After the divorce, the CEO knelt down every night begging for remarriage.

"I will not do it again."

Lin Zhi's face was pale, and she looked away at the ceiling.

He continued to murmur, "From now on, I will never have any feelings for you again, and the love I had for you before is completely dead. Moreover, it was you, Li Tingze, who destroyed it with your own hands."

The bedroom window was open, and the night breeze made Li Tingze's heart tremble once again.

His eyes were fixed on Lin Zhi, and the words he wanted to say came together, but he couldn't come up with anything suitable to say at this moment.

Why did things not go as he had planned?

Why did he still end up with Lin Zhi's lack of love?

He was unwilling to let it go like this.

His slender fingers gently pinched her chin, and disregarding her illness, he seized her lips and kissed her forcefully.

Lin Zhi raised her hand to struggle, but to no avail.

His lips were like magnets; no matter how she tried to dodge, he could accurately kiss her lips, kissing her harder and harder, as if he wanted to kiss all the air out of her stomach.

His hands became even more restless, setting her on fire all over.

The more she struggled, the more violently he acted.

After all that, Lin Zhi was exhausted. Seeing that he was about to force himself on her, she raised her hand and slapped him hard across the face. While he was stunned, she dragged her tired body toward the door.

I had only taken two steps when my wrist was grabbed.

He lost his footing, staggered a few steps, and as he swung his wrist, he fell towards the cabinet next to him.

His already bruised forehead was broken again, and blood flowed down.

Li Tingze was stunned.

He didn't expect Lin Zhi to resist so fiercely this time, and he certainly didn't expect to hurt her.

He immediately squatted down beside her and raised his hand to touch the wound on her forehead.

Lin Zhi slapped his hand away, glared at him angrily, and completely exploded in a fit of rage, shouting almost hysterically, "Li Tingze, can you please stop with your hypocrisy? Whether in the past or now, you have never loved me. You've always treated me as a tool for venting and a plaything. Why do you insist on making me belong to you completely? You've taken everything except my heart, what more do you want?"

"Do you want to take my life too?"

"I used to love you so much that I lost myself, but I will never love you again, never!"

This was the first time in five years that she had roared at Li Tingze in a near-mad manner.

She is really tired.

I'm fed up with the aloofness he creates.

She didn't want to continue falling into the abyss of love he had created for her.

Li Tingze's pride made it impossible for him to always speak politely to Lin Zhi, let alone maintain a humble attitude.

He had said everything he needed to say, but Lin Zhi wouldn't listen to a word he said.

He felt utterly exhausted, both physically and mentally.

So, she turned cold and said calmly, "You're right, we shouldn't talk about love between us, and I shouldn't have said I wanted to try falling in love with you, because you can't see what I've done for you. Instead of explaining misunderstandings every day, let's maintain our current respectful relationship and just be ourselves."

"However, I still have to remind you that I have only just taken over the Lin family business. Many things are still in the planning stage and are not yet on the right track. The Lin family business has such a huge hole that if it is not resolved in time, both your father and your mother will be punished by law. No matter how much you want to leave me, you can't leave!"

Lin Zhi slowly closed her eyes and said nothing more.

She knew better than anyone else that she was probably inseparable from Li Tingze for the rest of her life.

He was a shrewd businessman who always managed to pinpoint her weaknesses.

She can only wait until the day she no longer cares about Lin Wanxin or the Lin family before she can completely leave his side.

Li Tingze's initial anger gradually subsided.

He leaned against the headboard, his gaze fixed on her closed eyes as she pretended to be asleep, a dull ache in his heart.

To say he doesn't care about her is an understatement; he still harbors a tiny bit of longing for her.

His slender fingers unconsciously stroked her cheek, and he said gently, "Lin Zhi, I admit that what I just said was a bit excessive, but I was only driven to desperation by Shen Mubai, which is why I spoke without thinking. I know you don't want to hear it, but can you put yourself in my shoes and think about everything that happened today? Is it really all my fault? Do you really think I went on a date with Su Nianqing behind your back?"

Now that things have come to this, Li Tingze knows that no matter what he says, it will be useless.

Lin Zhi is currently very emotional, and anything she says will only be amplified by her.

Perhaps after a good night's sleep, the relationship between us will improve tomorrow.

Li Tingze sat there until late at night before taking a hot shower. When he came back, he lay down next to Lin Zhi again. He didn't touch her again, but instead lay on the other side of the bed with his back to her.

He must have been exhausted from all that had happened; he fell asleep almost immediately after lying down.

The sound of even breathing came, and Lin Zhi slowly opened her eyes. She turned to look in Li Tingze's direction, and looking at his sleeping back, she felt an indescribable bitterness in her heart.

The two of them had a huge fight, and her mind was in turmoil, while Li Tingze seemed completely unaffected, sleeping soundly.

Sure enough, men are heartless creatures.

She just stared blankly at him, lying there until dawn.

It was this experience that made her heart die completely, and buried her love for him forever.

In the morning, she got up as usual and prepared everything Li Tingze needed for work very well. She even took the initiative to help Li Tingze undress when he got up.

Li Tingze was surprised and mistakenly thought that she had come to a realization and wanted to ease the tension between them.

His large hand naturally gripped her slender waist, pressing her tightly against his chest. Just as he was about to lower his head to kiss her, Lin Zhi looked at him indifferently and said coldly, "Your morning meeting is still half an hour away. You need ten minutes to wash up, ten minutes to eat breakfast, and ten minutes to get to the company. If you plan to be intimate with me, you'd better not schedule your meeting for the morning next time."

The official, businesslike voice clearly belonged to an emotionless robot.

Li Tingze's hand rubbed against her slender waist, his hawk-like eyes fixed on hers, and his heart inexplicably began to pound with unease.

He used to treat her with the same indifference.

Now, however, she is the one who is so indifferent to him.

She continued to do all this for him because of the Lin family and Lin Wanxin, but it had nothing to do with him.

In an instant, his face turned slightly pale.

My phone rang at an inopportune moment; the caller ID showed it was my assistant.

Lin Zhi took the initiative to pull away from him, wanting to give him space to talk, but he didn't let her have her way. He held her with one hand and answered the phone with the other.

The assistant spoke urgently, "Mr. Li, please come quickly, something terrible has happened. Miss Su has been in a bad mood ever since you left early last night. When I went to pick her up this morning, she had attempted suicide by cutting her wrists in the bathroom..."