It was late at night.
In a luxurious presidential suite without the slightest light...
The woman on the king-size bed was sobbing and begging for mercy. However, the man maintained untouched and had no intention to let go of her.
It had been three hours...
The man was still acting like a hungry wolf, drawing the essence out of the woman.
"It smells good. You smell so good..." He buried his head in her neck, tried to absorb the fragrance from her body, and kept whispering in her ear, "It smells good. Why is it so fragrant?"
Yes, there was a fragrance on the woman, which was innate and could not be erased or eliminated.
It was her 19th birthday this day. Her sister and best friends celebrated it together with her. She was so excited that she drained a glass of wine. Probably because she was poor at drinking. She felt dizzy after that. After seeing off her sister and friends, she immediately went back to her room to sleep. But somehow, when she woke up, she found herself beneath a strange man.
When the man eventually felt satisfied, the woman had blacked out.
When she woke up again, it was still utter darkness before her eyes.
She was still lying on that bed in the room. The man next to her was sleeping soundly, and his breathing kept tickling her ear. She could not see his features clearly but was impressed by his sculptural, perfect contour.
She had no idea why this had happened to her and was too scared to make any noise or to kick the man up and question him.
She took his arm off her, crept out of bed, put on her clothes, and left the presidential suite without hesitation and without looking back.
More than one month later, in a hospital...
"Doctor, what did you say?"
The doctor had to repeat his words, "Miss Hill, you're pregnant."
She was pregnant.
Sophia Hill felt like she had been struck by lightning and could not believe what she had heard.
How could she get pregnant? It was only one night, and it was also her first time. The probability of her getting pregnant should be low.
Besides, she did not know who that man was.
On that day, she fled the hotel in a hurry and returned to the place she rented. Everything was normal at home, and she almost suspected that she had sleepwalking. The entire process was like after getting drunk, she left her place, went to a hotel, had sex with a stranger, and then returned to her home.
After rubbing her aching temples, Sophia looked at the doctor, hesitated for a while, and then said, "I cannot keep the baby."
At her words, the doctor sized Sophia up and down, saying, "You don't look like a girl into casual relations. Why don't you cherish yourself? Sigh, you young people..."
Sophia's face grew pale and then red. "That was just an accident."
The doctor adjusted his glasses and then cast a somewhat standoffish glance at Sophia. "Nine times out of ten, girls who come to us for abortion claim that their pregnancy is just an accident. If you don't want to make a baby, you should take contraceptive measures during sex."
"..."
Sophia wanted to say that things were not as he thought.
The doctor stood up to close the door and then sat back across from the woman, saying with a grave expression on his face, "Miss Hill, I know you don't want to keep the child. As a doctor, however, it is my duty to warn you that you can't abort this child."
"Why?" asked Sophia nervously.
The doctor explained, "Your physique is special as you were born with an endometrium that is much thinner than normal. If you get an abortion, you will very likely become infertile. You need to think about this carefully."
At the doctor's words, Sophia felt terribly upset.
"Why is that possible..."
"I'm just telling you the truth, Miss Hill. You'd better think carefully about it for a few days and then make a decision." The doctor added, "Your decision on this matter will have a significant impact on your life. Hope that you can make a choice properly."
Five years later...
The road around the Universal Building in T City was jammed with celebrities, entertainment media, and business giants coming together in crowds.
Leon Scott, the young master of the Scott Family, would get engaged with the electronics tycoon's daughter this day.
At this moment, all the dressed-up guests were talking and laughing cheerfully on the 88th floor of the building. The pleasant music, mellow champagne, and gorgeous floral arrangements made the hall full of an incredibly romantic vibe.
As the couple showed up, all the guests turned to look at them.
Leon was wearing a silvery grey couture suit, with an imposing and dominating figure of about 190 centimeters. His eyes were sharp, his nose was high-bridged, his lips were moderately thin, his face was clear-cut, and his brows were high above the ridges, giving off his standoffish, proud nature.
At this moment, his obsidian-like eyes were glowing with rays of unfathomable light.
He was a God's favored one with handsome appearance and a medical family background. He was known as a genius of both the medical field and the business field, whose pair of hands could kill or save people.
Rumor had it that he was admitted to the world's top university at the age of fourteen, graduated at the age of sixteen with the highest grades in the school, founded an entertainment company at the age of eighteen, purchased an island ranked among the top ten in the world at the age of twenty with his personally acquired assets, and officially took over the Scott Family medical industry empire at the age of twenty-one...
"Hey, lady, you can't go in without an invitation."
"Let me in, please. I need to get inside. Mr. Scott, Leon Scott, I have to see him. Please allow me in..."
The sound of a woman pleading abruptly smashed the harmonious atmosphere in the hall, and those guests turned to see the woman breaking in the room with a sharp fruit knife in hand.
Sophia was in a pair of jeans, a simple T-shirt, and cheap but cleanly brushed sneakers. Her eyes and rows were picturesque, her skin was porcelain-white, and she had a pretty, smooth face, with long, waist-length black hair casually tied up by a hair band.
Just then, a graceful woman, whose face bore some resemblance to Leon's, walked up to Sophia. She was Mrs. Brown, Leon's mother.
"What's the matter?"
"Madam, this woman asked to enter the venue to see Mr. Scott, but she didn't have an invitation, so we stopped her, and she threatened us with her own life, so..." If it were an usual occasion, the bodyguards would have already captured Sophia, not caring whether she was dead or alive.
However, they were on a special occasion as there were many media present. If they risked causing a scene, they were afraid that it might bring damages to the Scott Family's reputation.
"A bunch of useless things." Mrs. Brown rebuked the bodyguard, looked at Sophia and asked, "Who are you?"
Sophia was wearing a panicked expression, and her gorgeous, starry eyes scanned the entire venue, searching for the figure she was looking for as if she did not hear Mrs. Brown's question.
All of a sudden, her eyes lit up.
The man standing in the middle of the hall distinguished himself from the others by his outstanding aura. Also, he was looking at Sophia with his sharp eyes. It was him that Sophia was hunting for.
It was Leon Scott.
Before coming here, she had already checked his information and knew his features. She could not be wrong.
Sophia tried to walk over to the man with an excited step but someone stopped her.
She looked at the person who stopped her with a pitiful expression on her face, imploring, "Please let me see Mr. Scott. It won't take too long. Please give me ten minutes. Just ten minutes."
Just as her words fell, a bodyguard took advantage of her distraction and grabbed her by the wrist. Sophia cried out in pain, her hand loosened, and the knife fell to the ground.
Then, she got caught, and those bodyguards dragged her to head out of the venue.
She cried and struggled but to no avail. In a moment of helplessness, she had to tilt her head to look at Leon, shouting, "Mr. Scott, Mr. Scott."
Witnessing the farce, some of those guests felt curious and confused, and some were amused. Most of them thought that the woman was a former girlfriend of Leon.
"Wait a second."
Just as Sophia was about to be dragged out of the hall, Leon's mellow, authoritative voice sounded.
The bodyguards had to pull Sophia back.
Seeing that the situation had changed, Sophia hurried to take the chance and stared at Leon unblinkingly. "Mr. Scott, I have something to talk to you. Please give me ten minutes."
Once again, she put her dignity behind and implored, "Please, sir."
Things were getting more and more interesting, and the crowd simply could not take their eyes off the scene.
Leon shrugged off his future bride, who was leaning on him, and walked unhurriedly over to Sophia.
Sophia watched him approaching in silence. As the man was getting closer, she found his appearance even more stunning and brilliant than that in his pictures on those magazines she had read before.
"Mr. Scott."
Leon raised his hand slightly, signaling the bodyguards to let the woman go, and then, to everyone's amazement, pulled Sophia into his arms and kissed her on the lips without saying a word.
"Ah..."
Sophia's eyes widened open in surprise, and her entire body went rigid. After being petrified like a statue for several seconds, she came to her senses and tried to get the man off her body. However, his embrace was so tight and forceful that she could not break free.
The man forced her lips open with his tongue, sweeping her sweetness in the mouth wildly. She frowned but dared not glare at him as she had to ask him for a favor.
Oliver Ford, the electronics tycoon, was livid and slapped the table in a rage.
Leon's actions were like a slap in the face to him and to his cherished daughter, bringing the Lord Family into disrepute.
After a while, Leon eventually let go of Sophia. Due to the kissing, Sophia softened all over. She leaned against the man's chest so that she could stand still. From the viewpoint of those onlookers, they looked like a lovestruck couple.
"I know you don't want me to get engaged. Let's talk about it when we get home."
The man's mellow, sexy voice rang in her ears as Sophia looked up to find Leon looking at her. There was no emotional fluctuation in his eyes.
"What?"
What did his words mean? Since when did she not want him to get engaged? She came here to make a scene not for stopping him from getting engaged.
People around gasped in shock. Some journalists took out their cameras to shoot Leon and Sophia.
Wearing a confused expression, Sophia was stunned.
Oliver grabbed his daughter by the arm, pointing his finger at Leon, and eventually left with a snort.
...
In a vehicle with closed windows, Sophia rubbed her hands awkwardly and cast a glance at the silent man sitting next to her.
After a good while, she took a deep breath and finally said, "Mr. Scott, I..."
Before she could finish her sentence, however, Leon interrupted her by saying, "You acted well."
"Huh?"
Acted well?
Sophia realized that the man must have misunderstood something and explained, "I was not acting. Mr. Scott..."
"Stop the car." Leon ordered the driver, interrupting the woman again, then turned his head to look at her and motioned for her to get out of the car. "Your mission is finished. Get out."
Sophia, in a rush, pulled on his arm, saying, "I don't know what mission you're talking about. Mr. Scott, please hear me out."
Leon shot a cold glance at the woman's hand, which was grabbing his arm, and shook it off hard.
"Drag the woman out."
At his words, the bodyguard in the passenger seat immediately got out of the car, opened the backseat door, and dragged Sophia outside.
Sophia grabbed the car door desperately, begging, "Mr. Scott, please, save my daughter. Save my daughter."