Abigail’s Second Life

Mike looked at him coldly. "Doesn't this sc*mbag have a wife and kids?"

Jonell couldn't find the words to respond. He lay on the bed, feeble and powerless.

"Of course he does," Sean said indifferently.

In his youth, Jonell was a prominent figure in Eswadia's Capitalis. He attended the finest university, but his love for a girl from a lower social class brought about opposition from his family.

That girl was outstanding in both academics and appearance and was voted the campus beauty despite her troubled past.

"Yeah... I had someone..." Jonell's voice was hoarse.

"Seleni... Her name also bore the meaning 'moon'. She looked so much like Luna..."

He spoke slowly with a faint smile. Then tears welled up as he reminisced about the past.

Poor Seleni endured objectification by men in the village from childhood because of her beauty. Her own father was driven by greed, so he sold her virginity, which opened the door to further exploitation by others in the community.

Seleni always took half of the money from her father without fail and stashed away every penny.

Upon graduating from high school, she enrolled in the top university in Eswadia.

"I started digging into all of this when I first set my sights on her. Initially, I was furious, but Seleni couldn't have cared less," Jonell revealed and paused briefly. "Because of that, I saw her as someone beyond ordinary."

Of course, his reckless pursuit of Seleni was eventually revealed to his family, and Seleni's entire life became public knowledge.

"She claimed she didn't care... but still, she chose to walk into the river. That day, I held her body, which felt as cold as iron." Jonell's body shivered. "I was twenty-two then. Now I'm fifty-two, and not a day goes by without her crossing my mind."

speechless, his mouth

similarities with Seleni,

Jonell's face twisted

to Seleni! Seleni was the best. She only resorted to selling herself because she was trapped and wanted to escape the mess at home. What did

spat out his curses. "I've never regretted any of it. If you hadn't caught me, I'd

him. Not

sneered at

deep sympathy

deserve

extracting every bit of information from Jonell through various means until he spilled

bid farewell to Mike, he peeled off the layers of special effects makeup stuck to his

it for almost a month, his face was all

with a worried expression as he remarked, "Your face is all sweaty and blistered from

manage to make

was momentarily at a loss

...

Abigail's phone rang

want to go see

had just found out this

from Abigail's hand and landed on the desk with a soft thud. "Why didn't I

back secretly," his voice choked

a good thing she's

had seen Luna, and now her heart was