He pinned her down on the bed, and after a series of torture, Taya, who suffered from a headache, started trembling in pain. She locked her stare on Griffon whose eyes were cold and frosty as disappointment in her eyes grew deeper, “If you’ve had enough fun, will you let me go?” Griffon’ fingers caressed every inch of her skin. “I can never get enough of you, so give up the idea about leaving.” Such a cold touch terrified Taya. She intended to avoid skin contact, but he held her body down, not allowing her to resist.
With her fists clenched tightly, she raised her head to look him in the eyes. “Did you think that if I was pregnant with your pup. I wouldn’t leave?” A bloodthirsty smile appeared on the corner of Griffon’ lips. “With a pup, my Taya will stay by my side forever.” His face was full of smiles, as if he was imagining a picture of their family of three living happily together. Taya remained to stare at him for quite a while before she cut his thoughts off with a cold voice. “Even if I’m pregnant with your pups, I’ll leave.” His fingers touching her skin momentarily froze. A trace of pain filled the man’s eyes before they were immediately plundered by the cold. “That’s not up to you!” He implied that he would lock her up in the villa. He stubbornly thought that if she was pregnant with a pup, she would not leave. Taya, whose freedom was restricted and tortured, starved herself, did not take medicine, or drink any sip of water. She was lying on the bed, motionless, her dull eyes on the sea of flowers outside the French windows… Griffon sat by the bed and gently coaxed her with the pills in hand.
“Even if you refuse to eat, you should take the medicine.” The person on the bed showed no response still as if she was completely immersed in her own world, forbidden to outsiders. A pang of powerlessness struck Griffon. “Do you really want to go back to see him that much?” He stared at her back and waited for a while, but she remained to ignore him. Griffon’ hand that was holding onto the pills clenched into a fist before he took a deep breath and let go of his grip. “You promised me that when I come back, we’ll watch the northern lights in Finland. As long as we visit Finland together, I…” He paused briefly without getting the last sentence out. His dark bloodshot eyes were full of nostalgia and reluctance… Staring at her, after a long silence, he opened the pill box in his hand, took the pills, and forced them into her mouth. The bitterness of the pills spread, making Taya’s eyelashes tremble.
Even the slightest reaction could ease the pain in Griffon’ agonizing heart. Overjoyed, he picked her up from the bed. “Could you eat at least a little?” Taya’s eyes were dazed and lifeless as if she couldn’t hear him, dizziness struck her before her vision went dark all of a sudden. Griffon had just scooped up a spoonful of porridge to feed her when her head fell on his shoulder. Griffon’ hand which was holding the spoon froze. He immediately looked at Taya, only to see that her eyes were tightly closed as if she had pa*sed out. His face paled, and his heart stopped beating. In fright, he picked Taya up, trembling in terror as he ran out the door. “Here!!!” The servants and bodyguards rushed over when they heard his panicked and anxious voice. “To the hospital!!!” The bodyguards immediately went to fetch the car.
After Griffon carried the unconscious Taya into the car, staring at that thin and bloodless face, his heart ached to the point of suffocation. What the hell was he doing? If she wanted to leave, he should have let her go. Why was he pressuring her to stay? Was he trying to force her to death again? Griffon’ tightened his grip as he held her tightly in his arms. In his eyes, apart from fear, regret was all that remained. The car soon arrived at the hospital. He rushed into the emergency room with Taya in his arms… When the director received the call, he wasted no time hurrying over to push the unconscious patient into the emergency operating room.
Once again, Griffon slumped onto the cold floor. Looking at the closed door, his whole body seemed to have been sucked emptied, rendering him soulless. It wasn’t until the director reappeared that he slowly raised his eyes to look at the man in the white coat. “Don’t worry. It’s a result of malnutrition and exhaustion that she fainted all of a sudden. It’s nothing serious.” Hearing those words, a slight sensation pricked in Griffon’ numb heart… He raised his eyes to look at the director. “What about other parts of her body…” The director rea*sured him in a gentle voice, “There isn’t any other problem, don’t worry about it.” His fingers resting on the knee curled up. Although he knew the answer, he refused to give up. He asked, “Is she pregnant?” The director was visibly stunned before he shook his head. “No, it’s quite difficult for Ms. Palmer to get pregnant…” Griffon’ face was pale as he asked, his voice trembling in disbelief, “Why?” The director told the truth. “Firstly, she took too many birth control pills, secondly, her body has suffered physical trauma through all sorts of major operations, and thirdly, the medicine she’s now taking has serious side effects.” Birth control pills… The three words bolted Griffon’s heart like a lightning strike, draining his face of colors as if he had lost all the blood circulating in his body.
He wanted a pup to keep her by his side, but little had he expected a past mistake of his had crushed the last hope he had for the past few days. His thin lips curled into a soft self-deprecating smirk as he hyperventilated, laughing till tears streamed down his face… It was the first time the director witnessed Griffon, who had always been mean and resolute, show such a distressed expression on his face, rendering him slightly at a loss. “Mr-Alpha Knight, you…” The tears in Griffon’ eyes dried as his icy gaze swept past the director. The stare, which was enough to freeze one to death, prompted the director to make the wise decision to retreat. After some thinking on the spot, Griffon supported himself against the wall to get up and stagger into the ward. Taya, who was lying on the hospital bed, was awake with an IV injected through her hand. When she saw Griffon coming in, she didn’t react as always, as if to silently resist him. Griffon bitterly chuckled. After unsteadily settling by the side of the hospital bed, he stroked her face with distress.
He was sorry. He was the one who harmed her, to the point where it might even be impossible for her to conceive. At the thought of how she might never have her own children, Griffon felt beyond ashamed of himself… “I promised you that I’ll make it up to you for the rest of my life. I want to make up for you, but I…” “I’m sorry, I had no idea how to make you stay, so I imprisoned you. I thought only then you’d stay by my side.” “Little had I expected my actions would end up sending you to the hospital once again. I’ve always been hurting you…” “I’m not qualified to be your man, I should, I should…” His lips parted as he tried several times but failed to get the words “let you go” out of his mouth. When she had promised to get back with him, he had been full of hope… The short time they spent together was the happiest time of his life. Hopeful, he was as joyful as a pup, drowning in her tenderness.
He was desperate to open his heart and taste the honey-like sweet sensation she gave him several times over. He thought the relationship between them could go on as it did forever, but she ended up giving him a slap… That slap was not a sharp pain on the face, but a hard slap on his heart. He got her and possessed her twice, so how could he say that he would let her go? If he insisted on not letting go, however, he would be forcing Taya, the woman he loved and was willing to die for, to death. Griffon bent over in pain with his elbows propped on his knees as he brushed his thick hair. What should he do…