The coldness that seeped through Su Ma’s back was enough to wake her up. Her eyes flew open as she jolted up, confused at the darkness around her.
“Hello?” she uttered, her voice croaky. She immediately noticed the pain from her dry throat. “Chuan?” Her heart started racing, drumming against her chest. “Chuan?”
‘CLICK’
Su Ma squinted her eyes as the lighting inside the room assaulted her sight. She frowned as she tried to make out of her surroundings.
“You are awake.” Qin Chuan’s voice echoed. Su Ma instantly froze, her gaze focused on the man sitting in an iron chair a few feet away from her. It was Qin Chuan, his legs crossed, his gaze cold as he stared at her. “Took you a long time.” He added.
“Qin Chuan?” she managed to say. Despite her raging heart, Su Ma managed to compose herself. “What is happening?” She tried to move her hands only to discover that she was in chains. Su Ma gulped, panic apparent in her eyes. “What is going on?”
Qin Chuan pursed his lips in response. He stared at her for a few seconds before a smile slithered in his handsome face. “You don’t know?” His voice was cold, chilly.
“Qin Chuan! What is going on!? Get these chains off me!” she demanded. “Qin Chuan!” Almost immediately tears immediately stream in her eyes. “Why would you do this to me?” she sobbed.
Qin Chuan responded with a snort.
“Qin Chuan! What are you doing? How could you— What did I do?” Of course she knew what she did. She continued sobbing, her pleading eyes caught his cold ones. “What— Why would you do this to me?”
Still, she never got a response. Instead, Qin Chuan continued staring at her.
“Chuan! Please… I am begging you.”
“That face does not belong to you.” He answered. Su Ma froze in response, she gulped in fear as she noticed that the stern look in his eyes changed into something that— that she did not recognize. She balled her hands into a fist as she forced the fear out of her system. She could not show him that she feared him.
“What are you talking about?” she asked. “What are you saying?” Seeing Qin Chuan stared at her again, Su Ma continued, “Was it Lily? Did she say something about me again? Chuan… your daughter is trying to ruin us and you are letting her do it! You are letting her in!”
She added, “Can’t you see? Your daughter does not like to see you happy! She is trying to sabotage our relationship.”
“Coming from you— the word sabotage sounds funny.” He sneered. “Are you perhaps trying to make me laugh?”
“You— ” Su Ma could not help but feel that her brain had stopped working. She and Qi Xia never actually planned anything in case Qin Chuan discovered her identity. She swallowed her nonexistent saliva as she stared at the man in front of her.
Su Ma never thought that Qin Chuan would discover her identity this early. “Chuan… please… this is all Lily’s plan. She wanted us to fight. She wanted me out of your life. She wanted to manipulate you. Can’t you see it?” she asked. The only thing she could do now is hope— hope that her tears would somehow convince Qin Chuan into letting her go.
“Are you really letting her win? Are you really letting her ruin your life? Our life?” she asked.
Still, Qin Chuan maintained his silence. At this point, Qin Chuan already put all the blame on Su Ma’s action. True, he was weak and stupid, however, this was all because the woman played with his emotions. This Su Ma manipulated him and his heart.
The thought of meeting this woman immediately made him irritated. He remembered being too happy, too excited when he met her. Now, all he felt was anger. How did he even fall for her tricks?
Inwardly, Qin Chuan knew it was because he was simply weak. Su Ma played with his weaknesses so well. She gave him hope that maybe this was his second chance with Bec. Maybe this was the universe telling him to give himself another chance at love.
He was wrong.
It was all a lie. A plan to ruin his relationship with his daughter. “Why?” he asked. “Why would you want to ruin my relationship with my daughter?”
“I— I don’t know what you are talking about.”
Narrowing his eyes at the woman on the floor, Qin Chuan realized he could never hurt a woman with the same appearance as Bec. He snorted. Since he could not hurt this face…. Then…. Why not remove it?
A sinister thought sprouted in his mind as he stared at the woman who fooled her. This Su Ma… this woman deserved everything that was about to happen to her, he thought inwardly before he stood from his seat.
“What are you— Chuan? Where are you going? Are you going to leave me here?” she panicked. “Qin Chuan! Are you planning to imprison me in this place?” Seeing him walk towards the door, Su Ma immediately tried to stand only to fall onto her knees. Her legs— for some reason, she could not feel her legs.
She widened her eyes. “What did you do to me?” she asked. “What happened to my legs?” She stared at Qin Chuan who paused to look at her helpless state.
“You can’t run anymore.” He said before his lips turned upwards into a sinister smile. “You will stay inside this room… until I get tired of you.”
“What do you mean? Qin Chuan are you mad? This is illegal! What are you doing? People are going to look for me! Let me go now!” She trembled, unable to stop the fear from flowing inside her. “If— If you let me go, I promise… I won’t tell the police about this matter. We can start over, I will forgive you. We can leave this place. Away from Lily.”
Another snort echoed. “That face does not belong to you.” He answered before leaving the room to get something that could peel off that face— that mask Su Ma was wearing.
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