Suddenly realizing her perilous situation, she glanced behind her to check . What she saw was a bottomless pit below the cliff and heard was the cracking sound of the teetering guardrail she was slightly leaning her weight on . Her heart jumped instantly .

She had acrophobia to begin with, so her legs quickly went soft from fear .

The man fixed his eyes on her, afraid that any wrong move from her would result into her falling off the cliff with the dislodged railing .

His heart went cold the moment he thought of that possibility .

He was confident of his driving skills, so the car"s speed earlier as it raced up this hilly road did not faze him .

In contrast, right now, there was only panic in his mind .

Chill coursed through his spine . This panic was something he had never felt before .

He watched her nervously and reached out his hand to her . “Come over! Don"t back off anymore!”

If she fell over, she would surely be smashed!

She retorted quickly, “Don"t you come over! Unless you calm down, I won"t go over!”

Eyeing her chillingly, he demanded, “Stupid woman, are you threatening me?!”

“I"m not threatening you! You just look at yourself now; I"m afraid I"ll be squashed by you first before I fall off the cliff!”

He angrily mumbled through clenched teeth, “If I could, I"d wish to squash you now!”

Shaking, she sneered . “I"d rather jump off this cliff than be squashed by you!”

“How dare you?!” he howled furiously .

She gnashed her teeth and replied, “Just you watch!”

His fists were clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white with cracking sounds . He struggled to keep himself under control for a while, and when he finally succeeded with much difficulty, he said, “All right! I"m calm now . ”

He did that despite knowing full well that she was threatening him .

She watched the flaring flame finally recede from his eyes . Biting her lower lip, she forced herself to calm down as well before she negotiated with him peacefully . “Mu Yazhe, you must agree to my one condition . ”

“What condition?” he asked . His eyes never left her legs or even their slightest action .

He mentally calculated the distance between the two of them in case of her falling off the cliff .

“Let"s stop seeing each other . ” She clenched teeth as she fought the pain and misery welling up inside her . “Let me go, will you?”

“Let you go?” He stifled a breath as his eyes grew sullen . “What do you mean?”

“Return my freedom to me, and I"ll do the same for you . We don"t interfere in each other"s life; isn"t that better?” She laughed bitterly . “This is my condition: let me go . ”

His possessive, tyrannical, and controlling behavior were overwhelming and suffocating for her; furthermore, he could not give her a sense of security .

Perhaps, a relationship was burdensome to begin with . It was something she did not want to bear anymore .

He fixed his eyes on her and asked, “What"s the reason?”

“No reason; I simply hate you!” Looking calm, she said, “I hate your arrogance, your dominance, your despotism, and your self-a.s.sertion even more! I haven"t had a peace of mind since I"ve met you . Isn"t all that enough reason?”

He only continued to stare at her with tumultuous yet pensive eyes .

He then spouted two words forcefully . “I agree . ”

His reply was so calm that it stabbed through her heart, but she felt a sense of relief when she realized that she would get peace of mind once more .