Falling in love with her? That's laughable. He's always laying a hand on her, forcing his will upon her, cursing at her. If this is love, then prisons are filled with people brimming with affection.
It's more like he's used to treating her as a pet. In fact, he treats everyone around him as pets, making sure they all lack independent thought and unconditionally obey him.
This is the typical mindset of these wealthy heirs born with golden spoons, thinking money allows them to trample everything underfoot, considering themselves superior, and playing with people's fates like toys. They stomp on everyone's dignity with their excessive arrogance and sense of superiority, much like Jin Meiqi; they're cut from the same cloth.
She admitted that selling the ring to Long Kaiwei to break free from his control was a mistake on her part.
But afterward, she took the initiative to help him, risking danger to plead with Elder Long on his behalf—he had no right to still treat her this way now!
