Chen Feng's hand covered the back of her hand, and the coolness of his fingertips penetrated through the skin and seeped into Lin Wei's blood, making her shiver involuntarily.
His eyes were like invisible spider webs, tightly wrapped around her, waiting for her answer. The request to "stay away from him" echoed repeatedly in the silent air, stripping away all gentle disguises and revealing the core of cold control.
Lin Wei's heart was beating wildly in her chest, almost breaking her ribs. An instinctive resistance and fear made her want to withdraw her hand and retort loudly.
Why?
Zhou Yu is her partner, and their communication is professional and normal. Why should she cut off contact because of his baseless suspicion?
However, these words were stuck in my throat, but I couldn't spit out a single word.
She looked into Chen Feng's eyes, which were full of "worry" and "care", as well as a subtle "hurt" that would immediately appear once she rejected him. She was all too familiar with this pattern. Rejecting him would be tantamount to denying all of his "goodness", and would be tantamount to personally tearing apart the "unique" bond between them.
She couldn't bear the price.
The heavy shackles called "guilt" and "dependence" once again took effect, crushing the weak courage she had just mustered.
