Chapter 207: James, This Is the End
His kiss landed on her lips for the first time.
Lily's beautiful eyes widened instantly, staring blankly at the handsome face magnified before her.
Even though his kiss carried obvious punishment, not trying to arouse her but to ravage her.
But this was the first time he kissed her lips.
Lily couldn't help but start responding to him.
This love, humble as dust, she carefully hid it away, not daring to show even a bit.
She had so little, so very little.
During this time, they'd had sex quite a few times, but he had never kissed her lips.
She knew that in his eyes, she was just someone to satisfy his physical needs.
He didn't need to give her the tenderness that only lovers could share.
Having it for the first time, she couldn't bear to push him away.
Her obedience made Benjamin's violent, storm-like kiss gradually stop.
But he didn't let her go. Instead, he grabbed her chin and demanded coldly, "Who was that man?"
Lily hadn't recovered from the kiss yet, her whole person dizzy and dazed.
She didn't react right away, staring at him with misty eyes, asking blankly, "What?"
Her foggy gaze seemed to carry invisible hooks, stirring up the dark desires in one's body.
Benjamin's breath caught, his eyes darkening.
Just one look from her had ignited his fire.
With her, he was losing more and more self-control.
"Who gave you the nerve to let another man kiss you?"
Benjamin thought of the scene he saw when he walked into the restaurant, his eyes instantly turning cold.
His hand gripping her chin tightened even more.
The pain in her chin brought tears to her eyes, but Lily didn't flinch, as if she didn't feel the pain at all.
Looking at Benjamin's dark expression, she realized what he was referring to.
So he had seen that man kiss the back of her hand.
Did his unhappiness mean he cared about her, even just a little bit?
Lily's heart immediately started racing.
She knew it was impossible, but he really seemed like he did.
"Are you... jealous?"
With her chin pinched, she asked unclearly and carefully.
Looking at Benjamin with eyes full of hope.
Benjamin laughed mockingly at her words.
He was laughing at her wishful thinking.
The light in Lily's eyes instantly went out, and the blush that had just colored her cheeks drained away.
Her heart felt like someone had grabbed it hard.
It hurt terribly.
Benjamin's thin lips moved close to her ear, using the most intimate posture to say the coldest words.
"Lily, remember this is the first time and the last time. Don't forget your place. Before I get tired of you, don't let me see another man touch you again, or else—"
After speaking, without waiting for her response, he had already hooked up one of her legs.
"No!"
Seeing this, Lily forgot about the pain in her heart and grabbed his wrist to stop him.
She had just had an abortion, she couldn't have sex with him like this.
"What right do you have to refuse me?"
Lily's attempt to stop him made the nameless fire in Benjamin's heart burn even fiercer.
Her little bit of strength couldn't stop him at all.
"I..."
Lily found it hard to speak, tears swirling in her eyes, feeling extremely wronged.
She was about to say she could satisfy him in other ways.
But it was already too late.
Her clothes were torn open.
He discovered it.
The light turned on, the room bright.
Benjamin looked at the bright red blood on his hand, faintly mixed with some blood clots, and looked at her sharply, "What is this?"
In that instant, Lily's mind went blank.
Not good at lying, her emotions had been in a high-pressure state all along.
From deciding to abort the baby, to seeing Benjamin with his fiancée, then being brought back by him.
Her emotions had fluctuated too much.
When he asked.
She panicked extremely.
Her adrenaline spiked rapidly.
Her body seemed to have reached a breaking point. Her lips opened and closed.
Unable to catch her breath, her body went soft and slid down along the door.
"Lily!"
Before she fell into unconsciousness, she seemed to hear a trace of panic in Benjamin's shout.
...
Mia watched Lily enter the residential complex.
After telling the driver her address, she turned her gaze to the window, her small face completely darkening.
Just now, in front of Nuannuan, she hadn't shown her unhappiness.
Now, her eyes were full of coldness.
She had underestimated men's bad nature.
Or rather, she had underestimated the bad nature in James's bones.
Saying he loved her with his mouth.
Then turning around and taking another woman to their regular restaurant, peeling shrimp for her.
The taxi drove into the complex, and when turning, she caught sight of a Maybach parked downstairs from her building.
James was leaning against the car, smoking.
Seeing him, Mia's eyes in the car grew even colder.
She paid and got out.
As soon as Mia got out, James immediately stubbed out the cigarette he'd just lit and taken a few puffs of, and strode toward her.
"Mia—"
His outstretched hand was avoided by Mia. In the night, her lowered eyelids swept toward his large hand with a glance full of disgust.
Beneath the disgust, her heart kept producing bitter feelings.
These hands, besides peeling shrimp for her, had also peeled shrimp for another woman today.
One after another.
So glaring that she almost rushed over and shoved his head directly into that pile of shrimp shells.
Not wanting James to notice she cared.
Mia looked up nonchalantly, her gaze coldly sweeping over James blocking her way.
"James, the trial period is over. We're not suitable. Let's end it here."
After speaking, she walked past him and headed straight inside.
"Mia, wait, I can explain."
His behavior today had really made Mia angry.
Realizing this, James felt very regretful now.
Even if she didn't care about him, wasn't that his own fault?
Why did he have to make Mia angry for no reason?
He clearly knew what Mia minded most was him being ambiguous with other women.
Seeing Mia ignore him and continue walking inside.
James quickened his pace and followed her into the elevator before she entered, "Mia, listen to me, Lavinia she—"
"James, let's be honest, we're just a one-night stand, a relationship where we don't interfere with each other. You don't need to explain your private life to me."
What's done is done, what's there to explain?
The elevator reached the 8th floor. Mia was the first to walk out, and James immediately followed.
She stood at the door and turned to look coldly at James, "Is there a problem with my ability to express myself or your ability to understand?"
James looked at Mia's face, which clearly said: she didn't want to see him right now.
His footsteps stopped.
Watching her open the door and walk in, not even giving him a sidelong glance, directly closing the door.
...
In the hospital ward, Benjamin stood by the bed, looking at Lily lying there with a pale face.
He had maintained this position for over ten minutes.
His mind kept echoing the reproachful words the doctor had said to him after examining Lily.
"Your girlfriend is a young girl who doesn't understand, but you're a grown man—don't you understand anything?"
"Although she's young and her body recovers quickly, she just had an abortion. She's still very weak.
What she needs now is good rest, not arguing with her and letting her get upset."
Besides, how can you have the nerve to argue with her?
Toward this kind of bad man who only cares about his own comfort and doesn't care about his girlfriend's body.
Really—
Benjamin's mind went completely blank when he heard about the abortion. He couldn't hear anything after that.