Chapter 23: You Just Can’t Wait, Can You?

Book:Love Like Arsenic Published:2024-5-1

The light of dawn had spread out across the sky when he brought me back to his villa, so I could see every detail of it.
Weaving with black and white, it looked both simple and graceful, just like its owner, who was indifferent and elegant.
“Where’s my brother?” Feeling more depressed, I shifted my gaze from him.
But he immediately pinched my chin and forced me to look into his indifferent eyes.
“Your brother will be okay as long as you follow my words.” He curved up his sexy lips up slightly, as if he was pleased with my obedience.
I was still worried as my brother was sickly ill and his situation was not optimistic.
Although Quan Shaoze told me that my brother had been sent to the hospital for treatment, I still couldn’t rest assured.
I begged him to allow me to visit my brother, but he only let go of my chin with a sneer before striding to his study without even looking back. “You’d better behave yourself!”
I was dumbstruck. After a short while, an aged doctor of traditional Chinese medicine came to treat my ankle.
Obviously, Quan Shaoze sent him here.
As indifferent as Quan Shaoze, the doctor bandaged my ankle and left in a hurry even before I could express my gratitude.
His indifference made me even more frustrated.
I knew it was impossible for me to take my brother away before my ankle is healed, so I got upstairs and found a room to sleep in randomly.
Lying on the big, soft bed, I felt my nerves, which had been tense for days, finally relaxed.
I fell asleep even before I could cover myself with a quilt.
By the time I woke up, darkness had already fallen.
As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw a pair of thoughtful and indifferent eyes. I immediately sat up in shock.
“What are you doing here?” I asked in a trembling voice, looking warily at Quan Shaoze, who was sitting by the bed.
My fear of this man had deeply rooted in my heart.
I kept alert every minute I was with him, worrying that he might blurt something out to freak me out.
“This is my room.” He glanced at me expressionlessly and rose to his feet with his hands in his pockets.
When I was staring at him blankly, he pressed his body down on me with a flirtatious sneer on his face. “Ha! You just can’t wait to crawl into my bed, can you?”
He deliberately whispered in my ear, making me feel like a slight chill running up my spine.
I pushed him away and jumped out of bed cautiously. After saying sorry to him in a hurry, I was ready to jump out of the room with one foot.
He got out of bed and caught up with me in a split of a second. “What are you afraid of?” He stood in my way with a mocking smile.
My felt my heart sink, but I still shook my head, pretending to be calm. “Nothing! I just want to rest.”
With that, I turned my head away, trying to avoid his piercing gaze.
Actually, ever since I knew he was the man who had been manipulating me recently, I seldom had the courage to look at him.
Although I still felt that he looked familiar, I didn’t ask him about it again.
With a sneer, he pulled me back to the bed and started taking his clothes off.
“You’d better not run about,” Sensing my restlessness, he said with an evil smile.
I felt a little relieved when I saw him walking into the bathroom.
I sat anxiously in bed for ten minutes, which seemed as if an eternity. Suddenly, something in the half-opened drawer of the nightstand drew my attention.
I stiffened as soon as I took them out, as if being struck by lightning.