Chapter 11 I Am a Tenant (1)_1
Pain coursed through her veins and into her brain, instantly snapping her back to reality.
Although she had little contact with Han Jingnian, she was no naive maiden, so it didn't take her long to realize what the weight on her body was about.
It was Jingnian... Hadn't he left? Had he never left? Hadn't he said he only came back for his files?
Doubt rushed in, like a tide, rapidly flooding Xia Wan'an's mind.
Before she could figure it all out, the pain radiating from her waist interrupted her thoughts once again.
Today's Jingnian was astonishingly different from his usual self... He was always aloof, without exchanging a word with her, yet his treatment of her, while not affectionate, was at least not unbearably harsh, aside from their first time together. Today, however, he was somehow different. His toughness was too heavy, his actions too rough, as if he were a people-eating beast... He truly hurt her, more than even their first time together...
She remembered their first time. The pain had brought her close to tears. After she vocalized her distress, he had lessened his force considerably. This time, though, when she could no longer bear the pain, she trembled as she spoke, repeating the same words she had said during their first time together: "That... hurts..."
Those three words made up all they had ever spoken to each other in the six months since their marriage.
Somehow, a surge of bitterness welled up in Xia Wan'an's heart. She had assumed that by uttering those words, just like the first time, he would become more gentle. But she was wrong. Not only did his gentleness not manifest itself, he became even more aggressive. She sensed that he was angry, punishing her, but she could not figure out why. She had not provoked him...