The following days passed uneventfully yet swiftly.
Su Ding recruited talented individuals for her management company, and Shao Zheng Gang remained with the company, holding the position of department manager.
Wang Mei Lan was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for treatment; they had not divorced.
Shao Lin had become much more well-behaved recently, ceasing to cause trouble, making life peaceful.
In the evening, Su Ding drove to pick up Jin Ye from work.
Jin Ye was still in a meeting. She greeted the secretary, Luo Zhu, and then entered the lounge to watch television.
"Have you eaten?" Jin Ye asked, opening the door and seeing Su Ding, a smile gracing his face.
Su Ding swiftly stood up, met him, and spontaneously embraced him.
She realized she had become increasingly dependent on him lately, finding his scent incredibly pleasant, a veritable elixir of life for her.
Jin Ye affectionately stroked her hair, "What's wrong?"
Su Ding buried her face in his chest and took a deep inhale, murmuring, "I missed you."
Jin Ye's gaze deepened, and he directly scooped the woman in his arms, carrying her to the sofa and leaning over her.
Su Ding, startled, quickly clutched his neck, her face flushing red.
Her clear, shy eyes were fixed on the sexy, dominant man above her…
Her gaze was filled with tender affection, as if silently seducing him.
Jin Ye's large hands, hot and rough, caressed Su Ding's delicate and sensitive body, sending shivers through her.
"May I?"
The man's deep, sexy voice resonated in her ear, her earlobe turning as red as blood, feeling hot.
A soft, shy tremor escaped her lips, "Mmm…"
Jin Ye could no longer control his desire and pounced on Su Ding like a beast, capturing her lips and invading the moist, alluring inner walls of her mouth.
His tongue teased her lips and tongue, biting and licking slowly, as if about to devour her whole.
His large hands slipped under her open collar, finally touching the softness of her chest as he had wished, as if igniting a flame, slowly moving down, exploring her mysteries…
Their clothes gradually fell away, discarded on the floor.
They passionately intertwined, as if tireless, wishing to become one forever.
An sleepless night.
Su Ding lay collapsed on the bed, her legs trembling uncontrollably, her face flushed, with tear streaks marring her delicate features.
When Jin Ye reached out to touch her, she instinctively flinched away.
"No."
Su Ding quickly curled into a ball, watching the man warily, but the weariness in her eyes was undeniable.
Jin Ye gently took her hand and drew her into his embrace, "Alright, we'll stop."
He held her tightly, pressing her restless head against his chest, and then hooked his foot to pull the blanket over both of them.
"Be good, sleep," Jin Ye said dotingly.
"Okay, goodnight." Su Ding finally relaxed, closed her eyes, and fell asleep within a minute.
Jin Ye felt the softness in his arms, his gaze falling on her fair skin, and he felt aroused once more.
He sighed inwardly, there was plenty of time; he shouldn't frighten her.
Reluctantly, he got out of bed, naked, and walked into the bathroom. The cold water finally extinguished the fire.
Emerging, Jin Ye checked his phone. It was already one o'clock in the afternoon.
There were missed calls from his secretary, likely urging him about his eight o'clock meeting. Last night, just as he had changed to a comfortable position, he hadn't heard a thing.
After tidying himself up, he walked to the bed, kissed Su Ding's forehead, and then left.
Su Ding woke up hungry, her stomach rumbling. She struggled to get out of bed and saw the messy, stained sheets, her face turning bright red.
The wild memories of last night made her toes curl in shame, and she instinctively covered her face.
Fortunately, he wasn't here.
She patted her flat stomach and was about to pick up her clothes to dress when the door opened.
She immediately shrank back into the bed, covering her body, which was marked with love bites, with the blanket and nervously watching the person who had entered.
Jin Ye, dressed in a sharp suit, walked in looking refreshed, carrying a lunchbox.
Su Ding's face was flushed. She tightly gripped the edge of the blanket, not daring to meet the eyes of the man walking towards her, her voice trembling with nervousness.
"Um, that, I'm not dressed yet." She realized her voice was hoarse as she spoke.
It must have been from being forced to cry out last night…
Thinking of this, her face grew even redder. She took a deep breath, looked up, and said weakly, "Could you excuse me for a moment?"
Jin Ye smiled dotingly, "Silly girl, you saw everything last night. Why the need to excuse yourself?"
His words made Su Ding blush even more, and she hid under the covers, muffling herself.
"Please, just leave for a bit!"
Su Ding called out from under the covers. Jin Ye finally conceded, "Alright, alright. I'll prepare breakfast first, you get dressed."
Hearing his footsteps recede, Su Ding finally lifted the blanket and quickly put on her clothes.
Her legs trembled as soon as she stood up. She was truly exhausted; being tossed around in various ways all night was unbearable for anyone.
Su Ding slowly sat down at the table and ate in silence.
Jin Ye stared intently at her face. Thinking of her overwhelmed and uncontrolled state, he felt quite wicked himself.
"Eat!"
Su Ding tapped her bowl, frowning and reminding him, completely unwilling to expose her shyness.
Jin Ye smiled, "Okay, let's eat."
Since their intimate encounter, their relationship had progressed by leaps and bounds. Jin Ye's cold and taciturn image had completely crumbled.
Did intimacy cause a man to be reborn?
Su Ding was utterly bewildered. Seeing Jin Ye's growing insistence on holding her while sleeping, she finally relented.
Her original plan to start work with Xiao Yuan was postponed indefinitely by the energetic President Jin.
Jin Ye's frequency of sleeping over at her place changed from twice a week to five times a week.
For the remaining two days, he spent one in his office lounge and one at his old family residence. Jin Xiao Xi was also brought to Su Ding's home from time to time, and life was quite harmonious.
After half a month of experiencing intimacy, Su Ding finally erupted, "I want to go to work!"
Jin Ye waved his hand, "Next week."
They reached an agreement, and then engaged in another night of passionate intimacy…
Su Ding, sore all over, sat on the sofa in the office, looking through scripts selected by Xiao Yuan.
Jin Ye, feeling satisfied, looked at company documents with great spirit.
After he had approved a crucial project resolution, he turned to look at Su Ding, noticing her furrowed brow, clearly displeased.
"What's wrong?"
Su Ding knew he was speaking to her and sighed irritably, "The old classmate I met at the bridal shop last time, Xu Lang, is bothering me again about investments."
Jin Ye put down the document in his hand, strode over to Su Ding, and pulled her into his arms, "Didn't the payment from last week already go through?"
Su Ding leaned into him naturally and raised her phone, "It's a new one."
She really wanted to roll her eyes. Last time, Xu Lang had harassed her incessantly through Xin Jia'er's WeChat, asking her to invest in a new project for a mere hundred thousand yuan.
She couldn't stand it anymore and took some time to look at the project. Finding it genuinely interesting, she had then passed it on to Jin Ye.
But as soon as the funds were transferred, Xu Lang was back again, looking for business.
Did he think their relationship was that close?
Su Ding was fed up and wanted to block him on WeChat, but she felt Xin Jia'er was a good girl. The young lady often checked in on her, invited her out, and when she was busy, bought various small gifts for girls and sent them to the Jin residence.
Every gift was clearly carefully chosen.
Furthermore, the Xin family was also a powerful economic entity in Jiang Cheng, and thus represented a useful connection.
After refusing him once more, Su Ding tossed her phone aside.
Seeing Jin Ye lean in to kiss her, she instinctively raised her face, met him halfway with a light peck, and made a "chu" sound.