I stayed silent, lost in my thoughts. I know he had a history with the Long family, and given the fact that we had no strong relationship, the idea of him being in love with me is quite implausible. So when he pledged to help me get my revenge, the only logical motive I could think of was manipulation. He perceived my skepticism and decided to let me be; he went over to the window and assumed his previous position, ignoring me. "Sam, how do you want your revenge?" He asked, still looking out the window. I was somewhat confused, but I felt uneasy at his question. "Why?" I asked him, wondering if he didn't hear me say I didn't want his help getting revenge on her. But he turned and eyed me for a couple of seconds, then turned away."To dispel your doubts about me exploiting you, I will take action against Leila and his family anytime you want."I was speechless staring at him like some star out of a commercial; I was smitten, and I guess this is the very beginning of my strong love
The rest of the week went by uneventfully; my so much-anticipated vacation was in the mud. That bitch ruined everything, but she would pay for it. I never saw Jared after he left on my arrival from the hospital. It's for the best though; I might lose it the next time I see that bastard around here. Neither did I hear from Kent; for some crazy reason I yearn for him. I tried calling him many times, but the very thought of our final parting at the hospital zapped my confidence to call him. After spending that agonizing week at home, Emilia called me and said. "Sam, you know the usual place; come over quickly. Leila, that bitch is here," she spoke hastily, sounding tense, and it quickly shot up my heart rate. I immediately hung up and rushed out of the house. Although I had no idea how Leila escaped the mansion, I was past caring at this point. As soon as I arrived at the bar, I saw Emilia sitting with Mickey at the far end, having some lovey-dovey time. She jerked off her chai
The more I retreated from Jared, the more he advanced towards me, like a grim reaper; his shadow enveloped me, making me shiver. But I stubbornly held on to my phone, hiding it behind my back, saying:"Never, Jared. When I took this step, I never planned on turning back. I liked you so much before that I was willing to do anything for you. When Leila told me you were waiting for me in the alley, I believed her, and I rushed to meet you. But what did I get?"Brows furrowing, Jared retorts:"I've already married you. What more do you want? I paid for her sins?!""Really? Did you ever treat me like we were married? Did you ever love me?" I ask boldly.Jared didn't reply; I just looked at his gloomy and cold face, with every breath feeling painful."Jared, what I detest the most is your demeaning attitude as if you're doing me a favor. Leila may have tricks up her sleeve, but would she do any of that if it wasn't for you? Everything springs from you! Yet, you're the one who despises me a
The night felt hazy and confusing. Yet, somehow, Kent's presence brought me comfort. So, when he suggested going out, I didn't refuse.After Emilia found me a set of clothes to change into, he brought me upstairs. His friends were all hanging around the corridor. They were occupying the next VIP room to the one Jared and Kent fought in a couple of minutes ago.Upon seeing us, their faces lit up with strange yet excited expressions. Some of them even gave us a thumbs-up in praise:"Wow, you sure know how to make a move! You've boldly and audaciously snatched away the famous Invincible CEO—Jared's wife!""Absolutely! Did they underestimate who Kent is?! Just a mere finger of his can knock out that punk.""Think about it, Jared, with his weak and pathetic look, it's just so satisfying!""Thankfully, that punk has some taste. Choosing a pretty wife, at least Kent didn’t lose out!"I was speechless the whole time; wondering if they had taken too much alcohol already. I could predict that
Immediately I stepped into the bathroom, I was lost, Kent's physique is even better than that of the typical runway male models, with broad shoulders, long legs, solid abs, and healthy skin. The light penetrates the water falling on his body, casting a mystical halo on his robust shoulders. There are no words to express how good he looks, so easily seducing my soul. At the moment that I'm dazed, he has already turned back, looking at me with a sardonic smile. "Have you had enough?" I gulped down saliva shamelessly. In truth, I'm not drunk, but if I pounce on him now, it seems a bit too brazen and shameless, so I squint, pretending to be a little tipsy and lean in. "Kent, I don't feel too well...." I clung to his neck, pressing my lips, which smelled of alcohol, to his. I desperately sought his warmth, yet when he met my passion, he didn't immediately respond but held onto my shoulders, looking deeply into my eyes, and asked, "Sammy, do you know what you are doing?" The
After Kent sat down, I served him a plate of food and set it in front of him, then also served myself a plate."Getting used to living alone before has taught me that you'll starve if you can't cook," I said, wiping my hands on my apron."Give it a try and see if it suits your taste.""The craftsmanship is not bad," he responded.After we finished eating, he asked me what I was going to do. I hesitated before saying I wanted to buy a mobile phone and pack up a few things from my apartment."Alright. Then I will accompany you." "That's unnecessary; I can handle myself. Besides, no one is going to attack me in broad daylight.""Okay then. I'll accompany you to buy your phone first."I wanted to say that's not necessary, but in the end, I didn't voice it out. I followed him out and headed to the mall to buy a phone. I paid for it myself. He intended to pay for me, but I didn't take it, so he did not insist.When I inserted my old SIM card into the new phone, several missed calls suddenl
It surprised me that He would play a fast one on me. The bastard tricked me the whole time; he orchestrated the charade of a divorce, but to what end?I was lost for a few minutes; I thought he, a prideful man, definitely would not want anything to do with me anymore after he found out last night that I was with Kent, but no,He has been playing games with me all along.His slender fingers crossed and laid in front of him, quietly looking at me, "We've just been married for two years; our relationship is fine; there's no justified reason to divorce. We have both cheated, so let's call it a truce.I stared at him in astonishment; I had always wondered how his brain worked, but it was obvious this bastard was sick in the head."Why are you doing this to me? Why not go on and marry your perfect lover Jade? Why won't you let me be happy? We have never been happy together ..".He looked at me expressionlessly, his eyes calm like water. “But I said we are. Sam, I'm wealthy with a couple o
Kent hung up the phone after giving the address.Jared stared at the darkened screen of his phone and was silent for a long time.I saw the veins on the back of his hand protruding; evidently, he was angry. But in the end, he acted as if nothing was amiss, even gently patting my cheek with a smile."Stay home like a good girl; I'll be back soon."Saying this, he opened the door and walked out.As the ruthless sound of the door closing echoed, I slumped down on the sofa, feeling angry and aggrieved.I had always thought it was Leila who was evil and never thought deeper. But not until tonight did I realize that Jared was the source of the evil.What scared me even more were his words; he said the man who forced himself on me was someone close to me.He knows me, understands me; like a phantom in the night, he existed by my side willfully and crazily, watching me, hurting me.But I don't know anything about him.The feeling is too terrifying.I need to know who he is!Just as I was lost
I'm recalling the words Jared said to me that day, repeating them verbatim:"I remember he said this: 'Before, Amelia was not obedient at all; not only did she kick me, but she also jumped into the sea playing suicide. Later, I tied her up, and she became obedient.'If I'm not mistaken, his sentence means that Amelia disabled him by kicking him before she jumped into the sea.But if she did jump into the sea and die, then how did Jared manage to tie her up?While I packed my stuff to move out after the charade of a divorce, I remember seeing a photo in his apartment. It was a picture of Amelia tied to a chair. I guess she was confined by Jared and even suffered such abuse.Although the face in the photo was torn off, I think it shouldn't be wrong."After I finished speaking, Kent didn't say a word. He was dead silent, looking out at the sea; his silence was killing me, but I was too scared to say a word. The air outside was chilly it made him cough violently.After coughing for a wh
At this moment, what can I possibly say?When I realized that he had risked his life to save me from the vast, perilous sea, any little grievance I held against him shattered completely.All I could do was hold him tightly by the neck, crying as I confessed:"I'm sorry. I didn't know. I was being overly dramatic. I was wrong, Kent, I was wrong..."He didn't dodge. He looked significantly better than moments ago. His low brows kissed away the tears at the corner of my eyes. He sighed sadly, holding me tightly in his arms; the grip was intense:"All right, stop crying. Damn it, I can't stand to see you cry."You tend not to remember things; I don't blame you. Kieran was there all along, yet he didn't mention a single word to you! Damn it, that bastard even planned to run away with you!Damn, what a piece of shit friend! I want to cut ties with him!"With a particularly aggressive tone, he sternly warned me:"Sam, listen carefully. Regardless of any misunderstandings we might have in th
Kieran was talking but suddenly stopped. I couldn't help but ask:"What did I say?""You were confusing me with him. You were tearing my clothes, yet all the while crying and shouting at him, spilling everything that should and shouldn't have been said." I was short for words, I was so embarrassed, I asked the ground to open up, to swallow me whole. But it didn't listen. He paused a moment, furrowing his brows as he looked at me:"Sam, you confessed your feelings for him,"With that, I felt my vision darken, my voice constricted, and the words that had been bottled up inside me finally came streaming out:"Did I also tell you he told me he got tired of our relationship, that he stopped thinking about me since I left?""Yes. That's the exact reason why we started fighting."He gestured to his face. It was only then that I took a good look at his face and saw the injuries equal to the ones Kent had.Now that I knew who he was—the older neighbor boy from my youth—my heart ached for him
"My stomach is growling with hunger, but when a spoonful of food was extended in front of me, I dared not eat it."Doctor, we... don't know each other well."I just didn't have the strength to beat around the bush, so I went ahead and told him.The doctor laughed at my comment. His smile appeared very warm, but his reply wasn't quite as inviting:"Sam, how heartless of you. Kent and I ended up in a fight over you. And now you tell me that we don't know each other well?""Huh?"Oh, right. When I awoke, those two were fighting. Moreover, both of their faces were showing signs of that fight.But why?I remember that he and Kent were good buddies. When Jared's uncle was annoying, Kent voiced his expectation of introducing us to each other with a sense of anticipation.They were such chummy pals; why would they fight over me? It's baffling.I waited for his explanation.Instead, he lifted the spoon once again:"Do you want to know what happened? Finish your food first, and then I will tel
When I woke up next, I had no idea how much time had passed.The faint, salty smell of the sea still lingered in the air, but this room was no longer the one on the yacht.Without any interest in studying the room's furnishings, I just wanted to figure out where I was as quickly as possible. Therefore, I looked around.Then, I noticed two men standing in a standoff at the door. Their hands crossed in combat stances, each staring at the other without yielding."Kent?"I called out once I recognized one of them, I mumbled his name. I thought I was still dreaming. But when my hoarse voice made it out, he let go of the other person and dashed over."Sam, you're awake? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"While he spoke, he reached out and grasped my hand.I felt a bit dazed and stared at him, lost. He seemed to have lost much weight and appeared quite haggard.His typically handsome face was now sporting a stubbly beard. His clothes were even more of a mess, missing several buttons.What
When I heard Kent's voice on the phone, my mind froze for a moment.I didn't seem to understand the meaning of his words; my entire person was stunned there.He said again:"Speaking of which, her taste is indeed good, but after playing with it, it's no longer fresh. Now, since you've taken her away, I don't think about it anymore.Jared, I hope you two can smoothly reach Berlin. Goodbye."After Kent finished these words, he hung up without any hesitation.And I, I had no thoughts at all. The tears that had just fallen out of fear had miraculously stopped at this moment.What was spinning in my mind was the sentence he had just said:He said, You play with your wife. What does it have to do with me?He said, after playing, it's no longer fresh.So in his heart, I am just Jared's wife.So to me, he was just been playing me the whole time.Oh yes, thinking back, Kent was just nice to me, but he never said he liked me.How did I start to fantasize about him, thinking that he would be anx
"Jared, you...you..."Staring at the toolbox laid out in front of me, I was panic-stricken and couldn't form coherent sentences.With this box of contraptions displayed before my very eyes, he combined that with this absurd posture, he tied me in. It doesn't take much to guess his intentions now.But my trepidation was intertwined with an overwhelming sense of shock and disbelief.Back when I used to chase after him, he had always been the cool, distant, celibate male god. After our marriage, he became even more aloof, acting as if I was beneath his notice.But now, why did he suddenly...?Just how twisted is Jared's mind to have conceived such fetishes?Even though my mind feels muddled, I have this glaring realization that his current disposition is far from that of a normal person."Don't look so surprised; you wrecked my wedding, I will have to take you instead. Besides, we are already married," he said, smiling cynically. He must be pissed, I heard that Jade's family called off
Why, of course, I had no idea. This question has been puzzling Kent and me for quite some time, and yet we could not find an answer.Thus, I casually asked:"Why?"His expression was subtle, his emotions unreadable: I was disgusted by him but I held my thoughts in. "Ever heard of being driven to the wall to fight for survival?""What do you mean?" I was startled, sensing something ominous was on the verge of happening.Sure enough, Jared's next words nearly choked the breath out of me:"Because, the Long family business was barely an empty shell— not even that, given my father's poor management and my uncle's repeated sabotage. It held no significant value.So, when Kent wanted it, I simply handed it over. Little did he know, that I would use the money from selling the company to acquire his company Jewel Group in Berlin. Now, it's just a matter of time before I completely own Jewel Group Berlin. Sam, do you find my counter-acquisition plan fascinating?"Fascinating indeed!If he su
Seeing Kent's gloomy expression as he was looking out of the window, my heart sank. Subconsciously, I wondered if there had been any issues in the full-scale attack on the Long corporation.I locked the door before approaching him."What's wrong? Did something slip through the cracks?" I asked."No. Everything is going smoothly.""If everything is smooth, then why are you unhappy?""It's precisely because everything is too smooth that I am unhappy."Kent let out a sigh, looking more dejected, leaning back with a deep gaze at me."Jared, that self-centered scumbag, always puts his interests first. If the Long Corporation goes bankrupt, he can't hold his ground in New York City. How could he willingly allow me to take over his corporation?Yet, when I've been pressuring the Long Corporation in this period, there's been hardly any struggle or retaliation from them. It feels as if they've easily handed it over to me.This is highly unusual.No matter how incompetent Jared might be, he cou