Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

Chapter 358: I Was Wrong

She thought about why she had fallen for Hayden and remembered the first time she saw him. He was walking down a forest path in a simple white shirt, the sunlight dappling his face. His skin looked fair and translucent under the light, and his fine hair fluttered in the wind, making him look like a prince straight out of a comic book.

Unlike other boys, sweaty or covered in acne, he was so clean and pure. Especially when he sat in front of the piano, his inherent nobility was captivating. From that moment, she had decided he was the one she wanted.

Over the years, though he had lost his youthful naivety, his elegant and gentle demeanor remained. But now, the man before her was completely different. The man who should have been by her side was now mingling with a group of women, his white shirt stained with numerous lipstick marks. His tie was askew, his shirt unbuttoned at the top, lazily drinking with the women.

"Mr. Alvarez, you lost again! You have to drink," they teased.

"Fine, I'll drink," Hayden, who had come to drown his sorrows, continued without hesitation.

Susan knew he was in pain, but wasn't she suffering too? She called out but was ignored, so she walked over to him and gently tugged at the hem of his shirt, "Come home with me."

"Go back if you want, leave me alone!"

Julian snapped, his face showing a trace of anger as he impatiently pushed Susan's hand away.

"Hayden, today is supposed to be a happy day for us, what are you doing out here?" Susan said, trying to keep her cool.

"I've already got the marriage certificate, and the wedding is done. Everyone knows you're Mrs. Alvarez, what more do you want?"

Hayden looked at Susan with drunken, blurry eyes. Susan held his hand, "But what I wanted was you, all along!"

"You should know, you were never the one I wanted," Hayden, seemingly drunk, said with a sober and resolute clarity.

Their conversation stunned the onlookers, who had previously seen only their sweet moments together on TV. Little did they know, this was the reality behind their relationship; indeed, celebrities are actors who had deceived the whole world.

all of

the crowd, was infuriated. Who were they to pity her? She was far happier than they

wanted someone to drink with, I'll

crazed eyes of the woman next to

her, her, it's always her, how am I not

out in heart-wrenching

you know what I hate most in my

asked, changing the

looked up

involved with you three years ago," he said before getting up and leaving, taking his coat with

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sofa, her heart pierced by the most devastating words she had ever heard. Another person, Ivy, found herself

hoarse from screaming and her tears had dried up by morning when the beggars finally left, satisfied. Her body bore no patch of unmarred skin; she lay on the cold, dirty ground like a rag doll. Many times,

the ground and struggled into the torn dress that lay beside her. Genevieve had waited up all night in the apartment, worried sick because Ivy hadn't returned. When the

been all

Genevieve exclaimed in distress.

"Mom..."

had never been

her torn dress and

"Mom, I..."

a few

talk inside," Genevieve said, sensing the gravity of

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I need to shower first," Ivy