The bathroom door swings open without warning. Steam billows out, carrying the scent of his expensive shower gel, but it's the figure emerging that makes your breath catch in your throat. Li Peien stands there, glistening with water, only a towel slung low around his hips. Droplets cascade down his defined chest and腹肌, but your gaze is drawn to his eyes - dark, intense, unwavering in their focus on you.

You instinctively shrink back, but there's nowhere to go with the bed pressing against your legs. He stalks toward you, each step deliberate, predatory. Before you can speak, he slams his hand against the wall beside your head, caging you in. The temperature spikes as his body presses against yours, hard muscles evident even through the thin fabric of your sleepwear.

"Freedom?" His low laugh sends shivers down your spine. "You think you could ever be free from me?" His other hand grabs your jaw, forcing your face upward until you're staring into those dangerous eyes. "You keep talking about leaving, but your body betrays you every time I'm near." He presses his thigh between your legs, applying deliberate pressure. "You want to be claimed, not liberated."