ide the Lu family villa shone brightly, a star

s, the call was abruptly ended, as she expected. She took a few deep breaths to steady herself before flinging

calmed her, and her ey

usly ill. This made her Uncle Aydin started to cause trouble for them.

dull footsteps from outside the room. It seemed close by, but she

bang', she woke up complet

wrapped herself in her bathrobe and hesit

e the man's face, and she was terrified of the sudden noise he caus

His voice was low and hoarse, and she c

iliar voice. Out of instinct, she moved back into the bathroom.

leave!" she ordered in a shaky voice. Ther

His sharp features had an indescribable expression in them, differ

, Janessa's body coiled in tension,

what he had done to her on their wedding night. No o

Janessa and sneered at her. His eyes traveled from her face onto the white, delicate skin of

at eye level with Janessa and assessed her with cold and fathomless eyes. He was so cl

htened her hold on the bathrobe th

she could see the panicked look

she was still terrified whenever

clutched the back of her head tightly and bared his teeth at her. "Mrs. Lu, I believe I sh

htly and trembled when he

omething to take care of in the company. I tried to call you, but

ed, and she could tell that he wasn't

on her, and her eyes

r. As he unbuttoned his shirt at painstakingly slow pace,

bathrobe further around herself, to cover as much sk

tside while I shower? Or woul

ords, and he stared at

chin and straighten her posture, w

point, which revealed a strong clavicle t

and closed the dis

was happening, she suddenly fel

back. The back of her waist hit the washstand. She grimaced at the p

her with disgust in his eyes. "If it weren't for my mother's arrangement, do you think I would've chosen to be with you

they were married, but no one ha

it. What did it matter? There was not

m with defiant eyes. "We both know that all we do is take what

over her ear and said through gritted teeth, "If that's what yo

t and propped her up on the washstand. He ripped

entment that had been brewing inside of her suddenly threatene

e fumbled for something behind

one, he fell sideways and hit his

n his fall, and slowly slid onto the floor. Blood trick

senses, she quickly jumped off the washstand in a hurry. The blood

and quickly soaked his shirt. No matter how many

or, Gracie, with trembling hands as she s

Rayan is

e person on the other end quickly hung up

r, she quickly wrapped herself in a bat

. She immediately rushed to the bathroom with her

tried to get the wound to stop bleeding, but it didn't work.