Chapter 61 It Was a Little Kitten That Bit Me

"How did you and Li Kai meet?"

"Do you also put on this act in front of him?"

He pinched my chin, scrutinizing me closely.

"Don't assume everyone is as shameless as you."

Although I had already decided to divorce him, I would not behave in a manner that betrayed my spouse during our marriage, unlike him.

This has nothing to do with romance.

It is a matter of basic morality.

He gave a cold chuckle. "Then I will let you experience what true shamelessness is."

His lips suddenly descended.

I kept my teeth tightly clenched, not allowing him to breach my defenses.

His voice was as cold as ice. "If you cannot conduct yourself properly, don't go to work anymore. Stay home starting tomorrow."

"As for your resignation letter, I will approve it."

My pupils constricted sharply. While his lips were still ravaging mine, I opened my mouth without a second thought and bit down hard!

"Ugh!"

Feeling the pain, he finally released me.

Only his expression was terrifyingly dark.

"How dare you bite me?"

I felt a slight moisture on my lips. Licking them, I tasted the tang of blood.

I smiled. "That is the consequence of forcing a woman."

He pressed me down. Though I was forced to submit to his posture, I refused to yield.

I even gave a bold, provocative look.

"Do it again, and I'll bite you again."

Zhou Chenyan fixed his dark eyes on me. After a moment, he suddenly let go and chuckled softly, "It seems you are quite eager to make our relationship public."

I froze and slowly looked up at him.

Zhou Chenyan wiped the corner of his lips, a careless smile lingering on his face. "Tomorrow, I will let everyone thoroughly appreciate your masterpiece."

"What are you planning to do?"

He gave a cold smile and commanded the driver, "Drive."

I was left behind, trembling with anxiety.

This man was simply a madman, and no one could ever guess what crazy actions he might pull off.

This lingering dread ruined my sleep all through the night.

The next day at the office, I was still feeling listless until I caught sight of Zhou Chenyan inspecting the premises, which instantly shocked me into total alertness.

His arrival felt precisely like a strict headmaster inspecting a classroom, making everyone tense up. Yet Zhou Chenyan seemed to be in an exceptionally good mood and even flashed a smile at everyone.

The tense atmosphere visibly eased.

However, my spine remained rigidly stiff with tension.

Zhou Chenyan curled the corners of his lips. "Everyone has worked hard these past few days."

His assistant promptly stepped forward to distribute pastries and milk tea.

Everyone cheerfully dug in.

"Thank you, President Zhou!"

"President Zhou is so generous!"

"Having you as our boss is our blessing!"

As the atmosphere softened, the awe and reverence toward Zhou Chenyan seemed to dissipate significantly.

Someone noticed the wound on Zhou Chenyan's lip.

"President Zhou, what happened to you..."

Everyone's gazes turned suggestive.

Zhou Chenyan touched the corner of his mouth. "This? Just a little kitten at home bit me."

"President Zhou keeps a cat?"

"Ah, long live cat owners!"

"You're wrong. President Zhou isn't the cat's owner, he's the cat's servant."

"True, President Zhou is so amazing."

"Wait, isn't that odd? How could a cat bite someone right on the lips?"

As soon as those words dropped, everyone began secretly observing Zhou Chenyan's expression.

He looked at me and curled his lips slightly.

I stared back at him expressionlessly, though my back was actually taut with tension.

Cancan was suddenly struck with an inspiration. "So this was bitten by a girlfriend, right?"

Zhou Chenyan raised an eyebrow but did not refute it.

A wave of cheers instantly erupted among the crowd.

"President Zhou has a girlfriend?"

"This is practically explosive news! So President Zhou wasn't single after all."

The girl who said this wore an expression of utter disappointment.

Someone asked, "President Zhou, would you mind revealing who your girlfriend is? Is she someone from the company? Do we know her?"

Everyone stared at him unblinkingly.

Zhou Chenyan walked toward me at a leisurely pace.

In that instant, my heart skipped a beat.

Not from shyness, nor from excitement, but from sheer terror.

He stopped right in front of me.

All sounds around us vanished.

In full view of everyone, he slowly stated, "I am already married."

Cancan covered her face, her voice warping out of tune, "Married?"

He had always maintained a single persona publicly. The sudden announcement that he was already married delivered a shock to everyone that could easily be imagined.

I held my breath.

Yet I did not dare to look at him.

I was terrified that a single glance would lead others to misinterpret our relationship.

"My wife..."

He began slowly, every single word acting like a blade suspended over my head.

He couldn't say it!

Has this man lost his mind?!

I could no longer care about anything else and glared at him fiercely. In our past life, he had gone to great lengths to hide this relationship, even unwilling to let me work at the company.

Why had things changed in this lifetime?

I certainly didn't believe he wanted to make my identity public to give me proper status.

More likely, he intended to use this opportunity to trap me completely.

To firmly crush any thoughts I harbored of getting a divorce.

Once he blurted it out, all my plans would be ruined and need to be redone from scratch. After all, given Zhou Chenyan's status, getting a divorce required a proper justification.

It also couldn't damage the Zhou family's reputation.

Or perhaps...

Should I directly expose the affair between Zhou Chenyan and Zhou Zhizi?

No, that wouldn't work; it would only invite an even more terrifying retaliation from Zhou Chenyan.

It seemed the best course of action was to bide my time.

I felt as though I had reached a dead end.

Just as my heart was pounding wildly and I was utterly at a loss, he spoke.

"She doesn't like meeting outsiders."

With a single sentence, Zhou Chenyan brushed away everyone's suspicions.

I let out a sigh of relief. The relaxation that followed the intense tension almost made me collapse into my chair.

Cancan grabbed my arm and sighed, "I really wonder which woman is lucky enough to have married President Zhou."

I nodded perfunctorily, made up an excuse, and hurried off to the restroom.

Splashing cold water on my face, I slowly calmed down.

I realized I had been misled by him; he actually had no intention of announcing our relationship at all.

Once spoken, I could no longer entertain thoughts of divorce, nor could he.

And Zhou Zhizi would be left in an illegitimate, unjustifiable position.

He would never bear to treat her like that.

I let out a soft breath. As I turned around, I found Zhou Chenyan standing right behind me and jumped in fright.

"This is the women's restroom."

How did he even get in here?

"You seem deathly afraid of me acknowledging your existence." He closed the distance step by step.

I retreated step by step.

Until I had nowhere left to run and was cornered against the sink.

"You've lost your mind! This is a public place!"

Someone could walk in at any second.

If anyone saw us, I wouldn't be able to stay at the company any longer.

He stood completely unmoving. "Since you're so scared, you'd better be a good girl and obey."

He lowered his head and kissed me.

My eyes widened in shock. Just as I raised my hands to push him away, he murmured softly.

"There's someone outside. Do you want to be heard?"

Those words instantly paralyzed me.

My resistance faltered, and tension caused a buzzing in my ears, making it impossible to tell whether there was actually any sound outside the door.

Still, I didn't dare to gamble.

His kiss, much like the man himself, was fierce and aggressive, as if he intended to devour me whole.

Struggling for breath and finding it unbearable, I finally mustered the resolve to push him away.

He suddenly hooked his arm around my waist.

"Listen, someone is coming."

The world seemed to grow deathly quiet. I stared fixedly at the cracked door, the sound of approaching footsteps ringing in my ears.

I froze completely.