《Beneath the Trampled Rose》全部章節：第 1 章 - 第 10 章

I checked the time. If I did not get back soon, there would be no one at home to look after my mother. Then, I looked at the recently chilled drinks on the table. There were at least ten bottles.I was not sure if my stomach could take that much alcohol. If I drank it all, the pain caused by the alcohol would be unbearable. But at this point, whether I wanted to drink or not was no longer up to me.When I still did not move, Samantha spoke again in a cold tone. "What? You don't want to drink? If you don't want to drink, that's fine, too. Get on your knees and beg me. Beg me to forgive you!"Her voice suddenly became ice-cold, and her dark eyes locked on me. I had never seen Samantha like this before. Back then, she had been adored by everyone. She was innocent, kind, and had a soft, sweet voice. Yet now, she had become someone hardened with nothing but coldness in her eyes.Someone spoke up for her. "Arthur, if you're a man, apologize to her properly. What you did back then was dis

I loved Samantha with everything I had, but I had no answer for her as she stood in front of me, questioning me.Seeing her in so much pain… It hurt me just as much.But what else could I do or say?I was nothing but a worthless man right now.I pulled her hand off my shirt and coldly said, "That was just a warning, Ms. Scott. Whether you listen to it or not isn't my problem."That only made Samantha angrier once she heard what I had to say. "That's right. It has nothing to do with you. Who I marry has nothing to do with you. But out of everyone in this world, you're the least qualified to tell me what to do!"She was right. I really had no right anymore. "Then, I wish you happiness in your marriage, Ms. Scott."With that, I turned around to leave. But she shouted after me in an angry tone instead, "Do you really not regret the decision you made back then?!"There were too many emotions in her voice. There was anger and also expectation… Of wanting to know more about this.I s

Samantha's words about her warning stopped me cold.It was clear I was not getting away today. From the way she said it, she had no intention of letting me off so easily now that I had fallen right into her lap.I looked up at the person in front of me. For a moment, I actually felt as though she looked like a stranger. The young woman in my memory had been innocent and kind. She was the sort of person who would be upset for days over an injured animal.Now, she had also become so unforgiving.How badly had I hurt her for her to make her hate me this much? When the thought crossed my mind, it filled me with guilt.I could almost feel the despair she must have felt when she read that text back then, trapped alone in the dark with no one answering her cries.She held my wallet with her left hand and the photo in the other. "You want them back? I'll let you choose one. Either take the photo or the wallet. Choose!"I looked at the items in her hands. I knew she was only testing me,

Looking at Harry and his bodyguards, I said, "I don't know what you're talking about. I was just here for work. What happened just now was purely a coincidence."Harry smiled when he heard my explanation, then reached over and shut the hotel's back door.I realized right away that things would get bad, especially since that lunatic was capable of anything. If it had not been for him three years ago, I would not have nearly died. I needed to get out of here immediately, or something bad would happen. The alley was completely pitched back, after all.If the men behind him surrounded me and started attacking me, it would only get even worse for me.I turned around and pulled out my key before inserting it into the ignition switch, ready to leave. Harry swiftly said, "Why the rush? We hardly ever see each other, can't we sit down and talk?"I put on my helmet and said directly, "I've got nothing to say to you."What was there to chat about? There was nothing between us except bad blo

While I was out looking for work the next day, the hospital suddenly called me. "Hello, Mr. Parker? Your mother just developed a high fever that won't come down. Things are not looking good. Please get back here as soon as you can."By the time I rushed to the hospital, Theodora had already been moved to a special ward.I asked the doctor, "How is she doing right now?"The doctor told me about her situation. "The priority right now is to start treatment as soon as possible. What you paid earlier is almost all used up. If you want to continue, you'll need to come up with more funding right away.""I understand, Doctor. Please do whatever needs to be done. I'll find a way," I said as I deposited every dollar I had left in my bank account. I was worried her treatment might be stopped over unpaid bills.It was everything I had saved over the years, but it was still nowhere near enough. I even called Theodora's relatives to borrow some money, but every one of them turned me down. It se