Kim_Li_0078

#DARK ROMANCE 
Lin Yueyao spent five years of her youth married to Shen Xiao, a man whose heart was as cold as steel. She believed that her gentleness would eventually melt his indifference, but the only thing that melted was her own dignity.

Every night, she endured his cruel touch, his words like blades, and his silent disgust. But no matter how much it hurt, Yueyao clung on – for the sake of their son, Xuanxuan, and for the sliver of hope that someday he might see her.

That hope shattered completely when his first love, Bai Zhi, returned from abroad. The very night Bai Zhi came back, Shen Xiao left Yueyao alone to dine with her. His gaze, once cold and dismissive, turned tender only for Bai Zhi.

Then, just as Yueyao discovered she was pregnant again, Shen Xiao handed her divorce papers. Abandoned while carrying his child, betrayed by her husband, and discarded like a stain on his life, Yueyao’s world collapsed.

Even their son, Xuanxuan – the little boy she’d nearly died giving birth to, the one she raised with unwavering devotion – rejected her, clinging instead to Bai Zhi with innocent adoration.

But fate was crueler still.

Kidnapped straight from her hospital bed by men demanding ransom, Yueyao realised no one was coming to save her. Her husband hadn’t even noticed she was missing. As she lay in that abandoned factory, trembling in pain, all illusions crumbled.

She was done waiting for love from a man who treated her like dirt.

This time, she would save herself. And when she returned, it wouldn’t be as the pitiful Mrs. Shen, but as a woman reborn from ashes – with a heart no longer beating for Shen Xiao.

But will he realise her worth only when it’s too late?

Love After Divorce: Her Second Chance

But he only tilted his head slightly, regarding her with those obsidian eyes that held no warmth, no mercy.

The ground beneath her cracked open into a gaping abyss, and she fell.

Fell endlessly into darkness, her screams swallowed by the cold void until there was nothing left but silence… and his voice whispering in the darkness.

CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE MASTER BEDROOM – EARLY MORNING

Shen Xiao stood silently along the dim corridor, dressed in his crisp white dress shirt with the top buttons undone and dark slacks.

His sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, revealing the faint veins along his forearms as he leaned against the cool marble wall, his tall frame half-shrouded in shadows.

The golden wall sconces flickered softly, casting a warm glow that did nothing to ease the heavy exhaustion etched into his chiseled features.

His mind replayed Shen Xuan's quiet sobs, his questions, Yueyao's lifeless eyes, her slumped unconscious body in his arms, over and over like a cursed film reel that refused to end.

A low, muffled sound pulled him from his endless spiral of thoughts.

Faint whimpers slipped through the thick mahogany door behind him, growing into broken cries that sliced through the early morning silence.

"Please… please… no… let me go… let me go… please…"

Shen Xiao's chest tightened painfully as he pushed himself away from the wall, his polished leather shoes silent against the plush Persian runner as he approached the door. For a brief second, he closed his eyes, inhaling sharply before twisting the golden handle.

The room was cloaked in dim dawn light slipping through the heavy velvet curtains, illuminating Yueyao's trembling form twisted in the sheets.

Sweat plastered her tangled hair to her forehead as her entire body convulsed with shivers, desperate whimpers breaking from her parched lips.

Her slender hands clawed blindly at the silk pillows around her, her voice rising into a cracked scream.

"Don't touch them… don't… don't hurt them… please… I'll do anything… anything… please… no… NO!"

His deep voice cut through her hysteria like a blade.

He strode forward quickly, his towering frame looming over the bed as he reached to grip her shoulders. His large hands closed around her thin arms, feeling her fever-hot skin burning beneath his calloused palms.

But her glazed eyes remained unfocused, tears streaming down her cheeks as she thrashed against his hold, kicking out with trembling legs and punching his chest weakly with her small fists.

"No… no… please… please… I hate you… I hate you… I HATE YOU!"

She let out a shrill, broken scream as her nails raked across his neck, leaving behind angry red scratches that oozed faint streaks of blood.

His jaw clenched as he ignored the pain.

"No! Don't touch me!" she sobbed hysterically, her entire body shaking as she fought against him with crazed desperation. Her knee jerked up, hitting his thigh hard enough to jar his balance slightly.

"Let me go… let me go… I don't want you… I don't want this… I don't want ANYTHING!"

His grip tightened painfully on her shoulders as he forced her down against the mattress, caging her writhing body beneath his as his eyes blazed with a storm of fury and unspoken anguish.

"STOP IT!" he roared, his deep voice echoing through the massive bedroom like thunder.

Her chest heaved violently as she froze under him, her tear-filled eyes wide with terror as they finally focused on his face inches from hers.

Chapter 60; STOP IT!