Supreme Heir Son-in-law

Chapter 749: Chapter 749: Rejection

Xu Ke fell into silence.

Sometimes, he felt nothing for Alice, but that was untrue. A bright and charming girl like Alice could win anyone over with her allure. Even Xu Ke wasn’t immune to it; after all, he was just an ordinary man.

But what set Xu Ke apart from others was his rationality. He knew what to do in different circumstances and how to make the best choice for himself.

Seeing that Xu Ke didn’t outright reject her, Alice’s eyes, flushed red from the influence of alcohol, slowly began to shine. She held Xu Ke’s fingers more tightly, her knuckles turning white.

"You like me, right? You didn’t reject me, so that means you like me too, doesn’t it? If you like me, why don’t you tell me? Don’t you want to be with me?" Alice asked, staring blankly at Xu Ke.

"I do like you, but we can’t be together." Xu Ke looked into Alice’s eyes and answered gently.

The smile that had just begun to bloom on Alice’s face wilted before it could fully form.

She was confused and thus asked, "Why? Don’t you like me? Since you like me and I like you, why can’t we be together?"

Alice suddenly sat up from the sofa, her expression a mix of panic and more so confusion.

need one, I can only say that we are not destined, not meeting at the right time, so we’re destined not to be together," Xu

it. What kind of reason is that? You’re just brushing me off. What do you mean we’re not destined, not meeting at the right time? I feel we are destined. I feel the time we met was perfect. I can’t accept this answer. I want an answer that convinces me," Alice said, becoming agitated, tears streaming down like broken pearls, crying until her

troubled expression, "I don’t want to deceive you, but I really can’t

but seeing the look on Xu Ke’s face, she couldn’t bring herself

her, and with a resolute heart, she let go

as fire, the other cold as ice. The fusion of ice and fire

At first, she tightly closed her lips in a daze. Seeing Xu Ke didn’t push her away, she summoned her

biting, and her pressure was uneven; it didn’t feel like a kiss, more like gnawing on a bone. At the first bite,

them due to Xu Ke’s movement, looking puzzled, and then her gaze fell on Xu Ke’s injured lip. Alice blinked rapidly, feeling she had found the answer, and a guilty look spread across her

was my first kiss, and I have no experience. I’ll practice more and get

you to practice on, at least not right now. I see you’re sobered up enough;

expression appeared on Alice’s face, "Are you that unwilling to be with me? That unwilling to

anything inappropriate. Go back, it’s best for both of us," Xu Ke reached out, intending to pat Alice’s head, but

a fist before casually relaxing and returning to his side,

and also angry. She didn’t understand how someone like Xue Ke could exist in the world, so she pushed Xu Ke aside, looked at him one

closing jolted Xu Ke out of his daze,

cut on his lip made by Alice, and with a wry smile, his expression gradually calmed, as if nothing had just occurred, except for the