I Wish You Both Hell

The typhoon swept around us. There was only one space left in the rescue truck, and my fiance, Derrick Lodge, reached out for me without hesitation and hoisted me into the car.I was saved. However, his first love, Victoria Rayne, died on the spot after getting struck by flying debris whilst waiting for the next rescue truck.Derrick never brought up the incident again after we returned home safe and sound. In fact, he didn't even attend Victoria's funeral. Instead, he held a grand wedding and married me.For the next three years of our marriage, Derrick wouldn't stop torturing me whenever he had the chance. He kept blaming me for indirectly causing Victoria's death.Finally, I reached my limit and asked him for a divorce. However, he killed me with his gun before taking his own life after that.…"Cassandra Schmidt! Come up, quickly!"Derrick's voice was warped by the howling winds as he yelled at me.I could feel the wind sweeping me off my feet. Suddenly, I realized that I h

Derrick's face turned even colder. "Cassandra Schmidt! I never wanted to marry you! If you never saved my life, if my parents never forced me to repay you, I would never even have gotten engaged with you in the first place!"I laughed hard, suddenly realizing that I couldn't recognize him anymore. He was just being ridiculous at this point."So, in the end, it's all still my fault? You're not stupid, Derrick Lodge. You're just plain evil! You and your family have your eyes on my family business, but you hadn't wanted to give up on your first love. You're weak and greedy, and that was what killed her in the end!"You refused to blame yourself for it, and you didn't dare blame your parents, either. So, you ended up pinning the blame on me, the person who saved your life! You're such a pathetic being!"That night, I bore with the pain and pulled myself all the way to the pharmacy to get myself some painkillers, and finally got over the worst of it.Ever since then, our relationship h

Xander drove his car straight to a mansion in the middle of the hills. The mansion was situated on higher terrain, and thus, it wasn't affected by the typhoon at all.Xander carried me out of the car and into the mansion before gently setting me down on the couch in the living room. His family doctor immediately attended to me.I was given a warm room, a piping hot bowl of soup, and some clean and dry clothes to change into. Everything was already arranged for me beforehand.It had been so many years since someone treated me like this that I'd forgotten how nice it felt.All Derrick had ever done for me in my past life was splash that bucket of water in my face and pin me to the ground while calling me all sorts of derogatory names.After the doctor administered some medications to me, I had some of the soup before falling into a deep sleep.This was the deepest sleep that I had ever gotten. Even the nightmares disappeared, along with the fear and pain of getting shot in the ches

I watched Mom and Dad as they yelled at me one after another. I found it both amusing and disheartening at the same time.I then looked around at all the board members in the room before finally resting my gaze on Derrick."Apologize?" The corners of my mouth tugged upward into an icy smile. "I think I'm not the one who owes anyone an apology."Derrick looked at me with a hurt expression. His acting was far better than any actor I'd ever seen."Are you still mad at me, Cassie? I know now that I was wrong. I shouldn't have thought of saving Victoria first in that kind of situation. Can't you forgive me? Let's not make this worse than it is. The board is watching us."Derrick really knew how to manipulate the situation with his words. Just like that, he made me out to be a petty and unreasonable person."Don't change the topic, Derrick."I took out the thick stack of documents from my bag and flung it onto the table. The documents slid right into the center of the table."Dearest

Derrick's case was about to be brought to trial. Since the stolen amount was massive and the evidence was piled up against him, he was most certainly going to get 15 years in prison at the very least.However, three days before the trial, Derrick managed to escape when his accomplices attacked the police van ferrying him from one detention center to another.So, now, Derrick was a fugitive on the run with a large sum of money.That sent Schmidt Industries to the center of gossip once again.I withstood all the pressure and handled the company business in an orderly manner. Meanwhile, Xander used all his connections to stabilize the situation while also tracking Derrick down to the best of his abilities.Mom and Dad were scared now. They'd finally realized that they had been keeping a wolf amongst their den of sheep for a very long time without knowing just how terrible Derrick could be. They just continued wallowing in regret and went along with every decision I made at the compan