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

to the man’s nerve. His men were either dead or captured, and he barely evaded capture. Yet, the one who turned

you want money? I can give you that, as long as you let me

an entire city. Money is useless to me now. I don’t have the luxury

he could evade the law for now, but he could not do it for the rest of his life. He lost his

her nose bridge to her lips, to her chin, to her neck,

she curled into herself. The man grinned maliciously.

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

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

you die, I’ll kill the woman in the other room. Your father

the man chuckled, “I’ll 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

hands were clenched into fists as her eyes widened. Tears brimmed in them, but she refused to let them fall. Determinedly, she said, “I won’t let you get

pain, the man loosened his hold on her. Right then, Shen Xinyao broke free of him and ran toward the window, hoping to jump out of it. However, the man quickly collected himself and dragged her back to the bed. “Okay. I’m going to

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

do

ensure Zong Yanxi’s