Following the peak of passion, she is naked while he is well dressed.
The sound of panting is interrupted by music.
It's Su Yan's phone ringing.
Both of them gaze at the black mobile phone resting on the sink.
It's a call from Jones Ellie.
Bai Xue frowns as Su Yan picks up, his voice gentle.
As if he's talking to a lover.
"My dear, I'll be there shortly." Su Yan sounded tender, but felt irked deep inside. He nearly forgot the task at hand because of Bai Xue!
He tidied his clothes to leave, completely ignoring Bai Xue.
Bai Xue grabbed his tie, "Mr. Su, is that all you're capable of?"
How can he join another woman just after doing this with her?
Su Yan shakes her hand off, "Stop using the same trick, it disgusts me!"
He is not a fool, knowing her calculated move today was to provoke him. If he had time, he could play along, but now, he doesn't have time for such childish games.
Having been rejected, Bai Xue didn't get angry; instead, she stood up, found her purse, and pulled out her mobile phone and a stack of business cards that she'd just received.
"What are you doing?" Su Yan glared at her.
"Since you can't do it, I'll call someone else over!" Bai Xue giggled, shooing him off like a useless dog.
Furious, Su Yan nearly pinned her down again to teach her a lesson, but he didn't have time.
"Bai Xue, prostitutes on the street for fifty bucks a time are still better than you! At least they're driven by their circumstances, working for a living, but what about you? You're a slut!" His cutting words pierced her like a sword, and Bai Xue gripped her phone tightly.
Just as she was about to retaliate.
"Call who you want, if you can't find someone willing, give me a call, I'll send some studs over!" Without further hesitation, he stormed off.
Although his perception of Bai Xue is somewhat different, he believes that the high and mighty Bai Xue would never stoop so low. The only reason she would go so far is because of her love for him, her desire to cast aside all modesty for him. He didn't believe that she would let anyone in once he was gone!
For the first time, Bai Xue miscalculated.
And only then did she realize that she couldn't afford to fail. His response had plunged her into a devastating abyss.
It's not pain; it's despair, fear.
Fear of the endless fall, fear of the hopeless end.
If a man cares even a bit for a woman, he would never utter such words.
Her assumption of his feelings for her was but a figment of her imagination.
Never has she despised herself so much, for her manipulation, for her clear-mindedness.
If it weren't for her scheming, she wouldn't have suffered such a brutal failure.
If it weren't for her suffocating sense of clarity, she wouldn't have thought of her predicament with such poignant clarity, such profound sorrow.
In the mirror, she saw a pitiful, disheveled woman.
Su Yan was right, she was worth less than a street prostitute. They, at least, were driven by their circumstances, making a living. But she had nothing!
No, that's not right!
She had something.
The pain he bestowed upon her.
For a moment, she almost randomly picked a man to end her obsession with Su Yan, but it was a fleeting moment of negativity that led to it.
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