Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off novel Chapter 96

Chapter 96: Chapter 96: I Meant No Offense or Disrespect

Perhaps Shen Yue’s gaze was too piercing, because the air around Huang Ziyue instantly froze.

He knew that if she saw his scar-covered body, she would surely find him repulsive.

He was even prepared for her to throw him out.

But he never expected that he could barely withstand her gaze alone.

He was even afraid to hear the words she was about to speak.

’She must find it disgusting!’

Huang Ziyue waited silently for her to speak.

Shen Yue said, "Turn around."

His fists tightened, and the air around him grew colder still.

Then, he obediently turned around.

When the dense web of scars was revealed to Shen Yue, she froze completely.

’What on earth has this man been through?’

’How could he have so many scars?’

These scars looked to be at least several decades old.

There were at least a dozen scars, crisscrossing each other, large and small, long and short. Not a single inch of his back was unmarred. It was a horrifying sight.

She couldn’t quite describe the feeling in her heart.

’Beneath this man’s icy exterior,’ she thought, ’must lie a brutal past I know nothing about!’

Huang Ziyue stood with his back to her, utterly silent.

He listened to the slightest sound from behind him, feeling his own heart pound as he awaited her judgment.

He could feel her walking toward him...

Until...

...a pair of small, feverishly hot hands rested on his back, her fingers pressing against the very scars that made him sick to his stomach.

His body trembled almost uncontrollably.

The soft pads of her fingers traced the crisscrossing network of scars on his back.

With his back still to her, his pupils constricted. The expression on his face shifted several times before...

...he whipped around.

He grabbed her hand, staring deeply into her eyes.

Startled by his sudden movement, Shen Yue looked up, only to meet his bottomless gaze.

She saw a look in them she’d never seen before: hesitation and helplessness, mixed with an obscure darkness, like something hidden in the depths of an abyss.

She opened her mouth to ask, "What’s wrong?"

Huang Ziyue’s eyes were bloodshot, his chest heaving as if he were trying to suppress a powerful emotion.

He stared at her intently, as if trying to see right through her.

Shen Yue thought he must be upset that she had touched his scars.

"Uh, I didn’t mean to touch you."

"I didn’t mean any offense or disrespect!"

"I was gauging the size and scale of your scars, trying to figure out how much medicine would be needed to heal them!"

’To be precise,’ she was calculating, ’how many drops of Vitality Water it would take to heal him.’

As Huang Ziyue listened, his pupils constricted violently, and a storm erupted within him.

’What did she say?’

’She wants to heal them?’

’She isn’t disgusted by me? She doesn’t find me repulsive... but instead wants to heal my scars?’

In that instant, a powerful echo resounded in his heart. The reverberation, like a raging tidal wave, swept through his mind.

It made him forget how to think, leaving only her reflection in his eyes.

In a hundred years, no one had ever treated him this way.

The touch of his skin against hers where he held her hand made her mouth go dry.

The fire inside her began to flare uncontrollably.

It felt like a corrupting heat had entered her body and burrowed into her very bones, making her uncomfortable.

She looked at him.

"What’s with that expression?"

’Does he not like people touching his scars?’

"Relax. I can heal these scars for you. Consider it my way of thanking you for your generous contribution tonight. I don’t sleep with people for free!"

’I don’t sleep with people for free, so I’ll heal his scars!’

Just as she was thinking this...

...his large, cold hand cupped the back of her head.

Before she could react, he lowered his head and kissed her.

Her burning heat met his icy lips, and a pleasurable sensation shot through her entire body like an electric current.

’So it’s starting already?’ she thought, her heart trembling.

The next second, he locked an arm around her waist, deepening the kiss.

Shen Yue’s pupils contracted as she tilted her head back slightly. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

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