lluminates the room, casting a warm glow onto the hotel's large bed.

moving front and back. She slowly reaches to clear her blurry eyes. Her head still

erced the air of the room, sending a shiv

off her, but he stood h

right now," She paused, quickly wr

bed, her eyes laced with tears streaming down her red eyeb

mind confused; she looked behind at Alpha Ryder, thinking maybe sh

you don't either; there's a mix-up!" Erica's

nts towards him made him step back a bit, leaving one

He wasn't in for any explanations; his plans had worked even without the man he hire

arently ended up in a large bed with a mere stranger

esterday was her wedding anniversary with Caleb, and she had been

r was explaining, "Get far away from me, rapist!" His words

ancestors." He groaned at her, clenched his fists together, and said, "You seduced me yourself

anged all of a sudden, to when he handed her a glass filled with wi

reak in? And that glass of

She took a deep breath, trying to picture everything while biting her lip, trying to cov

d!" The deep voice of the strange man in the roo

tinue with the ceremony with Ariana? Even after

the voice seemed unfamiliar to her, t

he ended up in bed with a stranger like thi"s! Panic and dread made

" Erica wanted to continue to cry, b

y peeking out through the gap between the sheets. The tall man

a slim waist covered loosely with a white towel. Even his

nfulfilled, suddenly curious about his face. As her gaze shifted upward, she saw a head of jet-black, tousled hair

; no wonder he lasted long in bed, conveniently concealing his face,

uickly getting dressed and walking to the door. As he opened it, his gaze casually glanced towards the head of the

otel entrance for some time. He got into the car, realizing he had forgotten something, bu

ve

er legs almost gave way beneath her before she could even get off the bed. Erica forced a

reflection in the mirror. On her fair skin were the faint traces of bruises, her lips swollen and even split, her delic

ould tell what had happened to

n she needed Caleb the most, where was he? What exactly happened? As dumb as she felt, she realized something was terribly wrong, a

found a set of relatively conservative women's pajamas in the wardrobe

fled the hotel. Because of her peculiar appearance, many tax

allowed her into the car. Erica returned home with a complex mood. Ev

than anything else, she wanted to kno

t door, Erica became increasingly hesitant and fearful. The exhaustion on her

lk up to the front door. Just as she was about to ring the doorbell, s

t to me... Caleb, y

to stupor!" That's not going to happen.

other; anyone could tell how intense it was inside

er Lupa's. Anger almost robbed Erica of her good reason. She trembled, wanting

o eavesdrop on what they were saying. But soon she realized she'd rathe

sn't come back. Looks like our plan worked!" Lupa

s to me. She even accepted our sexless union and never bothered me, Mark." Erica's weak and compliant nature, easy to control wi

that bitch finds out you married her just for her father

years together, you still don't trust me? God bless me, even though I mar

dare betray me! I'm

showed her a little kindness yesterday, and she obediently drank the sedated wine. I wonder if Re

being sentenced to death, with each word cutting into Erica's heart. Her flesh felt sliced and sliced again, the wounds almost numbin

arried for a whole year, during which Caleb had never touched her, always saying the tim

treated husband turned out to be nothing more than a scammer after h

was clear that everything from the

sive! After immense grief, Erica felt nothing but boundless

important? Important enough to erase

th. Her eyes were bloodshot, her hands trembling, her already pale

s name inwardly made

d disgusting by the same man she had sincerely given love to even after her father had war