Finally, Xin Yue forced herself to look at him, her expression carefully composed. "Congratulations, Young Master Lei," she said, her voice tinged with an emotion she tried to keep hidden.
There was another pause, this one longer and more strained, as she searched his face for a reaction. But Lei Junshan's expression was unreadable, his eyes dark and thoughtful as he looked at her.
"That's all I wanted to say," Xin Yue added quickly, trying to fill the silence, though her heart ached with the weight of what she couldn't express.
"Thank you," he said, his voice low, almost strained.
The car fell silent once more, the unspoken tension between them only growing thicker. But despite the tension, Xin Yue couldn't help but wonder about what Lei Junshan had wanted to say before he insisted she speak first.
