Chapter 508

Maja had just been scared shitless, but she’d calmed down now, her voice a little hoare.

“Mr. Raymond, are you happy now?”

That sentence stirred up some deep feelings lan had been keeping locked away

He still had a tube of ointment in his hand. He looked up and asked, “What do you mean by that?”

“Mr. Raymond, isn’t this what you wanted? To see me embarrassed?” Her tone was cool again, and she had a faint smile on her face. “You got your wish.”

At that moment, she was curled up, her feet lightly arched, completely on guard

lan stood up, looking down at her from his high perch.

Only then did he notice that her neck was still a little red, as if she’d been scalded by something.

He’d wanted to blow up at her, but seeing her like this, his anger just evaporated.

lan tossed the ointment tube and said, “Take your medicine and get lost.”

Maja rose, got off the bed, picked up the ointment, and prepared to leave without a word.

As she got up, lan tensed up. Watching her put on her pants and straighten her jacket, he felt like his body was boiling, as if all the moisture inside him was being bumed away.

He abruptly pulled her back, reaching for the ointment to apply it to her.

Maja misunderstood, thinking he was going to continue despite

and she slapped him.

was concentrated in her hand,

his mouth, and the sound of the slap echoed through the room.

buzzing he’d never been hit before, let alone by

quietly wiped the blood from his mouth.

red on his fingertips. He was bleeding.

in his eyes, he looked like a beast let

Maja but saw her shrink back, her

still see a hint of deep–seated terror and

she was afraid of him, his fingers tightened around the back of her collar,

woman, he would have thrown her out by now

emotion in her eyes, he felt a pain not in his cheek but somewhere in his heart.

being rubbed

was visibly swelling, even his mouth tasted of

his voice

really asking

his jacket and left,

hearing the sound of the front door closing,

He just left?

about lan now. She picked up

ointment, she swallowed a few pills. She had

no different than the grim

so she fell asleep as soon as she lay down on

was still in his pajamas,

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