เข้าสู่ระบบRUYI WYNTER ❦Enzo and Jules were silent with cold death stares in the front seats, whilst I sat very close to the door, my head resting against the glass window, oblivious to what Lucien Blackwood had in store for me.And at the same time, my heart was racing — almost not from fear or anticipation of punishment, but from a feeling of want I couldn’t explain. A feeling so hateful and wantful at the same time.“Lady Wynter, is there any other location you’d like to go to before reaching the mansion?” Enzo asked, and I was stunned for a second. Since when did they ask me about my schedule?It was usually a pick and drop, like I was a parcel. You do not ask where a parcel wants to be dropped. My last stop was the floral shop, where I’d sign for full-time hours of work. It would be my sole job for now.“The… the flower shop…” I said, almost stuttering, and Jules directed the car to my workplace.He still scares me until now. This same man had executed and cleaned up men in front of me… th
JACE ROYWAN I finished work that evening and checked my phone, but there was still no text from Ruyi.I must say, throughout the whole day, I had thought about her so many times that I couldn’t even count them.Sophia was still finishing up some work in her office. She saw me leaving through the glass door and couldn’t help herself. She stood up and walked out after me.“Please wait for me, babe. I’d be done in a few more minutes,” she whispered, immediately walking towards the printer so no one would notice our interaction.We had been keeping things really low-key since one of our co-workers caught us having sex in my office. She had surprisingly kept her mouth shut and made sure it didn’t turn into gossip around the company. She wouldn’t risk her job, especially since Sophia’s father was one of the co-founders of the company.I grabbed Sophia’s hand. She gasped, and I saw the blush spread across her face, her heart beating rapidly. I could tell from the pulse beneath my fingers ju
RUYI WYNTER ❦The morning at my new apartment was warm and peaceful. I had never felt happier waking up than I did that morning, knowing that for the first time in my life, I had a home that was truly mine.The modern apartment was already fully furnished, with luxurious couches, beautiful chandeliers and warm lighting that filled every corner of the room instead of the dim electric bulb that used to hang from the centre of the ceiling in the old apartment.There was even a modern heater that actually worked. It felt strange not having to wear layers of clothing just to walk around my own room.Everything was peaceful and different.I stood in the middle of the living room for a while, looking around at everything I had somehow managed to choose for myself, and wondered how differently my life would have turned out if I had never gotten married at all.At least I wouldn’t carry this emotional wound. At least I wouldn’t know what it felt like to give someone every piece of yourself and
JACE ROYWANDing!The sound of a message notification pulled my attention straight to my phone.“Yes!”The word slipped out before I could stop myself. My fist clenched and shot into the air in a stupid little victory before I caught myself.What the fuck was I doing? I stared at the phone in my hand, suddenly annoyed at my own reaction. Of course I had been expecting it.Ruyi’s calls and her texts. The endless messages asking where I was, when I was coming home, whether I was okay. I knew they would come eventually since I’ve abandoned her, But why had it taken so fucking long? The Ruyi I knew would have spammed my phone the moment she went twelve hours without seeing me. She would have called until I answered, sent messages until I responded, probably even shown up somewhere looking for me.Yet it had been over a week. And now, finally, a notification from her. A little satisfaction settled in my chest.Perhaps she had finally realized how lonely she was without me. Perhaps all tha
RUYI WYNTER ❦“Ruyi…”Hydrangea guy entered the apartment, so tall he had to bend slightly before he could pass through the doorway. He was wearing a designer leather coat and his black mask that covered the scarred part of his face, and somehow, even with half his face hidden, he looked too handsome.Sometimes I wondered why he spent his time with a broken and rejected married woman like me. When he could pursue emotionally intact, hot and appealing women,Wasn’t that doing himself a disservice?I heaved a deep breath when he closed the door behind him. For a split second, I had thought it was Lucien standing at the door.That was exactly Lucien’s voice. I brushed the thought away immediately. I was probably just hallucinating. Lucien had taken up far too much space in my thoughts since I met him.“I’m glad you let me know about your apartment change,” Hydrane said as he dropped the expensive shopping bags he had brought with him onto the bed. I felt awkward.I didn’t know what to sa
RUYI WYNTER ❦I spent the rest of the day at Lucien Blackwood’s mansion, with men in dark suits attending to my every need, though I still felt strangely out of place being treated with such care.While I waited, I found myself scrolling through real estate apps, looking at standard apartments and eventually getting connected to an agent who began sending me options for studio apartments and serviced mini-flats in high-end, secured estates.The neighbourhoods looked too luxurious, too beautiful for someone like me.But then I paused. They weren’t actually as expensive as I had imagined. I had worked hard all my life. I had saved every little bit I could to help pay Jace’s debt, even after Lucien had told me I never owed him money, but life. I had still persisted.I kept working myself to the bone because I believed that one day Jace and I would somehow gather enough money together, pay what we owed and finally buy our freedom.But now, for the first time, I was beginning to understan
RUYI WYNTER ❦The towering man neared me, his hands grabbing my arms so sharp my heart stopped for a moment, he slid his sturdy leg in between my weak shaky legs from behind, spreading it farther, until I instinctively grabbed hold on a chair for support for my upper body. And when I felt Jules’ b
RUYI WYNTER ❦My legs gave out as terror swallowed everything. I squeezed my eyes shut, waiting for the pain, the darkness and the end.And then gunshots cracked through the night. I screamed. But it wasn’t my body that fell. When I opened my eyes, the men who had dragged me, all five of them, were
RUYI WYNTER ❦ “Jace ?” A low almost lifeless sound escaped my lips, unshed tears welled my eyes, The woman scrambled the moment she saw me. Her legs shook as she tugged her skirt down, hair wild, lipstick smeared across her jaw. “Jace… Jace, who the hell is she?” she hissed, eyes wide with di
RUYI WYNTER❦ I signed my husband’s ten-million-dollar mafia debt to myself… and now I’m chained to the most powerful mafia lord alive. But tonight, I’m trying to pretend I’m just a wife waiting for her husband on their anniversary. The smell of roasted pork clings to my hair as I wipe down th







