"Rebecca, see me in the presidential suite at nine o'clock tonight! Otherwise, you will pay for it!" Albert Cheng's evil and cold voice came to her mind again, which made her shiver.
She called Albert Cheng again, but he hung up mercilessly.
Why did Albert Cheng hang up her phone again and again? Had he known that she set him up?
What did he find? What clues gave it away? Or did he recall something that was off?
Rebecca Pei paced back and forth, feeling a chill spreading from her feet to her whole body. She was so anxious that she couldn't feel the ground that she was walking on.
No! She must go see him and find out what was going on.
She had to even if she didn't want to!
Things could take a serious turn if she didn't. Albert Cheng would send her to prison if he did go crazy.
The media reports painted him as ruthless and tyrannical, which made Rebecca Pei almost pass out with fear.
Gritting her teeth, she finally decided to go and hailed a taxi to take her to AA Hotel.
Half an hour later, she stood at the door of the presidential suite, room 3091.
Her heart beat faster than ever. She was ten times more nervous than the first time she came here.
Rebecca Pei took a deep breath and stood at the door for ten minutes before raising her hand.
This time, she didn't have the room card, so she could only knock at the door.
After only three knocks, the door opened. The handsome man who opened it was as arrogant and domineering as ever. He stood there like a king, staring Rebecca Pei up and down in front of him.
"What? You've decided not to call me, and you're finally willing to come up in person?" Albert Cheng's deep, piercing voice reached her ears. The irony was obvious as the coldness in his eyes was enough to bring a person from the blazing summer to the freezing winter.
"Mr. Cheng, I thought we have cleared everything up. What am I doing here? Why do you still want to see me?" Rebecca felt a little guilty and couldn't dare to look Albert in the eye. Instead, she hung her head low and looked at the lush carpet in the suite.
"Cleared everything up?" Albert sneered, pulled Rebecca through the door and into the room. He kicked the door closed, and then dragged towards the sofa before throwing her on it. He glared at her and said, "How dare you mention it?"
"Why shouldn't I? You think you don't have to keep your word just because you're rich?" How could he contradict what he had promised her? How shameless he was! Rebecca was still glaring back at him, with a strong questioning tone.
"Humph! You're such a reckless girl. You set me up but you want me let you go and not do anything about it? You are out of your mind! It's totally ridiculous!" Albert approached her step by step with a sneer like a predator ready to pounce on its prey. The panic in Rebecca's eyes could no longer be concealed. She struggled to the corner of the sofa and with nowhere else to go, trembled like a frightened little puppy.
Albert's eyes sank deeper and became sharper, and his smile became colder and more threatening. He leaned over to Rebecca, pinched her chin and said, "Why don't you start with telling me how you set me up?"
Rebecca was so frightened that her face had turned pale. She was profusely sweating on her back, but she would never admit it. She could only mumble, "I... I... I didn't set you up!"
"Hah! Really?" Albert sneered and looked at her with burning eyes. His hands had balled into fists, his veins starting pop up on his forearms.
"Of course. Even if I had the guts, I wouldn't dare to set you up!" Terrified as Rebecca was, she managed to lie.
She knew that she couldn't admit it, seeing his intimidating eyes. Not if she wanted to get out of there in one piece. She had a hunch that Albert didn't really know what happened. If he did, he wouldn't even have to question her like that!
"Really? Look at that!" Albert coldly pointed to a wine bottle thrown in the corner of the sofa.
Rebecca's face changed slightly and her heart beat fast again. Damn it! She was too careless. The bottle of strong wine that she had made him drink that night was still lying around. It was cold and hard evidence that was now being used against her.
She trembled as she panicked within, but she tried to calm down and said, "It's just a wine bottle. It doesn't mean anything. Maybe it's something left in this room by the previous guests, right?"
Albert cast a cold glance at her and sneered in his heart, 'Why doesn't she blush when she lies? She doesn't even blink! She's really good!'
Unfortunately for her, she didn't know that he had booked this presidential suite for years, and no other guest had ever stayed in it.
"Really? So you didn't trick me and get me to drink the strong wine?" Albert smiled playfully. He knew he still had the upper hand.
"No, no, no. The bottle of wine I brought was just mild champagne. I also drank a lot, didn't I?" It was going to take more for her to admit it. She thought he was just guessing and perhaps just bluffing his way to make her admit it. What could he do to her?
"You really don't want to admit it, do you?" Without turning his gaze away from her, Albert suddenly turned on the video. Staring at the screen, Rebecca could feel her heart pounding faster. In the video, she saw the complacent smile on her face after she entered the elevator. She looked very confident and satisfied when she left, knowing that she succeeded with her scheme. With no one else in the elevator with her, she laughed loudly and triumphantly. But somehow, Albert got the surveillance video.
Rebecca trembled as she was running out of alibis, but she still said stubbornly, "I just thought of a funny joke when I left that morning. What can it prove?"
"You really aren't going to admit it, are you?" Albert flashed another evil smile and deepened his voice as saying, "I have many ways to make you tell the truth, you know." Albert moved closer until he was upon her and pressed her against the sofa.
"What are you doing, Albert? Don't set me up like this... You have broken your promise... Get off me!" Rebecca pushed Albert away with all her strength, but to no avail.
"I am setting you up? I broke my promise?" Albert scoffed at her, "You want the evidence, right? Well, I'll prove it to you now!"
-- Rebecca's dress was instantly ripped apart, revealing the smooth and tender skin on her shoulder. The coldness in his evil and attractive eyes was instantly replaced by passion, heating up with the natural flames of lust.
With her eyes wide open, Rebecca's mind went blank. 'Oh, my God! This devil is forcing me to have sex with him!'
At that moment, Rebecca's heart raced as she panicked. She instinctively covered the exposed part of her body with her hands. Tears had started to form in her eyes. She started to regret coming here.
"Why are you covering it?" Albert pretended to be confused, still flashing an evil grin. "Don't forget that you proposed the deal yourself! This idea was entirely yours. Why are you scared of it now?" His long and powerful hand drew closer to her.
Rebecca closed her eyes, tears now streaming down her face. "Yes, I did. But you didn't keep your word. I had sex with you last night, so you shouldn't be badgering me about it anymore!"
"What? Did you really have sex with me last night? How dare you keep lying to me like that? Look at yourself. Your body is flawless. Is there any trace of injury or evidence of forced sex between you and me?
Tell me! Aren't you the one who got me drunk?" Albert's voice remained cold and sharp, but it slightly raised. Rebecca's lies were getting old and irritating.
"You got yourself drunk." Rebecca still refused to admit it.
"Ha-ha, Rebecca, you are still not convinced until you're faced with the grim reality, are you? Do you really want me to prove it to you? Do you really want me to verify it myself?" Albert sneered and looked at her viciously.
"Are you not going to tell me, yourself?" As he spoke, he reached out his warm hand to touch her shoulder.
Rebecca's body trembled. She knew that she couldn't hide it this time. What couldn't a shameless man like Albert do? She was still a virgin. That was a fact. He would know it as soon as he checked it, not to mention that this guy could do whatever he wanted.
"No, please... I will tell you!" Left with no other choice, Rebecca finally gave in and helplessly admitted it. "Last night, I played tricks on you to get you drunk. I wanted to muddle it through and still keep my innocence!"
"Go on." Albert didn't change the expression on his face.
"The wine I brought last night was a special Champagne mixed by the bartender. It is mild in taste, but can't be drunk together with the best French wine. If you eat lobster and leeks with it, you will definitely be drunk!"
She lowered her eyes timidly and didn't dare to look into his vicious eyes anymore!
"See? There you go! And later on, you also forced me to take in another bottle of strong drink even when I was already drunk, didn't you?"
"Umm... Yes..." Rebecca's voice was getting weaker. She couldn't tell him that she had also attacked him and left eight or ten scratch marks on his back.
Feeling Albert's anger steaming out of his ears, she got more and more scared. She couldn't imagine how this devil would deal with her.
She was extremely afraid and did not want this man to touch her in any way.
But he did. Albert tore her dress off her and forced himself on her. In no time, they were in the middle of the motions of sexual intercourse.
'Oh my God! Let me pass out.' She bit her lips as he pounded himself on her.
But why did she feel so good? Why didn't she drink even a little tonight?
It was painful, yes. But it was also nice.
The next morning, she was woken up by an annoying alarm. It was from Albert's cellphone.
Rebecca slowly got up from the bed, dragging her sore body from under the sheets. The moment she walked into the bathroom, she was shocked to see red and purple marks on her body.
Rebecca closed her eyes and let the tears burst out of her, washing herself with the hot water from the shower.
The warm water relaxed her and she gradually calmed down. The tears on her face were no longer visible, although her eyes were still red.
Feeling better after the shower, she hopped out of the bathroom. As soon as she stepped out, she saw that Albert had already gotten dressed.
Forget it. Her virginity was gone. It was like a bad dream, suppressed by a ghost, a monster!
Rebecca calmed down and took a look at Albert.
Albert, the devil, looked so handsome and radiant. Looking at his refreshed and well-developed body, Rebecca couldn't help but get mad!
"Mr. Cheng, from now on, we are nothing but strangers, aren't we? I don't want to see you anymore and I don't want you to lay eyes on me ever again!" She didn't want to see his smug face for the rest of her life.
"Ha-ha, strangers? Is it that easy? Don't even think about it!" Albert looked at his prey from head to toe with a playful smile.
"What do you mean? I've given it to you. You've gotten what you wanted. Aren't you satisfied with that?" Albert's words made Rebecca tremble in anger.
"I'm actually very satisfied!" Albert said word by word, "But don't forget how you set me up. So don't blame it all on me. And my promise was made before you set me up. After you betrayed me, you shouldn't have expected that I'd keep my end of the bargain!"
"What do still you want from me then?" Rebecca was trying really hard to keep it together. She was about to go mad. Her virginity was lost to a monster like Albert who was still unwilling to let her go. Had she given it to him in vain?
"Ha-ha, I have told you. I am not a man to be messed with. Everything has a price. Since you messed with me, I will make sure that you will pay for it... for slapping me, for setting me up, for making me look like a fool!"
"You... You..." Rogue! Rebecca was so angry but she didn't dare to fight back anymore.
She was really scared now. She had underestimated this man who turned out to be shrewd and scheming that it would be wise not provoke him at all.
Albert cast a cold glance at her and said, "Rebecca, I know you don't have the money to pay me back. In that case, you can be my woman for ten days. After ten days, we are even and you can walk free."
"You've gone too far. You asked for one night and you've gotten it. Now you're telling me that you want ten days?" It was a shameless proposal. How could he do this to her? Rebecca was so angry that her face turned pale. She was about to cry but no tears came to her eyes.
"Ha-ha, whoever dares to go up against me, I will make them pay back ten-fold. This is my principle," Albert said lightly.
Then he gave her the key card to the hotel suite. "I hope I can see you again at the same time tonight. I hope you won't disappoint me. You should know by now, the things that I can do. Okay?"
"Albert... You..." Albert stopped her impatiently and demanded fiercely, "Don't say anything more or I'll change my mind and ask for one hundred days!"
Rebecca shut her mouth immediately. She held back her anger and gritted her teeth, wanting to cut him into pieces.
'Oh my God! How on earth did I ever get entangled with this man? Was he sent by God to punish me?'
Rebecca walked out of the hotel in low spirits. She recalled the first time they met.
'I shouldn't have stepped out of my bounds. I messed with the wrong person and now I am being punished.'
It was four days ago, on a sunny day. The sky was blue and white clouds sailed quietly by.
It was such a good day, but Rebecca suddenly suffered a fatal blow.
Her boyfriend, whom she was going out with for more than a year, said that he wanted to break up with her and marry another woman. Rebecca was devastated and her mind went blank.
Pain, disappointment and grief consumed her entire body.
That night, Rebecca took her best friend and roommate Alice Li to a bar to drink.
The bar that they went to was the most high-end one near the school. The consumption in this kind of place was quite high, and so was the price of drinks. If it were in normal times, Rebecca would never waste money to go to such a place.
But that night, somehow, she took Alice Li there.
It was said that a lovelorn woman would lose her mind, so Alice Li naturally let her do whatever she wanted. Moreover, with her keeping Rebecca company, how could anything go wrong? She could only let her get drunk and then help her back to school.
--
It was good that it wasn't too far from the school where they went. What was more, it was a pretty decent bar so Alice Li didn't have to worry about that.
She didn't expect, however, that Rebecca would get into such trouble.
Perhaps it was because of her misery that she got easily drunk, drinking only a few glasses of wine.
After a few gulps, Rebecca spoke incoherently, "Alice, do you think today is April Fool's Day? Why did he break up with me today? Why does he suddenly want to marry someone else?"
Rebecca cried and smiled, "I thought I was Cinderella and I had met my prince charming. Now I am without a prince. Do I have to return to my original form since I can't become a princess anymore? Why? Why did he suddenly say that he wanted to marry someone else? Liar! He's such a liar!
Ha-ha, son of a bitch lied me!"
Sometime later, two girls entered the bar and sat at a nearby table.
"Oh, I wondered who was so unlucky to be abandoned and is making a scene here? It turns out to be the pure beauty of our school, Rebecca Pei," one of the girls sneered loud enough for Rebecca to hear.
"What kind of purity does she have now? She has become an abandoned woman!" another beautiful girl in a purple dress said with an arrogant smile.
"Bullshit! It's none of your business!" Rebecca was furious and she couldn't hold herself together because she was too drunk. The girl in purple dress in front of her, Emily Wen, was her archrival at school.
As one of the three most beautiful girls on campus, Emily Wen always disliked Rebecca. How could she not take the opportunity to rub salt on the wound, now that Rebecca had just been dumped by her boyfriend?
But Rebecca drank too much tonight. She was so angry that she didn't even think about it and directly poured a large glass of wine on Emily Wen.
Alice Li was stunned to the core. Emily Wen was a very difficult and unruly lady, but it was too late to stop Rebecca now.
Emily Wen was completely drenched and was naturally furious and wanted to fight with Rebecca. Rebecca was drunk but she was also smart. She rushed out of the bar as fast as she could and avoided a beating.
Just then, she bumped into a tall young man.