Chapter 901:
Both women flinched as if struck. Their eyes snapped open, locking onto his.
"I know you're awake," he continued, his voice a low, chilling murmur that seemed to crawl under their skin. "I know you heard everything."
He took a slow step into the room, then another, his gaze flicking from Chen Ying's terrified, defiant face to Liu Ruyan's pale, trembling one.
"And now," he said, his voice dropping even lower, laced with a dark, possessive intent, "it's time you both understood the truth."
He stopped at the foot of their bed, a king surveying his conquered territories.
"Both of you are my women."
The words were a brand, a searing, absolute statement of ownership that left no room for argument, no space for denial.