Fang Cheng looked at the lovestruck expression on Takeda Masumi's face and swung a fist at her.
Takeda Masumi was no pushover. She reacted quickly, catching Fang Cheng's fist and using its momentum to leap away.
She looked both surprised and annoyed. "What are you doing?"
"What am I doing?"
Fang Cheng stood up too and sneered. "Don't think I haven't noticed you taking liberties with me this whole time. I put up with it because you're rich, but I didn't expect you to get more and more out of hand."
Fang Cheng didn't mind if things went no further than them taking liberties with each other, but Takeda Masumi was trying to take things further. That was a no-go.
His partnership with Kanzaki Rin was going smoothly, and he was quite comfortable with it. If he hooked up with her best friend, what would Rin think?
With a relationship based purely on mutual benefit, the last thing you wanted was to bring feelings into it. That would only make things complicated when the time came to choose between them.
Fang Cheng knew which mattered more.
Takeda Masumi hadn't expected him to know about her little advances. Awkward at being found out, she quickly made an excuse. "Don't get the wrong idea. I like you."
Fang Cheng scoffed. "You call that liking me? You're just lusting after my body. You're shameless!"
Takeda Masumi gaped. She'd never imagined a man would call her shameless.
But she couldn't think of a rebuttal. Fang Cheng wasn't wrong—she really did lust after him.
Still, Takeda Masumi wasn't the coy type. She decided to double down. "That's right, I want your body. So what? I refuse to believe you're not interested in me. I've got long legs, a slim waist, and a nice ass!"
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