Chapter 6

Yvonne nearly broke down in that instant.

But she forced down the lump in her throat, yanked her wrist from his grasp, and flung herself onto the nearby doctor with all her strength.

Her voice came out eerily calm. “What do you mean, look after you? Haven’t I had enough flings on this cruise already?”

The doctor was startled. He was about to say something when Jason roared at him, “Get out!”

The doctor bolted for the door. As he left, he saw Jason grabbing Yvonne and throwing her violently onto the bed.

“You’re that desperate, Yvonne?!”

“Yeah. You never managed to satisfy me. When I was overseas, I had a different man every day. You? You’re boring.”

Whatever shred of emotion was left in Jason’s eyes vanished without a trace. He pinned her down brutally as he growled savagely. “Then you’d better enjoy this.”

What followed was violent and merciless; it was like a storm without relief. Her body was tossed like a ragdoll beneath his weight. The agony dragged her mind back to those days in the psychiatric hospital. Electric shocks, hands around her throat, lashes across her body. The past and present blurred into one endless nightmare.

His sole purpose was to hurt her. When it ended, he slammed the door behind him without looking back.

In the dim room, Yvonne curled into herself. Her whole body spasmed as nausea clawed its way up her throat. She doubled over and dry-heaved uncontrollably as tears poured down her cheeks.

Was this what she wanted? To degrade herself so completely in front of Jason, to make him hate her beyond redemption?

But it hurt so much…

It was like being torn apart from the inside out. She wanted to die right then and disappear completely.

After showering, she received a message from Jason, asking her to go to the main hall of the cruise.

When she arrived, he spared her just a glance before pointing with his chin toward a table covered in leftovers.

“Eat.”

Yvonne did not move right away. She had not eaten in days. Her condition had worsened, and her throat often spasmed uncontrollably. Every time she tried to eat, it came right back up.

She had lost even more weight because of that.

​​Jason tossed a stack of cash at her face without a trace of sympathy. Yvonne picked up the chopsticks while she trembled.

Cindy leaned gently against Jason’s shoulder and said softly, “Jason, just let her go.”

Jason chuckled coldly. “If you hate to see food go to waste, then find someone to finish it off.”

Yvonne ate slowly and emotionlessly. None of the food was to her taste, and Jason knew that better than anyone. She used to hate these dishes so much that she could not even force them down. But in the psychiatric hospital, having food at all had been a luxury. She had long since learned not to be picky.

She ate one bite at a time, but her throat spasmed violently in protest. She tried to fight through it, but in the end, she could not hold it down. She turned aside and threw up in pain.

Jason’s expression darkened. “You’re disgusting, Yvonne!”

“Eat. All of it. You’re not leaving until you finish it!”

He left with Cindy. His face was full of disgust.

Yvonne vomited up everything she ate. Her throat was pushed to its limit. She began to taste blood, and a wave of dizziness hit her again. She had to drag her messy self out to the deck to get some air and clear her head.

Cindy was already standing there, almost as if she had been waiting for her.

She looked Yvonne up and down and smirked, “You really are a mess… Yvonne, compared to Jason, I went easy on you back then.”

Yvonne’s body went rigid, and the agonizing pain tore through her again.

“You should disappear forever.”

As she finished her sentence, Cindy stepped forward suddenly, grabbed Yvonne’s hand, and shoved it against her own shoulder. Then she threw herself over the railing.

Yvonne’s blood ran cold instantly.

“Cindy!” Jason’s roar came from behind as he charged toward them just in time to see Cindy fall into the sea.

The scene mirrored a memory burned deep into his mind. Years ago, her sister had been pushed into a burning fire by Yvonne.

His eyes reddened, and the veins on his forehead bulged. Something inside him snapped. His voice tore through the air like a trapped beast.

“You’re a monster, Yvonne!”

“You should’ve died instead!”

The words hit Yvonne like a sledgehammer. But before she could react, Jason shoved her off straight into the ocean.