281 She Should Be Scared (2/2)

Li Yuan was an impatient man in nature, he had an instinct that of a predator and he had ruled for far too long to give margin to games she plays with him. Though she was hoping otherwise but she in fact was surprised he hadn't snapped already.

She clipped open the box and her hand froze on its edge. She held her breath as her heart beat at a rate she knew wasn't humanly possible.

Above the silk beds, there laid in all its glory three of the most desired and posh stones of the century in all their grace.

As a collector, their worth reflected like a flashlight in her eyes. There were aligned at the parallel line of its edges. Three gemstones all 1 carat on the left side and on the other side the same jewels but in 5 carats. Other than that there was a square box encrusted in the middle.

Two rare blue diamond in a heart cut, two jadeite in a princess cut, and two round shaped emeralds; each set had one small and the other larger gem. She lifted the 5-carat blue diamond a little and her eyes shone in recognition.

It was a curved barbell piercing! All three of the sets were! She had a curved barbell piercing on her belly button...

'…I promise to find you an alternative, if I fail in getting a deal-breaker in a week then I will hand it back to you.' His words echoed in her head.

She at once felt a little constricted in the open air. She had assumed he would let it all flush with sand on shores but he kept track of it. What else had he kept track of?

Her one-carat ruby sure was no comparison to all these stones laying in front of her eyes and she was sure as hell they had trackers in them too.

But accepting them was agreeing to an association where she was on the thinner loop. Where she was the vain, snobbish b*tch and he was her ring Master. A relation where he was a provider!

No, she had no shame in shamming him out of these but that was if she stole it, scammed it, or whisked it away while being handed something after a long time felt insulting, and her ego was bruised.

Now, she knew, he was filthy rich. If she had a flicker of doubt somewhere prior to it but her mind was clearer than ever now and she could tell he was an eccentric, lunatic, and outrageous man.

Now things were making better sense to her… He wasn't inquisitive, he was possessive! He wasn't peculiar, he was psychotic!

Behind his mask of playfulness, he was masking his manipulation and the smirk growing on his was a sign he knew she was catching up.

For the first time, her situation was dawned on her like a slap on her face. Li Yuan was insane! On more levels than she was... She had escaped the murky waters to land in the puddle of quicksand.

She should be scared… But she wasn't. She was more thrilled and curious. Maybe his lunacy was rubbing off on her or maybe it was her all along.