SOME THINGS ARE MEANT TO BE

CHAPTER 16

CHAPTER 16

He placed his huge palm on her face, and he could almost feel the soft trembling of her body. She didn’t hate him but feared him.

The scent of masculinity became stronger. She could only helplessly shut her eyes as the hands that had pinned her own above her head tightly clenched.

There was a light sensation on her lips, and it made her weak in her knees. It startled her, and so she stared at Diego in disbelief.

He was kissing her—oh so gently.

“Focus, woman.” He put his hands over her eyes to prevent her from seeing. However, the fluttering kisses he gave her all the more amplified.

Diego looked down at her. A sliver of iciness flashed across his eyes.

He adjusted his body over her, putting just an ample amount of weight on her—not too heavy and not too light. He let go of the hand covering her eyes, revealing a pair of extraordinary eyes.

Just like the new moon, her eyes were as clear and as bright. It occasionally shimmered, with a ripple of misty, pearly. More so, her sleek eyebrows and petite lips gave her a perpetual look. When he pulled away from her lips, she could only bite her lips again. It made her feel embarrassed and sad.

It was just a kiss—just a simple kiss—yet he ignited sparks of love and lust in her. It was so gentle she wanted to cry.

He could treat her cruelly, but please, he can’t be as gentle as he currently was because she couldn’t imagine the cruelty that would come after it.

Her eyelashes fluttered constantly and brightly. It was undeniable that the woman had skin as white and as pure as snow. Her bones were as slender as bamboo shoots. Everything was perfect, making even Diego, who was used to beauty, feel something different towards her.

Since she was his wife, she should fulfill his needs. To put it simply, she was but a maid in his house—a woman to warm his bed.

“Do you love me or not? Tell me!” He bit her petite earlobe and remotely looked at her. He wants her to be crazy over him and reveal her true ugly colors. Julianna slowly opened her eyes, eyes that looked as if someone had drowned her. She looked intently at the man in front of her, and his eyes were void of expression like usual.

“I love you... I really do...” Her lips lightly trembled. A transparent teardrop fell from the corner of her eye, and it was almost as if it pierced through Diego’s extremely cold and hardened heart. It made his black eyes narrow a little, but only just for a second.

But her un-regretful expression made Diego laugh, it was cruel and cold.

“You’re really sly.” His cold words made Julianna ’s face, which had just gained color, pale again. The cruelty that came after the gentleness made her feel miserable.

Julianna tightly clutched the bedsheets under her. Her face was deadly pale, with only a bitter smile barely hanging on her lips. It was heartbreaking.

She only bit her lips as she tried so hard to accept all of him, and it was all because she dearly loved him and only him. Even if he was heartless, even if he was cruel, she would still love him, regardless. She had forgotten how many years she had loved him.

He had no idea how much time had passed. Diego rolled off from Julianna ’s body because the woman had already fainted from his torture. He suddenly held his hand out but resisted his urge to touch her pure, snow-white face. He stood up and walked into the bathroom. He did not use protection as he had already taken away her right to conceive his child.

Under the hot water, the man’s features were more somber. He harshly reached his hand out to hit the wall, for he had taken pity on her. If not, he would have really torn her body apart again. He felt a strange desire, and it made his blood go cold.

No, that’s not it. He coldly laughed. He just didn’t want her to die so soon.

He put on his clothes and walked out. He narrowed his eyes, staring at the woman huddled on the corner of the bed. After a short silence, he walked over and covered her bruised and battered body with a blanket.

He did not like sharing a bed with a sick person, because he did not want to get infected.

He stood up. His lips curled up into a bland smile, but he raised his head to look at the picture hanging on the wall. The Diana in the picture was smiling so sweetly that it made his heart sting with endless hate and perpetual pain. If it wasn’t for her, his Diana would not be dead.

He walked out in big strides.

Julianna ’s eyelashes softly fluttered. A soft breeze passed through the curtains, blowing softly...

In the darkness, the man’s scent became closer and closer, then it grew farther, all in an instant.

“Little brother...” She reached her hand out.

The door closed at that moment.

When they interacted, they never knew how much they had let each other pass them by.

It was another morning. Julianna tiredly sat up. Her long lashes fluttered softly, and there were dark circles under her eyes.

She put her hand on the other half of the bed. The pillow had no sign of being slept upon, and the bed did not have its warmth. She bitterly laughed. What was she expecting? He didn’t even sleep there last night.