Elisa opened her eyes and looked at the orange light on the ceiling. Gradually, some thoughts emerged in her blurry mind.
She couldn’t refuse Hamish. Firstly, her physical strength couldn’t resist him, and secondly, she was worried about upsetting him since he withdrew her job.
Upon careful consideration, she realized she was like someone who took a backdoor entry into the workplace.
Elisa pushed against the solid chest of the man. “I don’t want to take the medicine.”
Hamish pressed down her long hair, his intoxicated mind becoming somewhat clear. “Do you really not want to have my child?”
Elisa tilted her head, avoiding the heat coming from his lips. “Asking the obvious. To have a child for that despicable couple? Unless her mind is full of nonsense, she would never agree. I wonder where Hamish gets the confidence to ask her.”
Elisa’s body hadn’t fully recovered, and it was impossible for her to get pregnant now. But upon hearing Elisa’s sharp response, it felt like a crack formed in his heart.
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There is only a thin line between heaven and hell. Elisa’s mind went blank for a moment, feeling a vast whiteness in front of her.
Tears dripped onto the bedsheet, creating small water stains. The veins on her fair and delicate neck bulged.
Hamish’s pupils were deep, resembling a vampire. He reached out and touched the pulsating blood vessels on Elisa’s neck, slowly leaning in with his lips.
Women’s physical strength never matched that of men, let alone when the woman was sick. Elisa closed her eyes, immersed in dizziness and confusion, unable to regain her senses for a long time.
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Elisa was too exhausted to even turn over, and Hamish held her in his arms, acting as if nothing had happened, occasionally kissing her forehead.
The disparity in physical strength between men and women was too significant. After they both calmed down, Elisa nestled herself comfortably under the blanket and closed her eyes.
Seeing her disheveled hair, pink eyelids, and an expression particularly endearing, Hamish couldn’t help but soften. He held the woman’s soft body and whispered like soothing a child, “Ellie.”
Elisa didn’t respond.
He smiled to himself, behaving like a lunatic, as if he had obtained a beloved toy. His lips moved closer and kissed the top of her head.
Elisa had a lingering fragrance on her body, lingering in her nostrils and entwining in his heart.
“Sleep, my baby.”
Elisa blocked all her thoughts from her mind until weariness engulfed her.
Elisa fell into a drowsy state and had a dream. It was a pitch-black room with the sound of iron chains echoing around her. Her body felt heavy, as if being pressed down by a ghost, making it difficult for her to breathe.
She struggled and suddenly saw her belly growing bigger and bigger, blood staining the bed, and the sound of a baby crying nearby.
Hamish was holding Lila not far from her. “If you don’t want to have a child, I’ll tie you to the bed and make you watch as your belly grows and the child comes out on its own.”
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Elisa suddenly opened her eyes, gasping for breath, her face covered in cold sweat, her heart pounding irregularly.
In the darkness, she stared wide-eyed for a long time until her eyes became sore, gradually coming back to her senses. She touched the corner of her eyes, feeling a chill on her fingertips. Elisa couldn’t distinguish whether it was cold sweat or tears.
The scenes from the dream played over and over in her mind like a slideshow.
Being locked to the bed, having a swollen belly, the bloody child, and Hamish’s cruel words.
These were like curses engraved in her soul, leaving her restless.
Everything was pitch black outside, and she could hear the steady breathing of a man beside her. Elisa turned her head to look at Hamish.
Surrounded by darkness and silence, she couldn’t fall back asleep once she woke up. And when she couldn’t sleep, her mind would wander, thinking about strangling Hamish.
But there was nothing around to strangle him with, and with her little strength, she might break her hand before even touching his neck.
Elisa dragged her heavy body, feeling uncomfortable from the sticky sweat, and left the bed with a cool swoosh.
She sat by the edge of the bed for a while until her body adjusted, then got up and opened the drawer of the bedside table. Inside were various kinds of medicine. She searched for a while and finally found a box of contraceptives.
Hamish felt a slight movement beside him, opened his eyes in the darkness, and saw Elisa gently sitting up from the bed. She then lifted the blanket, got off the bed, and opened the drawer of the bedside table tofind something.
In there, Hamish knew there were medicines, and he also knew there was a box of contraceptives.
Before, after he and Elisa had sex, he would force her to take contraceptives because he found her nauseating and didn’t want her to get pregnant with his child.
Elisa’s face showed pain as she took out the contraceptives from the drawer.