Sweeter Than Candy

The bedroom was as cold as an underground bunker.

With her arms wrapped around her knees, Cherry Li curled up on the ground. Her face was painted with fear and hopelessness.

Suddenly, something occurred to her.

Her bottom lip couldn't help but tremble as she felt someone approaching the room.

"No..." she whispered. Her voice was raspy from the lack of water. "Please don't punish me. I was wrong...I was wrong..." Her head pounded as she murmured those words. Cherry Li closed her eyes. All she wished was for the ground to swallow her up once and for all.

She continued to whisper those words until the door slammed open. The sound echoed throughout the room but she didn't raise her head. Instead, she acted as if she didn't hear a thing.

The man walked towards her.

Feeling that someone was approaching her, Cherry Li froze and raised her head.

As she saw the man's angular face, she froze. He was as tall as a king and his face was as regal as it could get. He squatted humbly, staring at her.

The man's cold eyes felt as if they were staring into the bottom of her soul.

A shiver sent to her spine as fear overwhelmed her.

Seeing her fearful state, Herring Han's eyes narrowed. Did he really frighten her that much?

Thinking back to the misunderstanding they had the other day, the man's gaze left Cherry Li's face as he turned to the things scattered across the floor.

There were black suit near the bed, a pair of bright leather shoes, and a black-and-white striped tie. However, he noticed that there were several tears across his high-end suit. He pursed his lips.

Not far away, he spotted a notebook with a lock.

Herring Han walked towards the fallen notebook and picked it up.

"Give that back to me,"

Cherry Li screamed once she saw him pick it up.

He couldn't see the notebook, or else he would only hate her more.

It wasn't her fault that she loved the man. It wasn't her fault that she had fallen for him...

Whatever... Herring Han still shouldn't see the contents of that notebook.

She stood up and tried to take it from him. However, Cherry Li's strength couldn't even match up to him. The man slowly picked up the notebook. Because of her trembling body, she lost her balance and fell onto the carpet with a bang.

The man gazed at her coldly.

"Who were these clothes brought for?"

Although his housekeeper Gregorio Lin told him that the clothes were his size, he still wanted to hear it from her lips.

Cherry Li couldn't answer him. Her eyes widened. "Give me the notebook back,"

she said urgently.

Seeing the urgency in her eyes, his eyes darkened.

Herring Han bent over and gripped her jaw. "Tell me, who were these clothes brought for?"

With tears on her eyes, Cherry Li gritted her teeth. Her mind was still filled with the thought of stopping him from reading her notebook. "It doesn't matter who I bought them for. They wouldn't be for you anyway," she snapped.

It was the first time she had dared snap at him like that.