Aster's eyes flew wide open to find herself in her room. Suddenly, the recollection of how Zaire's guard had grabbed her, poured aphrodisiac down her throat, and how X CEO grabbed and tore her clothes before he began to infiltrate roughly invaded her mind, causing her expression to distort.Suddenly, footsteps began to invade her ear. Aster immediately shut her eyes and pretended to be asleep.Riley and Ezra stepped into the room; an indifferent expression was hung on Ezra's face, while a worried expression was hung on Riley's face.“Darling, our daughter hasn't woken up yet. It's past 24 hours.” Riley expressed and clung to Ezra’s hand worriedly. Ezra's face turned stern, and he harrumphed. Due to Aster's actions, the family couldn't go out because reporters now blocked their door. As if that wasn't enough, Aster's actions have painted a bad image on Ezra and the Meyer family as a whole. “Hmph! What use does she have if she wakes up?” He chided unhappily. Riley's expression changed
Zelda alighted the car, slammed the door behind her, and shut it, different thoughts pervading her mind.After a few minutes of pondering, Zelda already came to a decision, which was to avoid Quist until the very end.Zelda believed that a playboy like Quist was only interested in conquering Zelda, and once Quist had already had enough fun with Zelda, Quist wouldn't hesitate to toss her and walk away.Feeling the familiar emotions bubbling in her heart, Zelda already realized what it was, and she knew she had to put her all into extinguishing that emotion and preventing it from rising again… “Zelda.” The sudden, familiar voice of Cephas snapped Zelda out of her thoughts. Upon seeing Cephas, Zelda's expression changed and she scowled. “Why are you here?” She scolded harshly.Immediately, Cephas extended his hand and attempted to grab Zelda's hand, but before he could, Zelda smacked his hand away. Zelda glared at Cephas fiercely, her whole person filled with rage. She already had eno
Zelda blinked her eyes in bewilderment, her mind running miles.No matter how she thought it through, why can't she understand what was going on? What did her mom mean by Zelda being pregnant and that she wanted to leave with Quist? When the hell did she have the intention of leaving with Quist? Can someone tell her what was going on because she's completely clueless?Immediately, things began to click. It must be Quist's handiwork. Zelda thought Quist left for good, but it turns out that this was Quist, that jerk’s, plan! After all the weeks spent together, she should have known that he was always up to no good.Immediately, Zelda gnashed her teeth together and decided to chide her mother. How could her mother let a stranger like Quist in just because he told her all that nonsense…Before Zelda could form her thoughts, a hand smoothly wrapped around her waist and said in a persuasive tone, “Darling, I know you're truly worried, but I have spoken with Mom, and Mom says she'll give
The bar room was dark except for a tiny neon light bulb. The strong smell of cigarettes pervaded the air and a stash of cigarette ashes scattered around. Different empty bottles of rare and expensive liquor, whiskey, wine, etc., filled the bar room.Quist languidly and ungentlemanly sat on a couch, his whole person detached and his reddened eyes blank. A rueful smile was hung on his face, and a gloomy aura exuded from him.Quist exhaled and picked up a glass of alcohol and chugged it down his throat. Upon recalling Zelda’s reaction, his expression slipped, feeling as if he had been stabbed in the chest, making him feel very uncomfortable. Quist gazed into the distance, his expression very indecipherable. Never did he expect that his way of living in the past would be very troublesome in the future. Had he known that it would, he would never have embarked on it.Not only did Zelda reject him, but she didn’t believe his confession either. Was anyone as pathetic as him?Quist directly
“Wait. That's not the way home or to the office.” Quist suddenly raised his head from his phone and pointed out. Although ever since Quist had seen the pregnancy result, he kept calling people to flaunt his about to become a father, the truth was he never let the woman's action out of his sight. And seeing that Zelda was making her way in another direction, he quickly pointed it out. Upon hearing Quist's words, Zelda immediately recalled the plan to avoid Quist. The smile on her face dissipated, her expression turned cold, and she parked her car. “You can now get lost,” Zelda said coldlyUpon seeing Zelda change, Quist smacked his lips together and blinked his eyes innocently, almost making Zelda melt into a puddle. Had Quist known that this was the response he’d receive from Zelda, he'd have kept his mouth shut. Upon realizing the scheming person's act, Zelda hurriedly broke the gaze and looked away. Quist, that scheming personOnly heaven knows how many times he has tricked her w
“Mom, what do we do? We can’t keep going like this. After a month, we’ll be totally helpless.” Aster expressed in exasperation; her brows were furrowed and her lips were pursed while she paced around the room with a gloomy expression on his face. Suddenly, Aster's eyes turn cold, and a glint of hatred and fury flickers past her eyes. Aster clenched her fist in indignation upon recalling all that transpired. A few days ago, the guards assigned by Lotus, that bitch, kicked the whole Meyer family out of the mansion and hardly gave the Meyer family the chance to take ⅛ of the things they owned. The guards claimed that all the family's things were bought using Meyer's company money, so Riley, Ezra, and Aster were unworthy to take anything out of the mansion. Except for a few clothes, phones, wallets, skincare, and shoes, they weren't allowed to take anything—not even jewelry! As if that wasn't enough, all the other properties and cars the Meyer family had were also seized by Lotus, t
.. ‘Dad has checked that person’s past, and it is very clean. It’s just a week, and before you know it, it’ll end. Perhaps you might eventually want to stay with that investor. You know Dad has always been very considerate of you. Dad will never hurt you. It's just this once.’ Upon recalling Ezra Meyer's words, Aster pinched her palm, her breath appearing in waves, a trace of indignation and hatred overwhelming her whole person. Regardless of Aster's effort to convince Ezra to object to selling herself, Ezra’s mind was already made up, and he refused to listen to Aster’s refusal. Moreover, Ezra also made sure to convince Riley until Riley felt that Aster was selfish for not wanting to sacrifice herself. Aster was infuriated at not having anyone to support her, so she decided to escape. Unfortunately, her plan to escape ended with her being captured by Ezra's guards, who forcefully brought Aster into the K hotel against Aster's will. Upon seeing the prestigious K hotel, Aster
This author isn't an advocate for women's abuse; it's fictional. This chapter has mature content and abuse. Whip! Whip!“Ahhhhh! Let me go. Please, let me go. Let me go.” Aster screamed and wailed at the top of her lungs while attempting to flee from the assault caused by the men above. But regardless of what Aster did, she couldn't escape from the guards and the brutal whips that tore her skin the instant they landed on her.The wide room was cramped up with over thirty naked guards occasionally walking to the bed. At the epicenter of the wide room was a bed, which Aster currently lay on, attending to a few of the several guards.Aster's face was extremely pale—it was not an overestimation to say her face was as white as a sheet; currently, her face and skin were flushed due to the pain that coursed through her; a couple of red marks lay on her skin; red and blue-black bruises lay on her skin; and her hair was extremely tousled and messy. Aster's clothes have long been discarded,