Chapter 3 No.3

I lay on the bed, touched the cold and empty space beside me, and closed my eyes tiredly.

I felt weak and feeble. My body was so hot. I thought that I might have a fever.

I suddenly thought of Rylan. If he were here, would I not be so lonely and helpless now?

However, he hadn't come back for half a month since he left that night.

When I was about to fall asleep, my phone suddenly rang. It was Rylan.

As soon as I answered the call, a woman's anxious voice came from the other end of the line.

"Is that Stella? Rylan is sick. He doesn't bring any medicine. Can you bring it here?"

I tightened my grip on the phone.

The voice was from Zoe.

It was true that she had been with Rylan these days when he didn't come home.

"Where are you?"

My voice was hoarse.

I thought that I must look pathetic now. I was like a puppet without dignity, carefully protecting the precarious marriage.

But did it really work?

"Haven Club."

Zoe hung up the phone with a few words.

I put on my clothes, took the medicine in the drawer, and rushed to Haven Club in the heavy rain.

When I arrived, I didn't have time to wipe the rain off my body. I reached out and pushed the door open.

"Rylan..."

Before I could finish speaking, there was a burst of laughter in the room.

I stood at the door and I felt so embarrassed since my body got wet because of the rain.

They all looked at me, laughing. At this moment, I was like a clown, being contemptuously looked down upon.

I looked at Rylan in confusion and wanted to ask him for help.

He sat upright, holding a glass of wine in his hand and shaking it gently. He didn't look sick at all.

Someone looked at him with a smile.

"Rylan has won. I accept the punishment!"

I looked at Rylan stiffly and asked him with difficulty, "What do you mean?"

"Ha-ha."

He didn't say anything, but Zoe laughed.

Looking into my eyes, she raised her head and looked at me pitifully like a princess.

"I've heard from Rylan's friend that you are flattering him. I didn't believe it at all. I didn't think that anyone would come in such a heavy rain just because of a phone call."

I suddenly loosened my grip of the medicine bottle in my hand and let it fall to the floor. The sound was not loud.

I just felt that the blood all over my body seemed to have solidified. I was stunned.

I had been caring about him wholeheartedly all these years, but in his eyes, it was worthless.

It seemed that Zoe had not humiliated me enough.

She stood up and walked to me. She looked me up and down, and then took out the tissue and handed it to me.

"Stella, wipe your body. Rylan doesn't like the woman who is in a mess."

I waved away the tissue in front of me.

I ignored Zoe and looked at Rylan.

"Is she your mistress?"

Rylan's face suddenly darkened when he heard my words.

"Stella, stop it. Zoe and I... It's not what you thought."

When I was about to retort, Zoe held my arm intimately and said softly, "Stella, don't quarrel with Rylan because of me. He is right. We are not in the relationship as you thought. You should learn to be gentle, Stella. Don't you know that Rylan likes gentle women?"

I sneered. When I was about to push her away, she got closer to me. This time, her voice was so low that only we could hear it.

She said, "Stella, have you heard of a saying? You will never win a woman the man likes the most. Don't you know that the man you have been waiting for day and night makes love with me every night? Don't call me a mistress. The one who is not loved is the mistress. When I fell in love with Rylan, you didn't even know him. Do you deserve to compete with me?"

Even though I had expected it, when I heard it with my own ears, I couldn't help but feel helpless.

Looking at the fake smile on Zoe's face, I couldn't help trembling.

She was challenging me and trampling on my self-esteem. She had the favor of Rylan and she didn't feel frightened at all.

"Go away!"

I pushed her away. I was sure that I didn't use too much strength, but she screamed and fell to the floor.

Subconsciously, I wanted to help her, but Rylan rushed up. He pushed me to the floor, and then picked up Zoe.

"Are you hurt?"

Zoe shook her head and said, "Rylan, don't blame Stella. She vented her anger on me because she was in a bad mood."

Rylan turned his head and gave me a hard look.

His glance made me feel so sad.

At this moment, I suddenly felt that I was not his wife, but his enemy.

His eyes were cold and frightening.

"Rylan, I'm going back. You stay here and explain the misunderstandings to Stella. I don't want to get hurt again when I see you next time."

Zoe pretended to smile sweetly. She stood up and limped away.

I stood up with my hands on the table. My hand got hurt because of the broken glass, but I still hid my bloody hand behind my back.

Someone saw it and exclaimed, "Your hand is bleeding!"

Looking at the direction in which Zoe left, Rylan was so worried about her.

Hearing other's words, he looked at me. He glanced at the blood at my palm and frowned. The disgust in his eyes made me feel sad.

As I had expected, he didn't care about me at all. He just said impatiently.

"Stella, you are always so rash. You should learn how to be a woman from Zoe."

I felt pain all over my body.

He asked me to learn how to be a woman from Zoe.

But five years ago, it was this woman who abandoned him because she saw him seriously injured and that he was not good at doing things.

At that time, he had never mentioned Zoe. All he cared about was me. I thought he would never go back to find Zoe since she had insulted him like that.

But now, he seemed to have forgotten the terrible time. All he cared about was Zoe. He turned a blind eye to me, who had once helped him a lot.

"Wipe your blood. It's disgusting."

After saying that, Rylan walked forward without looking back.

I tried my best to keep up with him.

When I walked out of the room, I heard someone talking, "Mrs. Morris is really a joke. She is his wife, but she is humiliated by a mistress. What a coward she is!"

Someone echoed.

"Everyone knows that Mrs. Morris cares about Mr. Morris. I'm afraid that even when Mr. Morris brings Zoe back, Mrs. Morris has to serve him well. Since she only cares about Mr. Morris, she can't leave him."

I stopped and smiled bitterly.

That was right. I was such a loser.

But...

I looked at Rylan's back and was gradually lost in thought.

I had a reason to stay with him.