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?”

Xinyao maintained her

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

can give you that, as long as you let me go,” Shen

an entire city. Money is useless to me now.

could not do it for the rest of his life.

slowly trailed from her nose bridge to her lips, to her chin, to her neck, and finally stopped on the right side of

she curled into herself.

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

who he was— a man who wanted to take

I’ll kill the

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

Xinyao’s hands were clenched into fists as her eyes widened. Tears brimmed in them, but she refused to let them fall. Determinedly,

on her. Right then, Shen Xinyao broke free of him and ran toward the window, hoping to jump

grabbed him. She could not involve Zong Yanxi in this. What will I tell

I do this to

had to ensure Zong Yanxi’s