Chapter 33 - 30: Be Yours
The atmosphere in the room suddenly changed, and Shen Jianian was puzzled. Xiao Ai respectfully stepped aside, nodded at the man who had just entered, and left.
Once Xiao Ai left, Shen Jianian’s view was unobstructed, and she naturally saw the man. He was dressed in simple casual attire, with handsome, distant features, and had an indifferent air about him. But Shen Jianian hadn’t forgotten the look of desire that covered his face when he possessed her in bed the other night.
Shutting her eyes, Shen Jianian cleared her mind of those ambiguous and shameful images.
Fu Jichen sat down on the sofa chair next to her, reached out to hold her slender white wrist. She reflexively flinched, then remembered what their current relationship was, gave up resisting, and let him hold her hand.
"How are you feeling today?" Fu Jichen’s tone was light, barely hinting at a touch of gentleness, "Tell me the truth."
"I’m fine."
Shen Jianian kept her gaze lowered, focusing on the pattern on the blanket covering her legs, on every line of the design, just avoiding looking at him.
"You don’t like any of the things I sent you?" Fu Jichen could only see her profile, looking as pale as yesterday when they went to the hospital, with no color to her face, like someone in the grip of illness.
Unwilling to say more, Shen Jianian answered indifferently, "No."
Last night’s cookies, today’s clothes and jewelry, what did they mean? Was it compensation for her? She didn’t need it.
Fu Jichen was quite right in saying that the transaction was initiated by her, and the events of the other night were something she agreed to. So, she deserved to bear such an unexpected outcome.
Fu Jichen’s fingers caressed the back of her hand: "Still blaming me?"