The 3 B's- Beauty, Brains and Bravery

Chapter 436: "This hurts, Yuan. So, so much."

Rong Xinghe brought the man to the same cafe she'd once asked him to come to when she was hiding from a terrorist once, much closer to the Xi Corporations' Headquarters. Throughout the entire ride, the girl didn't say a word to him, neither did he push her to speak. He was simply intending on accepting her reactions the way they'd come.

Even though Diablos had been playing mind games for quite some time now, it was solely Xi Yuan's decision to keep the girl out of the loop. He was the one who had hurt her; the one who'd upset her. And, that was the truth.

"I've ordered a Latte for you.", the girl grabbed a seat opposite the man, smiling at him, "Hope you don't mind."

Xi Yuan shook his head, smiling wryly at the girl, "Say it, Xinghe. That you hate me, and that I disappointed you."

"I won't.", the girl replied, a hidden dark meaning behind those words, "I never express hatred with words, Mister. I show it. In the worst way possible. You, of all people in this world, should know that by now."

"Moreover, I could never hate you. But I need to ask you something.", she added. 

"Shoot.", the man nodded faintly. 

"Did you believe him when he blabbered about me spending nights with him?", the girl asked directly. 

"Nope.", Xi Yuan answered, with no hesitation in his tone, "I didn't."

"And what if I were to say that he wasn't lying?", Rong Xinghe raised her brows ever so slightly, observing the man's smile fading, "What if I were to tell you that I indeed spent mornings in his arms and nights in his bedrooms? That he used to strip me off of my clothes every night, kissing the back of my neck, my breasts, my legs, and every curve, every inch of my body. That he was like a wolf, drowning me in pleasures and satisfactions like no other man ever did. That he owned me. My smile, and my tears. That every time he came into me, I'd bite my lower lip and moan his name out. Would you believe that then?"

"Why are you doing this?", Xi Yuan clenched his teeth, glaring at the girl, his dark grey eyes searching through her hazel ones, for something, anything. 

"What? Are you the only one capable of hurting me?", Rong Xinghe questioned, her gaze bravely challenging him. 

Xi Yuan was, to be exact, shocked. She was right. If there was anyone in this world, who could shatter his heart, his soul, it was her. She was the Queen, after all. She'd never been the one to accept humiliation or pain with tears and desperation. She embraced it with dignity and pride. How could he even think that she wouldn't fight back to what he'd done? Even though nothing ever happened between Diablos and Rong Xinghe, she used her words as a source to pierce through Xi Yuan's heart. And she had the right to do so, actually. He knew he deserved it.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?", the girl sighed, pleased with Xi Yuan's regretful expression. 

This was the question that had been bothering Xi Yuan the most. At this moment, nothing he'd say would make sense. In fact, it'd seem all the more ridiculous. But did he have any other option than to reply to her? 

"I wanted to protect you.", the man said, "I know it sounds stupid, but you were going through so much already. Your brother had been attacked, you had a country to shield. I just thought that this was the last thing you needed to be worried about."

"Hmm. Someone driving a wedge between my fiance and me by professing that I've been hiding a part of my life from you. Indeed you should've hidden it from me.", the girl ran her fingers through her hair, exhausted, "Yuan, do you even realize how I am feeling right now?!"

"Baby, I-"

"Don't!", the girl slammed her hands on the wooden table, enraged, "You don't get to 'baby' me after making me feel like I am not as much a better half to you as you're to me.

"We had a rule, Yuan. Leave work at the door! You were the one to suggest it, remember? We were supposed to be best friends first. Partners, even. 

"What's the point of expecting transpiracy if you can't trust me with your truth, huh? I respected your choice, damn it, when you told me you'd tell me about this later. But coming to me now, it's pushing me think you simply wish to verify the crap an outsider told to you, and not investigate this matter together with me. This hurts, Yuan. So, so much."

"Sorry.", the man didn't know what else to say. This had never been his intention, to start with. But no matter what path he walked on, this was always going to be the consequence, wasn't it? This issue involved her, it questioned her. He had no right keeping her out of it. Then again, the definitions of rights and wrongs had always been subjective, when it came to those in love.

The girl swallowed, gazing out of the window to her right, her tone distant, "I'll give you what you came for. Don't worry.", she said, wrapping her hands around the warm coffee cup in front of her.

"I don't know who this Diablos is, neither do I know anyone from the 'Werewolf Crew'. The first time I met him was when he had kidnapped those three of my soldiers. I remember a face. Always. So no, I've never met Yang Bolin before. 

"As far as my relationship with him is concerned, it doesn't make any sense. I've never been romantically involved with anyone but Zhou Che, and you. 

"But there is one thing.", the girl turned to face the man, "About the whole Human Experimentation incident, the Hybrids didn't escape. We were too weak for that. We were rescued away. But by whom? None of us remember, till date. But the time period of one month after that, it is all a blank. For all of us. Maybe the drugs were too strong for us to retrieve our consciousness back, or maybe our captor did something to us, but I have no memories of that one month. 

"So whatever claims this guy has been making about me and him, it might've had happened in those 30 days. Either that, or he is speaking nonsense. 

"I've told you everything I could. Rest is up to you.", the girl said, bringing the cup closer to her lips. 

"I didn't came here for explanation, Xinghe.", Xi Yuan said softly, "I came here to apologize to you. Look, I am sorry that--" 

"It takes time for me to heal, Yuan.", the girl shook her head, "I understand why you did what you did. But it's still a lot for me to digest. I..."

"You need your space.", the man completed the girl's sentence, "I get it. I just wanted you to know that I'll be waiting for you. To the end. No matter how long it takes."

"I know.", the girl smiled, tears threatening to roll down her eyes. How could he do this to her? How could he hurt her, and lover her so much, at the same time? Such a ruthless man, she thought.