A Bird in the Cage

Chapter 12 Dream On

"D*mn woman! Dream on!"

After he yelled at her, he tightened his grip over her jaw and pulled it closer to kiss her fiercely.

As soon as he touched her trembling lips, he could feel his blood boil as the passion engulfed him.

Originally, he was furious, but when his lips touched hers, soft and delicate, it was as if the rage just dissipated instantly and he loosened his grip over her jaw.

When she deliberately shook his brother's hand in front of him but treated him with that kind of attitude, he should have been furious.

If he kissed her violently like last time, she would

still find it reasonable. But he was so gentle this time as if he was afraid of frightening her, or as if he loved her.

Upon realizing that, she was stunned.

Removing his hand from her jaw, Ryan held her head to support her and he plundered her sweetness.

At that moment, her heart raced wildly because of his overbearing kiss. Despite knowing she shouldn't be obsessed with him any more, Catherine felt her body went limp and she lost control over it. Pushing him away with all her force to avoid his kiss, she stuttered, "Stop... stop kissing me!"

"Can't you stand it anymore?" Ryan asked with a hoarse voice, staring at her reddened face. Seeing her eyes filled with infatuation and desire, he was incredibly satisfied.

Just now, she gave in to his kiss the way she did before he got married.

Only then did he realize that he missed the way she treated him when she thought he was single.

At that time, she must have thought he fell for her so she tried her best to make him happy, to treat him tenderly, and to be so obedient to him.

Since she attended his wedding, she had been treating him so indifferently these past few days that he would get irritated for no reason when he thought about her.

Averting her gaze, Catherine refused to look at him. After all, she hated that she once pretended to fall in love with him and ended up falling for him.

"Look at me and tell me! Have you fallen in love with me?" He turned her face back and forced her to look at him.

"Did you get me back in a hurry just to ask this stupid question?" Catherine sobered up and got rid of her infatuation and desire.

Ignoring her indifference, Ryan continued to stare into her eyes, searching for the answer he wanted.

"Were you deliberately trying to provoke me and make me jealous by shaking Leonardo's hand in front of me?"

Actually, she only wanted him to be angrier as revenge for him being such a playboy.

Rolling her eyes, Catherine chuckled.

"I've got what I want. You are jealous!"

"You..."

Why hadn't he noticed that she was so eloquent before? Every word she said right now embarrassed him.

Earlier, he had managed to calm down but now she was stirring his emotions once more, making him agitated and irritated.

Pinching her jaw again, he shouted with gnashed teeth, "You're delusional!"

"Then, how do you explain that you rushed over so quickly? Didn't you come here to declare your sovereignty over me?" Ignoring the pain on her chin, Catherine faced him fearlessly.

Upon hearing that, Ryan was speechless.

After a while, he came to himself.

As a pain overcame him, he regretted having lost control of himself in front of her just now..

After all, she was just that cheap and unworthy in his eyes. Her nose twisting, Catherine could feel tears well up in her eyes but she wouldn't allow him to see her weak side. She closed her eyes and awaited his next ruthless action.

Suddenly, she quieted down and her previous haughtiness disappeared like a deflated balloon.

Noticing the tears in the corner of her eyes, he thought that she was probably holding her tears, not letting them fall.

"What are you feeling upset for? Isn't that what you're supposed to do?" Although he wanted to comfort her, what he said was cold and merciless.

"Come on. It's not like I'm resisting," Catherine retorted gloomily.

"You think I won't just because you're crying?" Did she really think he couldn't bear to hurt her? Why?

"I'm not thinking that way. I mean, your heart never ached for me. It doesn't matter if I'm happy or sad, I never hoped for a moment that you would consider my feelings." In the end, his harshness triggered her to speak from her heart.

Her feelings? At that moment, Ryan felt as though a large rock was crushing his heart.

Saying nothing else, he got out of bed and began getting dressed by picking up the scattered clothes off the ground.

Was he really not going to touch her because of her words? Staring at him in shock, Catherine saw him zipping up his pants.

But that meant that he still cared for her, didn't it?

However, she suddenly realized that she would feel better if he ignored how she felt, treated her ruthlessly and cruelly. After all, she didn't want to leave him while still having feelings for this man because he was her best friend's husband and she shouldn't fall in love with him.

Just as Ryan was about to leave, she heard Catherine's cellphone ringing on the bed. It was a message.

"From Leonardo?" he asked cautiously. Leaping toward the bed, he got to her cellphone just before

her.

"You have no right to invade my privacy!" Catherine growled.

"If your privacy involves my brother, I do!"

Just then, she tried to snatch it back from him but in vain. When he quickly opened the message, he

realized that it wasn't from Leonardo.

"Leonardo asked me for your phone number, Catherine. Should I give it to him?" the message was from Jasmine. "Give it back to me!" she cried out anxiously, afraid that he would see Kevin's message.