Reborn: The Tyrant's Obsession novel Chapter 28

Chapter 28: 180 pounds? You’re not heavy

’’I will report this to Second Master first...’’ As much as Ji Yan did not dare to, he had to...

That was his fate. His destiny. He pulled out his flower printed handkerchief and dabbed his sweat with it.

He approached a distant wall, then cautiously reached for one of the paintings hung on it.

With a slow, deliberate motion, he turned it clockwise. A faint click echoed. The wall trembled before parting, unveiling a dark and seemingly forbidden passage.

Ji Yan entered the room. Separated by a single wall, the room was situated right inside Adrian’s office but the atmosphere was completely different.

When Ji Yan walked down the stairs, it felt like he was descending to hell. The room was enshrouded in darkness, only a small row of lights dimly illuminating the space. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

On the king-sized bed, Adrian leaned back on the headboard. A few buttons of his shirt were unbuttoned and in his hand, there was a wine glass filled to the brim.

His skin was ghastly pale, stretched over sharp cheekbones like moonlight over a frozen lake.

It was the kind of complexion one earned from dwelling too long in shadows, far from warmth, far from the living.

His sleeves were folded and his forearms were covered with bulging veins. Hearing the sound of approaching footsteps, the man slowly looked up.

Ji Yan’s legs turned to jelly.

It was like standing in front of an apex predator—one wrong move, and he’d be shredded.

Those dark and dead eyes seemed to contain no trace of emotions or mirth. He looked like a blood-starved vampire king who finally spotted his prey.

Ji Yan gulped. I-Is it too late for me to go out and come back later?

Adrian looked at him emotionlessly.

’’Second Master, Miss Yu just paid a visit...’’

The aura turned more oppressive as if the single mention of that name wounded the man in his sore spots.

He was right for sending Ella away after all.

Feeling confident, he straightened up, ’’Don’t worry. Since you did not want to meet her, I sent her away...’’

Ji Yan was suddenly proud of himself—until the temperature in the room dropped like a guillotine blade. A wild guess formed in his head.

Don’t tell me... Second Master was merely trying to avoid Miss Yu but he did not want to avoid her for real?

A frigid gust swept through the room, sharp as ice, curling around Ji Yan’s spine like a noose.

At this moment, Ronan’s urgent voice sounded from outside.

’’Hey, hey, you can’t go in there!"

And it was followed by Ella’s voice, ’’Why can’t I? Did you think you could fool me into believing that he isn’t here when the both of you are camping here like a bunch of chiroptera? Baby, help me out! Your doctor is forbidding me from seeing you!"

Ji Yan’s mouth dropped. So, this lady had merely pretended to leave earlier?

But amidst the unbearable blizzard, he felt a trail of spring wind blowing at his face.

At the sound of her voice, the storm in Adrian’s eyes flickered. Color seeped back into his face, as if she were sunlight cracking through a stormy sky.

Looking at the Second master’s face that looked more humane suddenly, Ella’s voice rang like a celestial deity’s divine music in Ji Yan’s ears.

Hence just as the room seemed poised for destruction, the door flew open.

Ella burst in, her voice slicing through the icy tension. Behind her, Ronan scrambled, utterly defeated.

’’I tried to stop her...’’ Ronan trailed off when an emotionless gaze landed on him.

Adrian opened his mouth, ’’The new research center...’’

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