Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

"Payment?" Millie's eyes moved stiffly, a hint of disbelief in her tone. "Didn't it always just come out of my account automatically?"

"Sorry, your account's been frozen."

"Frozen? Why?!"

"The account holder requested it."

Requested it...

"Ha! Murray, you're just merciless!" she laughed through her bitterness.

After spending over a month in the hospital, Millie was finally discharged. As she walked outside, the bright sky and fluffy clouds seemed alien to her, as if from another life.

...

Murray left the office early today.

he instructed his driver,

"Right away, Mr. Sherwood."

until the darkening sky and the oppressive air reminded him

gated community, the sudden screech of brakes jerked Murray forward, his

snapped, his

apologies, Mr. Sherwood," the driver hurriedly explained, "A woman just ran out in front of us. I

woman standing in the rain, drenched, her hair clinging to her

a simple white dress, makeup-free,

flower struggling in the storm, poised between holding on and being

unaffected. "When did our security become so lax? Letting just anyone in. Notify security, have her

nowhere to go. Abandoned by her mother and brother, unable to return to her. dorm Murray's mansion

vel

the man in the backseat, his profile cold and indifferent. He wouldn't

back window, pounding on it, "Murray, it's me... I'm

know I was wrong, I swear I'll do whatever you say from now on, I won't cause