Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon’s Reluctant Love
Chapter 440 - Chapter 440 Chapter 438 Completely Lost Hope

Chapter 440: Chapter 438: Completely Lost Hope Chapter 440: Chapter 438: Completely Lost Hope Xia Yiwan had never been one to flee from problems. Since she had already come this way, she naturally wanted to go inside and have a look.

The villa’s front door wasn’t tightly closed, and it opened with a push from her.

The interior decoration of the villa was quite cozy, with a tank of tropical fish near the living room.

Xia Yiwan remembered telling Yanxi that she wanted to keep a tank of tropical fish in the future. When the pressure of work was overwhelming, watching those fish would help her relax quite a bit.

He had indeed taken her words to heart.

Yet he turned around and gave the house of her dreams to another woman!

Xia Yiwan closed her stinging eyes, and her steps were heavy as she ascended the stairs.

She thought, all she needed was a chance to completely give up hope.

She had always been someone who saw love and hate distinctly, stubborn, hot-tempered, and also unforgiving.

Once she loved, she would give it her all, but when it was time to let go, there would be no compromise at all!

As she walked to the second floor, Xia Yiwan’s heartbeat began to speed up.

It was absolutely impossible for her not to feel nervous and flustered!

Although she had had a boyfriend before Yanxi, it was only a liking. For Yanxi, she had given her true heart, the deep love with which she wanted to spend her lifetime!

Xia Yiwan reached the bedroom door, took a deep breath, and then pushed the door open.

There were no figures of a man or a woman on the large, soft couch.

Xia Yiwan sighed slightly in relief, but then, a woman’s delicate voice came from the bathroom.

“It hurts, stop… don’t continue anymore, stop…”

Xia Yiwan’s long lashes fluttered in shock, and she quickly walked to the bathroom door.

Through the frosted glass, the shadowy figures of two people intertwined could be vaguely seen… Xia Yiwan raised her hand and forcefully covered her mouth, feeling as if her blood had run cold.

Her eyes widened, disbelieving at the scene unfolding before her.

She wanted to step forward, push the door open with force, and catch them red-handed.

But her legs felt as though filled with lead, incredibly heavy.

She didn’t dare to move forward and after an unknown amount of time, she turned around and ran out.

Outside the villa, she gasped for air.

Even though she already knew from those photos that he had been deceiving her recently,

she still held onto a sliver of hope.

Maybe he wasn’t as terrible as she had imagined.

But now she was disappointed, heartbroken.

Xia Yiwan’s nose was sour, and her eyes swelled up with discomfort.

Tears fell uncontrollably.

She covered her mouth and bit down hard on the webbing between her thumb and forefinger, the tears dropping onto the back of her hand.

Her heart felt as though it had been viciously sliced open with a sharp instrument.

She didn’t let herself cry out loud, the silent tears streamed down, her stomach churned fiercely, the nausea causing her immense discomfort as if she was going to vomit!

She hadn’t eaten anything at noon, and not knowing if it was because the baby in her belly was hungry, she rubbed away her tears fiercely, telling herself to be strong.

She could suffer herself, but what about the child in her belly?

Should it also suffer and be tortured along with her?

Xia Yiwan left the seaside villa and got into her car, her eyes red-rimmed, her complexion pale as paper.

She leaned on the steering wheel, trying to forget the scene she had just witnessed, but the images uncontrollably surfaced in her mind over and over again!

She felt Yanxi was the cruelest man in the world, sweet-talking her on one hand, making her willingly bear his child, whilst on the other hand, he was entangled with his White Moonlight.

She even felt guilty and apologetic for misunderstanding and falsely accusing him the previous times!

Looking back now, her sixth sense hadn’t been wrong.

Lipstick marks, hair, they must all belong to Shi Ying, right?

He had deceived her once, and then again!

If it hadn’t been for seeing Shi Ying buy that denim jacket in the mall a few days ago, she would have continued to be fooled by him like an idiot!

Yiwan drove into the downtown area, where the bustling city, with its streams of cars and horses, seemed to have no place for her anymore.

She felt abandoned by the whole world, lonely, cold, and in agony!

She really hated herself, why couldn’t she protect her own heart properly? Why did she let herself be moved by Yanxi’s sweet nothings?

What kind of woman couldn’t a man like him have?

His long-delayed marriage was just because his White Moonlight hadn’t come back, was it not?

She and Yanxi, were they ever in the same world?

…

At the seaside villa, in the bathroom.

Yanxi’s shirt buttons were undone at the top three, and his suit pants were soaked by the water in the bathtub.

He kneeled beside the bathtub, with Shi Ying kneeling in front of him. He gripped her neck with one hand and the back of her head with the other, pushing her face into the water of the bathtub.

The restaurant manager had served the wrong wine at noon, and the wine had a sunny effect. Shi Ying drank several glasses, and after returning to the villa, when the effects kicked in, she mistook him for Gu Siting and wanted him to be her antidote.

Yanxi had also drunk a glass of that wine. He felt a little unwell, but it was still within his control.

He never thought of taking advantage of Shi Ying. Seeing her consciousness impaired, he dragged her into the bathroom.

The bathtub was filled with cold water; he pressed her face into it to try to bring her to her senses.

Shi Ying trembled all over, her black hair, now wet, stuck to her cheeks, making her face appear even paler and more fragile.

“Ah Ting, everyone says we used to be so in love. Why do you have no feelings for me anymore? Can you help me? Please stop this; I really feel terrible…”

“Sister Shi Ying, I am not Fourth Brother, and I can’t help you!” What he could do was to bring her back to her senses.

Shi Ying wanted to say something more, but in the next second, Yanxi plunged her back into the cold water.

After countless repetitions, Shi Ying’s rationality gradually returned.

Her face pale, she sneezed several times in a row.

Her wet lashes quivered, and looking at the man so close, she showed a hint of surprise in her eyes, “Yanxi?”

Seeing that Shi Ying had finally come to her senses, Yanxi let out a slight sigh of relief.

His handsome face darkened with anger, “That restaurant manager can’t even tell wines apart. I’ll make a call later, so he’ll be kicked out of the catering industry for good!”

Shi Ying looked at the man before her, his body completely soaked, his shirt clinging to him, revealing the contours of his sturdy and well-defined chest muscles and abs, exuding a masculine sensuality.

She grabbed Yanxi’s arm and slowly stood up from the ground, “He probably didn’t mean it. I am fine now, so please don’t blame him.”

Yanxi glanced at her lips, which had turned purplish from the cold, and frowned, “You are just too kind-hearted.”

“Your clothes are all wet. I have a set of new men’s clothes here. Go change quickly!”

“Okay.”

…

Yiwan drove the car back to the Yan Family.

Returning to the bedroom and seeing the large, soft couch where she used to share the bed with Yanxi, she felt nothing but irony.

She felt suffocated by every place he had been in her life.

She wanted to escape from here, to escape from that man!

Yiwan began to pack her things, and soon, she had finished.

She didn’t take with her any of the things Yanxi had bought for her; she only took what was originally hers.

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