Stealing Your Heart

The night was quiet.

Zong Jinghao’s car stopped in front of the villa. He turned the engine off and went down the car.

He walked across the forecourt and opened the villa’s front door. There was a warm, yellow light still lit in the living room. The house was quiet, as if all living beings were asleep.

He took off his jacket and threw it onto the couch. He loosened his collar and walked towards the room where Lin Xichen was sleeping.

The light was still on in the room but Lin Ruixi was already asleep in Lin Xinyan’s arms on the bed.

Lin Ruixi’s eyes were red, as if she had cried. She hiccupped every once in a while even when she was already asleep.

When Zong Jinghao had not come back, she was sitting on the living room’s couch. She was unwilling to sleep; she wanted to wait for her dad to come home.

Lin Xinyan’s coaxing did not work on her.

When it was nearly midnight and her eyes could barely open, Lin Xinyan forcefully carried her into the room even when she did not want to sleep. She cried immediately and asked Lin Xinyan if her dad did not want her again.

Lin Xinyan kissed her cheeks and disagreed on her words.

Yet the girl did not believe in her words. Children who grew up in a single-parent family often felt a lack of security. It was the same for Lin Ruixi.

She curled herself in Lin Xinyan’s arms and kept saying that she was a fatherless child.

She cried, and Lin Xinyan cried along with her.

When she tired herself from crying, she had fallen asleep in Lin Xinyan’s arms.

Lin Xinyan did not let go of her and went to sleep.

Lin Xichen was sleeping in the innermost part. The bed was spacious, and it did not feel cramped even when three people were sleeping on it. Zong Jinghao walked to the side of the bed. He gently moved Lin Xinyan’s arm, which was on Lin Ruixi, to his neck. He placed his other arm on her waist and carried her up.

When Lin Xinyan felt someone moving her, she opened her eyes and saw Zong Jinghao. She sobered up instantly. “You…”

“Hush.”

He gave her a look.

Lin Xinyan swallowed the words that were about to leave her mouth and let him carry her out of the room.

He carried her upstairs.

“You drank?” Lin Xinyan asked.

He had a strong alcohol scent on him. There was also a hint of perfume.

“Yes.”

lowered her eyes. “With

to mention He Ruilin

Xinyan smiled but said

realized her nonchalant smile, he asked,

tone. “You’re a man with

Jinghao laughed quietly and placed his forehead on hers. “If you don’t want me to mess around outside,

he opened the door with his

was unusually dim. Spots of shadow littered over each corner of the room. In comparison with the room downstairs,

body sunk into the soft, large bed when she placed on

watched her from

turned away, uncomfortable,

head. He did not let her

me.” He said with a commanding

it on his chest. She could feel his skin underneath the shirt. His voice was low as he asked, “How are you going to repay

She did not dare

he would

he fell onto her. Their bodies were touching each other closely. He buried his head in her neck, and he greedily

was ticklish and numbing as it entangled

She tensed.

used

about.” Lin Xinyan pretended to be calm, but her hands on the blanket were clenched. The once-smooth blanket was

bit on her earlobe and sucked. Lin Xinyan tried to push him away.

words were clear, and he emphasized on the

tongue was circling her earlobe. “I’ll let you raise your children here, and you’ll fulfill

Xinyan’s heart skipped a beat,

him a lot. She had not spent much time with him, but she was

Neither had she heard her daughter ever say what she said earlier that she was a

corner of her eyes and

rough as she said,

“Of course.”

Lin Xinyan had agreed with him. His fingers nimbly pulled her clothes

Lin Xinyan shivered.

against

terror out from her and exposed it in

She started trembling uncontrollably.

tearful face, and his gaze seemed to darken. “I’m not a predator who’s looking to eat you. Why are you

and said, “I’m

anything in return

still

face and said gently, “If you

finish his words,

Xinyan had initiated the