Chapter 3 Worse Than Death

Peter Bai gripped her waist and twisted her arms behind her back. Cradling her head, he kissed her hotly with a mix of bitterness and affection as he plundered her mouth wantonly.

Lily felt that the sky and the earth were spinning around. This man who had disappeared from her life for a long time caught her off guard. Her body reacted without her consent and in an instant, she lost all her resistance.

The glow of the headlights of both cars washed over them, making her face look paler. Her hair flew in the wind, floating behind her like a black waterfall.

Peter Bai held her waist tightly, unwilling to let her go. "Lily..."

Crack!

All of a sudden, Peter Bai received a slap. He stood motionless for a long time.

"Are you a bandit or a rogue? Peter, I can sue you for sexual harassment, okay?" He licked his numb lips and said in a low voice, "Then sue me! But I want to taste you again before you do that."

He trapped her in his arms once again, held her face with both hands, and kissed her hard.

Lily tried her best to avoid him but there was no way to escape. She closed her mouth to prevent his tongue from entering. Unexpectedly, he pinched her neck and when she cried out in pain, he took advantage of her.

His tongue danced with hers and he began to lick and bite her lips affectionately over and over again, tirelessly.

She was out of breath and even her legs were wobbling.

After kissing her senseless, Peter Bai suddenly pulled away and looked down at her intently. Before she could react, he grabbed her waist and flung her over his shoulder!

"Let me go! Peter! You lunatic, put me down!"

He turned a deaf ear to her protests. She battered his back with punches, which felt like soft rain to him. Peter shoved her into the back seat without much ado and started the car quickly.

"What the hell are you doing?" Lily scrambled up and grabbed his shirt collar from behind. "We have broken up, Peter!" she shrieked.

"It doesn't matter. We can start over again," he replied flatly.

"I don't want to do that! Stop the car. I have something important to do!"

He sneered. Glancing at her in the rearview mirror, he asked, "Something important? Like what? You have a date?"

After a pause, Lily loosened her grip on his collar a little but then suddenly grabbed it again with more strength than before. Raising her chin, she said in a disdainful tone, "Yes, I have a date with another man. Do you know that I'm engaged to someone, Peter? It just happened yesterday. He is my colleague and the future heir of the Zhou Group. He is a talented and handsome man."

The man was stunned for a few seconds and suddenly stepped on the brake.

"What did you say?"

His voice was low and dangerous.

Lily smiled sardonically and stated, "I said I'm engaged. I'm someone else's fiancee. Do you understand, Peter? I don't know why you have suddenly appeared in my life and I'm not interested in how you have been doing all these years. Whatever we had is all in the past now. We have separated and I don't want to have anything to do with you. I'm sorry. I don't want to get back together with you."

With that, she pushed the door open and got out of the car. A blast of cold wind instantly hit her body.

She sprinted away without looking back.

Like a deranged rabbit, Lily ran wildly on the empty road with her hair dancing behind her in the wind. She was still barefoot and completely unaware of the pain in her feet. She just kept running in panic.

Peter was back.

He finally came back.

Her legs were numb by now so she gradually slowed down.

The more she ran, the heavier her legs felt as though they were filled with lead, eventually making it impossible for her to move any further.

Squatting down slowly, she wrapped her arms around her thin body. The harsh wind made her shiver.

Her heart sank.

She thought of the storm five years ago. Peter's words wreaked more havoc in her life than that storm.

Large raindrops hit her face one after another, pricking her all over as if each one was a needle, leaving her body covered with wounds.

He stood still as a rock in front of her, his eyes cold and emotionless.

"Lily, it's over. I don't love you. I have never loved you. For me, you are just a way to deal with my loneliness. I'm going abroad. I won't take you with me. Lily, you will never be a part of my life. Let's break up peacefully. Don't make things difficult for anyone. Got it?" he said ruthlessly.

She raised the corners of her mouth sadly.

"What's wrong with you, Peter? Today is my birthday. You were going to propose to me. You are lying to me, aren't you? This must be a lie. It's raining heavily. Let's go back and discuss this, okay? I'll make your favorite desserts. Didn't you say..."

"Enough! Lily, are you deaf? Can't you hear me? Don't you think a woman should have some dignity?"

These words pierced his heart first like a sharp dagger and then they pierced Lily's cruelly.

Her heart shed blood like water.

She didn't know how she did it but she managed to nod calmly, say goodbye politely, and walk away from him forever.

She recalled that she had kept walking, as if the road had no end.

The roar of the torrential rain made it hard for her to escape the grief in her heart.

However, she didn't want to escape. She just walked in the rain, feeling hollow inside.

A flash of lightning streaked through the night sky, illuminating her ashen face. The thunder rumbled so loudly she felt like she might go deaf.

'Should I just kill myself?' Lily thought miserably. But the truth was, she did die in the heavy rain on that fateful night without realizing it. In other words, a part of her was dead now.

There was no greater grief than death.

Nothing was more painful than this. Absolutely, nothing.

Being hurt by the one you love is worse than death.