Elaira's POV
As soon as I turned the doorknob, I found myself lifted off the ground. In one swift motion, Edrick hoisted me in his arms and rampaged to the king-sized bed in the middle of the room disregarding all my desperate thrashing and screaming. "How fearless have you become to have the nerve to strike me? How dare you try to run away from me again to find your goddamn husband! I'll f**k you so hard that you will never forget who you belong to after today," holding me tightly in his arms Edrick muttered with an intimidating tone and plummeted me on the bed. Although the bed was very soft, Edrick threw me using too much force and a shrill cry escaped my lips. While trying to sit up, I noticed Edrick rummaging through the drawer and bringing out cuffs. "Why are you taking out cuffs? Stop there, don't come near me." I jumped up and shrank to the edge of the bed as Edrick was moving towards me with cuffs in his hand. Without wasting a moment, I bolted off the bed, but Edrick straightaway grabbed me by the waist, carrying me on his shoulder, he tossed me onto the bed again. Edrick started to shackle my hands and legs while I was still throbbing with pain. Comprehending what Edrick was going to do next, I started twisting my body desperately to move away from him but all my efforts were in vain. I felt that Edrick was possessed by an inhuman energy seeming to unleash the destructive force within him upon me. Unmoved by my pleas and tears, Edrick advanced menacingly over my body, keeping barely any distance between us, his daunting shadow engulfing my trembling figure. "Don't you think it’s devious to live by your dead sister's name?" Edrick asked mockingly. I cringed at the unexpected question and felt that a sudden lightning had struck my soul. "H-ow d-o y-ou kn..ow?" I spluttered with difficulty and my face became ghostly pale from panic. "I suppose that you have recalled your lost memories now. You had the audacity to run away from me. Do you think I have lingering feelings left for a plaything? I just want to make you suffer the retribution for betraying me," Edrick hissed, his voice dripping with venom. "I am not your contracted mistress anymore. You have no right over me and I will not allow you to use me as you please," I snarled with my cracked voice while keeping my tear-stained eyes locked with him. "I thought you were just a miserable meek girl. Turns out you are quite feisty, huh? Since you ran away before giving birth to my child, you are still my possession," Edrick declared grimly with an icy gaze. "I have no wish to touch a woman who has been defiled by others. Tell me how many times have you slept with Aaron?" Edrick moved his intimidating face closer to me, his dark eyes were burning with fury. "That's none of your business!" How much more will he torment me to be satisfied? My heart has been split apart by him a long time ago. Now he is digging into the wounded flesh. "If I send the video to Aaron, do you think he will still want a whore who moans under me like that?" Edrick motioned to the video playing on the TV, his voice stern and forbidding. I froze in my place knowing that he was not one to joke around. "What the hell do you want from me? Why don’t you just leave me alone?" I screamed my lungs out, tears streaming down my cheeks. "What do I want from you? Why don’t you sleep with me one more time and I will assume the contract to be dismissed? After that, I will never touch you unless you come to me and beg for getting f****d," Edrick said with a sardonic smile on his face. "I will never beg you for that even if you are the last living man on the earth," I howled in agony. I don’t want Aaron to learn about my heinous past. But I will not succumb to Edrick's threats anymore. "We will see that," Edrick narrowed his eyes and took out a pair of scissors from the bedside table. My eyes widened, sighting the scissors in Edrick's hand, and I shrank towards the edge of the bed; the chains made a metal clicking sound with each of my movements. "Darling, why are you trembling so much and looking at me as if I am some sort of tyrant? Don’t you know your pitiful look only turns me on?" Edrick said with a hoarse voice while lustfully eyeing my whole body from head to toe. Following Edrick's gaze, I looked at my body and saw that my white wedding dress, which had been soaked completely, was clinging to my every curve, revealing the counters of my figure. Hurriedly, I tried to curl up into a ball to save my body from his penetrating gaze. But my actions only provoked Edrick as he grabbed my ankle and pulled my whole body towards him. He used his one hand to keep me still from moving and gripped the scissors with the other hand. Simultaneously, he started slicing the lavish wedding gown from its hem to top with swift movement; the fabric yielded to the blades, producing a sharp tearing noise. I screamed in horror as the ear-piercing snip of the scissors made me startled, and I saw my once unblemished regal gown being torn into two whole pieces, which left my body only with a bralette and undergarment on. Edrick's eyes trailed down at my ample bosom rising and falling in my chest with my heavy breathing and my legs were spread apart as the shackles were preventing me from closing them. I felt being devoured by his lascivious gaze and shut my eyes helplessly not wanting to see his lusting gaze over my naked body. "Isn't your vulnerable fragile body asking to be violated?" Edrick asked sensually as his lips eagerly met my flushed ones and his probing tongue started sucking every nook and cranny inside my mouth. I tried to protest but only muffled sounds came from my mouth in between the wet kisses. I bit on Edrick's tongue to stop the intoxicating kiss which was overwhelming my senses. It fueled Edrick's anger even more, and without a warning, he pressed his erect member on my entrance over the thin panty and started to rub it back and forth with a frenzied motion. A sudden jolt rippled through my body, and I started jerking anxiously to get away from the stimulation, which was sending me on cloud nine with every stroke. "Look how exotically you are moaning. Why were you pretending to be all pure? Aren’t you a dirty little slut who sold her body to me?" Edrick whispered into my ear, his hot breath was making my whole body itchy. "No...ah... I'm...not..ah..." My mind was going blank from his touch, and before I knew it, I had already spat on Edrick's face. Edrick's movement halted and he looked at me with a bewildered expression. I gasped, realizing what I had done, and crawled backwards as my face became contorted with a mix of shock and fright. Edrick began to laugh creepily like a madman sending goosebumps down my body. "If it was another person in your place, I would've ripped off their tongue by now. Don’t try my patience anymore. This is the last chance I am giving you. Plead for my forgiveness like a good girl. I will mercifully pardon you and cherish you like before," Edrick threatened gritting his teeth. "Never in my life will I become your mistress again!" I stated vehemently as I remembered how he cherished me by treating me like a lowly mistress and having relations outside. "You are hell-bent on driving me insane, aren't you? Next time even if you grovel at my feet to reconcile, I will not go easy on you after this. Get this into your head," Edrick warned me and stormed off the room after slamming the door angrily. My emotions were in a whirl and I couldn’t think straight anymore. My tense nerves slowly subsided as Edrick didn’t come back after a long time had passed. I couldn't get my head around this dramatic situation. I just got married and it was supposed to be my first night with Aaron. Why, for heaven's sake, did I end up lying shackled and half-naked on my ex's bed?Elaira's POV I felt the weight of exhaustion and weariness pressing down on my eyelids as I struggled to open my eyes. A harsh ray of sunlight pierced through the window and stung my eyes forcing me to squint. The vivid and horrifying memories of the previous night hit my senses like thunder and I sprang up with a sudden jolt. Oh my god! I was kidnapped by Edrick yesterday. Wait! My hands and feet are freed and I am also wearing a floral patterned top with a chiffon skirt. Did he do something perverted to me after I had fallen asleep? But I don't feel any pain or discomfort in my body. Whenever we used to do it before, I'd wake up the next morning with intense pain throughout my whole body. A wave of terror washed over me when I saw Edrick nonchalantly getting ready in front of the dressing table. Our gazes met in the reflection of the mirror and a petrifying chill crawled down my spine. "Why are you looking at me like I am going to eat you up?" Edrick teased in his seductiv
Elaira's POV "Ma'am, you are looking stunning in this dress. Everyone in the party will be mesmerized by your irresistible beauty today." I subtly laughed at the beautician's praise. The sleeveless,v-necked, wine-red coloured gown couldn’t hide the gloomy expression on my face. Right after reaching Aaron's family mansion, his phone buzzed and he told me that he had an important meeting to attend. But I glimpsed at the caller ID from the corner of my eyes when he checked his phone. What important meeting could he have with Eliza again just after spending a passionate morning together? "Honey, You are looking incredibly beautiful," Aaron was standing at the door looking at me with his sweetest smile. Yes, this is the adorable Aaron I know. I tried to smile back at him. "The guests have arrived. Give me the honour to introduce you to them," Aaron kissed my forehead, his eyes radiating warmth. My body stiffened discovering the person standing behind Aaron. "Aaron, I was fee
Elaira's POV Aaron didn’t come back for the rest of the night. Not that I expected him to come. Aaron's words were still echoing in my ears. Did he pretend to like me only to get the right of the medicine? I never, in my wildest dreams, thought that Edrick could turn out to be Aaron's father. What kind of person would send his wife to his father's bed! The mere thought of it made my stomach churn. I couldn't believe I chose such a disgusting person as my life partner and trusted him so much. What will happen to me now? I just want to run from this place as far as I could. But Aaron will officially take over my mother's company tomorrow. She entrusted it to me before her death. I can't let Aaron destroy it at any cost! I need to get a grip on my twirling emotions and come up with something to retrieve it. But what can I even do now? Suddenly a solution popped up in my mind. I must have gone mad after getting so much shock in a day to think to approach Edrick. But only Edrick can h
Elaira's POV "Come in," Edrick permitted with a sinister grin on his face as he pulled me onto his lap tightening his grip around my waist and crushed his mouth against mine ignoring my desperate attempts to push him away. "Father, about the meeting..," my heart almost leapt out of my chest as our gazes met, and Aaron stopped speaking halfway with a bewildered expression on his face, which quickly turned into anger. Edrick broke the kiss but held me firmly so that I couldn’t move. "Why are you here, spoiling my good time?" Edrick asked coldly, his hand continued to stroke my cheek, not sparing Aaron a glance. "You bitch! What are you doing here? Were you not the one who was bawling her eyes out and accusing me of cheating? Now look, who is the whore here!" Aaron spat, his eyes filled with disgust as he looked daggers at me. How dare he call me a whore when he pushed me to a death end himself? I felt my head boiling with anger as I jumped from Edrick's lap and slapped him ha
Elaira's POV I anxiously helped the housekeeper arrange the dishes on the dining table for dinner, my mind was in turmoil. I couldn’t figure out how to avoid sharing a room with Aaron or how I would manage to sneak into Edrick’s room tonight, no matter how hard I tried to think of a solution. Everyone came down and took their seats except Aaron. After the meeting in the morning, I haven’t seen him for the whole day. "I have never seen a more shameless woman than you. First, you tried to steal my company, and now you are enjoying dinner with my family," I lifted my gaze, hearing Aaron's furious voice and saw him standing at the doorway, his arm wrapped around Eliza's waist. "I didn’t try to steal anything from you; I just claimed what is rightfully mine," I calmly said as I had already become numb from all the pain Aaron caused me. "Get up from that seat and let Eliza sit there. I don’t want to feel disgusted looking at your face while eating," Aaron spat and I couldn't contro
Edrick's POV Why hasn’t this woman come to my room yet? Does she have a death wish? Sometimes, I really want to strangle that pretty neck of hers. How dare she deceive me and abandon me four years ago? If she even thinks of running from me this time, I'll shackle her and lock her away where no one else can reach her. As for Aaron, I will soon kick him out of the house and the company. Once he is gone, Elaira will be entirely mine. If she can't be mine and has the nerve to be with another man, I will completely destroy her. "Can I come in?" Elaira's soft and nervous voice reached my ears interrupting the twisted thoughts roaming through my mind about punishing her in the most cruel ways. For a moment, I nearly rushed to open the door, but stopped myself. I couldn’t let her think I was desperate for her or anything. "Come in", I told as nonchalantly as I could. " Umm, fathe...Edrick, you are holding the document in the opposite direction," I slammed the paper on the table an
Edrick's POV "Mr Edrick Bennet, were you too busy fucking your daughter-in-law that you were not even opening the door?" Aaron hissed. This bastard is surely going to die by my hands today. I have gone very easy on him so far. He dares to barge into my room at midnight and interrupt my sweet time with Elaira. I hid my anger and asked calmly, "Have you not been able to satisfy your wife so far that you think she would come running to her father-in-law for getting fucked?" Aaron's face turned red, a mix of anger and humiliation as he spoke with contempt, "Don’t you feel any shame after seducing your son's wife?" "Aaron, you are crossing the line this time. You can't gather us in the middle of the night to spout such nonsense, he is your father, and you have to respect him no matter what," father scolded Aaron. That's what you have to tolerate for accepting a servant's son as your grandson. "I don’t have any obligation to respect him when he doesn’t even see me as his son. Toda
Elaira's POV My whole body aches as Edrick ravished me like an animal in heat the whole night. Yesterday my heart almost stopped when we nearly got discovered by everyone in the house. I can't let Edrick's madness continue for long, I can't even imagine the shame and humiliation I will have to face if our relationship gets known to the world. As soon as I get my mother's research centre back, I will escape from the grasp of these mad father and son for good. "Can all of E med's researchers really work in 'Bennet Research Center' for developing the medicine?" I asked nervously as I looked expectantly at Edrick. "Do you think I am fooling you or something?" Edrick asked irritatedly. I bit my lips unsure how to respond. Edick continued, "E Med has merged with Bennet Corporation. They are now employees of our company and you can work together with them in our research center without any worry." "I don’t want my mother's research center to be under Bennet Corporation after t
"What the hell are you saying? Is this just another one of your pathetic attempts to turn me against Edrick?" My voice trembled from anger. "I am not lying to you. Father knew your mother was close to developing the medicine before Bennet Pharmaceuticals. He couldn't let that happen. You know exactly what kind of man he is, don’t you?" Aaron said with a serious face. I took a sharp breath, my nails digging into my palms, "Edrick may be a ruthless person but he would never stoop so low as to kill a person." Aaron exhaled sharply shaking his head, "How do you think he has kept 'Bennet Corporation' at the top position continuously for so many years? Open your eyes, Elaira. he doesn’t think twice to eliminate anyone who stands in his way." My breath hitched, "Shut up." Edrick didn’t budge a bit while tearing down his company just to drag Aaron down. It’s true that he doesn’t hesitate to take extreme measures against his enemy to gain his motive. But Edrick killing someone?
I quickly hid the folder behind the books on the shelf and grabbed a random book hurriedly. Edrick walled towards me and wrapped his arms around me from behind, "What are you reading so late at night?" "Nothing. I was just looking through your book collection. It's already dawn, I need to go back to my room. You should go freshen up," I tried to speak normally even though my heart was beating like crazy. Edrick let out a low grumble and nuzzled into my neck, "Why are you always in a hurry to leave me?" I gently pushed him away, "I am really tired these days. I have to be up early for work." "You don't need to go to the research centre today. Fashion week is coming up. You will accompany me this year. Come with me in the morning to pick a dress," Edrick said softly. I frowned, "What would I even do there?" Edrick's lips curled into a smirk, "You will watch the downfall of your husband." Fear gripped me as I realised Edrick's plan was going to be ruined because of me. Wh
I felt my heart thumping against my chest. Standing in front of Edrick, guilt washed over me at the thought of stealing the documents he had hidden away. I fidgeted with my hands and whispered, "Aaron was insisting I go back to him." I couldn’t reveal our entire conversation to Edrick. I needed Aaron's help to uncover the truth about my mother's killer. Edrick's face darkened as he stepped closer to me, his eyes burning with anger, "That bastard has got some nerve. Why didn’t you slap him across the face? Do you still love him even after he sold you to me? Elaira, I expected better from you." My chest tightened with sorrow and humiliation. Edrick and Aaron just saw me as nothing more than a cheap item, something to be used however they pleased. I swallowed the lump forming in my throat and met Edrick's gaze, "Even if you do only see me as a product, I am a human being and I refused Aaron." The rage in Edrick's eyes diminished and he looked at me softly for a moment before he
"The police weren’t able to retrieve the CCTV footage. Don’t you think that someone powerful was behind the accident?" Aaron said sharply. "We were informed that the CCTV was broken....they couldn’t locate the car or the driver," I murmured, my voice shaking. Aaron said coldly, "They lied as they were bribed." My heart skipped a beat, "What do you mean?" Aaron's lips curled into a smirk, "I have the footage." I froze, "What? You...you have it?" Aaron nodded, "I know who was behind the accident of your mother." A cold shiver ran down my spine, "Tell me, please, I beg you," I pleaded, my voice trembling. "I'll give it to you. But only if you bring me the documents. I have no idea where father hid them. Even after planting a hidden camera in his office, I couldn’t even get a sniff of the documents," Aaron said wickedly. My head was spinning and I couldn’t think straight. I would do anything to know who was the culprit behind my mother's death, but what guarantee did I
Elaira's POV "You have to pay for this bitch," Aaron shot me a murderous gaze, his face contorted with rage as he started crawling towards the door hissing in pain. Edrick stepped forward and looked down on Aaron as if he were something pitiful, "You look no better than a dog. Then again, a dog might be better than you. They don’t bite the hand that feeds them." "Call me a dog or whatever you want. Now that I am the CEO of 'Bennet Fashion' even you are no match for me," Aaron laughed like a madman. "I challenge you, you will not be able to hold the CEO position for long," Edrick said chillingly and shut the door in Aaron's face. I turned to Edrick and asked him anxiously, "How can you give up your company to him? You didn’t have to go this far for me." Edrick's expression softened slightly, but his lips curled into a mischievous smile, "Are you feeling sorry for me? Then you should compensate me." "What can I do for you?" I genuinely asked as I was really touched by hi
Elaira's POV My face burnt with shame as the video showed how eagerly I sucked Edrick's cock sitting between his legs in his office. "Look at you crawling on your knees and sucking your father-in-law's dick like a whore, don’t you have any shame, Elaira?" Eliza sneered as she looked at me like I was nothing but filth. "You have no idea how despicable this slut really is, Eliza. She would not even let me get a taste, always acting all pure and innocent. But here she is selling her body to her father-in-law for a few benefits," Aaron spat venomously, his eyes filled with contempt. The wounds Aaron inflicted on me had not healed yet and here he was stabbing my heart once more when I thought he couldn’t hurt me anymore than he already had. But I was not going to take his bullshit like some weak woman. I snatched the phone from Aaron's grip and hurled it to the floor, and it shattered with a loud bang. "You bitch," Aaron snarled, "Do you think you can erase your nasty deeds b
Elaira's POV My whole body aches as Edrick ravished me like an animal in heat the whole night. Yesterday my heart almost stopped when we nearly got discovered by everyone in the house. I can't let Edrick's madness continue for long, I can't even imagine the shame and humiliation I will have to face if our relationship gets known to the world. As soon as I get my mother's research centre back, I will escape from the grasp of these mad father and son for good. "Can all of E med's researchers really work in 'Bennet Research Center' for developing the medicine?" I asked nervously as I looked expectantly at Edrick. "Do you think I am fooling you or something?" Edrick asked irritatedly. I bit my lips unsure how to respond. Edick continued, "E Med has merged with Bennet Corporation. They are now employees of our company and you can work together with them in our research center without any worry." "I don’t want my mother's research center to be under Bennet Corporation after t
Edrick's POV "Mr Edrick Bennet, were you too busy fucking your daughter-in-law that you were not even opening the door?" Aaron hissed. This bastard is surely going to die by my hands today. I have gone very easy on him so far. He dares to barge into my room at midnight and interrupt my sweet time with Elaira. I hid my anger and asked calmly, "Have you not been able to satisfy your wife so far that you think she would come running to her father-in-law for getting fucked?" Aaron's face turned red, a mix of anger and humiliation as he spoke with contempt, "Don’t you feel any shame after seducing your son's wife?" "Aaron, you are crossing the line this time. You can't gather us in the middle of the night to spout such nonsense, he is your father, and you have to respect him no matter what," father scolded Aaron. That's what you have to tolerate for accepting a servant's son as your grandson. "I don’t have any obligation to respect him when he doesn’t even see me as his son. Toda
Edrick's POV Why hasn’t this woman come to my room yet? Does she have a death wish? Sometimes, I really want to strangle that pretty neck of hers. How dare she deceive me and abandon me four years ago? If she even thinks of running from me this time, I'll shackle her and lock her away where no one else can reach her. As for Aaron, I will soon kick him out of the house and the company. Once he is gone, Elaira will be entirely mine. If she can't be mine and has the nerve to be with another man, I will completely destroy her. "Can I come in?" Elaira's soft and nervous voice reached my ears interrupting the twisted thoughts roaming through my mind about punishing her in the most cruel ways. For a moment, I nearly rushed to open the door, but stopped myself. I couldn’t let her think I was desperate for her or anything. "Come in", I told as nonchalantly as I could. " Umm, fathe...Edrick, you are holding the document in the opposite direction," I slammed the paper on the table an