Jin Ye's expression grew even more somber as he advanced towards her, "Nothing?"
Su Ding lowered her head, "Mhm."
Suddenly, Jin Ye grasped her shoulders, "Look at me."
Su Ding took a deep breath, lifted her head, and, enduring the heartache, her voice hoarse, said, "No regrets, I won't regret it. What's over is over."
"Good, good, no regrets!"
Jin Ye pinched her chin and kissed her fiercely.
He roughly invaded her lips and tongue, his intense, domineering presence enveloping Su Ding. Su Ding tried to push him away, but he held her tightly.
She pressed her lips shut, refusing to let him enter.
Seeing her defiant and unwilling demeanor, Jin Ye's anger flared even more.
He wrapped his arms around her waist and roughly threw her onto the bed.
The mattress was too soft, and Su Ding, flustered, tried to get up, only to be pinned down again by the man.
"Jin Ye! Don't!"
Jin Ye forcibly held down her wrists and buried his head in her neck, biting her fiercely.
Light pink marks appeared on her fair neck.
Their hot breaths intertwined, their bodies pressed close, both feeling the burning heat of each other.
Jin Ye kissed her forcefully and tore open her collar.
Her ample bosom filled his reddened eyes, further igniting his desire.
"You are mine, mine!"
As if claiming ownership, Jin Ye dominantly seized her most sensitive parts.
"Ah..."
Su Ding cried out in shame and pain.
She could feel the hardness pressing against her thighs, and her shame and anger intensified, "You can't do this to me! Don't! Don't..."
Jin Ye kissed her regardless, his burning hands caressing her delicate body.
For a fleeting moment, Su Ding's reason broke. She even thought of giving up her struggle and having one last intimate moment with him.
But the moment she saw the hatred in his eyes, she snapped back to reality.
"No—"
With a surge of strength she didn't know she had, she pushed the man off her.
Jin Ye's rising desire was interrupted. He looked at Su Ding, her clothes in disarray, with disbelief, his eyes filled with hurt, "Why?"
Su Ding's eyes were red-rimmed, her eyelashes still holding tears.
Her lips trembled slightly, and with a tearful voice, she said, "No, I don't want to be like this with you."
Sex without love only brought heartache afterward.
She never wanted to be intimate with Jin Ye without any feelings between them.
Jin Ye's face was grim, and a shadow enveloped his entire being.
"Fine, very good."
He chuckled softly, realizing he was the only one who couldn't let go.
Su Ding clutched her chest, jumped off the bed, panting, her mind in a daze.
Jin Ye glared at her, his eyes scarlet, "You won't even give me one last moment before the divorce, how disappointing! Pack your things and get out immediately."
"Jin Ye!"
Su Ding felt humiliated and raised her angry eyes.
Jin Ye smirked, a contemptuous, mocking smile on his lips, "Now you're acting like a chaste martyr. Where was your face when you were fooling around with other men back then?"
Su Ding felt her dignity being trampled underfoot.
She had not betrayed him; she had been framed.
Jin Ye, who claimed to love her, had gotten together with her enemy, Shao Lin, after she disappeared.
Yet, when he saw her, he treated her so coldly.
She had truly been blind!
"Slap!"
A clear slap landed on Jin Ye's face.
Jin Ye raised his hand, intending to hit back. No one had ever dared to slap him in his life.
This woman...
Su Ding stared at him fearlessly, her eyes burning with rage, her swollen lips speaking, "Jin Ye, I hate you, I despise you!"
With that, she turned, opened the closet, and picked up a small wooden box.
Without looking at Jin Ye, she quickly left.
Jin Ye did not chase after her. He sat dejectedly on the bed, his limbs growing cold.
Su Ding walked downstairs, and no one dared to stop her.
She walked out the main door, got into her car, covered her face, and cried silently for a while before lifting her head.
She inadvertently saw her reflection in the car's rearview mirror.
Her eyes were red-rimmed, tears welling up, and her entire demeanor radiated misfortune and sorrow.
"It's just a breakup, just a divorce. It's nothing."
Su Ding murmured softly, as if trying to convince herself.
Jin Ye's sudden forceful advance had frightened her. She felt he was a stranger, had the man who loved her truly gone?
After a moment, she drove away.
She had to leave Jiangcheng as soon as possible, leave this place that caused her so much pain, and start anew.
Su Ding planned to drive to the city center to buy a new suitcase.
On the road, she suddenly saw a pregnant woman standing by the roadside, her face contorted in pain, her lower body slightly crouched, as if she were about to give birth.
She instinctively stopped her car and approached, "Do you need help?"
The pregnant woman, sweating profusely from the pain, said, "I'm about to give birth, miss. Please save me. My taxi hasn't arrived yet."
Seeing this, Su Ding quickly got out of the car to help the pregnant woman.
After assisting the pregnant woman into the back seat and making her comfortable, she walked around to the driver's seat and stepped on the accelerator.
"Thank you, thank you."
The pregnant woman said, groaning in pain.
Su Ding glanced at her in the rearview mirror, "It's okay, don't talk for now."
In the rearview mirror, she fleetingly thought she saw herself from the past.
Also heavily pregnant, in Wen Min's car.
From her perspective, this pregnant woman looked very much like her, especially her eyes and nose, and their face shapes were similar.
"You! You are... Su Ding?"
The pregnant woman looked up and also saw her face clearly, gasping in shock.
Su Ding, thinking the other woman knew about her scandal, quickly put on her mask and said with some nervousness, "I'll take you to the hospital. Please stop talking."
However, the pregnant woman's expression turned very strange.
She was already in severe labor pains, and upon realizing that Su Ding was in front of her, her body tensed up even more, intensifying her pain.
She had impersonated Su Ding and slept with a man, and the video of it was leaked.
When the video was released, everyone thought it was the celebrity Su Ding who had cheated, but in reality, it was her.
She had received a large sum of money for it.
But she never expected to meet the real person while giving birth!
And now, she was being helped by Su Ding. If she hadn't gotten help, her child would have been in danger if she had waited for a taxi.
What should she do?
She regretted it now. Should she reveal what happened back then?