6
I didn’t expect that Hector would come to my
room at night.
He forcefully pressed his body down on me. I
could feel his warm breath lingering by my
ear.
If it were the old me, I would have felt
incredibly sweet. Because pursuing him for so
many years, he finally noticed me.
But now, his warm breath only made me feel
unease and disgust.
Hector was wearing a bathrobe similar to
Gemma’s, but he wanted to come closer and
make out with me.
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I dodged his kisses in a disheveled manner
and even let out a piercing scream. “Don’t
touch me!”
“Why? You like me don’t you?” Hector
ignored my resistance and forcefully stripped
off my clothes.
Then he saw my scars and was stunned.
My body, which used to be tender and
delicate, was now covered in scars.
They were everywhere.
The most terrifying one was on my back.
Someone used a needle to leave three
insulting words, “A Cheap Woman“.
It made me feel like a despicable item.
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Hector had always been calm and indifferent.
But the scene instantly made his eyes red. He
asked, “Who did this?”
Intense resentment overwhelmed my fear, and
I had never been so hysterical.
“Isn’t this what you wanted? You want to
torture me, lash me, and make me lose all
dignity.”
I raised my right hand, which had only four
fingers, and laughed crazily, “You ruined my
dream for your first love. And now my leg is
lame too. It should be enough repayment,
right?”
“If that’s not enough, I’ll tell you a secret,” I
said, pretending to be mysterious as I leaned
closer to him. “I was pregnant with your baby,
but it’s already gone.”
“I bled a lot that day. And I remember that.
you were watching a ballet performance with
her…”
“Enough. Stop it…” Hector finally realized.
what I had been through.
He hugged me tightly in grief. “It’s my fault. I
didn’t know it would turn out like this.
“I thought you really had inherited mania. I
didn’t want you to harm others, so I sent you
there to receive treatment.”
Hector had always been aloof and cold, but
he was now incoherently explaining. “I had
gotten over Gemma since long ago. It’s just
that she saved my life before. Now that she
has nowhere to go, I cannot ignore her. I was
kidnapped when I was twelve years old…”
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I laughed and said, “It was me who called the
police for you. I told you at that time that my
name is Jen, right?
“That was my nickname, J–E–N. Not G–E–M.”
Hector almost trembled as he hugged me
tightly. He said, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Jenna.
It’s my fault, and I will spend my whole life
making it up to you. You can hit me, scold
me, or whatever you want. Just please don’t
leave me.”
He kissed my scars tenderly as if handling a
fragile treasure.
But I felt a sharp pain as if the place where
Hector had kissed was burned.
“Stay away from Mr. Weston. He belongs to
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Ms. Madsen.” The director’s sinister voice
echoed in my mind.
I felt I was whipped again.
I suddenly slapped myself and knelt down,
begging for mercy. “Don’t hit me. I am sorry.
won’t get close to Mr. Weston anymore.”
Perhaps due to intense emotional
fluctuations, I felt a burning pain in my
stomach too.
I started to retch. Then I felt dizzy.
“Jenna!”
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Before I lost consciousness, I seemed to hear
Hector’s desperate cry.
