Once His Wife, Always His Wife

It was at night.

Nora Stock arrived at the hotel room instructed by her client. The moment she stepped into the place, she heard the sound of flowing water.

She closed the door and took a deep breath.

It was an incredibly extravagant presidential suite whose decor and style were so sophisticated that not a single defect could be found. It was bright, spacious, and elegant. In short, it was the very definition of the word luxury.

A week ago, Nora signed a surrogacy contract at the price of half a million yuan. And the client offered to meet Nora beforehand to make sure it would work.

In fact, she had doubts, wondering why the client wanted to meet her in a hotel room but not in the hospital?

Just then, the bathroom door opened.

A man walked out of the bathroom, his lower body wrapped in a pure black hotel bath towel. The outline of his abs was clearly visible, his Apollo's Belt was clear-cut, and the waterdrops hanging about his skin looked sexy and seductive.

Nora was stunned for a second, then came to her senses with her eyes abruptly raised and her pupils fiercely contracted. Gradually, her heartbeat quickened uncontrollably.

Because of the man's appearance, Nora's heart subconsciously shrank nearly ninety percent.

"Nora, long time no see." A teasing, magnetic voice instantly filled the room.

The man's gentle voice and expression were really confusing. Witnessing the trace of provocation upon his thin lips, Nora immediately felt numb in her scalp and tightened up all over.

The woman imagined countless times the client who sounded anxious on the phone about having a child of his own before coming over. She thought he should be a senile, middle-aged man with a big belly and an obscene appearance.

She had even planned to run away.

For God's sake, she really had not expected the client to be this man...

Four years ago, the young lady of Ann City's wealthiest family defied her family's opposition and fell in love with a schoolmate one year younger than her. Thanks to her insistence and perseverance, their relationship lasted for three years. In the fourth year, the woman actively made the request for marriage.

However, at the very beginning, the man had a first love. It was the woman's intrusion and arrogation that made the puppy love ended.

Perhaps because of karma, in less than a year after they got married, the man gradually hollowed out the woman's father's company and stamped his title brand on it. And the marriage, which existed in name only from the beginning, eventually came to an end as the man threatened that if the woman said no to the divorce, she would bear the responsibility of debt of more than one billion yuan. Eventually, they parted from each other.

And that woman was Nora. However, she was a different person at present.

After recognizing the man, Nora got up and turned to leave. The next second, however, the knuckles of a cold hand fell on her wrist, and a slightly mellow voice reached her ears, "I have not begun to check it yet. Nora, where are you going?"

Nora...

The man's calling out to her name disgusted Nora.

Nora found it ridiculous that the man who currently had the most wealthy and influential status in Ann City was trying to have a child through surrogacy.

Coincidentally, the surrogate was his ex-wife, whom he had abandoned like garbage.

"I'm leaving."

She stubbornly wanted to shake off his shackles. However, the faint smile flowing from the corners of the man's mouth and the tightening grip on Nora's wrist reminded her how shameless and despicable he used to be. At this moment, Alex Hoffman said, "I have spread the words out there that if anyone lends money to you, they will become my enemies."

Nora looked back at Alex in disbelief, clenched her teeth, and widened her bloodshot eyes in anger.

She was acutely aware that Alex was essentially a ruthless monster who never allowed anyone to say no to him.

Never.

Still, Nora was determined to leave. Alex's threatening voice sounded again, "Let me be clear. If you get out of this room, you will watch your mother die."

Standing under the gorgeous room lights, Alex curled up his lips into a relentless and ironic arc.

Nora stared at the man, and for a moment, she felt like those four years were like a horrible dream that she would never want to look back at again in her life.

Thus, she replied to him in a cold voice, "Really? Is Mr. Hoffman that powerful now? Impressive. But I'm also clear that if my mother learned that I saved her by getting pregnant with my ex-husband's child, she would get mad with me or even get ill again because of that."

Abruptly, the door to the room was closed. Nora was stunned by the noise and breeze. Before she came to her senses, Alex reached out to hold her waist and kissed her on the lips, overwhelming her with his masculine breathing and vibe.

Alex clasped the back of the woman's head, cornered her 1.6-meter figure against the wall, and kissed her at will as if she was his prey.

Nora could not believe what the brute was doing to her and struggled to press her hands against his sturdy chest. The moment her soft fingers touched the man's naked, cold upper body, the kissing intensified.

"Alex, are you crazy?"

"You bastard. Get off me."

Alex suddenly paused his movements and said to Nora with a sneer, "Get off you? Sorry, I don't know how." With that, his grim smile deepened.

While Nora was still stunned, the man continued kissing her violently.

The man held Nora's full buttocks with his broad palms. Upon seeing the European-style, king-sized bed in the room, the woman panicked.

"No! Let go of me, Alex! No! Stop it!"

Nora kept slapping the man's torso, waving her hands and feet.

"You've charged me half a million yuan. It's your service to make a baby for me. So, of course, I need to scrutinize your body."

Nora was thrown on the bed, the sky and earth spinning around. It was a big bed which could accommodate four adults. The woman managed to climb up, but the man stopped her from getting out of it.

After several attempts, Nora became anxious and wept.

Upon seeing the woman's tears, the man lifted her chin and dried her damped face with his kisses bit by bit in a seemingly sympathetic manner.

His tone of voice was gentle, "What are you crying for? You used to enjoy making love to me, didn't you?"

Nora glared at Alex, saying, "Son of a bitch, why are you doing this to me? Didn't you say you were tired of sleeping with me? I'll pay you back. Just let me go! Let me go!"

The man pushed Nora back onto the bed, ignored her weeping, and said in an indifferent tone, "Perhaps I was somewhat tired of you back then and wanted to try some women else." He nibbled on the woman's ear and whispered, "But now I come to the conclusion that you the best."

Alex's touch on Nora's body made the woman's heart tense up all over.

Uncontrollably, she gave the man a slap in the face.

Alex was slightly shocked by the woman's movement, and his expression instantly became gloomy.

Nora wiped her tears away, and images of the past occurred to her. Alex did not love her. Why did he trample her over and over again?

She could not convince herself to stand shoulder by shoulder with the man against whom she had deep hatred. Once upon a time, Nora was willing to do anything for the man. In the end, however, her entire family suffered a lot due to her stupid obsession with him.

If possible, she wished she had never known him!

...

Nora had no idea how she eventually got out of the hotel and vaguely remembered that she kicked Alex in his lower body before she got a chance to flee.

It was a summer night. However, Nora felt cold all over after getting out of the hotel.

She hailed a taxi and told the driver her address. Then, she began to think about how to raise the money. No matter how, she would not take that half a million yuan from Alex.

Unexpectedly, after five minutes since she got out of the hotel, Nora received a phone call.

"Hello?"

"Nora, where are you? Something's happened."

It was from the attending doctor of her mother. With her heart contracted abruptly, Nora asked worriedly, "Doctor Lloyd, what's the matter? Is my mother okay?"

Doctor Lloyd's voice sounded from the other end of the line, "Nora, did you offend someone? I don't know why the surgery scheduled for your mother tomorrow has been canceled. As you know, given her current condition, the surgery is a must."

The cell phone slid down the woman's hand, and her empty heart immediately became filled with hatred.

Alex Hoffman, you madman!

Nora arrived at the hospital in the early morning, and when she stepped out of her mother's ward, it was 2:30 a.m.

Apparently, if one was at a hospital at 2:30 in the morning, it must because that something terrible had happened.

Doctor Lloyd was on the late shift this night and exchanged several words with Nora.

He told her that her mother must undergo surgery as early as possible.

In the dark corridor, the woman squatted down in despair. Nara thought she was always a good girl from her childhood, even though her parents loved her ardently. She never became a haughty person due to the indulgence she was given.

Since when had everything gone haywire?

Nora's father was imprisoned for the debts, her mother was suffering from a life-and-death challenge, and her family company was hollowed out by someone. Just as she thought she eventually got the money her mother's surgery needed, she learned that the money was actually from...

Involuntarily, Nora clenched her fists.

After wiping away her tears, Nora stood up and intended to leave the corridor for her mother's ward. However, an unexpected figure blocked her way. "Sorry, excuse me..."

The person remained motionless at Nora's words. Thus, the woman lifted her head and was surprised to see Alex, who she had met several hours ago, standing before her with a gloomy facial expression.

She intuitively shrank back, and the man clearly witnessed her movement.

Chet Hunter, Alex's secretary, was standing next to Alex, and Nora knew him.

Chet seemed surprised to meet Nora at this place and stared at the woman unblinkingly, greeting her by saying, "Mrs. Hoffman..."

Upon hearing the title, Nora immediately sneered, replying, "Don't call me Mrs. Hoffman. That's nonsense."

Nora wanted to flee the scene. However, Alex did not give her a chance. Chet disappeared under Alex's instruction. Then, Alex forcedly pressed Nora against the wall and said in a cold voice, "You cruelhearted woman. You almost sterilized me and ruined your happiness!"

Nora found the man's words ridiculous. As the hospital was quiet at this moment, anything they did would be easy to be detected by others.

"Alex, don't go too far. This is not a place for you to fool around!"

Nora had not assailed the man about her mother's surgery. How dare he make a punitive expedition against her instead?

After a contemptuous snort, Alex reached out to stroke Nora's thin lips, saying with a frosty expression, "It seems that you are an unyielding woman, aren't you? That's fine. I'll wait for you to compromise."

Then, Alex let Nora go. The woman hurried towards her mother's ward like she had survived a disaster, and the man soon left as well.

The next day, bad news came.

"What? Move out of the hospital?"

Early in the morning, Nora was shaken awake by the nurse and could not believe what she was then told.

The unmistakable voice of command in her ears told her, moment by moment, how dire her current situation was.

Even Doctor Lloyd was shocked by the news. "Nora, I am sure that you've definitely offended someone. You'd better take a step back. If any accident happens to your mother at this critical point, all our previous efforts will come in vain."

Listening to the persuasion and advice in the early time of the day, Nora could not help but fall into helplessness and bewilderment.

Clearly, it was Alex again!

Why did the man show up when she had already lost interest in seeing him again? Why must he make things difficult for her?

Nora had deleted Alex's number and WeChat from her cell phone long ago. Suddenly, she thought of the number she used to contact the so-called client before learning that it was actually Alex. Thus, she swiftly dialed the number.

"Hello?"

As expected, the man's mellow, somewhat hoarse voice soon came from the other end of the line.

Nora eventually understood why the man who claimed to be willing to pay a high price for getting a baby always contacted her through text messages.

How stupid Nora was that she never called the man to confirm his identity.

"What the hell do you want to do? Hound me to death, don't you?"

Alex had embarrassed Nora repeatedly in the past. Was that not enough?

The man currently owned the entire Stock family. Why was he still not satisfied?

After a while of silence, Alex replied to the furious woman, "Nora, accept the half a million yuan and make a child with me. Then, I will let your mother off the hook."

"Why? Just for a child?"

Alex chuckled, saying, " I'm fine with two children as well."

Nora lowered her eyelids for a second, took a deep breath, then exhaled. "Fine, I agree. I agree. Are you satisfied now?"

Alex's pleased voice reached the woman's ears. "If you nodded in agreement earlier, all the drama would not have happened. You know that?"

"Alex, you forced me. It was not my own choice!"

At the woman's words, Alex let out a soft smile, replying, "So, Nora, you still remember that."

Nora's body temperature quickly dropped by several degrees, and she immediately understood what karma was.