He stole his best friend's photos and fell for a tycoon's heir through online dating.

As soon as she returned to her workstation, she rushed to Xia Ruo's side:

"Yes, yes! Ruoruo, he wouldn't have agreed at first—"

As she spoke, she quickly glanced around, lowered her voice, and curled the corners of her lips into a smile.

"I threatened him, 'If he doesn't let me stay, he won't let you stay either!' Hehe~"

Lin Wanzhi hadn't recovered from her excitement when Xia Ruo's phone vibrated.

"Baby, bring your brother a cup of coffee."

Xia Ruo stared at the line of text, her eyelids twitching. What's wrong with him? Sending a WeChat message? Is the internal phone on his desk just for show? Or does he think it's easier to order people around by sending messages under the alias "Zero"?

She took a deep breath, didn't reply, put her phone face down on the table, picked up the cup of hot water that had just been poured and took a sip.

My phone vibrated again.

[Baby is being naughty, so your older brother has to come out and find you himself.]

Xia Ruo almost choked on her water. She hurriedly put down her cup and typed back, "Coming right away."

He looked up and glanced at Lin Wanzhi.

The girl was still grinning foolishly, muttering things like "What kind of bed sheets should I buy?" and "Is there a supermarket near the apartment?", completely oblivious to the "I'm going to my death" expression on Xia Ruo's face.

Holding a coffee, Xia Ruo took a deep breath and knocked on the door of the CEO's office.

"Enter."

She pushed open the door and went in. She looked up and saw Zhou Siyan leaning back in his chair, looking at her with a slight smile.

He wore a dark gray suit today, with his shirt collar slightly open, revealing a section of his well-defined collarbone. He looked both languid and dangerous.

Long, slender fingers tapped on the dark wood-grained table: "Put it here, baby."

Xia Ruo rolled her eyes at him, and just as she bent down to put down the coffee cup, her wrist was suddenly grabbed.

Before she could react, a force gently pulled her, causing her to lose her balance. She cried out in surprise and fell onto his lap.

She instinctively grabbed his shirt against his chest, feeling his body heat through the thin fabric in her palm.

Beneath her buttocks were his firm and powerful thighs. Through the fabric of his trousers, she could feel the contours and hardness of his muscles—she instantly felt extremely uncomfortable, as if she had been burned.

"What are you doing! Let me go right now!" Her voice was urgent and low, as if afraid it would carry into the hallway.

She struggled to get up, but as soon as she lifted her hips slightly, he pressed down on her waist with his other hand and pushed her back down.

Zhou Siyan lifted her chin, forcing her to look him in the eye.

His eyes were dark and deep: "Stop rubbing against me."

His thumb slid slowly from her chin to her lips, lightly brushing against her lower lip.

"Do you know that you can't move around when you're sitting on a man's lap?"

How could Xia Ruo have known? She was a lifelong single, and had never even held a boy's hand properly more than a few times, before being thrown directly into this hellish situation.

Her cheeks burned from her ears down to her neck, and she dared not move.

Zhou Siyan lowered his head, bringing his nose close to her ear, his warm breath gently caressing her neck.

A fine shiver instantly ignited on that patch of skin.

"Baby, you smell so good." His voice was low, almost a murmur, and the tip of his nose slowly slid from her earlobe to behind her ear.

"At the company..." Xia Ruo's voice trembled, and her fingers unconsciously tightened their grip on his shirt. "Don't do this."

"How so?" Zhou Siyan's voice carried a hint of amusement, like a naughty student asking a question he already knew the answer to, his lips brushing lightly against her earlobe.

"Wanwan is still outside."

"Is it okay if she's not outside? Then I'll tell her to go downstairs."

As he spoke, he actually reached for the internal telephone on the table.

Xia Ruo quickly pressed his hand down, her fingertips pressing on the back of his hand, glaring at him angrily—was that what she meant?

Zhou Siyan couldn't hold back any longer and lowered his head to place a kiss on her cheek: "Baby, don't be angry. I was just joking."

He straightened up, one hand gripping her waist tightly, the other tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear, picking it up, bringing it to his nose, and gently sniffing it.

Xia Ruo: Are you a dog? *sniff sniff sniff*

"From now on, baby, you don't need to knock when you come into my office. Just walk in. Got it?"

"Understood, Mr. Huo." Xia Ruo bit her lip. "Can you let me out?"

"What's the rush, baby?" He looked up, his deep, unfathomable eyes reflecting her flushed face.

"Haven't you missed me all night?"

"Before, she was always looking forward to my return to China on our phones, saying she would cling to me and hug me every moment once I came back. How come now she's only thinking about leaving?"

Xia Ruo was extremely embarrassed, her entire face burning hot. She raised her hand to cover his mouth: "Stop talking!!!"

The next second, she felt a soft, warm touch in her palm, and his tongue gently licked her hand.

Xia Ruo jerked her hand away as if she had been electrocuted.

"You pervert, Zhou Siyan!!!" Her voice was sharp and urgent. She leaned back, but his hand on her waist held her firmly in place.

"It sounds so nice when the baby calls my name." Zhou Siyan's lips curved into a smile, a hint of smug laziness in her expression, like a cat that had just stolen some cream.

"Say it a few more times~"

Help!

"Brother seems a little unhappy," Zhou Siyan suddenly changed his tone, his voice deepening, "Did Baby deliberately tell Lin Wanzhi about the apartment incident?"

Xia Ruo looked away guiltily, "No way... If I don't tell, Wanwan will make me stay at home."

"What a pity," Zhou Siyan sighed.

"But don't be sad, baby. The apartment is big. We still have our own private space..."

"Who's sad..." Xia Ruo hadn't finished speaking.

ding ding ding-

My phone rang in my pocket.

Before Xia Ruo could react, Zhou Siyan's hand had already slipped into her pocket.

He took out his phone, the cold light from the screen reflecting on his face and illuminating his slightly squinted eyes.

"Baby," he held the phone up to her face, the words "Lin Wanxun" on the screen glaringly bright, "a man is calling you. Shall I answer it for you?"

"No!" Xia Ruo reached out to grab it, but he easily grabbed her wrist and twisted it behind her back.

Zhou Siyan pressed the answer button and held the phone to her ear.

Then he lowered his head and pressed his lips to her earlobe: "Baby, say something."

"Hello, is this Xia Ruo?" Lin Wanxun's voice came through the receiver.

How could she make a phone call in this state? Xia Ruo's breathing hadn't calmed down yet; her chest was heaving, and her lips trembled, but she couldn't squeeze out a single word.

Zhou Siyan's lips slid from her earlobe to her earlobe, gently taking it in, and his tongue lightly licked it, sending a shiver down her spine.

"Baby, are you not talking because you want your brother to reply for you?"

Xia Ruo was shocked and almost gritted her teeth as she squeezed out, "Hey, Brother Wanxun."

When the voice came out, even she herself felt unfamiliar with it—it was light and soft, with a slight upward inflection at the end, carrying a kind of coquettishness that she herself was unaware of.

"Ruoruo, I just heard Wanwan say that you're planning to stay in the company-provided apartments?"

"Yes," Xia Ruo said, trying her best to calm herself down. "The company offers this benefit."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Siyan took her earlobe into his mouth and swirled his tongue around the small earlobe.

It was so itchy, so sensitive—she felt like she'd been struck by lightning, her whole body tingling from her ears to her shoulders. Her fingers gripped Zhou Siyan's shirt tightly, her knuckles turning white.