Chapter Two: This Secret, Hidden Forever in Her Heart

That year, Su Mian’s stepfather, the Third Master of the Huo family, had not yet passed away.

Although the Huo family did not care for her—an unwanted "tag-along"—her stepfather had treated her very well. On the day she turned eighteen, she received her university acceptance letter. At a party with her classmates, she drank until she was thoroughly intoxicated, only to be summoned home by her stepfather, who claimed he had a gift for her.

The person sent to pick her up was Huo Beihan.

The man sat in the backseat of a luxury car, clad in a black trench coat, his cold, sunken eyes formidable. Half of her drunken haze vanished, and as the car took a sharp turn, she was thrown into his arms.

Whether it was some hidden nerve she touched, the man’s hand suddenly clamped onto her chin, and without warning, he kissed her.

The moment their lips met, her mind went blank.

Yet, like a wild beast, he pried her mouth open, his tongue exploring, his breath heavy and ragged. Terrified and fueled by the remnants of alcohol, she lost consciousness in a state of extreme panic.

When she woke, it was the middle of the night. Her clothes had been changed, and there were mottled h