“I disagree.”

Shen Huai’s voice was icy cold without a trace of warmth.

He pulled hard and pulled Lin Yeman to his side.

He put his arm around her waist domineeringly, took the playing cards from her hand with his other hand, lowered his head, and kissed her.

The soft touch, with a hint of perfume, instantly spreads between the lips and teeth.

Lin Yeman’s body visibly stiffened.

She never expected that Shen Huai would suddenly do this.

The other people present were also stunned, their eyes wide open and their mouths open wide enough to fit an egg.

“Mr. Shen, you…” Yuanyuan was the first to react, and stammered, “This, this is not good, right?”

“Game rules, who said we can’t make substitutions?” Shen Huai raised his eyebrows, his tone carrying a hint of provocation.

He let go of Lin Yeman, threw the playing cards on the table, and raised a playful smile: “Besides, how can I let someone else do Director Lin’s punishment for me?”

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

The villa was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Everyone’s eyes widened and their mouths opened into an “O” shape, as if they had seen something incredible.

Shen Huai’s kiss was domineering and gentle, with a hint of punishment and a strong possessiveness.

Lin Yeman’s mind went blank. She even forgot to struggle and just passively endured this sudden kiss.

The tie slipped off and light flooded into Lin Yeman’s vision again.

She saw Shen Huai’s handsome face close to her, and the deep emotions in his eyes, which were so complex that she couldn’t interpret them.

The air around seemed to be frozen and it was terrifyingly quiet.

A few seconds later, Yuanyuan finally reacted and let out an exaggerated scream: “Oh my God! Mr. Shen, you…you…”

The others also came to their senses, and discussions and exclamations sounded again, like a boiling pot.

“Mr. Shen, didn’t you say that you were not interested in Director Lin?” a male colleague asked boldly with a hint of ridicule in his tone.

Shen Huai let go of Lin Yeman, with a wicked smile on his face: “When did I say that?”

Lin Yeman’s cheeks flushed and her heart was beating like a drum.

She glared at Shen Huai fiercely, but found that there was not much blame in her eyes, but instead a hint of… sweetness?
“Okay, game over!”

Shen Huai announced, then took Lin Yeman’s hand and walked out of the villa, “You guys continue to play, I have something to talk to Director Lin alone.”

Everyone was left looking at each other and talking about it.

“It seems that there is something going on between Mr. Shen and Director Lin…”

“I told you, a talented man and a beautiful woman, how could there not be sparks!”

“Do you think Director Lin came here for love?”

“Hey, now that you mention it, it’s very possible~”

Su Meng, Luo Xiaoya and Liu Shishi sat in a corner, holding wine glasses in their hands, but they couldn’t drink a single sip. Their eyes drifted towards the door of the villa from time to time, with complicated expressions.

The scene just now replayed in their minds over and over again like a slow-motion movie.

Shen Huai’s domineering kiss, Lin Yeman’s shy expression, and the indescribable ambiguous atmosphere between the two of them all deeply hurt their eyes.

Su Meng gripped the wine glass tightly, until her knuckles turned white.

She always thought that she was Shen Huai’s first love and the one with the greatest chance of being together with him.

But now, she finally came to her senses.

Now, there is a gap between him and Shen Huai that can never be crossed.

Luo Xiaoya’s face also looked ugly.

She always felt that she was a favored girl and the object of every man’s dream.

But now, she realized that in Shen Huai’s eyes, she had long become a thing of the past. Liu Shishi stood aside, strangely quiet.

She held a glass of champagne in her hand, the golden liquid sparkling in the light, reflecting the complex light in her eyes.

She did not make a fuss like the others, nor did she show obvious disappointment like Su Meng and Luo Xiaoya.

Her eyes were calm, even with a hint of relief.

“Shishi, you… aren’t you surprised?” Su Meng asked cautiously, afraid of touching her sensitive nerves.

Liu Shishi took a sip of champagne and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: “What are you surprised about? Isn’t this expected?”

Su Meng and Luo Xiaoya looked at each other and saw confusion in each other’s eyes.

“Director Lin is so outstanding, isn’t it normal for President Shen to like her?”

Liu Shishi put down her wine glass, her tone as calm as if she was talking about today’s weather, “Didn’t you notice? Director Lin looks at President Shen differently than we do.”

Su Meng and Luo Xiaoya were stunned.

They carefully recalled every detail of the past period of time.

The way Lin Yeman looked at Shen Huai, and the way Shen Huai responded, were different from theirs.

Their eyes were full of desire and ambition, but Lin Yeman’s eyes were more like…admiration?
Or rather…a contest of equal strength.

Thinking of this, Su Meng suddenly smiled at herself.

She naively thought that she still had a chance.

But now it seems that she is just like a clown, self-righteously guessing what other people are thinking, but in the end she finds that she is the stupidest person.

She lost, completely.

Not only did he lose to Lin Yeman, he also lost to his own self-righteousness.

“In fact, Director Lin has been taking good care of me during this period,”

Liu Shishi broke the silence, with a hint of gratitude in her tone, “She taught me a lot of things and introduced me to many big names in the industry. She…she is really an excellent woman.”

Su Meng and Luo Xiaoya both understood what Liu Shishi meant.

During this period of time, because of the company’s projects, Liu Shishi, as the chairman’s secretary, often followed Lin Yeman around and ran around.

Lin Yeman did take special care of Liu Shishi.

Not only did he give her a lot of guidance at work, he also often took her to various important occasions, giving her the opportunity to access higher-level personal connections.

She saw a wider world, a world she might never see in her entire life working in the new media department.

Liu Shishi knew it very well.

Her loss at this moment was not due to jealousy, but because she clearly realized the gap between herself and Lin Yeman.

She knew that no matter how hard she tried, she could never reach Lin Yeman’s level.

This gap is not in ability, but in pattern, vision, and the confidence and composure that emanates from the bones.

She was convinced to lose.

……

Shen Huai pulled Lin Yeman to a secluded corner, and said with a hint of dissatisfaction: “Were you deliberately testing me just now?”

Lin Yeman raised her eyebrows and asked, “Why? Are you jealous?”

Shen Huai did not deny it. He pulled Lin Yeman into his arms, hugged her tightly, and whispered in her ear: “Lin Yeman, you are playing with fire.”

Lin Yeman did not struggle. Instead, she put her arms around Shen Huai’s waist, raised her head, and blew softly into his ear: “I like playing with fire. Are you afraid?”

Shen Huai’s eyes suddenly became dark.

He lowered his head and kissed Lin Yeman’s lips. This kiss was more passionate and more domineering than before, as if he wanted to swallow her whole.

Lin Yeman also responded enthusiastically.

Just like a blooming poppy, it exudes a fatal temptation that makes Shen Huai unable to stop. (End of this chapter)