"Look at me!" he commanded, a tone he had never used before. I was startled and couldn't help but look at him. In the dim light, I couldn't see what emotions were hidden in his deep eyes, but at such a close distance, I could clearly feel his fluctuating heartbeats and warm breath.
"Pearl, you're really heartless, leaving like that for so many years! Yes, I'm married, but that doesn't stop me from getting what I lost from you..."
"What did he lose? His dignity?" I smiled bitterly.
It couldn't be his heart, right?
Until I left, I realized that I never got Emery's heart.
"This project, I convinced Professor Sullivan to do it. The importance of this project to your company, I don't need to say."
I tried to listen to him calmly and said, "Pearl, be my lover. This is what you owe me. Otherwise, I will withdraw from guiding this project."
"Lover?"
He did care that I supported him back then.
But he didn't have to force me like this for revenge.
Seeing that I didn't answer, he grabbed my hand and pulled it hard. I bumped into his chest and couldn't help but look up at him. I suppressed my pounding heart and said, "You're already married."
"So what? I ask you to be my lover, not my wife..."
Emery had changed. He was no longer my high school sweetheart who listened to me obediently.
...
"What's wrong? Are you scared now?"
His deep voice sounded above my head, and I suppressed the palpitations in my heart. It had been so many years since I felt this close to him.
Yes, I missed this feeling a lot. I loved him, and there was no pretense, but it seemed like he had never believed me.
I didn't answer. He bent down and leaned closer and closer. Our breaths intertwined. My head instantly exploded with a buzzing sound. A trace of rationality told me that I couldn't get in their relationship. I could find another job if I lost this one...
I shook my head slightly. As if he had discovered that I was going to refuse, he suddenly lowered his head, and his cold thin lips pressed against my trembling mouth, crazily starting to bite. I struggled, but he remained indifferent.
The affection in my heart made me slowly accept his passionate kiss, and the entangled breath made it impossible for me to think at all.
"You couldn't refuse me, Pearl. This is what you owe me!" He bit me and whispered hoarsely in my ear.
I knew I couldn't escape, and at this point, I didn't have the ability to escape.