But she was a step too late.
The phone was picked up by him!
It's over!
Because of the rush last night, she hadn't yet had time to transfer the photos she secretly took, and if he discovered them...
Forget the contract, even her life wouldn't be safe!
"That's mine, give it back to me!"
Mu Anran was still struggling desperately,
Yu Lingqian reached out and easily locked Mu Anran in his embrace.
His free right hand pressed the playback button.
[Now I'll go find Liu Quan, I'll figure out a way to make him confess the despicable things he has done before, this recording is the evidence.]
The girl's voice, resigned to her fate, came out of the phone.
To Yu Lingqian's ears, it was as sweet as honey.
She hadn't considered offering herself up? Those words were just to take a recording as evidence?
Mu Anran felt her back go numb and quickly reached out to grab the phone: "That's mine, give it back to me!"
Yu Lingqian let out a light laugh, pressed the pause button, then released the girl from his hug and sat back down on the spacious leather sofa.
"You secretly took photos of me?"
Yu Lingqian's slender fingers played with the small phone, his smiling eyes looking at her.
Mu Anran panicked.
"I...I, I was trying to take pictures of Liu Quan..."
The implication being, it was your lechery that brought you to my door.
But on second thought, she still needed his help with the contract, and besides, there were last night's photos on the phone.
Feeling guilty, she straightened her back, "Give it back quickly! You won't sign the contract with me, and you want to take my phone too? I might as well delete today's video!"
Yu Lingqian's smile didn't reach his eyes, echoing the previous conversation, "Did I say you secretly took photos of me today?"
!!!
The air seemed to freeze.
Dead silence all around.
Mu Anran's face went red and white, then white and red again.
Finally, she stuttered out a few words, "You...you know—"
"In C City, there's nothing I want to know that I cannot find out."
Yu Lingqian nodded, flicked his fingertip, and deleted everything in the phone.
Then he fixed Mu Anran with a stare and coldly questioned, "Little White Rabbit, tell me, who gave you the courage to not only force yourself on me but also take my photos, huh?"
Mu Anran's mind spun rapidly, and she forced herself to calm down, "It was wrong of me to force myself on you last night, but you obviously enjoyed it too, right? As for the photos...how was I to know if you would trouble me later, so..."
"So you just decided to take those photos of me first, strike before being struck?" Yu Lingqian mocked.
Her thoughts exposed, Mu Anran silently lowered her head...
But soon, she bolstered her confidence, "It's just a few photos, and with a body like yours, what's the harm in me looking! Besides, if you don't come after me, I wouldn't publicize them either!"
She had the audacity to rationalize!
Yu Lingqian almost laughed out loud.
But that wasn't enough.
"Moreover, you teased me today too, and I don't hold it against you, let's call it even. However, your sudden appearance delayed my contract signing with Liu Quan, for that, you need to take responsibility."
The little girl's bright eyes were full of scheming.
Yu Lingqian's lips curved into an almost imperceptible smile.
He reached out and pulled the girl onto his lap, raised his left hand to lift her chin, forcing her to look him in the eye, "This little mouth of yours was crying and begging me for mercy last night... How come you've forgot the pain today?"
The man suddenly lowered his head—