She had truly experienced his thoughts and schemes; the man before her was incredibly powerful and terrifying.
"If you want to take my child, you might as well kill me! Kill me!" Gu Susu roared in defiance, "Qin Tianyi, who do you think you are? God? To arbitrarily control everything..."
Qin Tianyi dropped his smile and cupped her chin, "I cannot control everything in this world, but you are right, I am a god, your god! Since you dared to provoke me back then, don't expect to escape me so easily!"
"Qin Tianyi..."
Qin Tianyi didn't let her finish. His gaze darkened, and he suddenly leaned down to kiss her red lips.
Gu Susu was caught off guard by his action, her first instinct being to push him away with all her might.
But his tall frame was impossible to budge. Instead, he seized the opportunity to pry her lips open.
Chen Ma heard the commotion outside the villa. The young master and young madam had returned; were they arguing?
When she reached the doorway, she saw them embracing and kissing. Blushing, she quickly covered her eyes and retreated back into the villa.
He kissed her, initially intending only to silence her, disliking the way she spoke to him and the weariness in her voice when she called his name.
But the moment he touched her lips, he lost control.
He had been restraining himself all this time, avoiding her, making her understand that he truly intended to divorce her.
Why should he cling to a marriage she didn't want!
Gu Susu could feel his loss of control. She wrapped her hands around his waist and forcefully patted his back, signaling her unwillingness and resistance.
As he advanced with his domineering kiss, she bit his lips and tongue.
He grunted, releasing her, and stared at her with eyes filled with a mixture of anger and desire. "Do you want to stay, or do you want to get out? Choose for yourself."
Gu Susu dared not push him away forcefully again, fearing he would ruthlessly prevent her from ever seeing Xiao Xingxing again.
This man, who claimed to be her god, scooped her up horizontally and carried her into the villa, heading to the bedroom on the second floor.
As he tossed her onto the familiar bed, her mind went blank. Even though the man before her was burning hot, she shivered with cold.
Tears welled up, blurring her vision. The physical pain she felt at that moment was far less than the pain in her heart.
She felt as if she were drowning, floating and sinking in a dark abyss. When it was over, she buried her face in the pillow, unsure of what she was now.
They had already completed the formal divorce procedures, yet this had still happened between them.
She could feel the man beside her preparing to get up. She struggled to control her trembling voice and asked, "What is this? Will you give me back the child if you do this?"
"A woman who cannot see the light, a woman kept by me... Whatever you think you are, that's what you are," Qin Tianyi said irritably as he put on his clothes.
Gu Susu wiped away her tears and sat up abruptly. "Qin Tianyi! I divorced you to live the life I want, not to be humiliated by you!"
"What life do you want?" Qin Tianyi turned and grabbed her by the neck. "Wasn't it the life you wanted before? To be my wife, with no worries about food or clothing, wasn't that enough? What good life can you have after leaving me? You'd end up selling yourself in those pleasure houses, drinking and entertaining guests. Is that the life you wanted?"
"Freedom, respect, the ability to live according to my own will! Not like a pet, no matter how wealthy or well-provided for, waiting to be fed!" Gu Susu gazed at him, as if looking at a stranger.
Qin Tianyi detested that look. He covered her eyes with his hand and forced her to speak, "Are you saying that being with me is like being a pet, and being with other men means freedom and respect? Other men are inferior to me. What I can give you, they cannot. How can you be respected? Without even basic financial freedom, how can there be freedom?"
"Forget it. People like you will never understand," Gu Susu said dismissively. "Besides having power and money, you have nothing!"
She had easily angered him again.
Qin Tianyi couldn't understand what right this woman had to hold her head high in front of him. He lunged at her again, sneering, "Don't I still have you, this pet? A pet that can't be driven away."
Gu Susu just wanted to escape him, to flee from the bed, but Qin Tianyi, pinning her down, whispered in her ear, "Still daring to speak to me like this can only mean your fire hasn't been extinguished yet."
"No, don't..."
"Serves you right. You deserve this. Since you like it this way, let's not stop today."
Gu Susu felt herself shattered once more, realizing that divorce was not the end of the nightmare, but the beginning.
Qin Tianyi told himself countless times that he didn't love her, yet for some reason, he could never resist her body.
He wanted her, wanted her to stay in his arms forever, even if she had no feelings for him.
Gu Susu didn't know if she was awake or asleep, being pulled into endless chaos by Qin Tianyi, again and again.
The next day at noon, she was woken by the repeated ringing of her phone.
She opened her eyes with difficulty, her head still buzzing. The man who was like a demon had vanished.
She laboriously moved an arm and picked up the phone by the bedside. "Hello."
"Susu, why didn't you come to the company today, and you didn't ask for leave? Is yesterday's matter not yet resolved?" Chang Qingchuan's voice came from the other end of the phone.
Her nose stung. Yesterday's matter was indeed not resolved, but she couldn't tell anyone. Her voice hoarse, she said, "I'm fine, just a bit of a cold today, I forgot to ask for leave."
"If you're not feeling well, rest at home for a few days. I've already submitted your leave request."
"Thank you."
"Don't be so polite with me. Oh, right, I wanted to tell you that Donna has been caught. The company is preparing to sue her for theft of commercial secrets. You don't need to worry about this anymore," Chang Qingchuan told her in a cheerful tone.
"Okay." She recalled that Qin Tianyi had said yesterday that he already knew about this. Regardless of whether they reported it to the police or not, Qin Tianyi wouldn't let Donna off for doing something like that.
It was expected that Donna would be caught so quickly.
Hearing her flat tone, Chang Qingchuan thought she was likely feeling unwell and lacked energy. "Then get some rest. We'll talk about anything when you come back to work."
"Okay." After finishing her call with Chang Qingchuan, she sat up, got out of bed barefoot, picked up her clothes from the floor, and walked into the bathroom.
As she emerged from the bathroom after showering, she heard Xiao Mei's voice from the doorway, "Young Madam, are you up?"
"Yes, I'm up."
"Chen Ma asked me to call you down for something to eat. You came back with the Young Master yesterday and haven't eaten anything since. Don't starve yourself."
"Okay, I'll be down shortly." Gu Susu dried the water from her hair, feeling ridiculous. After divorcing Qin Tianyi, except for no longer being his wife, nothing seemed to have changed. She was still held in his palm with no way out.