After the office chaos, Lin Guo drove Chen Yuxi back to his villa in silence, the city lights flashing past like distant stars. The air in the car was thick with unspoken tension, their hands brushing occasionally, sparking warmth each time.
"You handled everything perfectly today," Lin Guo murmured, voice low, teasing. "Even Yue Xinyan's little tricks couldn't touch you."
Yuxi laughed softly, still flushed from the thrill of the office showdown. "I… had a good teacher."
He smirked, eyes darkening with possessiveness. "Good teacher?" His hand lightly grazed hers, lingering just long enough to make her pulse race. "I think you mean… good mine."
Her cheeks warmed. "Yours?" she whispered, heart thundering.
"Yes," he said, dark and unwavering. "You're mine, Yuxi. Always have been, always will be."
The villa lights welcomed them as they arrived. Lin Guo guided her onto the private terrace, city skyline stretching out beneath them. The wind teased her hair, but the heat between them was hotter.
"You know," he murmured, stepping close, "I've been holding back. Not because I want to… but because I wanted to see if you'd notice."
She blinked, heart racing. "Notice what?"
"That you belong to me," he said softly, thumb brushing her cheek. "That no one, not Yue Xinyan, not anyone in this city, can have you. Only me."
Her breath caught. Tipsy from excitement, flustered from the intensity of his gaze, she realized she didn't want to resist. She never had.
"I… I think I already knew," she admitted, voice trembling slightly.
He smiled, dark and satisfied. "Good. Because I'll never let anyone hurt you. Not in the office, not anywhere."
Yuxi's heart raced as the city lights blurred around them. The tension, the flirty teasing, the possessive obsession—it all crystallized in that moment. She was his, fully and undeniably.
And Lin Guo… had finally made that clear.