Lu Mengjie gritted her teeth as she continued to glare at him. She shouldn't be surprised anymore. That was right, Yong Liwei has always been this kind of person. He would use anyone as his pawn as long as it would benefit him. He was a selfish man who only cared for no one but himself.

"This is what you are good at, right? Manipulating people to get what you want." Her eyes went blank. She stared icily at him. He was a devil in human skin. Some humans could be such cruel monsters and she never thought that there would come a day where she would end up meeting the ruthless one of all: a devil who liked playing with human emotions.

Yong Liwei felt another pang in his chest when he saw the way she looked at him. He was always going to be a monster in other's eyes. He was used to being feared, he was used to being treated as one but… now that he has seen the same eyes from her, he could feel his chest tightened. Excruciating pain filled his chest, a pain that he had never felt back then. The side of his lips curled into a dark smile. Since he was already a villain in her eyes, might as well go on with it. "Then should I take you by force now?"

"You wouldn't dare."

"You already know what I can do." He walked round her desk which caused Lu Mengjie to stand up, her legs trembling.

Just seeing the devilish gaze from him was enough to bring fear in her heart. That was right. She already knew what he could do and she knew deep inside that he could do something worse than what he had already done to her. She has yet to see the fullness of his cruelty and ruthlessness.

"I'm going to call the security if you dare make another move!" She threatened. She didn't care anymore if he was her husband. She was about to press a button on her desk but before her finger could even touch it, she was suddenly pulled to him. "Yong Liwei!"

The man's face remained blank as he wrapped his arms around her to restrict her movements.

"Let me go!" She was not going to back down without a fight. She tried to struggle free from his hold but who was she kidding? He was far stronger than her. "W-What are you doing?" Her voice trembled as her eyes became teary. "Please… don't do this…"

Yong Liwei stood still. His head fell on her shoulder which caused her body to stiffen. He could not bring himself to do something that would scare her further away from him. In the end, he was still the first one to give up. He didn't care if others saw him as a monster. He was only a devil to them but not to her. He could not bring himself to force her into doing anything that she didn't like. No one was allowed to hurt her, including him. He was supposed to be there to protect her but what was he doing now? Scaring her away. Since when did he start being soft?

"I'm sorry…" He whispered, enough for her to hear the sincerity in his voice.

She felt as if she had been struck by something which caused her walls to crumble and a dam inside broke, her tears spilled out of her eyes. She was waiting for those words and now that she heard them from him, she gave up from trying to push him away. "Y-you're so… unfair…" A prideful man like him shouldn't say those words. Her body shook as she began sobbing. She didn't want to love him. She didn't want to be with someone like him but her heart betrayed her thoughts.

He leaned back and released her from his embrace. "I made you cry again." He gently touched her cheek to wipe her tears. "All I can do is make you cry. You don't have to love me…" He stared down at her with a bitter smile. He shut his eyes and continued, "But at least let me stay with you and protect you… even if it's through my other self. At least with him, you can stop crying and start smiling again."

Lu Mengjie's eyes widened upon hearing his words. "Wait, Yong Liwei you-"

"Huh?" The man opened his eyes, the light in them changed. Han Yizhou roamed his eyes around the room, wondering where he was until his gaze landed on her. His eyes widened in confusion when he saw her face wet with tears. "Mengjie? Why… Why are you crying? Don't tell me… did Yong Liwei do something to you?"

"No… no… he can't just escape me like this." She shook her head, her tears continued to fall. "H-Han Yizhou, get him out!" She demanded as she lightly hit his chest. "H-he's not allowed to escape like this! Don't run away!"

Han Yizhou was looking at her in confusion. He tried to get Yong Liwei but he felt a wall in his head that obstructed him from reaching out to his other self. "I can't… he blocked me."

"N-No… It's not fair… He can't do this!" She hit his chest a few more times until she stopped and let out a cry instead. She felt so frustrated, so angry, so heartbroken. "How dare he… how dare he run away like this… coward! Bastard!" Her head fell on his chest as she sobbed which only puzzled the man standing before her now.

Han Yizhou held her in his arms. He tried to contact Yong Liwei to question him but the wall his other self made was something he couldn't break through, not when his alter was the dominant one.

"Mengjie…" He tried to comfort her instead despite not knowing the reason behind her cries. "I'm here now." He whispered soothingly as he pulled her into his warm embrace to comfort her. That was all he could do for her.