Rachel Wood's feet were wet and in pain, becoming much more swollen.

She seemed oblivious, though.

Right then, Woodrow Gaston was sitting on the couch as he organized a brand new first aid kit in a bag.

It appeared that he might have gone out to buy them while she was in the shower.

Seeing this made her feel warm in her heart.

After taking a deep breath, Rachel quickly walked up to him. "Did you buy these?"

"Yeah," he nodded. "Here, put your leg on my lap, and I'll dress your wounds. The ones on your legs look pretty severe. You can tell me what happened while I clean them up." Rachel had shown up with wounds all over her body. As a police officer, his instincts told him that something must've happened to her, affecting her mentally as well as physically. Perhaps it was domestic violence?

When this thought occurred to Woodrow, he became even more somber.

The sight of his caring gaze made her tear up.

Whenever Rachel was in a bad mood, the one thing she feared most was when other people looked at her like this. Just one look was enough to make her cry.

Inhaling deeply, she told Woodrow about everything that happened to her, sending chills down his spine as he listened.

"What? How could something like this happen? Haven't his parents gone too far?" he burst out. "Also, the family that bought you is horrible!"

He had never heard of anything like this before despite working in the police force for a long time. He usually only came across stuff like this on the internet and would never expect it would happen to someone he knew.

like Rachel, who was his

she lived through those days and then managed to escape from a place

this made him feel sorry for her

like this could

you leave anyway? Why were you so

they take away all his wealth, but they'd also destroy his reputation. They even threatened to kill my parents. "If I hadn't listened to

now that I think about it, it would've been a better solution

to avoid harming Sebastian.

to

handed her a tissue. "Do you want to go back and look for Sebastian? You can tell

want to help you, but I know I can't with my limited abilities. His family is a lot more powerful than the

at a police station. Besides, he didn't want to risk

immediately shook

The thought itself gave me an endless supply of energy. However, I lost my courage

front of the house.

to me then that my decision to run away was too rash. I don't deserve him. Woodrow, I'm

to you to decide whether you deserve him. Sebastian

doesn't matter," Rachel

want to go back

I don't deserve him. I'm disgusted with myself, even if he's not. Besides, you might not know this, but I think he's gotten married. I saw the wedding decorations at home. There was also

to hear this. "What?

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