Chapter 293


    He swallowed hard and moved his eyes away before he lost control.


    Shu Tian could feel his hot breath on her neck as he whispered in her ear with deep emotions in his


    eyes, "Don''t tell me you think I was only being kind when I looked after you during the past three


    years."


    Shu Tian blushed crimson and said in a breathy voice, "I think you were simply helping me."


    "I was helping you," the man agreed. For the first time, he allowed his eyes to be colored with palpable


    possessiveness.


    He paused and added, "But that''s not all."


    Shu Tian waspletely lost for words and didn''t know where she should look. They were so close


    that all she could see was the man''s perfect face.


    He still had a brush cut as he did three years ago. It was a normal haircut but he looked wild and


    irrepressible with it.


    Shu Tian was always aware of his extraordinariness. He had this natural grace that made all the


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    women in the upper-crust circle pine away for him.


    He was wealthy, powerful, and also good-looking. No woman would not fall for him. It was just that Shu


    Tian had met him in such an abnormal way that she forgot the reality.


    It didn''t make sense that a man like him had devoted so much to her in the past three years just


    because he was kind.


    "I''m a businessman and I''m always calcting what''s the best for me. I did that three years ago and I''m


    still doing it now," he said with a sly smile, "I make quick money sometimes but I also see the bigger


    picture. It''s been more than three years, Shu Tian. You know how I''ve been treating you. I don''t want


    any return from you but you can''t have feelings for any man but me."


    He''d never expressed his emotions so frankly. Shu Tian''s mind was reeling. She''d been vaguely


    knowing that she was a bit different to him but when faced with his in confession, she was at a loss.


    Now that he put everything on the table, he must be prepared for what would happen next. He was like


    a patient predator who approached themb meticulously and swallow it whole when it was off guard.


    He bent his arms more on either side of the woman to envelope her in his mint-scented smell and


    asked, "Do you hear me?"


    He pressed her to reply.


    Shu Tian felt a bit winded and her heartbeat went all haywire. "Meng Shichuan, please don''t do this…"


    Her eyshes fluttered uneasily. "I… I never have feelings above gratitude for you…"


    "Really?" He asked with a yful smile, "But you need to give it try before you know for sure, don''t


    you?"


    "But I..."


    Shu Tian was about to refute when the man suddenly dipped his head and kissed her. He''d juste


    from outside and his lips were still cool. It was a featherlight kiss on the corner of her lips. He didn''t go


    further and was intently observing her reaction.


    Shu Tian was caught unawares and her mind went all nk with a boom. She was frozen and before


    she reacted, the man drew away from her.


    "Do you feel disgusted when I kiss you?"


    Shu Tian clenched her fists. His voice rang in her head.


    Disgusted?


    Maybe she was not. She was just angry that he kissed her out of the blue. She didn''t feel disgusted,


    which unsettled her more.


    Why did she feel this way?


    Had the three years made them this intimate?


    Meng Shichuan dissected her expression with amusement. She looked like a startled little deer with


    those watery eyes tinged with fluster, nervousness, confusion, and fear.


    The man''s smile broadened. "See? Don''t arbitrarily define your feelings for me. Humans are


    Seeing that she kept her head down, Meng Shichuan tilted her chin up and forced her to look at him.


    "You don''t have to be afraid. I won''t force you to make any choice. I just want you to give me a chance


    to take care of you and Shu Xiao. ept me. Don''t push me away. Just let the chips fall where they


    may."


    The man stood tall and straight like a tree. "Even not for yourself, you should think for Shu Xiao. He


    needs someone to make him feel safe when he grows up."


    Shu Tian calmed down because of the mention of Shu Xiao.


    Shu Xiao was already three years old, still a boy but old enough to start thinking. He would go to the


    kindergarten in the middle of the year and Shu Tian was worried that he might want thepany of his


    father when he saw all the kids in the kindergartens have fathers.


    She thought he would. Shu Xiao would stare at kids who had their parents by their sides in the


    amusement park.


    She could give him everything she had but could never y the role of father for him.


    It was an undeniable fact that Shu Xiao liked Meng Shichuan very much. It was partly because Meng


    Shichuan was good to him. Most importantly, he admired him as an adult and powerful man.


    It had nothing to do with age. It was an instinct.


    "You know exactly what Shu Xiao needs, so stop pushing me away and think about it, okay?"


    He hadn''t expected anything from her at the very beginning and just had an inkling that this woman


    was special to him although he couldn''t name what made her special.


    Three years had passed and his feelings for her only got intensified. As she grew more and more


    morous as a mature woman, he felt it harder and harder to resist his desire for her.


    "Meng Shichuan, I can''t reciprocate your feelings, so don''t be so good to me," Shu Tian said wistfully


    with a frown.


    Any other woman would seize the opportunity immediately but Shu Tian couldn''t do that. She didn''t


    hate to grow close with him but it was not out of love. She had to suppress whatever subtle feelings


    she felt for him.


    "I''m a divorced woman with a kid. You can find someone better."


    The man furrowed his brows due to her self-deprecating words. "I''ve never cared about what others


    think of me in my whole life. I know what I want. You shouldn''t be bothered by that either. Just treat me


    as a man."


    Shu Tian leveled a stare at the man''s fiercely stunning face. It was beyond her wildest imagination that


    the man who had pointed a gun at her three years ago would profess his love to her one day.


    What was more unimaginable was that she found herself lost in the current situation.


    Meng Shichuan fought back his agitation and stepped back to make her feel at ease. "I won''t push you.


    Take your time to consider my words. I''ll wait for you no matter how long it takes."