Rachel was choked with sorrow, she shook her head desperately. Tears flooded her vision and she muttered in a hoarse and soft voice, “Why…? Why do you hate me?”
Ewan didn’t answer her. He looked up and stared straight into her eyes, his eyes were cold and bloodshot, but misty and hazy. He said coldly, emphasizing every single word, “This is my last warning to you. Stay away from other men, or else…”
His suddenly stopped talking. He clenched his fist and aimed the punch at her cheek, the punch was fast and vigorous. Rachel was so shocked she quickly closed her eyes.
“Ahh…”
She screamed and curled up her shoulder, she was trembling in fear. A sharp breeze brushed past her cheek, the fist was less than 2cm away from her face.
Rachel then heard a bone-crushing sound right next to her ears. It sent shivers down her spine.
Rachel curled up her body even more and her face was filled with tears. She was scared and was crying because she thought that Ewan was going to hit her.
Ewan then said in a frigid tone of voice, “Or else, I’ll make your life a living hell.”
He took a step back after he said that. His clenched fists were now hanging next to his thighs. He stared at Rachel, her body was still trembling, and she was still crying from fear. He felt like suffocating from the pain as well. He raised his head and took a deep breath and took another deep breath as he looked at the ceiling.
The smell of tears and blood filled the air.
Ewan then turned around and decided to leave the place.
Rachel opened her eyes weakly, in her misty vision she saw Ewan’s cold silhouette. She felt as if her heart was slit open.
She was startled and took a step forward nervously, she cried as she said, “Ew…” She couldn’t say his name. She muffled her own voice with her hand and felt panic after looking at his bleeding hand. He left droplets of bloodstain all over the floor.
Rachel cried even more uncontrollably seeing the blood.
She then turned around to look at the wall.
The wall was still intact, but there was also bloodstain on it. It was shocking to look at.
She started to heave and was going to cry again, she covered her mouth tightly with both hands and tried to run after Ewan helplessly. But she was halted in her tracks just after taking two steps forward, as she realized that she only had a towel on her.
She laid down listlessly on the bed. Her tears flowed madly on the bed as her eyes stared at the bloodstain on the wall unfocused.
Her heart was thumping, and it was tormenting, her heart hurt so much she thought it was going to burst anytime.
“The most sinister thing I have ever done is making you my wife. You must have not known how much I despise you.”
What Ewan said to her just now was repeating in her mind. It was as if his words weight a thousand pounds, it was crushing her, and she couldn’t breathe.
She really didn’t know how much he hated her.
She only knew that she was deeply misunderstood. She never had sex with Mason. They were just hugging out of family affection, but Ewan thought otherwise.
Ewan also insisted that it was not her first time doing something like this when they almost had sex last time.
She couldn’t figure out the reason why Ewan thought of her this way. There was no way for her to prove her innocence although she never did anything. Why did Ewan slander and suspect her like that?
The misunderstanding hurt even more because she really cared for and loved him.
The blood on the wall slowly dried up. Rachel wiped her tears away with the back of her hand and quickly sat up.
She stayed quiet for a bit as she sat on the bed. She then stood up abruptly, rubbing away her tears as she walked towards the wall. She picked up the clothes on the floor.
Rachel looked for the ointment and gauze that Ewan gave her from before after she put on her clothes. She then quickly rushed out of the room and went to Ewan’s room.
She knocked on the door a few times but there was no answer. She turned the doorknob and waltzed into the room.
After Rachel closed the door behind her, she walked and stood in the middle of the room.
Ewan was lying on the bed with his legs on the floor, one hand on his forehead and the wounded hand hanging at the edge of the bed.
Blood was still dripping from the back of his hand, several drops of blood on the floor.
His terribly fatigued body seemed so lonely. He didn’t even move a finger when he heard her came into the room, his body was so still it looked like a dead body.
“Ewan…” Rachel muttered softly. Her voice was still coarse from all the crying just now. She inched closer towards him, but Ewan still didn’t react.
She then moved even closer to him carefully, she said very gently, “Ewan, you hurt your hand. Let me treat your wound and stop the bleeding.”
Ewan was still not moving, as if his soul had left his body. He was so still and quiet that Rachel couldn’t even hear him breathe.
Rachel took a deep breath and tried to inch closer. She took out a few pieces of tissue and sat down next to the end of the bed.
She wiped the floor with the tissues and stared at Ewan’s hand.
His fingers were long and beautiful. But the blood all over the hand made his hand looked gruesome.
Her heart ached just looking at it.
He got so mad just because Mason gave her a hug in the living room. He hurt his hand so badly just because of that.
She remembered hearing bones cracking when he hit the wall. He had to be in tremendous pain.
Tears welled up in her eyes just thinking about how much pain Ewan had to be in right now. She slowly stretched out her hand.
Ewan’s finger trembled and moved a bit when she touched his palm softly with the tip of her fingers.
Rachel was surprised by his sudden movement and she stopped moving. She raised her head and looked at him and found out that he was still asleep, but his hand was now covering his eyes.
She mustered up the courage and slowly held his fingers. She took out another piece of tissue and tried to wipe the blood off his hand.
But the blood was all dried up. She said softly, “Ewan, give me a sec. I’ll go get the disinfectant.”
Rachel then stood up and left the room.
After a few minutes, she was back in the room again. She was in such a rush, she forgot to close the door.
She sat down on the floor again and cleaned his wound with the disinfectant.
Now that the bloodstains on his hand were wiped off, Rachel could see the grisly wound on his knuckle.
She covered his wound with the ointment carefully and tried to be as gentle as possible.
She didn’t want to imagine the pain he was feeling. Why did he bear the pain and hit the wall like that?
Rachel let out a sigh of relief after she covered his wound with ointment and wrapped up his hand in gauzes. She sat down in another position and started to clean up the surroundings, which was filled with tissues and first aid tools.
She muttered to herself, “I’m so sorry, Ewan. I sincerely apologize about the slap just now. Please don’t be so mad, I am so terrified every time you get angry.”
Rachel put the ointment back into her pocket. She treasured it very much, as Ewan was the one who gave her the ointment.
Rachel sat on the side of the bed after cleaning up, she lowered her head timidly and muttered, “Ewan, we should really talk it out, I think you misunderstood me. I don’t know why you hate me, and I am hoping that you can tell me. I will apologize and make it up to you if you hate me because I did something wrong.”
Rachel turned around and observed Ewan’s face.
She waited for a while, but he was still not moving, as if he was in a deep slumber,
Rachel would’ve thought that he had passed out if his finger didn’t tremble when she put ointment on him just now.
She pondered for a bit and decided that she had to clear up his misunderstanding.
After all, they were husband and wife. A misunderstanding about sexual ethics and chastity between husband and wife would be problematic.
“Ewan, Mason and I…” Rachel heard footsteps as she was talking, she quickly stopped talking.