15.Eleanor Lee

Ellen sighed softly and rubbed her temple as memories from the dream surfaced on her mind.

 ***

Five years ago, City A.

 In a small city in Continent M, a young woman was seated at a small cafe slowly sipping her cup of milk tea.

 A cold looking man in his mid twenties sat on the opposite side of the table, a cup of untouched coffee placed next to him.

His dark squinted eyes were fixed on the plainly dressed woman, discomfort and urgency being well evident on his eyes.

 " Stay away from her if you don't want her to find out about these. "

 The woman scoffed, arrogantly throwing a dozen of pictures on the table from her bag.

 The man indifferently scanned the pictures without picking any of them but it didn't take long before his heart skipped a beat and his eyes quickly popped open grabbing some of the photos on his hands.

 A man and a woman were captured in various positions cuddling on the bed while deep asleep with no clothes on.

 " H... how did you get these? Where? How are you involved in this? "

 He immediately roared his extremely ice cold eyes shooting daggers at the nonchalant woman.

 " Does it really matter? Stay away from my best friend else she'll find out the kind of a man you are.

"A man wh*re who sleeps with every Tom, Dick and Harry in this town yet keep on claiming that you're chasing after my friend. "

 The woman eyed the man up and down and sneered, " if only you had some status, you are not worth my best friend. Xu'er is happy with her rich fiance who genuinely loves her unlike you. "

 After she was done, she aggressively rose on her feet creating a lot of noise as she dragged her chair. She then picked up her handbag rolling her eyes at the other customers in the cafe who threw her annoyed gazes.

 " Leave her alone and leave this town. You don't belong here. Poor bastard! "

 She finally snarled at him before swaying her hips arrogantly making her way out of the cafe.

 " Damn it!!! "

 The man's jaws were tightly clenched as he clenched his fists together with the photos before angrily slamming his fists on the table.

 BANG!!!

 Due to the heavy impact, the plates and cups on the table flew on the air before crushing into pieces on the floor creating a loud bang.

 The sudden outburst contained full blast of the wild rage that was emanating from him.

 No one dared to throw him a second gaze.

 The aura around him was like a frozen lake that had been buried in hell for a million years.

 ***

 Three days after the cafe incident, the same young man was standing at a women's clothes section in a shopping mall, his expression very different from when he was in the cafe.

 His dark aura that had threatened to devour the whole room had disappeared and what was left was a gentleness that was as soft as water.

 " How many times do you want me to repeat this, I hate you! If you are leaving the town then leave, why would I leave with you, are you crazy? I don't even know who the hell you are. "

 The man's heart scrunched up in a tight squeeze as his gaze fell on the slender young woman with a long black hair tied in a ponytail, whose words had just pierced his heart into tiny pieces.

 Dressed prettily in a hip-hugging skirt and thin stilettos, the woman stood hand in hand with another different man, her side profile exuding a lack of care.

 " Xu'er please... "

 " You are not allowed to call me that. You and I aren't familiar with each other so leave me alone for God's

sake! "

 " I... "

 " Li Zixuan enough! "

 Wu Cheng a friend of the man, rolled his eyes and clutched Li Zixuan's shoulders trying to grab his attention.

 " She hates you, she doesn't want anything to do with you. What more do you want to hear? "

 " Shut up! "

 Li Zixuan snapped at him before flinging his hands away from his shoulders.

 His fists were clenched so tight that his knuckles turned white and the temperature around him became frozen.

 " I want nothing to do with you not now not ever, so please leave. "

 The woman uttered with finality glancing at Li Zixuan without much care.

 Her fiance on the other hand smirked, throwing a teasing gaze towards Li Zixuan before he tightened his hands around the woman's petite waist and led her out of the store.

 Li Zixuan slammed his fists on a glass table heavily breathing before moving to stand next to the floor to ceiling windows.

 His eyes were closed while his forehead was leaning against the window.

A gust of ice-cold air emanated from him. In an instant, it enveloped the entire place.

 " Announce my return to the company and prepare the private jet. "

 Li Zixuan finally said that after some time, making his way out of the store.

 His voice seemed to be coming from the depths of hell. His every step was overflowing with dominance and they were like ice-cold daggers covered in blood.

 Wu Cheng's gaze on Li Zixuan's back softened a little before he quietly sighed, closely following after him.