"She is so going to regret her very existence !"

"Why did it had to be her ? Why... her ?", the girl broke down the moment she felt the warmth of the familiar arms around her. Xi Yuan held the girl tightly in his embrace as he planted a tender and assuring kiss against her forehead. 

"Xinghe... let someone else handle this. Please. Don't torture yourself like that.", said the man after sometime ,"Your brothers are as worried about you right now as they are for Mrs. Lu. Do you really have to put yourself and your family and me through this ? It is killing me to see you like this."

As she listened to the man's words , Rong Xinghe went silent for few seconds before she raised her head and looked straight into the man's eyes.

"So it's a no ?", a smile crept across the man's lips subconsciously as he shook his head helplessly.

"Indeed a 'no' , President Xi.", the girl smiled back wryly.

"But..."