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The sky had already turned dark, and inside the car, it was similarly dark.
Shen Mu drove the car smoothly. As though he was intentionally pretending not to exist, he did not make a single sound. The car was silent to the point where Mo Jingshenâs alcohol stained breaths could be clearly heard.
âYouâre almost pressed against the car door. If the doors could be opened, would you be jumping out of the car right now?â Mo Jingshenâs tone was mild as he spoke. As it was too stuffy inside the car, he casually unfastened several more buttons. The manâs typically impeccable shirt now revealed his collarbones. It was seductive and teasing. The manâs low and hoarse voice also caused oneâs heart to skip a beat.
Ji Nuan did not look at him; she shifted her gaze away. âThere is truly no need for me to be in this car. If I wasnât embarrassed about blocking other peopleâs way, I would never have gotten on.â
The man, whom she had forced a large distance between, turned over to eye her. His heavy and distant gaze landed on her face. âIâm only sending you home. Itâs not as if Iâll eat you up.â
Why did these words make her seem cruel and unscrupulous, as though she couldnât recognize someoneâs kind intentions?
Kind intentions?
Mo Jingshen?
What did he count for?
Ji Nuan expressionlessly looked out of the window. She remained pressed against the door, refusing to sit close to him.
All of a sudden, when the car arrived at an intersection, an ambulance sped across the road. Shen Mu rushed to step on the brakes. As Ji Nuan was leaning on the edge of the seat and did not have her seatbelts on, the force of the breaks threw her forward. Her head slammed against the window, and her elbow also knocked into the door. The pain caused her to hiss softly. She swallowed down a cry and reached up to press her forehead.
Shen Mu looked at Ji Nuan through the rearview mirror with an apologetic expression. âIâm sorry. The ambulance suddenly sped past us earlier. It must have been headed to the hospital. I had no choice but to use the brakes abruptly. Miss Ji, are you all right?â
Ji Nuan shook her head and did not say anything. She waved her hand, indicating that she was fine and continued maintaining her previous posture against the door.
In less than five minutes, the car drove past another intersection. Shen Mu abruptly took a turn. Before Ji Nuan could react, she was tossed away from the door by the force of the turn. She fell slanted toward Mo Jingshenâs direction. Although she tried to pull herself back, it was a futile attempt, and she fell into the manâs lap. Her head slammed heavily against his abdomen.
Right now, her head was pressing against...
Ji Nuan: â...â
She had no time to ask Shen Mu why he had abruptly taken a turn, or why he was strangely driving like a professional racer in the city streets. Ji Nuan rapidly sat up and shifted away from the manâs lap. She ran her hand through her slightly messy hair and sat stiffly.
Mo Jingshen shifted his distant gaze onto the woman who was maintaining a cold expression even as she was silently embarrassed. As she neatened her hair, he watched her now shoulder-length hair. Before Ji Nuan could move back to lean against the car door, he abruptly grabbed her wrist and tugged her back.
Ji Nuan almost fell back into his arms. She frantically leaned back. At the same time, she stared at the man with deep eyes in shock.
âWhat are you doing?â Even as she spoke, she subconsciously tried to move backward. However, his grip around her elbow tightened.
âCough, my apologies, earlier, I forgot I was supposed to take a turn and almost drove past it. Thankfully, I managed to make it...â Shen Mu did not turn back to answer, nor did he look through the rearview mirror. He only offered a half-hearted explanation.
Ji Nuan was stifled with anger.
Shen Mu, this bastard. Although the first emergency brake was an accident, the subsequent turn was clearly intentionally!
Ji Nuan attempted to tug her hand out of Mo Jingshenâs grasp, but the man leaned over her. His arm pressed against her shoulder, trapping her between the leather seat and his body. Upon meeting Ji Nuanâs cold eyes, he narrowed his gaze and shifted his arm to wrap them around her shoulders. He locked her into his embrace. Finally, at this moment, the cold indifference in Ji Nuanâs eyes turned into shock and rejection. He easily resisted her attempts to struggle and instead tightened his hold around her, reducing the distance between them. In this manner, she was half-held and half-pressed into the car seat. She could not move at all.
âMo Jingshen, what are you trying to do?â Ji Nuanâs complexion had turned slightly pale in the dark from his oppressive movements.
The man had one arm leaning against the seat behind her and one arm wrapped around her. He trapped her under his clear, light breaths and lowered his eyes to see the close-up of her clearly unhappy face from above. Her slender and soft body kept attempting to push him away. His gaze was deep as he softly spoke: âGet off.â
She could clearly sense that these words were not directed at her.
He was asking Shen Mu to get off the car.
Ji Nuan stared at him in disbelief. âMo Jingshen! Whatâs the meaning of this?!â
However, Shen Mu had already parked the car by the road. He rapidly disappeared from his seat.
The instant the door on the driverâs side was close with a âpengâ sound, Ji Nuanâs heart skipped several beats. There was a clear difference between having a third party in the car and being alone with Mo Jingshen!
âDonât move. If you dare to move again, I canât promise I wonât do anything to you.â The manâs voice was low, heavy, and mild. As he watched her expression, he suddenly chuckled heavily. His voice was low. âAs you know, I drank some tonight.â
Ji Nuan stiffened. She stared in disbelief at the man before her eyes; he had just clearly expressed that he wanted to have his way with her under the influence of alcohol.
She felt stifled in her heart.
And so, he was going to use the tiniest amount of alcohol he had consumed as an excuse to act drunk?
Ji Nuan immediately sneered mockingly. She had always believed she could be sufficiently evasive around him and maintained the appropriate distance between them, but she never expected that Mo Jingshen would be shameless to this degree.
She coldly chuckled. âCEO Mo, if a few sips of alcohol suffice make you forget who you are holding right now, does that mean that when youâre drunk, youâll have any woman tossed at you? Why canât I move? Donât mention struggling. Even if I was sitting here without any clothes, you donât have the right to touch me!â