I lowered my eyelids. Emery had changed, becoming much more powerful than before.

At that time, we were both in high school. He was the only one in their town who was admitted to a prestigious high school in the province, while I had always been a carefree girl in the provincial capital. When I saw him during enrollment, I crazily pursued him, indeed causing him a lot of trouble...

"I was young and silly. And now I've got a taste of my own medicine." I joked, trying to change the subject. "After so many years, you've become so capable now. You deserve my love back then."

"But I've been looking for you."

I flashed a hint of surprise in my eyes, but quickly suppressed it.

"Looking for me?" I was somewhat surprised. After all, everyone said that Emery hated me the most after I dumped him.

"Looking for me to support you? Obviously you don't need it anymore. Besides, you're already married, aren't you?

To be honest, as you can see, I'm just a common assistant now. I have no money."

I hid from his gaze, unable to hide the bitterness in my heart, and said casually.

"Look at me!" he commanded, a tone he had never used before. I was startled and couldn't help but look at him. In the dim light, I couldn't see what emotions were hidden in his deep eyes, but at such a close distance, I could clearly feel his fluctuating heartbeats and warm breath.

"Pearl, you're really heartless, leaving like that for so many years! Yes, I'm married, but that doesn't stop me from getting what I lost from you..."

"What did he lose? His dignity?" I smiled bitterly.

It couldn't be his heart, right?

Until I left, I realized that I never got Emery's heart.

"This project, I convinced Professor Sullivan to do it. The importance of this project to your company, I don't need to say."

I tried to listen to him calmly and said, "Pearl, be my lover. This is what you owe me. Otherwise, I will withdraw from guiding this project."

"Lover?"

He did care that I supported him back then.

But he didn't have to force me like this for revenge.

Seeing that I didn't answer, he grabbed my hand and pulled it hard. I bumped into his chest and couldn't help but look up at him. I suppressed my pounding heart and said, "You're already married."

"So what? I ask you to be my lover, not my wife..."

Emery had changed. He was no longer my high school sweetheart who listened to me obediently.

...

"What's wrong? Are you scared now?"

His deep voice sounded above my head, and I suppressed the palpitations in my heart. It had been so many years since I felt this close to him.

Yes, I missed this feeling a lot. I loved him, and there was no pretense, but it seemed like he had never believed me.

I didn't answer. He bent down and leaned closer and closer. Our breaths intertwined. My head instantly exploded with a buzzing sound. A trace of rationality told me that I couldn't get in their relationship. I could find another job if I lost this one...

I shook my head slightly. As if he had discovered that I was going to refuse, he suddenly lowered his head, and his cold thin lips pressed against my trembling mouth, crazily starting to bite. I struggled, but he remained indifferent.

The affection in my heart made me slowly accept his passionate kiss, and the entangled breath made it impossible for me to think at all.

"You couldn't refuse me, Pearl. This is what you owe me!" He bit me and whispered hoarsely in my ear.

I knew I couldn't escape, and at this point, I didn't have the ability to escape.

Emery was the controller at this time.

I closed my eyes and made a shallow hum.

Apart from secular perspectives, I had no reason to turn him down.

When hearing my answer, Emery held me tightly, as if he wanted to blend me into his body. He seemed to be venting the pain that had been suppressed for so many years, and I shamelessly enjoyed it a little...

It lasted for a long time. When Emery let go of me, I was still immersed in the long-lost tenderness.

"Where do you live? I'll take you back."

"No need, I..." I instinctively refused, but when I felt Emery's sharp gaze, I stopped talking.

Emery put the documents from the handbag on the desk and took my hand to leave...

And I became Emery's mistress like this.

The project progressed quickly, and we often had meetings. I always deliberately avoided meeting Emery.

He knew it but didn't say anything. After all, we were together at night.

On the day of the project meeting, he still didn't come. But his wife came. Although we only met at a class reunion, I firmly remembered her appearance. Wendy was as gentle and elegant as her name suggested, completely different from my past self. Emery must like her.

"Hi, Windy."

The members of Emery's team all stood up and shouted, but Wendy walked straight towards me and said, "I didn't expect to see you here, Pearl. Emery didn't even tell me.

Are you involved in this project?"

I nodded with a bit of annoyance, feeling a bit uneasy in my heart. Was this the urgency of the mistress meeting the original wife? I didn't know, but I was indeed a bit nervous.

I just found out that Wendy was Professor Sullivan's daughter. It was true that daughters from scholarly families were different, unlike me, who grew up in a newly rich family and developed such a mischievous character. Oh, at this point, I didn't even have a rich family anymore!

The meeting ended while I was lost in my thoughts. When Wendy was about to leave, she came over and invited me to have a meal together. Once again, I declined. She left with a smile, but in her smiling eyes, I could see a hint of deeper meaning...

I shook my head and didn't dare to think further.

After all, I shamelessly had an affair with her husband...