Stealing Your Heart

Terrified, Shen Xinyao started trembling. However, she kept silently telling herself that she had to stay calm.

“Speak.” The man’s eyes had a dark glint in them. She did not know when he had taken out the gun to point at her forehead. “You’re not alone here, are you?”

It was a silent threat.

Shen Xinyao abruptly recalled Zong Yanxi’s in the house. The man had a gun, and if she struggled with all her might, the man might pull the trigger. When that happened, the noise might shock Zong Yanxi, and the man might kill her as well.

“Who are you?” Shen Xinyao thought she was portraying calmness, but that was not the case for the man. He could clearly sense the terror she was feeling.

No matter how she tried to hide her emotions, her eyes betrayed everything she was feeling.

“So you’re admitting that you’re Shen Xinyao?” The man laughed. “Very well.”

Narrowing his eyes further, he murmured, “Do you think I should just kill you, or do you think I should keep you alive in some way…”

As he spoke, his gun remained still by her forehead. His gaze landed on the photograph by the headboard. “Your future husband?”

maintained her

barely evaded capture. Yet, the one who turned his life upside down was enjoying the time of

you that, as long as you let me

in disdain, “Money? When I was rich, I could buy an entire city. Money is useless to me now. I don’t have the luxury

now, but he could not do it for the rest of his life. He lost his opportunity to escape overseas, and that meant he had

brows. The muzzle slowly trailed from her nose bridge to her lips, to her chin, to her neck, and finally stopped

the colors drained from Shen Xinyao’s face as she curled into

will only make them suffer temporarily. Pain fades over time. I want to make life a living hell for you, so your dad will

Xinyao realized who he was— a man who wanted to take revenge on her father. However, she was not

Shen Xinyao reached out to grab his gun, but the man muttered, “If you die, I’ll kill the woman in the other room. Your father speaks of justice all the time. Why, are you trying to involve the

be honest with you. I’m a criminal. I wonder how many lives I’ve taken. If you infuriate me, I’ll attack like a cornered animal. I’ll get someone to go to

in them, but

then, Shen Xinyao broke free of him and ran toward the window, hoping to jump out of it. However, the man

and Shen Xinyao anxiously grabbed him. She could not involve Zong Yanxi in this. What will I tell Zhuang Jiawen

do this

ensure Zong