Facing Zhou Si's sudden move, Si Tian gasped sharply.
Her heart nearly leaped out of her chest.
Luckily, she reacted quickly—the moment Zhou Si pressed against her, she immediately hung up the phone.
Even so, in the split second before the call ended, a faint muffled groan slipped through.
Shen Yifan stared at the abruptly disconnected call, stunned.
Echoing in his ears was that indistinct, sweetly familiar sound from just before the line went dead.
That muffled groan…
It was remarkably similar to what he'd heard back at the hotel.
Shen Yifan knew perfectly well that Si Tian would never betray him.
Yet his hand gripping the phone tightened involuntarily. His body moved before his mind, and he immediately called her back.
"Ring, ring, ring—"
The phone rang again, but Zhou Si acted as if he couldn't hear it at all, his chest pressed flush against the woman's back.
That scorching palm settled on her impossibly slender waist…
Si Tian's whole body went numb.
Shen Yifan was still calling her!!
Didn't this man have any sense of the situation??
And he was still coming on to her.
The phone kept ringing, but Si Tian didn't dare pick up now.
She could only grab the large hand that was about to wander upward from her waist and say, "I need to go back."
However, the man acted as if he hadn't heard her. Instead, he turned his hand over and clasped her small one.
Then, with a sudden flip, he pressed her down onto the bed, looming over her as he looked down at her.
"You can leave—after you satisfy me first."
Si Tian: "??"
Si Tian was speechless. She turned her head to glance at the phone still ringing in her hand.
She looked up at him. "Do you really think I can stay?"
Zhou Si smiled wickedly and countered, "Why not?"
With that, he reached out and snatched the phone from Si Tian's hand, his long, well-defined fingers pressing and holding the power button.
In an instant, the clamorous ringing ceased.
The room fell so silent you could hear a pin drop.
Si Tian was dumbfounded.
By the time she snapped back to her senses and was about to say something, the man's lips sealed over hers again…
…
Shen Yifan held his phone, his entire being in turmoil.
The call that had just gone through moments ago now refused to connect no matter how many times he tried.
He called countless times, but all that came through was the cold, mechanical voice announcing the phone was powered off.
This was the first time Si Tian had ever dared to hang up on him.
It was also the first time she'd turned off her phone entirely, refusing his calls.
His chest felt as if it were stuffed with waterlogged cotton—heavy and suffocating, making it hard to breathe.
Shen Yifan wanted to go find Si Tian, but he had no idea where to start.
In the past, it was always Si Tian orbiting around him. He'd never paid her much mind, so he knew nothing about her circle of friends.
"Damn it!"
Shen Yifan cursed under his breath and hurled his phone viciously onto the bed.
Fine. Let her keep it off for the rest of her life!
The next day, Si Tian woke up feeling suffocated.
Her chest felt like a boulder was pressing down on it, making it hard to breathe.
She opened her eyes and saw a powerful arm draped across her front, while her back was pressed tightly against a scorching chest.
The man was holding her from behind in a possessive embrace…
Si Tian blinked. It took her a moment to process—
What an utterly reckless thing she'd done last night.
The most absurd part was that after Zhou Si turned off her phone, she'd been knocked out by him before long…
After a whole night, Si Tian had learned one thing: Zhou Si was a man of his word.
Until he was satisfied, she wasn't going anywhere.
It seemed she'd gotten herself involved with someone she shouldn't have?
The best course of action now was to slip away while the man was still asleep!
With that thought, Si Tian acted on it.
She crept out of Zhou Si's embrace as quietly as she could, then picked up her clothes from the floor and pulled them on.
Except for that flimsy little undergarment—she searched everywhere but couldn't find it.
Who knew where the man had tossed it last night…
Si Tian's gaze finally landed on the bed.
It was most likely under the covers.
She glanced at the man's handsome, sleeping face, then extended her fair, delicate hand and slowly reached beneath the blanket.
But she'd barely felt around for a moment when the man on the bed turned over.
He nearly crushed her hand in the process.
Si Tian's heart leaped. She quickly withdrew her hand.
The man's brow furrowed slightly, looking as if he might wake at any moment.
Seeing that, Si Tian couldn't care less about whether she was fully dressed.
She gritted her teeth, grabbed her bag, and slipped out of the hotel, hurrying toward her new apartment.
What she hadn't expected was to find Shen Yifan sitting on the sofa, having waited for her all night.
The moment she opened the door, Shen Yifan stared at her with a dark, gloomy expression.
"Who were you with last night?!"