All the men stared in fear at the man that stood behind the man who was beating Huron. The man was dressed in a navy blue trench-coat and was as powerful as a king. The almighty man was squatting down in front of the woman who looked no different than an actual dog, his clean and big hands touching her filthy, chained wrists."How is it, Alex? Is… Is this fun enough for you?" Jane retracted her arms in chains abruptly. Her expression was still blank with no sign of tears in her eyes. She simply stared at Alex and continued with a tone so calm that it sounded as though she was discussing the matters of some other people. "I… You probably couldn't imagine that in a civilized society, humans would still be treated this way, could you? I've already gotten used to it. When I was little, my siblings all had their beds and rooms, while I had to sleep in the corridor. When they simply couldn't think of a game they were interested in, they would tie me up and force me to bark like a dog on the
"Jane, I'm not toying with you. I never did. Do you believe me?" Alex said regretfully.Jane snorted after a pause. "Is… Is that even possible?" She lifted her head to look at Alex with her blank eyes before looking back at herself. "The two of us might as well be as different as the sky and the ground. I was just taken to you, all chained up like a dog as some sort of trophy, and now you are asking me to go home with you? This time, it is dog chains. What's going to be next? Oh, right, where is your wife, Lily Parker? She… She isn't here with you?""Mrs. Poole, you are the Mrs. Poole," Garrett, who had just cut off the chains on Jane, said as he choked back his tears.Jane slowly turned to look at Garrett."Mrs. Poole, it's Garrett. You remember me, don't you? That time on the mountain, I was the one who let you and Mr. Hill go. I'm the same Garrett whose wife and house you once visited in Master Alex’s stead, Mrs. Poole," he said.Jane's expression remained blank, with much rese
"You might not believe me, but twenty days ago, I did leave you to live your life with Noah in the northeastern region for the sake of your happiness," Alex explained slowly and sincerely, "You know, Jane, you've been by my side for so long and it's you who has always been giving; it's you who had always been considerate for my feeling when I've never done the same for you. I feel guilty toward you, which is why when I saw you beaming at Noah, and how happy you were, even if you were picking leftovers off the ground, I decided to let you go because I saw how truly happy and content you were. I wanted to do something for you. The eleven million I gave you was only meant to get you settled down. I went back immediately after giving you the money because I was in a rush to handle all the work I had in hand. I was going to hand them over to Sebastian, and come back to the northeastern region. I was going to live somewhere close to you. I planned on never disturbing you, your husband or you
Alex said it with such ease that everyone in the house was frightened to the point that their legs gave in."Master Alex…" Cindy tried to act familiar with Alex. "Everything I did was approved by Mrs. Poole, Mrs. Poole is also pregnant with your child. She is now resting at home so I didn't bother her with this."Up until then, Cindy had no idea that Lily had been sent overseas by Axel five days ago. The reason why she had not contacted Lily proactively was because she wanted to get closer to Alex behind Lily's back. Even if she could not become Alex's wife, she could at least be his lover. Had she followed the plan and contacted Lily, Lily would have never allowed her to come into contact with Alex, and would probably become extremely cautious against her. For the past few days, Lily did not call Cindy and she was more than happy about it. Never had she thought that something could have happened to Lily. Until that very moment, she still thought that Lily was Alex's wife.Right aft
"Please, I'm innocent…""Me… Me too, I'm innocent as well. Please, Master Alex, spare my unworthy life.""Me too…""M--Ms. Sheen, you… Throughout the two nights and one day you have been locked up in here, I haven't once bullied you, I… I didn't wrong you." At that moment, the youngest girl that stayed by Huron's side crawled her way toward Jane in a kneeling position. She clung onto Jane's arm and pleaded miserably. If she was going to die anyways, she might as well give begging for her life a shot. "Miss… M--Mrs. Poole, I… My family is poor and has borrowed money from Huron and we’re without the capability to return it. That's why I… I know you come from a difficult background as well, which is why when they bullied you, I… I never joined them. I… You might have forgotten about it, but the night before yesterday night, I even snuck you a piece of bread."The young woman bowed her head at Jane and pleaded, "I'm merely eighteen this year. I don't want to die yet..." she cried.Jan
Another one of his subordinates came and reported again, "There's a cocky old man out there, saying that he is going to bomb this place to the ground if we don't hand Mrs. Poole over.""..." Alex glanced at Jane and found that her expression seemed to have wavered briefly.Huron, Cindy, and Orla, who were about to be dragged out and buried alive, started shouting in unison."Master Alex, I can make it up to you!""Master Alex, I know Lenny.""Master Alex, Lenny is my man. I can help deal with him…""..." Alex did not respond to the three but instead raised his arm as a sign to his men. "Lock them all in the living room and follow me out to see what's going on! If this is just another local scum like Huron, we'll take care of him as well so that I won't have to come back here to White Ocean again!"After that, Alex took off his black jacket and handed it over to Garrett before lifting Jane up into his arms and wrapping her up with his jacket. He then headed out with her in his ar
The screeching noises caused by the friction between the tires and the ground had been ear-piercing, but Alex did not send any of his men after him.Here on this land, anyone who was remotely of status had tortured Jane with the full intention of killing her, and Jane did not even say anything to protect the eighteen year-old young woman from earlier. However, she tried everything she could to protect the elderly man just now, and that was enough proof that the old man in his seventies did no harm to Jane.Alex looked Jane in the eyes and pulled her back into his arms. "He has helped you before, has he?"Jane sneered. "No one has helped me here in White Ocean City, Alex Poole. Taking the eighteen-year-old young lady from earlier as an example, it's true that she had given me a piece of bread before, but it was nothing but their leftovers from a few days ago. Don't read too deeply into it. No one has treated me with kindness. I simply think that if my death is inevitable, then why dr
Sabrina, who was on the other end of the line, was resting for her pregnancy at home. She had been two months pregnant by then. The need to take care of Zayn and Aino throughout the years she had been on a run had caused Sabrina to work any job that came her way, to the point where she would not turn down the most exhausting and difficult work that the men at the construction site refused to take. During the time when she had just given birth to Aino, she worked in the mud to fix the roads in heavy rain. She did not sleep for a day and a night, and for that, she earned an overtime salary of two thousand dollars. The money was enough to buy medicine for Zayn and a month's worth of baby formula for Aino.Sabrina was extremely happy at the time. When she arrived home, Zayn was so worried for her that his eyes were reddened from the urge to cry."Sabbie! Keep this up and you will never be able to give birth to another child again!" he scolded her furiously.Sabrina did not care. "That's