Ryan swallows and looks away before his body loses control.
Full of affection, Ryan says in a deep voice, "Lily, don’t tell me you don’t know. You think what I did for
you these years was just a gesture of help? "
Lily feels his breath and blushes like a tomato. She answers helplessly, "Weren’t you just helping me?"
"Yes, I was." Ryan says immediately, with his eyes filled with lust. This is the first time that he shows his
feeling for her in such a direct way.
He pauses and then continues, "But there is also another reason."
Lily turns completely speechless and doesn’t even know where to lay her gaze. They are so close to
each other, and all that she can see is his immaculate and exquisite face.
Ryan shapes a short haircut like he did three years ago, which may make other people look mundane
but matches him perfectly and stresses his unruliness.
Lily always believes in her heart that this man is everything but mundane. He is full of glowing charm
which can make every materialistic girl want a piece of him.
Beyond his handsome look, Ryan owns money and power. This is enough to make a woman fall in love
with him. However, the first encounter between them can almost be depicted as bizarre, which is also
why she tends to forget how excellent a man he is.
Why a man like him will give away three years for nothing?
"You know I am a business man, and I never give things away for no reason." He opens up with a grin,
"During these years, you know better than anyone else how I treated you. Lily, I don’t want anything
else from you. But you can’t fall in love with no one but me."
Panicked at what he says, Lily doesn’t know how to respond. She knows Ryan treats her differently
from other women, but seeing he confess like this, she is at a loss about what to do.
Ryan is a mature man in his thirties. When he decides to ask for something, he must have prepared
himself well. Lily is like a little lamb, and he resorts to the gentlest yet most cruel way to get her, which
is lurking around, waiting for her to become defenseless and then devouring her.
Ryan leans closer to Lily and asks, "Do you understand?"
He not only speaks out his heart but also forces her to say yes.
Lily is more panicked and says, "Ryan, don’t do this…"
Her eyelashes keep trembling, "I…I am just grateful for what you did for me. I never thought of anything
else."
"You didn’t?" He grins again, "How do you know that for sure? I didn’t even touch you."
"But I…"
Before Lily can refute, Ryan looks down and puts his lips on hers. Though they have been home for a
while, his lips still feel cold. He doesn’t do more aggressive things and just tentatively kisses her like
this.
His unexpected action makes Lily go blank. Before she regains consciousness, Ryan already stands
up.
"Do you find me kissing you disgusting?"
Lily clenches her fists, with his sound all over her head.
Do I find it disgusting?
Perhaps not. She is just angry that he kisses her without any notice, but she doesn’t find it disgusting at
all. And this sentiment makes her even more agitated.
Why does she feel this way?
Is it because these three years have brought them so close?
Ryan captures everything on her face, including helplessness, anxiety, confusion and fear. She looks
like a panicked deer, which makes him crave her more.
Ryan smiles, "So Lily, don’t simply define your feeling for me. Human being is complicated. Not
everything is black and white. Sometimes we don’t even know what we want ourselves."
Seeing Lily keep her head down, Ryan raises her chin to make her look straight at him, "You don’t need
to be afraid. I won’t have you make any decision. I just hope you can give me a chance to look after
you and Adair. All you need to do is accepting my love and not pushing me away. Just let life run its
course."
Ryan continues, "Even if you don’t think for yourself, you should think about Adair. He is a big boy now
and needs someone masculine to rely on."
All her emotion is calmed down by this sentence.
Though Adair is only three years old, he can already think as an individual. He is going to kindergarten
at the middle of this year. Of course, Lily is afraid that when Adair sees other children have a father, he
will wonder why he doesn’t have one.
Yes, he definitely will. When she accompanies Adair in the amusement park, he always stares at other
children with parents holding their hands. Though she is willing to sacrifice everything for him, she can
never play the role of a father.
Undeniably, Adair likes Ryan. Part of it is because he can feel Ryan’s love for him. What’s more, he
likes him because he worships and craves for a father’s love.
This is a natural instinct which has nothing to do with age.
"You know clearly what Adair needs, so just give it a little thought and stop pushing me away, okay?"
When Ryan decided to keep Lily around before, he was not sure of why. He only thought this woman
was special, but special how, he didn’t know.
After three years, his feeling for her keeps mounting, and watching her turning more and more
fascinating, he can’t restrain himself anymore.
"Ryan, you know I can’t give you the answer you want. Why did you do so much for me?" Lily says with
sadness.
In front of a man like Ryan, any woman will surrender. But Lily just can’t. Though she likes him, it is
definitely not love. There is a huge boundary and she knows she can’t act irresponsibly.
"I was married and have a kid. You can do so much better than me."
Ryan frowns and stops her, "During my life, I never care about how others think of me. I knows clearly
what I want. You don’t need to think about other things. I just want you to treat me like a real man."
Staring at Ryan’s charming face, Lily can’t believe the man who pointed a gun at her three years ago
and starred her nightmare would confess his love for her one day.
What’s more unimaginable is that she feels lost in such a vibe.
Ryan holds down his impulse and moves back a step in the attempt to make her more comfortable, "I
won’t push you to make a decision. Take your time. I can wait."
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