At that moment, she could clearly feel her own breathing becoming ragged.
Rapid, like a wild horse that had broken free of its reins.
Sweat dripped from her hair, mingling with her breath as if she were running like a horse.
"Mr. Xiao, have you mistaken something?"
"Are you talking about our agreement? When we made that agreement, there was no mention that you could avoid performing the duties of a wife, nor did I say that I could not fulfill the duties of a husband," he said while fiddling with the buttons on his shirt.
After hearing his words, Gu Nuan suddenly remembered what she had thought last night: Was it a trap he had set for her from the beginning?
"Mr. Xiao, what kind of woman could you possibly lack? Why bother?"
"But I only want you, only you to bear—"
Bear what? Gu Nuan's eyes widened as she stared at him.
