He didn’t know how long it had been, and then he stared at Esther and found her head tilted, while her dark, glossy hair cascaded over her face. Her snow-white body was covered with kiss marks from his indulgent lovemaking. And her back, once again, was oozing with blood.
His eyes darkened and his heart ached.
He tenderly lifted his hand and brushed the dark hair away from Esther’s face, finding that she had already burst into tears.
Elijah didn’t say anything. He leaned down, kissed her cheek, and finally softened his voice and said, “Good girl, it hurts, doesn’t it?”
He reached up and gently stroked her body. But as soon as he touched her body, she subconsciously shrank back. She didn’t want him to touch her again!
Elijah hurriedly took a deep breath and pretended to ignore Esther’s sad, resentful eyes. He looked at her and realized she was hurt!
She thought she would punch and kick at him and she would fight to the death, but she didn’t move. She stared blankly at the ceiling, and her pale, thin face was lifeless. She didn’t try to cover her naked body as if it didn’t matter to her at the moment.
Elijah stood up, went to the bathroom, took a shower, and changed his clothes. Then he came back and helped her clean her body and change her medication. When all was done, he climbed into the bed and hugged her tightly.
She did not struggle and let him hold her thin body. Perhaps he was too violent when he made love to her just now, which exhausted all her strength.
At the moment, she was like a lifeless, worn-out porcelain doll. She closed her eyes, not wanting to hear anything or see anything.
“Why did you offer to have sex with him?” His voice was low and painful. He admitted that he had just lost control. And he lost control frequently as soon as he met her.
He tried to explain something more, but heard her choked but cold voice, “Elijah, kill me! Please, kill me…”
He frowned, “Damn it!”
She actually wanted to die. The anger he’d managed to suppress rose again. “You want to die?”
“I don’t want to see you! I hate you!” She whimpered. She hated him for treating her like this. She hurt so much. Her whole body hurt, and her heart hurt even more.
“Why did you let him kiss you?” Elijah had calmed down. He took her small hand and held it in his palm. He didn’t hold it tightly, but also didn’t allow her to break free, “Why did you offer to have sex with him?”
“I love him. I just love him!” She cried and shouted. “It’s him I love!”
He felt anger burning in his heart. He kissed her fiercely on the lips, wanting only to wash away the scent on her lips that belonged to another man and the smell of another man on her.
She was in love with Hudson and cried so hard. She pushed him away violently, “No, I hate you!”
He was stunned, and a flash of hurt crossed his eyes. He lowered his head to gaze at her. The burning pain that burned into his heart caused his handsome face to twist.
Esther put her small hand against his chest and cried with great sadness. The sorrow spread from her heart and finally affected her long-numbed fingertips.
She curled her trembling hand. Her hand was dry and pale, and no longer had the warmth and heat of being held by Hudson. She once thought the world was a beautiful place, but now it seemed that nobody cherished her in this big world. Hudson wanted to take her away, but he got married. She couldn’t be with him anymore.
Her heart ached again. She choked and cried with great sadness. In the silent night, coldness permeated everywhere.
Above her head, she heard the sound of his heavy, mournful breathing.
Esther pushed him away with tears streaming down her face. “I don’t want to see you again. Get out…”
Elijah instantly got agitated as she pushed him, but he tried to hold back and said in a deep voice, “Hudson has already got married. Would you rather be a mistress than my woman?”
At that, Esther, who was crying, suddenly stared at him with cold eyes again. Her wet eyes were filled with grievance and resentment, and made him feel sorry for her.
Elijah looked at her and felt hopelessly defeated. He moved closer to her and tried to take her into his arms again.
“Don’t you ever touch me again!” She shouted, struggling to turn outward.
“Stop it!” He restrained her, “Esther, don’t test my patience. I don’t want to be rude again. Just be my woman and I’ll pretend that today’s incident never happened. Even if you did sleep with Hudson, I can pretend that nothing happened!”
His words overturned the pent-up anger and injustice in Esther’s heart. She cried out, “Damn it, I’m not your woman, and I hate you!”
“Esther!” Elijah yelled, “You pissed me off!”
Esther’s tears fell and dripped onto Elijah’s fingertips. Elijah rubbed at her face, wiping away the tears, then lifted her chin.
Esther turned her head and tried in vain to free herself from his fingers. She could only open her mouth and ask in a cold voice. “Do you only want my body? I can offer to have sex with you too. Whatever you want!”
Hearing her say that and hearing her belittle herself like that, he let go of his hand, but still didn’t take his eyes off her face. He just gently covered her heart with his hand without warning, where her vibrant heartbeat was.
But he frowned, then said in a deep voice, “If I want a woman’s body, then I can find one anywhere!”
After saying this sentence, he got out of bed and left her room, leaving Esther alone in this cold room crying in aggression.
At Hudson’s villa.
In the study.
“Young master, Madam has gone to Miss’s room! I couldn’t stop her!” The butler came to report to Hudson cautiously.
Hudson stood up at once and hurriedly went out.
He kept Esther’s room. No one was allowed to enter without his order. Except for the butler who went in to clean the dust every day, he even forbade Winnie to enter.
However, at this moment, Winnie was in Esther’s room. Her eyes were filled with resentment and jealousy and envy as she looked at Esther’s picture on the table and her sunny smiling face. This woman had become her brother’s woman, but she had seduced her husband’s soul.
“Get out!” Hudson saw the woman sitting on the edge of the bed and spoke in a cold tone. “Don’t come in here again!”
Winnie froze and raised her eyes to look at Hudson. “Hudson, if you love her so much, why do you want to marry me?”
Hudson was tall and slender, and he stood upright in the night. His eyes were filled with pain as he looked down at the photo on the table. He stared deeply until the coldness spread up from the soles of his feet and enveloped his entire body under the icy aura. He did not hold back. “If you can’t stand loneliness and solitude, then let’s get a divorce! I will announce to the public that you are still a virgin!”
“You-” Winnie was dumbfounded and bit her lip. Tears were pooling in her eyes. “Don’t I carry any weight in your heart?”
“You are very good, but you are not her!” On Hudson’s cold face was pain and hate that could not be concealed. He only hated that he was born in the Ball family and could not be with Esther. This was the most mournful thing in his heart. Blood spurted out from his mouth, which caused the corners of his pale mouth to turn red. Under the contrast of red and white, he looked painful as never before.
“Hudson?” Winnie froze. “Ah, blood!”
Winnie saw blood spilling from the corner of his lips and anxiously took a handkerchief to wipe the blood for him. “You vomited blood!”
“I’m fine!” Hudson shook his head and waved away her hand, refusing her care. “Please get out!”
“Why are you spitting up blood? I’ll go get the doctor!” Winnie was so anxious that she ignored his indifference. “What’s wrong with you?”
“Get out! I’m fine!” Hudson said indifferently and looked down at Winnie. Looking at the concerned look on her face, a wave of guilt rose up in his heart. “I know I’m sorry for you. So if you can’t stand being lonely, you can find another man!”
“Hudson!” Winnie was stunned and looked at Hudson in disbelief. “Are you openly telling me I can cheat on you?”
“Whatever you want! Get out!” He said in a deep voice.
Winnie stomped her foot in anger. Tears filled her eyes. “Hudson, you’ve gone too far! I’m telling you; I won’t get a divorce. Never!”
She cried and ran out, slamming the door behind her with a bang.
Hudson swallowed the blood. Just now he was just too heartbroken and bit his lip. Sitting on the bed, he picked up Esther’s picture in his hand. Gazing at the beautiful little face, he smiled bitterly. He murmured, “Esther, my whole life is yours, and I will not make love to any woman. Even if we can’t be together, I still leave my body to you …”
Hurting her was the last thing he wanted to do in his life. But he hurt her to the core. Knowing that she loved him so much, he still reneged on his vows and married another woman. Even if there was nothing he could do, he would never make love to another woman in his life.
Watching her leave in sorrow, Hudson even wanted to die at that moment. But he could only leave her alone. He really did not understand why God had to be so cruel to him. Why did God have to play such a joke with him?
When Esther got up early in the morning, she found that she had bled last night because of his roughness. The sheet was covered with bloodstains. She was sad inside. Damn Elijah, he had actually hurt her.
She wiped the tears from her eye. Then as soon as she walked, she found her body all sore.
But when she came out, she found no one in the bedroom next door. He was nowhere to be found in the entire apartment.
Elijah was not in the apartment.
And after she went to the office, Lilah found the hickey on her neck. That was the moment she realized it was the mark left by him when he frantically made love to her last night.
“Esther, tell me honestly, which man were you with last night?” Lilah’s eyes were ambiguous as he forced her to confess.
“Lilah, I didn’t!” She could only deny it.
“Well, I’m a woman that has gone through it all. You don’t have to hide it. Could it be that you and Hudson?” Lilah also gulped immediately when she said Hudson. “No way, you and Hudson really?”
“Lilah!” Esther shook her head painfully. “No, it’s not what you think! Can we not mention men?”
She really was going to cry if she mentioned these two people again.
Lilah nodded with understanding.
In the afternoon when they were almost off work, Ethel came to the company again. “Beauties, how about I treat you to a big meal?”
“Why are you coming to the company again?” Lilah frowned. “You’ve been coming to the company so often lately!”
“Let’s go!” Ethel did not answer but looked at Esther. It seemed really strange. When he saw Elijah at noon, he looked awful. He loved to have fun, so he immediately came to the company. He wanted to take advantage of the matter of having dinner to see what was going on between Elijah and Esther.
“I’m not going!” Esther was not in the mood.
“Why don’t you go? Let’s go spend his money!” Lilah pulled Esther. “Since he wants to treat, let’s go eat the best!”
So, the three of them went into the elevator.