"Long Tian, I...I was forced! He forced me!" Lu Jin never expected one careless action on her part would reveal her truth to Long Tian. Not only that, but he also heard how she and Gu Yan were playing him!
Was she going to lose Long Tian and the status of Madam Long?
No! She wouldn't allow herself to fall from grace so easily!
Her eyes gleamed with a fierce light and she shot a glance at Gu Yan.
Then steeling herself, she covered her eyes and began bawling like it was the end of the world.
"Waaahhh! Tian Tian, Tian Tian! Listen to me! Please, just listen to me! He forced me! He really forced me!" She could only throw the dirty water on Gu Yan and hope the man understood her intention.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be any way to salvage the situation...
Unfortunately, Gu Yan wasn't on the same wavelength as her. He turned to the bubbling woman with an astonished expression on his face and when he heard her words, he broke into a towering rage.
"Lu Jin, what the flaming heavens are you saying? Me? force you? What is your status for me to force you? If it weren't for me, you would still be serving at clubs to pay for your daily meals! Besides, we've been in a relationship for six years. I know you in and out. So how could I force you?" He leered, his gaze roaming unrestrainedly over her figure.
"No, Tian Tian! Don't listen to his nonsense. He is trying to sow discord between us. He forced me!"
This da** Gu Yan! He didn't get her hint and was aggravating the situation. Thanks to him, Long Tian also came to know her dark history of serving in clubs!
Gu Yan smirked and folded his arms. He had said everything that needed to be said. He wanted to see if Long Tian would still be interested in used goods.
At first, he'd wanted to act like a hooligan and take everything on himself. After all, this was his plan of three years. How could he accept defeat when they were close to victory?
But Lu Jin's sudden change in attitude opened his eyes.
The girl wanted to dump him and leave with the rich man. How could he be willing to see that happen?
As for Long Tian, he just felt ridiculously pathetic.
How had he not seen this side of Lu Jin? How was he so blinded that he couldn't see the hypocritical mask on her face?
He recalled the event a day ago.
Before the Ivy Club, the woman had screeched and screamed like a shrew at an innocent girl. She had accused her of intentionally approaching him to trap him for his money.
At that time, Fu Ji Ren had asked her how she knew the girl was trying to trap him. He questioned whether she had experience in the field. But at that time, Long Tian felt displeased with his friend.
He thought Fu Ji Ren was purposely targeting Lu Jin because he didn't like her.
Now, however, he realized that his friend had seen that which he failed to see.
Lu Jin dared to question the other in such a way because she perceived the other to be the same as herself, purposely approaching him with hidden intentions.
It wasn't love that she was guarding.
It was the power and money of the Long Family that she'd schemed and trapped him for.
No wonder she wanted him to convince his father...
A mocking sneer appeared in the man's eyes as he coldly looked at the two-faced woman.
"Oh, he forced you? But from what I heard, the two of you are coworkers in this business, no?"
"Tian Tian, you're misunderstanding! He forced and threatened me to approach you. If I didn't, he would've made my life miserable. You know I don't have a good family to turn to for support." She bowed her head and bit on her lip, her appearance one of a pitiful and wrongfully accused woman.
If it was usual, Long Tian would've gone and consoled her immediately.
But now, he only watched her performance with a cold expression.
And this time, as he viewed Lu Jin from different lenses, he couldn't help but want to shoot himself in the head.
For three years.
How had he failed to see her true form for three years?
Disappointed at his bad judgment and disgusted with the woman before him, Long Tian clicked on his black button and a hologram screen popped up.
Lu Jin was expecting to hear Long Tian's hesitant voice.
After all, she had already squeezed out every ounce of skill she had to put on her best performance. As long as the man showed even the slightest bit of hesitation, she planned to shed a few more tears and aggrievedly run away.
By then, Long Tian would certainly run after her and she could put on fainting from too much distress act and recapture his heart.
But what she expected didn't happen.
Confused and dazed, she raised her head and saw him...call Commander Long?
Why was he calling Commander Long?
"Long Tian, do you know what time it is right now? Why are you calling me this late?" The moment Commander Long came on screen, he roared at his disappointing son.
"Father, I'll marry your friend's daughter." With that, Long Tian disconnected the call.
Looking up, he indifferently swept his gaze over the stunned Lu Jin and her lover.
"Lu Jin, from now on, you'd better stay away from me. Otherwise, I'll see to it that you're behind bars for fraud and harassment." With a cold look on his face, Long Tian moved past the couple to his black hover.
Lu Jin slumped to the ground. Her vacant eyes stared at her empty hands as a sharp pain flashed through her heart.
"It's over...everything is over...Long Tian...I've lost him forever."
It was only when she lost him that she realized how much he'd grown on her.