The Billionaire's Priceless Darling: 33 Days of the CEO's Pursuit - Chapter 241 - I Don't Mind Doing Something Else During the Day 7

What a stroke of luck it was, that in that fleeting moment after nine years, he did the one thing right-he claimed her.

Otherwise, how could this proud little peacock belong to him now?

Otherwise… how would he have known that he’d slowly fall for this peacock?

From then till now, she had always been someone special.

She insulted him, looked down on him, and yet she was the one woman who held his attention.

…

Xiao Ai gazed at the empty corridor, her thoughts drifting back to the first time she met Li Juefeng.

If it hadn’t been for her rotten luck that day, running into Li Juefeng; if he hadn’t forced himself on her and taken her innocence-

Maybe, she would have cherished herself a bit more.

Even if she missed her chance with Shixiu, she would have eventually met a good man, married and had children with a clean slate, and after her dad got out of prison, their family could have lived a peaceful life together.

Instead of now, living every day on edge.

She felt like a criminal, burdened with countless terrible secrets, terrified that everything would be exposed.

Afraid her uncle would find out she had become someone else’s mistress, throwing away her self-respect.

Afraid Shixiu would discover she was no longer the pure little princess she used to be.

Afraid Li Juefeng would find out she knew Shixiu, and that Li Juefeng would strike even harder at Chu…

…

There were so many things she feared.

It was like living with her tongue on the blade’s edge; one misstep, and she’d be doomed forever.

“Mr. Li, Miss Gu, you’re back.”

Li Juefeng wheeled her back to the ward. Housekeeper Tong, who was standing in front of the wardrobe hanging clothes, immediately greeted them with a beaming smile, “The air outside is nice, isn’t it? It’s just that the hospital smells too much like medicine.”

“Mm, the air was nice.”

Gu Xiaoai answered softly, about to stand up from the wheelchair when she suddenly realized-this wasn’t her original room at all.

To be precise, the ward was still the same, but everything inside was completely different.

The room had already been quite luxurious before, but now… it felt as if it were a bedroom in the Li Family’s villa.

Utterly extravagant.

“You changed all the furniture?!” Gu Xiaoai looked up in astonishment.

“Mm.” Li Juefeng nodded noncommittally.

Gu Xiaoai was a little stifled. Was he planning for her to stay here long-term? She had never intended to stay in the hospital for long-just wanted to stall Li Juefeng for a while.

If she had to breathe in the smell of disinfectant in the hospital for too long, she’d get sick even if she wasn’t ill to begin with.