A Journey from Bitterness to Truth

A Chapter 208

But now, seeing Declan again, looking into that handsome face, Chloe felt a chill in her heart.

She didn’t seem to recognize his expression anymore.

Beneath that veneer of respectability, just how tainted was his soul?

Declan eved Chloe, pinned to his bed, and walked over. He reached out and callously popped a button off the collar of her blouse.

Chloe trembled all over.

“Let me go,” she said.

But Declan was merciless as he tore at her clothes, not even sparing a thought for the bodyguards present. Chloe struggled feebly, her skin crawling with goosebumps.

why I’ve never laid a hand on

than a tool, a tool for sleeping with others to secure the business deals he wanted.

answered, “Because I used to work at Haven Club.”

not bad.” Declan’s laugh was full of pleasure as he patted her face. “Because, Chloe, you’ve been worn out by my business associates. I don’t fancy wearing someone’s sloppy

few words, he could

eyes were bloodshot. “But… the one who asked me to

the front line, making her endure. He always thought that for

point of vomiting blood for the sake of a deal, just so the other party would sign on the dotted line.

carefully, preserving her shattered reputation, only to be met with Declan’s

a hoarse voice, “If you think I’m dirty, then don’t touch me!”

“Flirting with Horatio, getting too close to that

not a dog, I’m a living person, Declan. Please, have some pity on me. I don’t want to live like a dog

this state. He stripped her bare, cuffed her hands and feet, and as Chloe was humiliated in front of an audience, she thought death would be a kinder

me!” Her eyes were rimmed with red, “If you think saving my life once is such