Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon’s Reluctant Love
Chapter 660 - 657: Make Her His Own

Chapter 660: Chapter 657: Make Her His Own

Wen Yuci stiffened her body, forced to lean against the man’s embrace.

Her hands pressed against the man’s lean and firm chest, and with every breath, all she could sense was his crisp, pleasant masculine scent.

A taste both strange and familiar.

Wen Yuci lifted her long lashes, looking up at the man who was only inches away.

He had removed his glasses at some point, and those phoenix eyes, unobstructed by lenses, seemed even more slender and profound. His features and facial contours were not sharply chiseled but exceptionally clean-cut and handsome. When she had been passionately in love with him, she loved to trace his features and outline with her finger.

But those things seemed to have happened a very long time ago, almost as if centuries had passed.

Too much had happened between them, and she was almost unable to recall the sweetness they once shared.

"Fu Yunshen, why must you do this?"

Knowing they couldn’t return to the past, why still make such a gesture?

Fu Yunshen buried his face in Wen Yuci’s delicate neck, and after taking a deep breath, his voice was husky as he said, "Ci Ci, what should we do from here?"

Too many things stood between them: her father, his grandmother—two vibrant lives lost because of their relationship.

Perhaps other lovers could reconcile after a breakup, but for them, it seemed very difficult to return to the past.

"Let’s keep things as they are. I can tell that Zhi Xia needs your fatherly love. When you have time, you can come over to be with her. As for us, let’s just be the most familiar strangers."

Fu Yunshen’s chest vibrated, his hand that was around Wen Yuci’s waist suddenly tightened its grip.

It hurt Wen Yuci terribly.

She didn’t cry out in pain, just quietly looked at him.

Several seconds passed before he suddenly let her go.

He stood up and without another second’s delay, strode off.

Wen Yuci sat on the sofa, hugging her knees, looking towards the door of the apartment, her nose tingling with soreness.

She didn’t know how long it had been before her phone’s ringtone brought her back from her daze.

It was a call from Mother Wen.

Wen Yuci stared at the caller ID for quite a while before she finally pressed the answer button.

"Mom..."

Before she could finish, she was interrupted by her emotionally charged Mother Wen, "You came back and didn’t even contact me, do you still consider me your mother?"

Her decision to flee from the wedding had made her the butt of jokes. Four years had passed, but even now, when she attended banquets, she would still be mocked.

She was well aware that many mocked her behind her back, saying her daughter was a disgrace and utterly unworthy of Fu Ziyuan.

But apart from Fu Ziyuan, which heir of an aristocratic family in the entire city would want to marry her?

"Mom, I was afraid you’d be even angrier if you saw me."

The usually dominant Mother Wen suddenly started crying on the phone.

Upon hearing her mother’s sobs, Wen Yuci felt a gripping pain in her heart.

"Wen Yuci, your dad is dead, and you are my only daughter. If you don’t want to end up without a mother, come home for dinner tomorrow night!"

"Okay."

Even though her mother had forced her to break up with Fu Yunshen, causing a bitter feeling in her heart, with her father gone and her mother all alone, her heart ached nonetheless.

The next day.

The housekeeper hired by Fu Yunshen came over, and Wen Yuci left Zhi Xia in the housekeeper’s care while she returned to the Wen family home.

Mother Wen had prepared a table full of dishes. Hearing the sound of a car engine from the yard, she took out a packet of medicine and sprinkled it into one of the soup bowls.

She picked up her phone and made a call to Fu Ziyuan.

Over the years, she had always noticed Fu Ziyuan’s deep affection for Yuci.

Yuci was stubborn, and only by making her Fu Ziyuan’s person could she truly settle down!