Be Mine(4)

30

I was wondering if it would still be the same in the future.

I was confused, and my eyes were filled with tears. I clenched the pillow under my body, turned my face away, and let my hair cover my eyes.

In a trance, I still remembered the wooden stick that Linda always held.

The Xanthos family's sense of hierarchy was very strong. Others thought that I must have done a good deed in my previous life that I was able to enter the Xanthos family. However, they did not know how many times I had been beaten, and then, I was finally able to learn the so-called rules of the Xanthos family.

Even if it was Lucas who did something wrong, I was the one who was beaten up.

I knew that the woman I called "Mrs. Xanthos" as I was sobbing was not my family. Instead, she was Lucas' mother.

However, except for her, I did not know who else to turn to.

"Hey, wake up! Madeleine? Hey!"

31

When I opened my eyes, I was lying on the bed as I was treated with an IV drip. My throat was a little hoarse.