My CEO Husband Has Some Issues

Chapter 1450: Chapter 1451: I Haven’t Given Up Despite Your Difficulties

For example, he bought her a gift.

After a period of time, she would always return a gift of comparable value.

If the gift he gave exceeded what she could afford to reciprocate, then that gift would ultimately end up sitting in the drawer of her bedroom.

Several ornate boxes have already accumulated in that drawer by now.

Inside, there are things like the pink diamond he gave her, necklaces, expensive watches, etc…

Also, even though she lived in Dihor Garden, she used everything there with great restraint.

She rarely asked the butler to deliver anything.

Normally, she would pay out of pocket for groceries, cook her own meals from the ingredients she bought, and never touched the shoes, clothes, or handbags he had prepared for her in the closet.

She never used the identical laptop he had bought for her.

She claimed that she felt more comfortable using her old belongings.

Actually, if it wasn’t that she felt uncomfortable bringing it up to him, she might even want to split the utility bills fifty-fifty… Chu Xi was right about one thing tonight.

She seemed as though she had been forcibly bound to his side; even though she showed exceptional compliance outwardly, her actions were restrained to the point of seeming like she was ready to leave him at any moment.

It was precisely this statement that unsettled him for the entire evening, and the headache he hadn’t suffered in ages came rushing back like locusts, preying on his moments of weakened self-control and gnawing at his nerves relentlessly.

When he grabbed her wrist in the unlit room and pressed her against the wall, it was at the height of his headache. The long-lost agony overran him, and his emotions completely spiraled out of control, forcing her between his chest and wall, demanding her to explain herself…

“Mmh.” Perhaps it was because he had stopped massaging her, but the figure lying face down on the bed let out a sound of discomfort, scrunching up her delicate little nose which wrinkled slightly along the bridge. At the same time, her eyebrows knit together, and she involuntarily uttered a muffled groan expressing discomfort.

Li Shengxiao was stirred by her tiny reaction and came to his senses. His large hand fell onto her waist again, resuming its gentle massaging.

This time, his expression softened, his hawk-like eyes betraying indulgence—so indulgent, as though he were placing the person within his gaze onto the apex of his heart, unwilling to let anyone steal even a glance!

The sore and aching spot was again imbued with warmth, and the sleeping Rong Yan’s nerves slowly relaxed once more. Her furrowed brows also smoothed out under the comfort of his massage. She slept sweetly and dreamt well, entirely unaware that her peace came from someone endlessly kneading her waist…

A night of sweet dreams.

Rong Yan dreamed of wandering into a forest and finding a secluded paradise. Amidst fields of mint grass, she discovered a hot spring. She quickly submerged herself in the steaming pool, and as luck would have it, she encountered a benevolent monkey soaking in the spring as well. The monkey, seemingly gifted with a mystical sensitivity, even helped her massage her shoulders and neck.

The dream was so wonderful that when her phone rang in the morning, she didn’t want to wake up.

The phone kept ringing until she couldn’t stand it anymore. She tried hiding her head under the blanket, but the devilish ringtone penetrated through. At last, irritated, she ran her fingers through her hair and sat up, eyes still closed. She fumbled for her phone under the pillow, yawned, and pressed it to her ear as she answered.

“Hello.”

Her tone couldn’t have been more weary.

“Mr. Rong, don’t tell me you’re still sleeping at this hour. Did you forget? We agreed yesterday to visit Lemon Entertainment at 9:30 to finalize the director and cast for the web series shoot. It’s already 9 o’clock. Where are you? I’ll come pick you up.”

This cold and displeased voice was… Estelle!