FIERCE QUARELL (EIGHT)

Two o'clock in the morning, Edna came out of her room after hearing a disturbing noise from downstairs. Wearing a thin night robe, Edna descended the stairs in Acelon's mansion to take a peek at what was going on down there. But as expected, the woman immediately found Acelon making out with a woman in the living room, and maybe soon they would be stepping into a more intimate stage.

“Eww… you disgusting, Acelon! Go to your room if you really want to fuck this bitch."

"Honey, who is she?" Asked the woman in surprise. She stroked Acelon's head who was already half drunk while demanding an explanation from the man in order to immediately answer her question. But Acelon just gave a small grin towards Edna while waving his hand for Edna to leave.

"You better go back to your room little girl. Don't interfere with the affairs of grown man."

"Tch, I'm not a kid, Mr. Grishold. Have you forgotten, who turned this innocent girl into a woman?” Edna asked irritably with her hands on her hips.

She snorted in disgust at Acelon who was serious about his toy again. She also plans to return to her room, according to Acelon's previous orders. But unexpectedly Acelon grabbed her hand and pushed away the blonde haired woman who had previously been the object of his passion.

"Stay here, stay with me."

Acelon pushed the blonde haired woman roughly and immediately pulled Edna's hand so that it sat on her lap. The man did not care anymore about the bitch's shout of disrespect, who should tonight be the object of his lust. Right now, all he needs is Edna. And since earlier, all of his thoughts have also been filled with the figure of a ravishing Edna.

"Move, I don't want to be your sex slave Acelon!" Edna growled annoyed.

She pushed Acelon's head away from her while turning her face to the side so that Acelon wouldn't kiss her face with a mouth full of the disgusting smell of alcohol. Instantly Edna wanted to vomit when she smelled the strong aroma of alcohol from Acelon's breath. That man must have been drinking bottles of alcohol to end up in this disgusting manner.

"I don't accept rejection."

"And I also don’t accept coercion." Edna replied no less fiercely while rebelling violently within Acelon's confinement.

The woman tried to stand up and immediately left Acelon in front of her so that she wouldn't have to serve the lust of the beast male jerk in front of her. She was disgusted by just being the man satiating her at night, while during the day, they would only be two individuals who didn't know each other and were just busy with their own affairs.

"Stop moving or I'll use force."

Plakk!

Edna slapped Acelon's cheek hard and made the man instantly wake up from the effects of his drunkenness. The man looked at Edna sharply while gripping Edna's waist tightly until Edna was made grimAcelon because she endured the pain from that man's grip.

"You dare to slap me?!"

Edna returned Acelon's gaze as sharp as she looked up to show that man that she was not a weak woman who would just be silent over all his unscrupulous deeds. It was time for her to show Acelon that she wasn't that weak. She could have used force against Acelon so that the man wouldn't trample on her shattered pride even more.

"Why? Are you surprised? Hmm... I'm not as weak as you think Acelon Grishold. I could have been rude to you if you were also rude to me."

"You ungrateful bitch. I have picked you up from the orphanage, and I have supported you so that you can live in luxury like this. Without me, you would just be trash in that orphanage with the dirty bums who live there. Just so you know, you are not the respectable woman Edna. You were born to a bitch who was picked up by your dad at the bar. So don't act as if you are a respectable woman who can just be arrogant in front of me.”

Edna gripped Acelon's shirt collar tightly while enduring all the emotional turmoil that was about to explode. The man had just insulted her and called her a dishonorable lowly woman. Her heart really hurt when she heard all the humiliation leaving Acelon's mouth. For years she harbored feelings of love for him and was always silent over all the abuse he had done to her. However the man had even deeper stabbed the thorn in her heart. Was all that abuse not enough for Acelon to rip her entire soul apart? She even plans to end her life so that she won't have to meet the bastard guy in front of her again. Unfortunately God saved her when she attempted suicide three years ago.

“The son of a bitch like me is much better than you, that disgusting old man who could destroy the innocence girl who was only twenty years old at the time. As long as you know Acelon, I'm sick of living with you. I want to be free from your grip and live happily with the people I love. But you always hold me and treat me like your sex slave who you can touch any time. I hate you Acelon!”

With all the strength she had, Edna pushed Acelon's body so hard that the man was knocked back so she could immediately run away, moving away to her room on the second floor.

Right now her heart was broken, and she just wanted to cry out loud in her room while sinking her head on the pillow. To be honest she was never that strong. Her heart had always been fragile and was too helpless by Acelon's power. But she always hides behind a mask of pride and pretends that all the things in this world can be easily grasped. In fact, in fact all of that was just a fabrication he created to fight the dictator, Acelon Grishold.

“You bastard Acelon! Damn it! I hate you!"

Edna burst into tears in her room while cursing at Acelon as hard as she could. Her broken heart felt even more crushed by all of Acelon's painful words. Sometimes she thought, why did her father have the heart to hand her over to a monster like Acelon? She would rather be in an orphanage and live in poverty than she had to end up in the clutches of Acelon who never gave her the slightest joy.

And regarding the origin of her mother, even her father had never said such harsh things in front of her and always told good things about her mother. But now, Acelon actually clarified the status of her mother who came from the lowest caste in society only to humiliate her self-esteem which had been destroyed since three years ago.

While lamenting her unfortunate fate, Edna curled up alone in sorrow beside her cold bed. Her eyes now felt sore because of the melting of tears that had not dried up a long time ago. She don’t know how many tears she shed after this. Maybe the entire ocean wouldn't be enough to hold all of her tears, because as long as Acelon was still breathing around her, she would never stop crying because of that man.

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Prang!

"Shit!"

Acelon ruffled his hair in frustration while throwing whatever he could within his reach to vent all the anger that kept bubbling up on the crown of his head. Since last night the guilt didn't go away and it got even crazier in his head.

The shadow of Edna that was staring at him with a hurt and broken heart made Acelon never stop blaming himself for treating her so cruelly. In fact, he broke his own oath in front of Brexton not to mention the origin of Edna's mother in front of her, because Brexton had always not wanted Edna to live with feelings of inferiority just because of his mother's background.

Unfortunately last night Edna actually provoked his emotions by slapping his face and made him unable to control himself who had been covered by the influence of alcohol. Now that all his consciousness had returned, he was stricken with an endless sense of guilt that made him dizzy half to death because he couldn't do anything. He could not possibly go to Edna and tell that woman if he was sorry because his pride was too high to do such lowly things.

Huh, apologizing isn't his style at all. But he also couldn't lie to himself by being okay if in fact he felt guilty. He feels guilty to Edna that he almost goes crazy because he can't fix the situation that has become cloudy because of his actions.

Prang!

Brakk!

“Damn it! You shouldn't make me like this Edna!”

Tonight he must solve his problems with Edna, no matter what. To hell with self-esteem that's obviously going to fall because an Acelon Grishold never apologized to anyone.

Knock knock knock

"Open the door."

Acelon violently knocked on Edna's door blindly, making the servants shudder in fear. Seeing Acelon who looked disheveled in front of Edna's room made them immediately rushed to avoid the master who was overwhelmed by emotion. But among the servants, Mr. Kim walked closer to Acelon while bowing respectfully to the man.

"Where's Edna?"

"Sorry sir, Miss Edna went out with a man this afternoon," said Mr Kim earnestly.

Hearing that, Acelon's face looked even darker, and he violently vented all his anger on the door of Edna's room. He kicked the door as hard as he could until one of the hinges on the side of the door fell off and shattered at his feet.

“Who asked Edna to go today? Why don't you stop her?!"

Mr. Kim was a little nervous at Acelon's question as he shrank back. Right now, she was the target of Acelon's anger. Edna is the one who has to bear it instead. But because Mr. Kim came at the wrong time, now that man was also affected by Acelon's terrible anger.

"Sorry sir, I don't know who Miss Edna went with." Mr. Kim replied, looking down.

Acelon is getting angry and venting all his anger by kicking the door of Edna's room once again. All day he continues to struggle with his regret for insulting that woman with his harsh words yesterday, but unexpectedly, Edna is currently having fun with other men and has forgotten all their problems.

After being satisfied to vent his anger in front of Mr. Kim, Acelon immediately walked out of his mansion and intended to cool his head in the club. He was tired of all the disgusting feelings that had plagued him since this morning. In fact, he feels like he doesn't recognize himself who suddenly has a feeling called regret for an Edna Morel that doesn't have any meaning in his life at all.

“Hahaha… you idiot! You can't even open a very easy drink can like this? Huh, give it to me. I'll open it for you."

Acelon clenched his fists in annoyance when he heard Edna's laughter with a man. At the moment, the two human beings are laughing out loud on a lawn chair while playing with the soft drink cans, the contents of which are scattered everywhere because Edna deliberately shook them hard.

"Zy, what about your target woman, have you confessed your feelings to her?"

Acelon canceled his intention to leave and chose to go not far from Edna and Zyan's position so that he could overhear the conversation they were having.

"I don't know, I haven't done it. That woman doesn't seem to love me."

"Huh, no way," said Edna doesn't believe it.

She was sure that any woman would easily bend her knees to Zyan because he had such alluring charisma. Only a foolish woman would waste Zyan's sincere love if she refused. And without them knowing it, Acelon was currently grinning sly behind Zyan while thinking about his extraordinary plan. He will destroy the friendship between the two of them by exposing to Edna, if Zyan actually loves his own best friend, who is none other than Edna.

“Maybe Edna, because the woman who is loved by your best friend is you. Zyan loves you Edna."

Edna twitched in surprise next to Zyan while staring in disbelief at Acelon who had been there since sometime. As for Zyan, he reflexively hugged Edna's waist while pulling Edna to get closer to him. But roughly Acelon immediately separated the two of them and grabbed Edna's waist to stand beside him.

“This stupid man has loved you. He ruined the relationship between you by feeling his love for you. Have you never realized that feeling?"

"Zy... do you really love me?"

Zyan looked down languidly in front of Edna while nodding resignedly in front of that woman. His hope of approaching Edna slowly, just crushed because of Acelon who suddenly came between the two of them.

“I'm sorry Edna, I don't mean to damage our relationship with the feelings I have. But I do love you since we were together studying in college. Please forgive me Edna."

Edna looked at Zyan in disbelief while showing her guilt towards that man. So far, she never knew if Zyan had such great feelings for her. Her heart was already closed by her love for Acelon, so she never realized Zyan's love was so sincere for her.

But before Edna managed to string the words in her head to answer Zyan's words, Acelon had already pulled her and dragged her thin body into the house with a rough pull until Edna grimAcelond in pain. And with a thunderous voice, Acelon ordered his men to kick Zyan out of his house so that Edna couldn't meet that man again.

"Go off me! I said go off me! What's wrong with you, you evil bastard! I hate you!"

Edna screamed as loud as she could while trying to get Acelon's hand off her arm because the man kept pulling her like an animal. And when they arrived at the end of the stairs, Acelon suddenly flung her body so that the poor woman hit the wall behind her.

"Get in your room Edna." Acelon hissed full of emotion.

The man tried to normalize his crazy heartbeat because he was too emotional with various things that were pressing on his head. All day he continues to feel guilty to Edna for insulting that woman by mentioning his mother's origin, and now he is getting more emotional because the woman he thought of had been having fun with her old friend.

"Get out of here jerk, I'm sick of seeing your face!" Edna said loudly as she moved backwards to go up to her room. But Acelon actually held Edna's hand and cornered the woman against the wall while gripping her chin firmly.

"You are getting brave with me Edna, you are not afraid of me anymore?" Acelon hissed warningly.

"Huh, why should I be afraid of you? You're not even my father, so why should I be afraid of you?” Edna chuckled flatly while looking indifferently at Acelon.

She was really sick of life being toyed with like this. Every day the man is free to make out with his girlfriends, while she is not allowed to do anything and must submit to his power. Is that fair?

"What happened to you Edna, where did my sweet and innocent Edna go?"

While gripping Edna's chin, Acelon hissed softly as he stared at the caramel bead sharply. And all of a sudden her memory began to be thrown back a few years ago, when Edna was still her innocent and sweet girl without any rebellious wild side.