You Mean My Everything

The moment Rita Bai stepped into S Club, the best club in J City, the whole club fell silent, stunned by her beauty.

She had silky straight hair, which was as dark as the midnight sky and in striking contrast to her pale skin. She had an amazingly voluptuous body, almost like a goddess's.

Words couldn't express her beauty. She had a sharp nose and full pink lips that glistened with a touch of lip gloss. She had a beautiful jawline, which paired well with her striking collarbones. To put it simply, she looked like an angel sent from the heavens.

She was walking through the club accompanied by Michael Mu.

A thoughtless playboy tried to flirt with her, but Michael Mu pulled him away. He adjusted the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose bridge and said in a cold voice, "How dare you flirt with Mr. Ethan Lu's lady?"

Although the playboy was from an influential family in the city, he couldn't help but tremble when he heard Michael mention Ethan Lu's name. He immediately apologized and ran away. When Rita Bai saw him run, a mocking smile appeared on her charming face.

'The boy, who once had nothing, has grown into a powerful and fearsome man now, ' she thought to herself.

They walked to a private room, but before she entered, Michael Mu tied a blindfold around her eyes. He then held her hand and guided her into the room. "Mr. Lu is expecting you to find him with your eyes covered. If you fail, he won't cooperate with the Bai family."

The Bai family, which used to be one of the most powerful and influential families in J City, had lost its power, and the Bai Group was on the verge of bankruptcy. If not for their situation, Rita Bai wouldn't have allowed her dad to force her to meet with Ethan Lu.

"You have five minutes. Your time starts now," Michael Mu announced.

'Only five minutes?'

Rita Bai thought to herself with a frown.

She had no idea of the size of the room, or what it looked like. How could she possibly find a person in just five minutes with her eyes covered?

However, she could almost hear the clock ticking in her mind. She launched forward and tried to grab what was ahead of her.

But then her knee suddenly hit the corner of the tea table, instantly causing a red bruise to appear on her skin. Rita Bai endured the pain and walked forward with a sigh, while holding the tea table for support.

The tea table was about two meters long, which was enough proof for her to believe that the room was not a small one, just as she had expected.

She took a rough guess and quickened her pace, smoothly moving along the table. Just when she reached the sofa, she felt her body brush against something solid.

She swallowed her pain and tried to touch it. Suddenly, she heard someone sneering at her from a distance. She bit her lip and moved forward, bumping her head on a surface.

'Looks like there's a mirror in front of me, ' she thought to herself.

Her hands followed along the mirror, finally touching a person behind it. He had broad shoulders, slightly long hair, and three-dimensional features, but he was not the man she was looking for.

She turned away, and tried to look for the next man. Rita Bai heard Michael Mu's cold voice coming from a short range. "You have four minutes left."

The pressure made her heart beat faster, so she quickened her pace. Only after taking a few more steps, she bumped into something else, crashing hard against it.

Although it didn't hurt much, she was furious. Even with the blindfold on, one could clearly see that she frowned.

'What the hell? What kind of tricks is Ethan trying to play on me? There is a barrier set in front of every man. How can I possibly find him in just five minutes?' she thought.

She tried to suppress her anger and cautiously touched the second man, studying his features. He wasn't Ethan Lu either.

By then, Rita Bai had gotten familiar with the room's layout, so she confidently moved forward and touched the next man. Unfortunately, he was also not the man she was looking for. Just as she was about to move to the next person, the man grabbed her arm, trapping her in his grasp.

She tried to wiggle out of his arms, but felt powerless against his strong grip. Annoyed, she shrieked, "What do you think you're doing? Shit! Let me go!"

Adjusting his glasses, Michael Mu explained coldly, "Mr. Lu has no control over these men. They are free to do as they please."

He then lowered his head and glanced at his watch. "You have three minutes left," he said.

Rita Bai was enraged when she heard that. They were playing tricks on her.

'If that's how you're going to be, don't blame me later for acting rashly, ' she thought to herself.

She grabbed the man's arm and bit it hard. The second he eased his grip, she escaped.

As she reached the next man, she maintained a careful distance while touching him, for she was scared that he too might grab her like the previous one. He was not Ethan either.

As she was about to reach out and touch the next man, Rita heard footsteps. She held her breath, feeling scared. Suddenly, the sound of the footsteps stopped near her. She spread out her arms and tried to feel what was around her. She was surrounded by a crowd of men!

The men stood around her, restricting her movement.

That moment, Michael Mu reminded, "Two minutes left."

Ethan had gone so far as to create a human wall around her to stop her from finding him.

Although she was disappointed by the way he was treating her, she felt optimistic when she realized that none of the men around her was Ethan Lu. All she had to do was get past those men and find him.

Michael Mu's voice came from a distance. "All the men around you have been eliminated from the game. However, you still have to find Mr. Lu among eighteen of the remaining men."

'What?

Are you serious?

There are eighteen more men?

How the hell am I supposed to find Ethan in just two minutes?' she wondered.

Rita knew there was no way for her to find Ethan Lu unless she moved at a faster pace. However, the men surrounding her followed her with every step she took. It would be impossible for her to find him if they kept tagging along.

"A minute and a half left," Michael Mu said.

Undoubtedly, his reminder only made her more nervous. Feeling desperate, she pushed the men away with all her might. She swayed her hands in the air and felt another hard mirror in front of her, but there was no one behind it.

"One minute left," Michael Mu announced.

Anxiety flooded her mind. She stumbled and moved chaotically. She hit herself on the tea table several times, but couldn't let her pain slow her down. She touched a few more men behind a few more mirrors, but none of them were Ethan Lu.

Michael Mu's voice came from the crowd. "Thirty seconds."

As she moved faster and faster, the time she had left decreased as well.

She had only ten seconds left and she still had not found Ethan Lu.

There were ten more men left for her to check.

As time drew near, she felt that the task seemed impossible to finish.

"Ten, nine..." Michael Mu around her started counting down.

With every passing second, Rita grew more and more anxious. However, she couldn't let panic get the best of her, so she had no choice but to keep calm. She had to find him based on her memories, and she had to do it fast. She sighed and moved forward.

"Eight, seven, six..."

She took a guess and moved in a certain direction.

She had to move quickly.

She could hear Michael Mu counting from a distance.

"Three, two, one!"

At that moment, Rita Bai declared triumphantly, "I found him!"

Rita immediately took off her blindfold, only to be met with Ethan's sneer.

He was leaning against the sofa. He had slightly long hair and sharp eyebrows, and his narrow eyes were as deep as the night. He had a chiseled face and thin lips, which made him remarkably attractive. Although he looked very handsome, Rita somehow found him to be cold and unapproachable.

Moreover, it had been five years since they had last met, so Ethan's mature appearance came as a surprise to her. Her heart almost skipped a beat when she finally saw him. However, she immediately lowered her gaze, revealing her thick long lashes. She looked breathtakingly beautiful.

But then, when she finally looked him in the eye, she didn't feel any joy. In fact, she could only feel contempt towards him. "You are quite happy to bully me like that, aren't you?" she asked.

With a crooked smile, Ethan straightened himself up and approached her with a powerful gaze. He lifted her chin with his index finger and whispered, "You're right. Nothing brings me more joy than bullying you."

Ethan's eyes were blazing with a mysterious sense of pleasure. He looked like the devil himself⁠-cold, bloodthirsty and ruthless.

Rita sneered and said, "I never thought the day would come when the poor boy unexpectedly becomes one of the most powerful men in the city. I know it wouldn't have been easy for you to achieve such success in a short time. How many women did you have to sleep with to get to the top, hmm?"

She intended to provoke him with her words, and she didn't regret saying that. Ethan's cold stare spread a chill through the room.

When Michael saw that, he immediately left the private room, accompanied by the twenty other men. The moment Michael closed the door, Ethan brought his hand to her neck and choked her.

"Rita, you know very well about my power, so you shouldn't try your luck at provoking me. One of these days, I might not be as kind to you as I am now. With my power, I can make your family vanish in the blink of an eye!"

Being a stubborn woman, Rita was not ready to admit her defeat just yet. "All you can do is intimidate me with your power, isn't that right?" she asked.

Much to her surprise, he grinned devilishly in response to her question and tightened his grip around her neck. "Power is all that matters. Besides, this is just payback for what you did to me five years go. And I'm only just getting started," he said wickedly.

'Five years ago...'

Those words kept ringing in her mind and a sense of sadness clouded her features. By then, most of her anger had faded.

Yes, she had hurt him five years ago.

"Don't try to put on a fake show of sadness, I am sick of it,"

Ethan said bluntly, annoyed by her saddened face. He eased his grip on her neck, and loosened his tie.

Her back hit the corner of the tea table, making her grimace in pain. However, that pain was nothing compared to the pain she felt in her heart.

Rita slumped to the floor with a bitter smile. As she met his gaze, her eyes were filled with sorrow. Fighting back her tears, she said, "You're sick of me? Do you really think you're better than me? You think you know everything, but in reality, you know nothing!"

It almost seemed as if Rita had been suppressing all her pain. She pushed everything on the tea table away, warm tears trickling down her cheeks. The wine bottle fell to the floor with a loud crash, shattering into pieces.

She stood up and held onto the sofa as she walked towards him, her feet trembling. Her dress was stained from the wine and her cheeks were wet with tears. She poked his shoulder and said, "All you know is that I left you. But do you know why I did it?

Has that question ever crossed your mind? You're such an idiot, Ethan. You don't know why I left you. Believe me, I had no choice!

I know you were so hurt that you had to leave the country. But did you ever think of how my life would be here? Didn't it ever occur to you to investigate the reason behind me leaving you? You didn't care at all!

You never knew the truth, and now, after returning home, the first thing you do is find a bunch of men to humiliate me! Don't you have a conscience? I'm so blind that I still love you after all these years! I hate you, Ethan. I hate you for being such a monster!"

After she had screamed her heart out, Rita's tears finally stopped. Her eyes were red from all the crying and her lips were still trembling. She stared at him for a few seconds, before she lowered her head and smiled bitterly.

She even let out a small self-mocking laugh. However, her heart was torn apart.

Her thick raven hair fell, covering her face. It was almost impossible to read her expression. "I'm stupid. Why did I even say that to you? You don't care at all, do you? All you did was think of a way to get your revenge and bully me. I can't possibly expect you to understand and act reasonably, can I?

I hate you. We will never see each other again," she whispered in his ear. She gave him a pat on his back and was about to leave, but he grabbed her waist with a strong grip and pulled her closer.

This time, when he looked at her, his dark eyes shone like the starry night sky. "Why did you leave me?" he asked.

Although she turned around and smiled charmingly, her gaze seemed distant and cold. "What's the point in talking about it now?" she asked.

"The point is that I want to know.

Tell me everything you had gone through and don't leave anything out," he growled, his dark eyes blazing like fire. Ethan tightened his grip on her arm, almost crushing her bones.

Rita finally couldn't hold it back anymore. Sobs wracked her body, and her forehead creased. "It was because of my brother, Rex!

You know that he was always in poor health. That year, his condition got worse and we had to get him immediate medical attention. He was mentally ill and we had to take care of him day and night.

However, my father never cared about his condition. In fact, he saw that grave situation as an opportunity to force me into leaving you. It was either that, or to watch you and my brother die.

If that weren't the case, I wouldn't have left you at all. Why else would I have left you?

But you never even thought about that, did you? You just assumed I left you for a rich businessman. You thought I left you because you were poor. You couldn't possibly imagine how torn up I was about it. You're a jerk. You keep hurting me, and I hate you for that!"

Rita was so furious that she wanted to pull her hand away from his grip and run, but he held her even tighter, pulling her up against his body.

"I'm so sorry you had to go through all that," he said in a low voice.

Ethan was an orphan who had been adopted by the Bai family when he was young. Soon, he had madly fallen in love with Rita and they had both promised to marry each other in secret. But then, she had mysteriously started dating a rich man and insulted Ethan by calling him a poor boy with a taste in fine meat. Unable to take it any longer, Ethan had fled the country, after taking a vow to come back for revenge as soon as he became successful.

Now that he had finally learned the truth, Ethan realized that his assumptions had been wrong all along.

He held her tightly and said with the utmost sincerity, "I'm really sorry."

Tears started pouring down Rita's cheeks as she punched him on his chest. "Let go of me! You jerk! Let me go," she cried.

How could he let go of her after knowing the truth? He held the back of her neck and kissed her passionately. He then withdrew just a few centimeters away and whispered, "Don't you dare push me away!"

Ethan kissed Rita passionately.

She struggled to push him away, but he held her tightly and kissed her for a long time before he finally let her go.

He held her in his arms and wiped the tears off her cheeks. He asked in a gentle voice, "Now that I'm back as a powerful man, are you still going to push me away?"

Rita lowered her head, revealing her long lashes. She blushed a bright red and didn't reply.

Her silence was enough for Ethan to understand her feelings. He lifted her up and carried her out of the private room. "I will never leave you out of my sight again!" he announced.

The moment they entered their luxurious hotel suite, Ethan pushed her to the wall, pressing his body against hers. He looked into her eyes and seductively whispered in her ear, "I want you."

Rita looked away. Her cheeks were flushed and her heart was racing. She looked too beautiful for Ethan to resist.

His dark eyes caught a touch of the light and glowed like green marbles. He pushed her onto the bed and kissed her again, seducing her while gently caressing her body. Moments later, the pain came. Rita clutched the bed sheet tightly, her delicate face grimacing. He nibbled on her ear and asked softly, "Is this your first time?"

'Didn't she have sex with that businessman five years ago?' he wondered.

She gave him a shy nod. Her expression brought warmth and passion to his heart. He kissed her forehead gently and promised, "I will cherish you and love you forever."

After they had sex, they hugged each other tightly, panting. Ethan couldn't help but kiss her forehead over and over again.

Noticing Rita lost in thought, he asked, "What's wrong? Your mind seems to be preoccupied with something. What is it?"

She shook her head and got dressed in silence. Just when she was about to walk out of the room, Ethan grabbed her arm. He looked at her and was about to repeat his question, but suddenly, the door sprang open.

Holding a camera in his hand, Eric Bai laughed maniacally. He had taken pictures of them in their hotel room. "Long time no see, Ethan!" he said.

Ethan's expression changed when he saw him. He gave Eric Bai an icy stare and said in a cold voice, "Get out."

Ethan hated Eric Bai because he was the reason behind Rita leaving him.

However, Eric Bai didn't leave. He walked into the room triumphantly holding his camera and said in a smug tone, "I now have evidence that you raped my daughter. As a good father, I can't let you go that easily. Let's sit down and talk about it."

A frown appeared on Ethan's face as he turned and looked at Rita, completely puzzled.

But then, Rita had already changed her expression. She was back to her usual cold and heartless self. She shrugged and said, "My father is the one who is talking to you, not me. Why are you looking at me?

What? Did you really think that I had sex with you willingly because I love you? Don't be ridiculous, Ethan. How can I fall in love with someone like you?"

Ethan's rage flooded the room. He walked to her barefoot and said coldly, "You have one more chance. I suggest you start speaking the truth. What is going on here?"

She lifted her head gently and said, "What's going on is that you are being set up.

As you may know very well, our family business hasn't been very successful lately. We're in need of funds and the banks have refused to help us.

You just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, so my father and I planned this stunt to threaten you into giving us some much needed money.

I know that we may have overdone it. You probably hate us now more than ever for taking advantage of you. I know I lied to you, but if you really think about it, you're one of our own. You grew up in our house. It's only fair to ask you for some courtesy, isn't it? What do you think?"

'What do I think?'

Ethan thought to himself and snorted coldly. He then looked into her eyes and asked again in a low voice, "Just tell me the truth, do you love me or not?"

Rita responded with laughter.

She tried to control herself, but couldn't stop laughing. "Love you? Ethan, don't be ridiculous, okay? We're all adults now. Why are you still obsessing over your childish fantasies of love?

Besides, do you really think you're worthy of my love? Are you ever good enough for me? You just had a streak of luck, Ethan, but I was born into a wealthy family. There is a world of differences between us. It's funny that you still want to be with me. I just can't let that happen!"

Ethan was enraged, but he clenched his fists and tried to control himself. He asked, "So everything you told me at the club last night was a lie?"

"Of course, I lied.

You have no idea of how much I loathed you back then. You were a poor orphaned boy. You were nothing compared to Mr. Zhou. He was far more superior than you ever were!" she replied.

'Is that so?

Nicely done, Rita, '

Ethan thought to himself and nodded. His rage was burning. He raised his hand and gripped her neck, choking her. At that moment, a group of reporters came rushing into the room. They had all seen what he had just done to her.

"Mr. Lu, what are you doing? Miss Bai refused to have sex with you, so you raped her. And now, you want to silence her permanently?"

"The Bai family adopted you. When Miss Bai turned you down, you left the city furiously. After achieving success, you have finally come back. Do you still love her? Or were you just getting your revenge?"

"The Bai family helped you a lot when you had no one. They took you in as their own son. Is this how you repay their kindness? Do you even have a conscience?"

Ethan felt like he was being cornered, which made him angry. He let go of Rita and tried to make the reporters leave, but she started crying out from behind him. "You guys have to help me.

Ethan found me as soon as he came back. He got me drunk and forcefully brought me to this place. He did disgusting and unspeakable things to me. It hurts me to even think about it. I don't know what I'm going to do. I am ruined now. Please help me! Don't let a monster like him get away with this!" "She's right.

You have to make sure they take severe action on this wretched monster who ruthlessly raped my daughter!

Here is the evidence that Ethan raped my daughter. As a doting father, I must avenge my daughter's honor. This man must pay for what he's done!" Eric Bai said, handing over the camera to a reporter.

Looking at the crying Rita and the nicely set-up trap, Eric Bai felt smug. At the same time, a cruel smile appeared on Ethan's face.

He stared at Eric Bai with his sharp eagle-like eyes, and said, "You think you're going to get away with this, don't you? You're a fool. I will show you what happens when you mess with me!"

He then turned to Rita and said with a devilish smile, "Just wait and watch. You have put me through hell twice now. Betrayal won't be dealt with lightly. You're going to suffer a fate worse than death."