The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 509 Secrets Laid Bare

+10 Free Coins

Hudson’s gaze burned with cruelty, and Elsa’s heart skipped hard against her ribs. Her voice faltered, softening into fear.

“Hudson, you can’t treat me like this! We’re husband and wife, we’re one. I know your company’s been in trouble these years… if John keeps caring for me, I can use the money he gives me to help you-”

“Hah!”

Hudson’s laughter cut her off, sharp and mocking.

Yes, she was his wife. Which meant everything Simon or John gave her also belonged to him. His company was bleeding cash, true, but why should he beg her? A few beatings, and she would hand over what he wanted.

His lips twisted in a cruel smile. “Simon’s savior, are you?”

His tone turned venomous.

“You stole the jade pendant Simon gave to Lily when they were children. You wore it, pretended to be her, and claimed her place in his life. That’s your big ‘heroic deed‘? Elsa, you’re as filthy and shameless as ever.”

Bitch!

The curse burned at the back of Elsa’s throat, but she dared not say it. Not when defiance could earn her another brutal beating.

Hudson’s perversions ran deep. He had made her confess her darkest secrets under torture, forcing her to bare what she had buried in her soul. Lies never fooled him–one look and he knew.

She had spilled everything just to survive. Later she’d regretted it bitterly, praying those secrets had died with him in that “accident.”

lived. And now he wielded her secrets like a knife

face grew darker with

O

1/3

11:01 Mon, 1 Sept

Secrets

already been a shock. But

once saved Simon wasn’t

long–cherished Lizzy had always

“You can’t tell Simon…”

+10 Free Coins

her cheeks. Her pitifulness blurred truth and performance

day he caught her tangled with his friend, all tenderness rotted into

not out of love, but out of vengeance. He would make

saw through the cold mask–saw the shameless woman who warmed every man’s bed.

“Please me. Beg like a dog. Do it well enough, and maybe I

of foreign nights, forced to abase herself under his cruelty,

pride screamed against it—but fear of death, fear

know his beloved Lizzy was Lily. She

she stripped off her clothes, her soul shattering with each discarded piece. She bent herself to Hudson’s will, drowning in pain

master bedroom’s window

swept through, slamming

<