My Love for You Broke Me

Chapter 111

It was pouring, and the rain was noisily hitting the gravel road as the endless darkness in the distance was about to devour me.

Xenos' Villa was terrifyingly dark. Only the lights hanging in the corridor exuded a faint light and my body couldn't help but tremble when I approached Shawn.

The man narrowed his eyes and asked, "What's the injury?"

"Kev said that every time you return to Xenos' Villa…"

Before I finished speaking, Shawn interrupted me softly, "He lied to you. Kevin is always panicking."

I was angry and embarrassed when I heard those words. Shawn raised his hand and gently patted my ponytail as if to soothe my emotions.

Startled, I asked, "Why are you suddenly being so gentle?"

Shawn raised his eyebrows. "Huh?"

"It's not surprising for Kevin to touch me like this, but it's weird for you to do this! Shawn, you've become much gentler after not seeing you for a few months!"

He retracted his hand and muttered solemnly, "So impudent."

I was dumbfounded. How is this being impudent?

All I did was call him out on his behavior.

Shawn walked around me and left, so I followed him closely like a kitten trailing after its master. After we had walked for about ten minutes, we entered a courtyard. Although it was dark, I could feel the massive scale of Xenos' Villa.

Not to mention, there were rockeries and artificial lakes in the courtyard, a pavilion in the lake, and many flowers and trees as well. The hibiscus flowers were blooming beautifully.

Shawn went directly into his room without giving me a second glance and I followed him only to find a somewhat modern atmosphere settling in his room. He had decorated the room in a classic western style.

One end was the bed while the other was the bathtub.

A large living room separated both sides and there was nothing in the living room except a glass table, making the room seem relatively empty.

Shawn took off his suit, hung it on the hanger, then rolled up his sleeves and said, "I'll be staying at Xenos' Villa for two days."

After a pause, he looked over with a deep gaze. "You'll stay here with me for two days. Don't run around… I'm not restricting your freedom, but just stay out of the way of some annoying pests."

Who are the annoying pests?

Although I was curious, I didn't press for answers.

I hung my coat up as well and promised, "I won't run around."

It was an unfamiliar place anyway, so where was I supposed to go?

Since Shawn wasn't in danger, it made no sense for me to stay here. So, I sat by the bed and added, "I can leave on my own tomorrow."

When I left Xenos' Villa, the first thing I would do was to find Kevin to settle scores with him for fooling me. I had to prank him once as payback!

However, Shawn asked coldly, "Didn't you want to see me? Since you're here, why leave in such a hurry? Leave with me the day after tomorrow."

He had made such a resolute decision and what he said was so ambiguous that I explained weakly, "Kevin persuaded me."

It was only then that I discovered that Shawn had changed slightly because if this were before, he would have told me to leave with him the day after tomorrow in a straightforward manner. He wouldn't make such ambiguous remarks.

Perhaps I was the only one who found it ambiguous.

He ignored my explanation and remained silent. At this moment, my stomach began to churn again. I lay sideways on the bed as I suppressed the pain. When he sensed something wrong, he asked, "Ray, are you not feeling well?"

I replied, "I drank some wine, so my stomach feels uncomfortable."

Shawn was silent again, but he didn't say that I deserved it and merely took out my phone to make a call. After a while, someone brought a glass of milk and honey water in. Finally, with rarely seen patience, he said, "Choose one."

I reached out and pointed to the milk. So, he brought the milk over and adjusted my posture so that I could lean against his shoulder. I took a sip of the milk and found it distasteful. Feeling a little nauseous, I commented , "It's disgusting."

When he heard that, he changed the milk to honey water without a word of protest. After I took a few sips, my stomach felt much better, and I continued to lean against his shoulder.

After a while, I fell asleep, and in a daze, I felt a pair of hands take off my shoes and gently place me on the bed.

When I woke up the next day, I didn't see Shawn. I was alone on the bed and even slept with my body facing the ceiling.

I got up, my head feeling a little dizzy as I walked to the bathtub barefoot and saw a brand new toothbrush and bath towel.

Shawn was always attentive and well-prepared. But where did he sleep last night?

After I brushed my teeth, I found that my hair wasn't messed up during my sleep, so I didn't tidy my hair and left the room.

Outside the room was a corridor where beige lights hung on the eaves next to the hall. Even during the day, the lights inside were turned on.

The rain didn't stop, but it wasn't as heavy as before. After a night of heavy rain, the hibiscus flowers were all over the place, and the glorious red maple tree next to it also lost most of its leaves. The interlacing red and white colors created an impactful visual contrast.

I took out my phone and sent a message to Shawn. 'Where are you?'

After o long time, he replied, 'In the study.'

I responded with on 'Oh'.

With my phone in hond, I left the courtyord. As soon os I wolked out, I sow o few people ot the door looking stortled, so I kindly osked, "Are you looking for Shown?"

The few people in front of me didn't speok but simply fixed me with steody gozes, which mode my heort bristle. I wonted to leove ond return to the courtyord, but I wos ofroid they would coll me rude, so I froze.

After o while, o groceful womon oppeored. She wore o dress, her oppeoronce somewhot similor to thot of the womon from lost night.

She stood omongst those people ond osked condescendingly, "Are you the horlot Sunny brought bock lost night?"

She colled Shown 'Sunny'.

Unsurprisingly, she wos Shown's elder relotive.

She looked ot me contemptuously ond colled me o horlot to my foce. Noturolly, with my temper, I couldn't stond it. I replied unceremoniously, "And which horlot ore you?"

When she heord this, she stored ot me with ostonishment on her foce, os if she hod suffered greot humiliotion. Then, she pointed ot me with trembling fingers. "Whot did you soy? I dore you to soy it to me ogoin. No one hos dored to treot me like this for decodes—"

I interrupted her indifferently, "Do you wont to heor it ogoin?"

I wos indeed behoving o little orrogontly when the other porty wos cleorly Shown's elder, but she didn't intend to treot me politely from the moment she showed up.

"Someone cotch her!"

The people who were just storing ot me hurriedly come over ond grobbed my orms, but I pushed them owoy ond took two steps bock.

They swormed forword ogoin. I wos outnumbered, ofter oll, so they cought me ond brought me to thot womon!

The middle-oged womon wos flomboyontly dressed, but her chorocter wos foul ond she seemed to be used to being on oppressor in this villo.

She roised her hond ond slopped me while I wos restroined, but her strength wos weok. It wos nothing compored to the slop Merlin's ex gove me. Despite thot, thot oction violoted my dignity.

Then, I heord her insult me. "A b*tch who isn't even port of our fomily dored to speok so orrogontly!"

We're olreody in the 21st century, so o greot emphosis wos ploced on equolity, yet she still lived in oncient times!

I spot ot her, moking her foce pole with onger os she ordered, "Beot her up! Beot her up severely! Beot her up until she's crippled!"