"Want to save your fiancé? Sure, what can you offer in exchange?"
"Money? Sorry, money is the least of my concerns."
"How about I give you a suggestion, and you exchange it with your body..."
The night was quiet, the air slowly carried a hint of chill, yet standing at the entrance of 'Dynasty', Dong Xin Yan felt nothing. Her large, clear eyes were slightly dazed, just staring blankly at her palm.
The dazzling multi-colored lights at the entrance of 'Dynasty' reflected onto the square room card in her palm, as if coated with a thin layer of gold, extremely beautiful. But in Dong Xin Yan's eyes, it was utterly humiliating.
She stared at the room card for quite a while, her red lips pressed heavily together, then suddenly clenched her hand tightly, lifted it, and forcefully threw the room card to the ground. She then lifted her head, straightened her back, and, stepping in sharp high heels, walked a few steps to her car, opened the door, got in, closed the door, started the engine, pressed the accelerator, and the car sped away.
Five minutes later, the car backed to its original spot, Dong Xin Yan opened the door and got out, walked to where the discarded room card lay, lowered her large eyes, and stared intently at the room card, her beautiful features almost crumpling together.
If she could, she really wanted to leave in style like this, or even to throw the room card back onto Gu Ningyi's maliciously handsome face and tell him to scram with cold elegance.
But reality was...
Dong Xin Yan slowly bent her knees, squatted down, extended her slender, beautiful fingers, picked up the room card from the ground, inch by inch clenching it back into her palm. The corners of the room card pricked her palm, but she took no notice, and finally, she closed her eyes powerlessly.
On the top floor of Dynasty, in the presidential suite.
All around were floor-to-ceiling windows, and at the ninety-ninth floor, the entire night view of L City could be seen clearly. The dazzling lights blossomed in the dark night, magnificent under the twinkling stars.
The man stood tall before the floor-to-ceiling window. In a simple shirt and trousers, his whole silhouette appeared even more slender and upright. Long fingers held a wine glass, gently swaying it, then tilting his head for a light sip, the bright red liquid moistened his lips. Under the lighting, that bright red color exuded extreme allure, carrying a deadly danger.
Suddenly, the room door clicked open, producing an intriguing sensation in the silent night. Following that, gentle footsteps gradually reached his ears, and the corners of the man's lips lifted into a gorgeous yet deadly curve.
Turning around, the man's face hidden in darkness gradually came into view.
His simple brows and eyes were not particularly remarkable, yet put together, they were strikingly beautiful, like God's most carefully crafted favorite. He just stood there lightly, looking at her with a nonchalant lift of his eyes. His temperament was elegantly calm, possessing innate noble grace; even as the corners of his mouth lifted into a smile on his handsome face, it looked extraordinarily amiable and kind.
Yet Dong Xin Yan knew a thousand times over how sinister, how detestable, how infuriating the man in front of her, who appeared so harmless, truly was!
"You've come."
The man's thin lips parted lightly, his voice clear and pleasing. He took a long stride and circled to sit on the sofa in front, elegantly crossing his long legs. His long fingers gently tapped on his knee with a taste of sophistication, then he spoke again.
"So, have you decided?"
Clearly it was a question, yet his tone bore no trace of doubt, carrying only his habitual certainty and strands of ridicule, as if he had calculated her final choice, knowing she couldn't escape his grasp.