Her voice revealed an undeniable sense of nervousness and unease. But Gabriel didn't listen to her words. Instead, he buried his chin deeply in the crook of her neck, greedily inhaling her fragrance. "I won't do anything. I'll just hold you and sleep like this."

After saying that, he interlocked his fingers with hers and slowly closed his eyes. In the past few days, he had been holding on while standing outside. Now, with the woman he loved in his arms and a soft bed beneath him, all his nerves relaxed.

Hearing his even breathing, Lan Xiaoling asked tentatively, "Are you asleep?" There was only silence in response.

Lan Xiaoling moved and turned over to face the man's handsome face. She then realized that he was indeed asleep. Due to lack of sleep for a long time, there were dark circles under his eyes, and his beard hadn't been trimmed for several days. This man looked different from his usual meticulous self, exuding a bit of decadence and wildness.

Lan Xiaoling felt sorry for him. Every night when she saw him standing outside, she also couldn't sleep well. In fact, she had softened her heart and wondered whether she should let him in.

But every time she had reached the door, a voice in her heart had kept reminding her that this man had forcefully entered their sisters' lives and didn't deserve forgiveness.

Tonight, with him lying beside her, Lan Xiaoling no longer wanted to hide her feelings. She reached out and stroked his face, tracing it back and forth without getting tired. "Tell me, should I give myself another chance?"

"But I'm also worried that if I get too deeply involved, I'll be doomed. So, Gabriel, can you really promise me and the children a future?"

Gabriel, who was sleeping, suddenly opened his eyes at this moment and replied to her words very seriously. "I can!"

Lan Xiaoling was in a panic. She didn't expect that the man had heard her casual words, and the key was that this man had clearly been pretending to be asleep.

Suddenly feeling deceived, Lan Xiaoling tried to flee in a hurry, but the man pulled her hard, and she fell directly into his arms. The atmosphere suddenly became extremely heated!

......

Freya was very uneasy. She had actually been hypnotized by the perfumer without realizing it. And Yuan Xiao's ultimate goal was to replace Bradley in her heart.

No! She would never let such a thing happen! Freya had been trying her best to remember every detail about Bradley, not giving Yuan Xiao a chance to take advantage.

But for some reason, no matter how hard she tried, her memories of Bradley were still gradually fading. Freya knew that she couldn't resist this hypnotic consciousness at all. Therefore, she could only find a way to send out her situation so that Bradley could carry out the rescue plan for her as soon as possible.

But when she searched for the earphone, she found that the earphone that had originally been hidden under the pillow was gone. What was going on?

Just as Freya was in a panic, a voice came from in front of her. "Are you looking for this?" Freya looked up and saw that it was Yuan Xiao. And the thing in his hand was the earphone she had lost.

"Give it back to me!" Freya pounced forward to grab it, but her body was too weak. As soon as she got out of bed, she fell to the ground. Fortunately, Yuan Xiao was quick enough. Otherwise, Freya would surely have been bruised and battered.

Falling into Yuan Xiao's arms, Freya still struggled fiercely and reached out to grab the earphone. "Yuan Xiao, this is my thing. Please return it to me!" Freya said to him in a patient tone, but Yuan Xiao remained unmoved. After putting her back on the bed, he threw the earphone on the ground in front of her and crushed it with his leather shoes. The mini earphone instantly became fragments.

"Give it back to you? So that you can continue to stay in touch with Leonard? Freya, do you think I, Yuan Xiao, am someone you can play around with?"

Yuan Xiao leaned in, his slender fingers lifting Freya's chin. The corners of his thin lips curved into a wicked arc. "I forgot to tell you that I've known about this earphone for a long time!"

Freya looked at the fragments on the ground. Out of anger, her fingers dug into the bed sheet and scratched a long mark. She tried to shake off Yuan Xiao's dirty hand, but because of the fall just now, which had pulled at her wound, cold sweat broke out all over her face. Not only that, but her whole body was so weak that she was on the verge of collapse. At this moment, she couldn't struggle and could only let Yuan Xiao do as he pleased.

However, her pride wouldn't let her admit defeat. "You probably forgot that when I came back to the Yuan Kingdom with you, I confessed my purpose to you? It's you who are too stupid to think that I would obediently let you control me!"

After saying that, Freya even spat at Yuan Xiao. Yuan Xiao was spat on the face. He should have been angry, but seeing Freya's furious look, he just felt in a good mood.

He raised his hand to wipe the saliva off his face and put his fingers to his lips and licked them. "Sure enough, a beautiful woman's saliva is fragrant too!" he said, showing an expression of enjoyment. "I guess we can call this an indirect kiss?"

"Yuan Xiao..." Freya was simply enraged by this man's shameless behavior. But at the moment, she had no strength to resist, so she could only laugh bitterly. "You're simply disgusting to the extreme!"

Yuan Xiao didn't care. It wasn't the first or second time he had been insulted by Freya, and he had gotten used to it. However, precisely because she was so sharp-tongued and didn't act coquettishly like the other women he had met before, her natural and beautiful appearance had attracted him, which was why Yuan Xiao was so obsessed with Freya.

So, in the face of her disgust, Yuan Xiao still smiled. "It doesn't matter. When you truly fall in love with me one day, all this hatred will just be a seasoning for our love. Freya, you'll belong to me soon!"

The way he called her "Freya" made Freya feel like vomiting. She had seen shameless people, but she had never seen someone as shameless as him. A man like Yuan Xiao had a face as thick as a wall.

"Yuan Xiao, I won't let you succeed. I won't!" Freya said firmly. In the past, when she had survived in times of crisis, she had managed to get through all kinds of difficulties. She naturally believed that a mere Yuan Xiao couldn't control her.

As for the perfume that had confused her mind, she was sure she could find a way to resist it. "Freya, I'm afraid you don't have a chance!" Yuan Xiao smiled triumphantly. "In two or three days, you'll be completely controlled by the perfume. At that time, the Leonard you've been thinking about will turn into my shadow. After I destroy Leonard, the two of us will spend our lives together in the Yuan Kingdom."

Speaking of this, Yuan Xiao shamelessly leaned close to Freya's ear and whispered, "Of course, if you like children, we can have some too. As many as you like. It's up to you. Hahaha!" Freya was almost furious! This scoundrel!