I looked at him, bewildered.
He sneered, “So you were just pretending.”
“What?” I was confused.
“Didn’t you say you don’t love me anymore?” Hugh Pei reached out, his thumb rubbing my lips maliciously, his brow raised.
“It seems you were just putting on a show for your friends. Zoe Xu, have you switched to playing hard to get now?”
So he was testing me, and with such a shameful method.
My reason quickly returned.
I immediately pulled up the clothes I had half-taken off and tried to remain calm.
“Do you really need to do this?” I looked up at him, a wave of sad and ridiculous feelings washing over me.
“Hugh Pei, I’m not playing any games with you. You’re just not used to my coldness all of a sudden. It’s like a loyal dog that suddenly stops following you around, wagging its tail. Of course, you’d be a little unhappy, but you’ll get used to it over time.”
“Are you a dog?” Hugh Pei asked playfully, seemingly unaffected by my sadness.
“You already knew that, didn’t you?” I clutched the messy collar of my dress and lowered my head, answering faintly.
Hugh Pei was no innocent young boy.
How could he not know how I felt about him?
Besides, I had confessed to him many times before.
But he had never taken it seriously.
So many women liked him.
The only difference between me and them was that I happened to have the chance to marry him.
Hugh Pei chuckled, as if he had gotten the result he wanted and was suddenly in a good mood.
“Go take a shower.”
With that, he left the bathroom.
I quickly closed the bathroom door and rushed to the mirror.
When I saw my flushed face, I wanted to slap myself.
How could I be so weak?
Hugh Pei had just teased me a little, and I had almost succumbed.
I spent three minutes recalling the past, and I finally calmed down completely.
Then I quickly showered and went back to my room to sleep.
Hugh Pei had already left.
I heard the sound of an engine starting downstairs.
I stood by the window and watched his car disappear into the night, feeling a little annoyed.
Hugh Pei probably wouldn’t be back for a while.
What happened tonight would confirm to him that I was still in the palm of his hand, and he could continue to squander my feelings without a second thought. Follow the newest chapters on novelping.com.
To quickly achieve some psychological balance, the moment I woke up, I had Leo Li take me to the hospital.
I even changed into a sophisticated, champagne-colored, form-fitting dress, going for an elegant and sexy style.
I couldn’t imitate Lila Wei’s pure and cute look, and besides, Julian Qi must have seen it plenty of times.
There was no need for me to compete.
At the hospital, I placed a bouquet of flowers by Julian Qi’s bed.
My voice was deliberately gentle and moving.
“Julian, is your leg feeling better?”
Julian Qi was playing a game.
Seeing me, he quickly put down his phone.
“Sis Zoe, much better. The doctor said I can be discharged tomorrow and just need to come back in about a week to have the stitches removed.”
“That’s good,” I said, sitting by the bed and gently tucking a stray strand of hair behind my ear.
“Your girlfriend didn’t come to see you today?”
“She has to work. We’re both working part-time to ease the burden on our families,” Julian Qi said with a nice smile, the kind of sunny cheerfulness unique to a young man.
I nodded and chatted casually with him.
After a while, I took out my phone and exclaimed, “How is my phone out of battery so quickly?”
“Sis Zoe, I have a charger here,” Julian Qi said, pointing to the bedside table.
I opened the drawer, took out the charger, and found the socket was just opposite the head of the bed.
I deliberately bent over to plug it in, my body almost hovering over Julian Qi.
From a bystander’s perspective, this posture was very intimate.
By the time I sat back down, Julian Qi’s face was flushed red, and he didn’t dare to look at me.
So pure, indeed, I thought.
Just then, my peripheral vision caught a figure at the door of the room.
I turned to see Evan Yu standing there, his eyes deep as he watched me.
When did he get here?
Did he see me plugging in the charger?
That deliberate proximity, a blatant seduction.
This was a bit awkward.
I gave a strained smile.
“Dr. Yu, what are you doing here?”
“Covering a shift,” Evan Yu said, walking in.
He checked Julian Qi’s wound and gave a few simple instructions.
I stood by, watching, feeling a little guilty.
In my past life, our only interaction was when we teamed up to deal with Hugh Pei.
Before that, we were complete strangers and he had never done anything to wrong me.
In the end, he had even helped me find doctors.
“Come out for a moment,” he said, glancing at me.
“Oh,” I replied, getting up reluctantly.
Evan Yu took me to his office.
The other doctors weren’t there.
He sat down, flipping through patients’ files, and asked without looking up, “How are things with you and Hugh Pei recently?”
His dark hair was of good quality, parted seventy-thirty.
Through his handsome hairline, I could see his high-bridged nose.
I gave a vague answer.
“The usual.”
“Marriage is like that. That’s why some people seek excitement, but they often end up paying a huge price,” Evan Yu said, his voice as calm and distant as his personality.
I frowned.
“Why don’t you go and persuade Hugh Pei?”
“I have. He won’t listen,” Evan Yu said, closing the file and finally looking up at me.
“Then I won’t listen either,” I retorted, not realizing my tone was a bit petulant.
A strange look flashed in Evan Yu’s eyes, as if he too was surprised by my sudden tone.
I quickly reverted to my normal voice.
“You’re his good friend. You know better than I do what he’s been up to all these years. I haven’t fought, I haven’t made a scene, and I haven’t done anything out of line. I’ve been more than fair. That boy just now, I accidentally hit him with my car, that’s why I came to visit him. There’s nothing else to it.”
I had changed my personality in front of Hugh Pei because I wanted a divorce, but I didn’t want to lose my composure in front of others.
After all, I still had to live a normal life after the divorce.
Evan Yu gave me a deep look, as if he didn’t quite believe me.
Just then, other doctors returned to the office.
Evan Yu averted his gaze and waved his hand.
“He can be discharged tomorrow. There’s nothing else.”
Why was talking to this person even more stressful than talking to Hugh Pei?
With Hugh Pei, I was at a point where I didn’t care anymore.
The worst that could happen was a divorce, which was what I was waiting for.
But with Evan Yu, I felt like I had been caught red-handed, as if I had done something shameful and been discovered.
After leaving Evan Yu’s office, I had intended to go back to Julian Qi’s room for some more warm words to reinforce my mature, seductive image.
But I stopped, then quickly returned to Evan Yu’s office.
“Dr. Yu!” I sat down in front of him and lowered my voice.
“Let’s have dinner together. I’ve been having some issues with Hugh Pei lately, and I’d like to talk to you about it.”
Talk, my ass.
What I was really thinking was that I wanted Evan Yu to meet Lila Wei sooner, to give him a head start on Hugh Pei.