Shen Qi wanted to curse out loud.
If he weren't so good-looking, she wouldn't have to hide like this. It was precisely because he was too handsome, with every woman in the world eyeing him, that she had to avoid him at all costs!
He Yining pressed directly toward her, forcing Shen Qi to meet his gaze.
Seeing the people around them turning to look, Shen Qi feared He Yining might do something outrageous here, and blurted out, "Of course you're handsome. You're the second most handsome man I've ever seen."
"Second?" He Yining raised an eyebrow instantly, his aura flaring with dominance: "Who's the first? Zhan Bo?"
Shen Qi's face shifted slightly. Before she could speak, Feng Kexin's voice came from the doorway: "Why aren't you coming in?"
Shen Qi shot a pleading look in that direction, secretly trying to break free from He Yining's grip, but no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't escape.
He Yining replied casually, "Miss Feng, sorry, but my personal stylist seems to have something come up. Her things are still in my car, so I need to take her back. Let's reschedule."
With that, He Yining grabbed Shen Qi's wrist and turned to leave.
Shen Qi shook her head desperately at Feng Kexin, signaling that she hadn't asked He Yining to drive her.
Unfortunately, Feng Kexin's expression was terrifyingly grim. She didn't look at Shen Qi at all, her gaze fixed solely on the retreating figure walking away with ease.
He Yining dragged Shen Qi straight to the car and pressed her against the hood.
It was the first time Shen Qi had been so close, skin to skin, with a stranger. Her entire body felt like it had been struck by lightning, the points of contact burning hot.
The overwhelming aura of He Yining, uniquely his, crashed down on her, paired with his stunning, almost demonic features, leaving her no room to escape.
"Are you using this tactic to get my attention?" He Yining lifted Shen Qi's chin with his hand, his narrow phoenix eyes landing on the flame-shaped birthmark between her collarbones, his voice growing low and husky: "Is this your way of seducing men?"
Shen Qi shuddered all over.
What was he talking about?
What seduction?
How could she ever seduce anyone but Zhan Bo?
He Yining's fingers finally touched the spot between Shen Qi's collarbones.
He had finally gotten to feel that birthmark.
Slightly raised, with a hint of roughness.
It looked like a flame, and it felt like one too.
But that woman wasn't named Shen Qi...
Shen Qi felt the birthmark at the center of her collarbones grow scorching hot from his touch.
She didn't even realize that her ears had turned completely red.
"Heh, you're quite sensitive," He Yining chuckled softly. "Tell me, where do you live? I'll take you back."
Shen Qi was about to refuse when He Yining added, "What? Do you want me to settle the score about you helping Feng Kexin spy on me?"
Shen Qi's body stiffened again.
He knew everything, after all.
He Yining released Shen Qi abruptly, but before she could move, he threatened, "Don't refuse, or else..."
His gaze swept over Shen Qi's chest, and sure enough, she straightened up immediately and quickly rattled off the address of the small apartment she rented.
It was just a place where she kept some things with Zhan Bo anyway, not where she lived permanently.
She wasn't afraid of He Yining finding out.