Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon’s Reluctant Love
Chapter 612 - 609: His Ruse

Chapter 612: Chapter 609: His Ruse

The man was dressed in all black, imbued with the chill of the night air, emanating a forbidding aura that could not be ignored.

He strode towards her.

Ming Yao sat on the sofa, her arms wrapped around her knees. Upon seeing him approach, she didn’t move.

Soon, he squatted down in front of her.

They locked eyes.

After what felt like an eternity, Ming Yao broke the silence, "Was the amnesia feigned?"

Gu Siting knew he couldn’t deceive her any longer. His jaw was taut, and several seconds passed before he murmured a low affirmation.

He stretched out his slender hand to grasp her small one, directing it towards his handsome face.

"Yaoyao, it was wrong of me to deceive you, hit me as hard as you can..."

Ming Yao didn’t hit him; instead, she retracted her hand, but in the next second, the man’s towering figure pressed directly towards her.

Ming Yao’s body involuntarily fell back, her delicate spine pressed against the sofa, while his broad and solid chest also bore down upon her.

Their bodies were intimately close together.

Before Ming Yao could say anything, the man’s husky voice sounded in her ear, "Yaoyao, I’m afraid to lose you."

As the man spoke, his breath tickled her ear, sending a tantalizing shiver down her spine.

Ming Yao’s long eyelashes trembled lightly, she was so pressed by him that she struggled to breathe, her hands pushing against his chest, frowning slightly, "Get up first, let’s talk properly."

Gu Siting sat down beside Ming Yao, his large hand encircling her slender waist, "Yaoyao, please don’t be angry with me, okay?"

Ming Yao pursed her lips, "Everything Si Ye said was true, right?"

Gu Siting knew he couldn’t avoid this topic any longer. A complicated emotion swirled in his dark pupils as his large hand took hold of Ming Yao’s small, fair one, caressing it gently with his fingertips, "Yaoyao, I wasn’t involved in the grievances of the previous generation, you know the environment I grew up in, I’m innocent!"

Ming Yao looked at Gu Siting, silent for a long while, "You’re right, you really didn’t know, and you are innocent."

He hadn’t grown up in the Presidential Residence, and had not been involved in such slaughters and conspiracies.

But could she and he really stand apart because of this?

She might not hate him, but she could never forgive those people from the Presidential Residence!

Ming Yao’s gaze dropped, hiding the emotions within her eyes.

Gu Siting gripped Ming Yao’s fingers tightly, "I will find a way to restore the Gong Family’s status and have your grandfather buried in the Royal Mausoleum."

Ming Yao withdrew her hand from his grasp, "Let’s talk about these matters later. For now, we should discuss your recent feigned amnesia."

Gu Siting felt a tingling in his scalp.

What, that matter still hasn’t blown over?

Ming Yao looked at the man’s sculpted features, a smile that was not quite a smile on her face, "You played the part well. Mr. President, would you like to sign with our Entertainment Company as an actor?"

During this time, she truly thought he only remembered her, and spent time reading medical books to see if she could help restore his memory.

But it turned out he had been deceiving her!

"Yaoyao, I was wrong..."

Before he finished speaking, the woman pulled his arm, standing up from the sofa.

She pushed his tall body outwards, "Don’t come in again without my permission."

With a bang, she closed the apartment door.

"Yaoyao, if you won’t let me in, I’ll stand outside your door all night."

"Don’t try to guilt me, it won’t work on me now."

Ming Yao locked the glass door that led to the balcony, ensuring that even if he came over from the balcony again, he wouldn’t be able to enter her apartment.

She didn’t linger in the living room, went to her room for a shower, and then sat on the bed to call Xiao Yiyi and Little Orange.

Knowing Mommy wasn’t coming back to the villa tonight, Little Orange blinked her eyes and said to Xiao Yiyi, "Mommy must be on a secret date with Daddy."

Xiao Yiyi’s mouth twitched, "Impossible."

Going on a date and not returning at night, Mommy isn’t that kind of unreserved person.

Seeing brother’s cool and indifferent look, Little Orange said with sympathy, "Brother, just be stubborn, but in my opinion, Mommy and Daddy will definitely get married, and they might even give us a little sister later!"

Xiao Yiyi snorted coldly, "I don’t want a little sister, having you as a sister is enough for me!"

Little Orange hugged Xiao Yiyi, moved, "Brother, I didn’t realize you loved me so much."

Xiao Yiyi, looking at Little Orange rubbing her little head on his shoulder, showed a helpless but doting smile on his cool face.

Ming Yao only managed to fall asleep in the wee hours of the morning.

Due to her biological clock, she woke up very early the next day.

Having slept poorly, she woke up with a somewhat heavy and painful head.

After washing up in the bathroom, she changed her clothes and prepared to go to work.

Passing by the security stairwell door, she smelled a familiar scent of tobacco.

Peering through the crack of the door, she saw a faint flicker of crimson inside.

Ming Yao quickly pushed the door open.

The man she thought would have returned to the apartment next door to rest was sitting on the stairs, a cigarette between his fingertips, endlessly puffing smoke into the air.

Ming Yao’s heart skipped a beat.

He hadn’t been sitting here all night, had he?

"Gu Siting?"

Hearing her voice, the man turned his head to look at her.

Under the dim light, the man’s narrow black eyes were filled with light red blood vessels, clearly indicating he hadn’t slept all night.

Ming Yao was at a loss for words.

"The wound on your back hasn’t fully healed yet, didn’t the doctor instruct you not to smoke recently?"

How many cigarettes had he smoked sitting here all night?

Looking at the woman’s coldly charming face and her reproachful and resentful eyes, Gu Siting’s thin lips curved into a faint smile, "Yaoyao, didn’t you say that self-pity doesn’t work on you?"

Ming Yao walked up to him and snatched the half-smoked cigarette from his fingertips.

"Regardless, don’t joke around with your health."

Gu Siting stood up from the stairwell, his voice deep and magnetic, "Alright, I’ll listen to Mrs. Gu."

"What Mrs. Gu, don’t call me that again," Ming Yao walked toward the elevator.

Gu Siting followed, leaning his handsome face close to hers, "Are you going to work? I’ll take you."

As the man approached, the strong and pungent scent of tobacco hit her, and Ming Yao, looking at the red blood vessels in his eyes, furrowed her brows, "No need, you should go back and take a shower and get some more sleep!"

Gu Siting looked at Ming Yao’s calm and coldly charming face, momentarily unable to discern or see through the thoughts in her heart.

After she discovered his fake amnesia yesterday, he actually felt a moment of regret and panic.

He was afraid she’d ask him about the past, afraid that she’d break from him once she found out his family had been annihilated by the Gong Family.

But judging from her current demeanor, she didn’t seem to intend to break ties with him.

What she really thought inside, he couldn’t see clearly.

After all, what the Gong Family did was too much, and he felt guilty about it in his heart.

"I need to return to the Presidential Residence, Yaoyao, can you take me there?" Gu Siting asked tentatively.

Ming Yao didn’t refuse, "Sure, I’ll take you there first, then head to the company."