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Today, Ying Yue was a bit slower than usual in reaching the hospital. There was only one reason for this, and that was Rodey\'s discharge.

But his discharge also meant that he wouldn\'t be free anymore in a few hours. He was in the Army\'s custody, and after twenty days, Rodey had fully recovered. His injuries had healed.

So, it was time that Rodey\'s court hearing would be arranged soon.

It was the day after the next. So, counting today, Rodey had less than forty-eight hours until his hearing would begin, and he would be sentenced to jail.

The more Ying Yue thought about it, the more she felt depressed. This day was going to come sooner or later, but she felt as if time passed in the blink of an eye. Her heart raced to think that they would have to separate after two days, a heavy feeling settled in her chest.

As she opened the door to Rodey\'s ward, she saw him lazily lying on the bed and eating grapes.

"Yo."

She nodded. As usual, she kept the lunch container on the bedside table.

Rodey raised his brow. "You look as if some apocalypse has fallen over you. What\'s wrong?"

"Nothing…"

"You want me to make you spill it out?"

She grimaced.

"Your hearing date has been announced."

Rodey paused and snickered. "Well, Bai Li\'s buddies cannot wait to see me in jail. What can I say?"

She lowered her gaze. She slightly clenched her dress. "We won\'t be able to meet like this after...after…"

Xin Nianzu said that he could reduce his sentence to ten years.

Ten years…

Her gaze dimmed, thinking of such a long time.

Rodey didn\'t know what to say. He had always slept with women and then discarded them until now. He had no idea how to say any consoling words.

He thought he might have no qualms about going to the jail but right now, imagining that he couldn\'t see her anymore, eat her almost tasteless lunches and tolerate her annoying banter left a gaping hole somewhere in his chest.

Suddenly, he felt like running away with her somewhere far so that nobody would find them.

Ten years seemed like an eternity to him.

"Come here," he said.

Ying Yue slowly got up and sat beside him on the bed.

"Look at me."

She lifted her gaze to meet his.

Rodey wrapped his hand around her head and pulled her towards him into a hard kiss. His lips smothered on her endlessly as if trying to catch up to the gap that the ten years would leave in their lives.

Ying Yue was startled for just a moment, but then she quickly kissed him back. Her eyes stung in tears, and her body trembled.

Rodey swept his tongue across her mouth, slurped onto hers, and the soft wet sounds of their kiss echoed throughout the room. His teeth sucked onto her lips as if a vampire was hunting for blood. He bit her hard until he tasted the metallic tinge of it.

Suddenly, the door opened.

"It\'s time for your-"

She froze, and her eyes widened in shock.

Rodey and Ying Yue stopped abruptly. His gaze darkened at the interference and a threatening, angry aura leaked out of him.

"Get out!"

"T-that…"

"Shut it and get out, or else I will strangle you right this instant."

The nurse stepped back, petrified. She had already seen how he had behaved with the doctor.

"Y-yes!"

"And lock the door. If somebody else dared to interrupt my time here, then just watch me."

She gulped and nodded tremblingly.

The nurse shut the door, and they heard the click of the lock.

There was silence again.

Ying Yue was a little embarrassed being suddenly caught like that. She was too shocked to say anything.

Rodey pulled her back into that fiery kiss again.

"Mmmpf!"

Only after she had difficulty in breathing was when he let her go. Her face was flushed red, and her lips had swollen.

Rodey\'s eyebrow twitched, seeing the shy redness from her face until her neckline. Her messy hair and ragged breaths bobbed his Adam\'s Apple up and down.

He smirked. "Let\'s have a lot of kisses to compensate for the time, babe."

Ying Yue\'s lips shivered. Her mouth opened, and before she knew it, she said, "Only kisses?"

Rodey froze.

Ying Yue clenched the sheet in her fist.

"I-If I ask for more, will you give it to me-"

Rodey grabbed her chin, making her gasp.

"I assume you know what you are talking about," his voice was low and dangerous. "You are not a kid, and if you say that you said it in a daze or shit like that, I will kill you."

Ying Yue stared at him. "I know what I am talking about. I am not confused or speaking in a daze. I... don\'t want just kisses. I want m-more-"

Rodey pulled her arm and suddenly pushed her beneath him on the bed. She was taken aback for a moment. He pinned her arms and leaned his face towards her, his dark gaze dangerously looking at her.

"Hey, babe. I am not a gentleman, okay? If you are inviting me, then do it properly because I take things seriously. If I hear that you regretted asking me for this, then…"

She shook her head. "I don\'t regret it. I know what I am asking for, and I want it."

"Trust me. I am giving you another chance. I am not gonna budge later on, no matter how much you beg. I won\'t stop."

Her heart skipped a beat.

"I won\'t."

Rodey didn\'t waste a second more and pinched her chin again to delve into the depths of her mouth. He kissed her hard while his hands already squeezed her breast.

She jolted with the sudden contact, but he had pinned her down. He began massaging her soft breast, and through the clothes, she felt a burning sensation envelope her body.

"Mhnm…" she softly whimpered.

But her whimper only excited him more, and in an instant, he grabbed her dress and tore it away.

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