She grumbled, "Who knows if he’s making this up? This guy, he just loves to placate both sides."

"Haha, Xixi, I advise you, you absolutely must go tomorrow..."

"Why?"

He said mysteriously, "You’ll know when you go."

All the way, Yan Xixi remained silent until the car stopped.

"This... Haven’t you said all you needed to say? Aren’t you going back?"

He reached out, grabbed her hand, and pulled her along.

Unable to break free, she had to follow his quick steps to his front door. He very naturally took out his keys to open the door, one hand still tightly clutching hers.

Hot!

The heat radiating from his palm was unusually intense.

The moment the door opened, he pulled her into the room. Without a word, he pinned her against the door, embracing her. Yan Xixi was so stunned she couldn’t even utter a single "no," let alone resist—

Now, he was taking full advantage of her helplessness...

Yan Xixi could hardly breathe. Her mind went blank from lack of oxygen, yet she had no room to struggle. He held her with overwhelming strength, like a hawk gripping a chick, or a starving wolf that had finally caught a plump lamb...

Finally, his large hand loosened.

However, this wasn’t the beginning of the end, but the start of another... encounter.

Because the next moment, he had already swept her into his arms and, in a few large strides, reached the bedroom.

The spacious and tidy bedroom was a startling sight.

The familiar scent she once knew flooded back to her.

He was like a ravenous lion shaking its golden mane, its predatory nature—the law of the jungle—on full display.

He clearly saw her face flush so intensely red it looked as if it might bleed, and the sheer, unconcealable panic in her eyes.

How strange. In the past, when I’d hit rock bottom and had nothing to lose, I never showed this kind of emotion. Now, I’m utterly terrified, as if I’ve stumbled into some terrifying, unknown abyss.

He was unexpectedly joyful, and his voice was surprisingly gentle. "Xixi, this is supposed to happen, isn’t it? You promised me..."

...For understandable reasons, please use your imagination for this part of the story. To borrow a phrase from a famous author: several tens of thousands of words have been omitted here... Hahaha, allegedly, even lips aren’t allowed to be mentioned... You can’t blame me for this...