After three days of torment, Annetta instinctively backed away in fear.
The man noticed this action. Annetta immediately sensed the anger burning within the man’s eyes. She couldn’t help but tremble slightly.
“Netta dear, are you scared of me?” The man stood at the edge of the bed, his tall figure shrouded in the shadows. Annetta felt her heart tense up.
“No…” She was terrified, but she pretended not to be.
But the man did not believe her. He leaned over, pinched her chin, tilted his head, and bit down hard on her collarbone.
That day, they spent the rest of the time in the bedroom, and the man would not let her go.
Annetta felt completely exhausted at the end of it all. When the man’s arm wrapped around her waist once more, Annetta couldn’t help but bite down hard on his neck, as he had done to her.
It was Howard who called Hugo Bryant.
He was well aware of Ethan’s excessive attachment to Annetta. Last time, though, Ethan would only imprison this woman. He would have still gone to the company.
What was going on now?
“He hasn’t left home for sixteen days?”
Hugo asked incredulously, looking at the tightly shut bedroom door.
Howard was at his wit’s end. His master had neglected his work because of this woman. Although Howard was still able to deal with certain things at the company, he still needed his master to make key decisions and sign important documents.
Looking at the current situation, Howard did not know when his master would come out, so he could only ask Hugo for help.
After all, Hugo was his master’s only friend who had been with him through thick and thin.
Hugo, too, was terrified. Ethan’s anger was erratic. Hugo had never dared to get too close to Ethan, even though they had grown up together.
Hugo looked at the tightly shut door, plucked up his courage, and knocked.
There was no response.
Hugo glanced at Howard, who gave him an encouraging look.
Hugo gulped and knocked again.
The bedroom door was flung open, and Ethan stood at the door impatiently.
Hugo swallowed, “Ethan, long time no see. I’ve come for a visit. You-”
Ethan did not say anything, and the bedroom door was slammed shut.
Hugo looked at the door which had been slammed in his face, rubbed his nose, and suddenly shouted, “Ethan, you need to go back to work! The company can’t survive without you! Can you bear to see the company your grandfather built from the ground-up ruined just because you didn’t go to work?! Ethan, can you bear it?!”
Lying on the bed, Annetta saw Ethan slam the door shut. Then she heard Hugo yelling outside.
Annetta knew that Hugo was Ethan’s only childhood friend. Based on her previous life, Hugo had always been arrogant and feared no one except Ethan. He was as timid as a mouse in Ethan’s presence. One gaze from Ethan could make him tremble in fear.
Annetta never expected Hugo to dare to make such a big fuss outside Ethan’s bedroom.
Annetta thought that Ethan would chase Hugo out of the house. However, to her astonishment, he did not get angry. Instead, he left the bedroom and went to the Harris garden. She did not know what they were talking about outside, but the conversation seemed pleasant.
Annetta got out of bed and went to take a warm bath. After that bath, she went to the bedroom’s balcony. The sun shone down on her, and she narrowed her eyes, disoriented after days of the man’s continuous torture.
Today, Ethan had finally allowed her to go out.
After standing on the balcony for a while, she heard a sound behind her. Upon turning around, she saw one of the Harris family’s servants who returned her phone and informed her that lunch was ready.
She had not gone out in half a month and had not gone to university or work. Her mobile phone had also been confiscated, so she had completely lost contact with the outside world.
She turned on her phone, and after a while, a lot of messages and missed call notifications flashed on the screen.