"Felix, I can't take it anymore... ah..."
"Little one, you are telling me that you can't take it anymore now, huh?"
And they went for another round yet again. Eudora George suppressed the urge to vomit and turned off the surveillance camera.
That was her husband, Felix Meyer. They had been married for three years but he never once touched her. He'd rather indulge himself in alcohol and women outside.
There was a knock on the door. Her mother-in-law, Laura Westin, shouted from outside, "Why are you hiding in the room again? Are you rebelling because Felix is not home? You've been married for three years and you can't even bear him a child. Why are you being so unreasonable? Why didn't you come out and cook? Do you want to starve me to death? "
'It even takes two hands to clap. Giving birth to a child isn't something that I can do alone. Am I supposed to reproduce on my own?' Eudora thought.
Eudora suppressed her nauseated feeling and opened the door and headed to the kitchen.
Ever since she married into the Meyer family, her life had been nothing but a living hell. She gave up her independence and the opportunity to build her career. She gave up everything she had. She thought that as long as she tried hard enough, she would win Felix's heart. It seemed that despite giving her all, the only thing she earned was his family's growing hatred towards her.
Who would care about the sadness in her heart?
"Ah! Eudora, are you crazy? I asked you to cook! Instead you are mixing your blood with the dishes! Are you trying to disgust me to death?"
She heard Laura's nagging and realised that she had just cut her finger. But she didn't feel any pain at all.
She looked at the bright red blood dripping from her finger, and then at her mother-in-law's disgusted look, she suddenly screamed in desperation. She felt so wronged.
It was late at night.
Eudora walked along the narrow and deserted street with a numb expression on her face, but there was a feeling of relief in her heart.
She had unknowingly wandered to the ghettos in Rosaville City. There were rubbish and incomplete constructions everywhere.
The area was filled with the homeless, beggars and drunks. The Meyer family didn't like her, but they refuse to grant her a divorce. Since they were being so mean, it's payback time.
She was planning to lose her virginity to the dirtiest and ugliest person she could find on the streets.
"Mmm..."
She heard moaning from the dark corner and Eudora walked over bravely.
Under the dim streetlight, a man was lying there. His clothes were covered with blood, his face ruined by cuts and bruises.
'Fights happen very frequently in this impoverished area. He must be a delinquent.' Eudora thought.
Eudora clenched her teeth and reached out to unbutton the man's shirt. She could feel her heart beating violently as she unbuttoned the first and second button.
The man's firm chest was exposed and she could feel him tremble at her every touch.
When she reached the last button, she suddenly heard a faint voice. "What are you doing?"
Eudora shivered. The man opened his eyes and stared at her, his eyes as sharp as an eagle's. At that very moment, Eudora wanted to escape. But when she thought of how the Meyer family members had mistreated her all this while, she held back.
"What do you think?" Her soft hands simply unbuttoned the last button and she slowly reached into the man's chest, rubbing his raw skin.
The sudden intimacy made the man's body tense up. Eudora removed the final barrier between the two of them and pressed her entire body against the man.
It was as though the man was entranced by the unique fragrance and softness of the woman touching him, he found himself unable to resist the gentle but somewhat unskilled touch of the woman lying above him. He couldn't take it anymore and grabbed her. "Woman, you asked for it."
At the moment when he finally thrusted into her, a teardrop rolled down from the corner of Eudora's eye. The man suddenly stopped.
He gently kissed the woman's tears away and patiently held her hand as he slowly brought her to climax.
Amos Granger's eyes shot wide open when he heard footsteps approaching him from far away. It was already morning.
"It's me!" Harley Louis walked over quickly. "It took me a lot of time to find you. It's good that you're still alive."
Amos' dark eyes dimmed a little.
"Are you seriously injured? Are you okay?" Harley spoke as he gathered Amos' tattered clothes. Amos had several deep wounds inflicted on the vital parts of his body. Fortunately he carried some special medication with him, otherwise he probably would have died.
With a serious look, Harley said in a deep voice, "They will really do whatever it takes to kill you!"
"Good that you know." Amos pushed Harley's helping hand away and tried buttoning his shirt.
An ambiguous mark was left on Amos' body. Harley grabbed Amos' hand and asked, "What's this?"
Upon inspecting the mark, Harley realised that it was a hickey. He immediately jumped up. "The Granger family is really ruthless. Not only did they stab you until you can't move anymore, they actually sent a woman to seduce and insult you. They knew that you hate women, yet they deliberately do it to make you feel disgusted! Where did she touch you?"
Amos knitted his brows as he recalled last night's incident carefully. 'Disgust him? If they really wanted to insult him that way, they would not have sent such a woman here. Plus it was the woman's first time last night, and...'
Amos suddenly remembered the addictive pleasure he had last night and how intoxicated the woman made him feel. His eyes quickly lit up in desire.
Harley was frightened when Amos did not say anything.
"Please don't tell me...? Did you really...?"
Harley remembered the last time when a woman recklessly touched Amos' finger, his whole body was covered with rashes and it took a very, very long time before he got well. If he really slept with a woman, it's really bad news.
"Are you really alright? Do you have rashes? Oh no, I forgot to bring the medicine. Don't worry, I'll remember this and take revenge for you in the future!" Harley started blabbering.
"Shut up!" Amos helplessly stared at Harley, "Send me to the hospital now!"
Harley just remembered that Amos' wounds were more serious than the rashes.
"I'll take you to the hospital now!"
......
Eudora dragged her aching body as she slowly walked home.
The man wasn't satisfied with just having done it once. They went for it a few more times, and by the time they were done it was almost dawn.
As soon as she opened the front door, she saw Laura stomping towards her. "Oh you still know how to come back? You're the daughter-in-law of the Meyer family, and yet you went out all night. Tell me, where did you go?"
Eudora was tired so she ignored her.
Laura grabbed Eudora's clothes. "How daring of you to act so rudely to me? Did you forget how your family begged our Felix to marry you? "
Eudora snorted coldly and pushed Laura away. "They begged you so you should go and look for them!"
Laura accidentally pulled Eudora's collar, revealing the marks on her neck.
"You!" Laura's eyes widened. "Eudora George. How dare you cheat behind my son's back! I'm going to teach you a lesson."
In the conservatory, Laura made Eudora kneel on the ground in front of her, her face contorted in anger.
"Are you going to tell me or not?"
"I don't know!" Eudora looked at Laura viciously and felt triumphant at the taste of sweet revenge.
"You don't want to tell me? Let's see if I will beat you to death or not!"
The cane landed on Eudora again and again. The pain made Eudora curl up and her hair was soaked in cold sweat. She smiled wryly. "Your son can drink and have fun outside, but I can't even find a lover outside? He doesn't have any self-control or respect for his wife, that is why I cheated on him. This is revenge! It's only fair!"
Laura was so angry that she staggered backwards. She repeatedly hit Eudora with the cane.
"Do you think you are still the eldest daughter of the George family? Your family ran out of luck a long time ago. If it weren't for our Felix, who pitied you, you would be even worse off than a beggar now. How dare you ask for fairness and justice? I'm going to teach you a good hard lesson today!"
The cane landed on Eudora's head and she fainted from the final stroke.
Woosh!
Eudora George opened her eyes when a bucket of cold water was splashed on her face.
'Is she dead? Is she in heaven? If there was a next life, she wants to be a person who can decide her own fate.' she thought.
"Oh, First Miss, are you awake?"
"You were caught red-handed by the Meyer family for having an affair!" Eudora's stepsister Kesha George uttered in disdain. "They sent you back, do you know that? The entire George family's reputation has been ruined by you!"
"Kesha, what are you talking about?" It was her manipulative stepmother, Felicia Maurice.
Eudora looked at the gloating faces of Felicia and Kesha in front of her, and she smiled bitterly in her heart. It turned out that it was not heaven. It was back to hell.
She struggled and winced at her aching body as she sat up. She smirked.
"Well, I was just following the footsteps of this family anyway. The mistress now becomes the wife."
"You..." Kesha glared at her angrily. "Dad, did you hear what Eudora just said?"
Gordon George stood next to Kesha. Eudora finally noticed that her father was there as well. She puckered her lips, keeping quiet out of respect for her father.
"Dad, I want a divorce!" Eudora said firmly.
"I do not agree!" Gordon spoke loudly.
She felt a pang of disappointment. She thought that even though her other family members had always mistreated her, her father would still stand by her side.
Eudora sneered and tried to leave the room. "I do not care if you agree or not. I'm already an adult."
"How dare you!" Gordon was so angry that he started coughing violently. The cough was so bad that he struggled to catch his breath. Eudora stopped walking, but she didn't turn around.
Felicia and Kesha quickly went over to help Gordon to calm down. "Gordon, aren't you planning to tell Eudora about our family's situation? There's a problem with our project and we've lost 50 million dollars. The George Family's foundation would collapse without Felix's support!"
Eudora was shocked. She remembered what Laura said when she was hitting her. Was that what she said, true?
"What the hell is going on?"
"Eudora!" Gordon burst into tears. "I hope you don't blame me. I was not able to do anything. Your late mother and I built our wealth and influence together from scratch. But I have failed her. I am going to be the one who is going to single-handedly destroy it!"
Mother!
Eudora remembered that when her mother died, she made her promise to do everything possible to protect the George family. If only her mother were still alive...
"This is the last time, I promise! Eudora, please apologize to Felix again. As long as the George family is able to survive this crisis, I will definitely take you back!"
Eudora turned around and looked at Gordon pitifully. She no longer believed in her father, but for the sake of the promise she made to her late mother, she was willing to try one final time.
......
In the hospital.
After clearing all the required tests in the hospital, Harley Louis returned to the ward only to see the patient had already worn his clothes. After tidying himself up, Amos Granger looked nothing like a beggar. His exotic handsome features exude a mysterious charm and he looked like a person drawn out of a painting. His eyes gave him the aura of a royalty.
He leaned lazily on the sofa and started smoking.
"What are you doing? Do you really think that you are made of iron? The doctor said that you need to rest for at least half a month!"
The smoke enveloped Amos' face, blurring his expression. The only thing visible was his cold piercing eyes.
"Do you think those people in the Granger family will let me rest for half a month?"
Harley recalled how surprised the physician was when he saw the wounds on Amos' body. The crazy people in the Granger family would not be so kind to let him off so easily.
"Okay, since the hospital is discharging you, you should go home and rest up. I'll send over a few men to guard your place for the time being."
"Okay!" Amos said faintly, "Before we leave, could you please help me retrieve the recordings from the surveillance cameras around the area you found me at?"
Harley was stunned. "What are you going to do? Are you trying to relive your exciting moment heh?"
Amos glanced at him, "I'm looking for someone."
"Who are you looking for?" After saying that, Harley clasped his mouth with his hands in realization. "Shit! Don't... Don't tell you're going to look for the woman they sent? You... you're not into SM, are you?"
"Shut up!" Amos said coldly.
"Oh!" Harley suddenly became silent. "I'll try my best!"