Chapter 3

Chapter 3

I was wearing a light blue dress with a small square collar.

My hair was the same as it had been for a hundred years-long, straight, and black-paired with light makeup.

To my elders, I was the gold standard of a proper young lady.

In private, however, I was a pathetic pushover that everyone ridiculed.

Chen Xu’s features were arrogant and wild, with a fresh wound tracing his sharp jawline.

On that handsome face of his, it only added to his reckless, devil-may-care aura.

I hadn’t intended to pay him any mind.

But Chen Xu let out another laugh, his eyes dropping with a mocking glint. “Forget it. I know you don’t have the guts. Boring.”

I was halfway through turning away when I pivoted back.

“Who says I don’t have the guts?”

Chen Xu tossed his car keys into the air and caught them. “Coming with me?”

I gripped my handbag, kept my back straight, and walked into the elevator without looking left or right.

Chen Xu chuckled and followed me in.

The moment the elevator doors slid shut, Chen Xu reached out and hooked his arm around my waist.

He pulled me directly into his embrace.

He smelled completely different from Fu Jingsen.

His pheromones were overwhelming, and even the scent of tobacco on him was much stronger.

Unused to it, I let out a few soft coughs.

Chen Xu looked down at me. “Fragile, aren’t you?”

“The smell of smoke on you is just too heavy.”

I frowned, trying to push him away.

Instead, Chen Xu tightened his grip.

“My apologies. I’ll take a shower later.”

“A shower won’t help. It’ll still smell if you keep smoking.”

I turned my face away, wrinkling my nose as I tried to put some distance between us.

Chen Xu laughed, then suddenly leaned down and pecked me on the cheek. “I’ll quit today. How’s that sound, my little ancestor?”