The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family by Adela

For the past few months, every day felt like a year to

Hannah. 2

She was the eldest daughter-in-law of the Wilson family and she had never really suffered a day of sorrow or despair before. In fact, when the Wilson family was at its prime, she was living a lavish and comfortable life. 4

She couldn't say that she had lived a royal-like extravagant life, but she did have a comfortable life in the past, so the coal mine was a literal living hell for her when she was reduced to mining coal day and night here. 4

However, Hannah still enjoyed the most comfortable life among those who had been sent to the coal mine a t the same time. 1

The men had to work fifteen to sixteen hours a day. They didn't have enough food to eat or warm clothes t 0 wear and they were as skinny as skeletons after being tortured day and night. 1 Linda, the cheater, was similarly miserable. Because she was ugly and the supervisor didn't fancy her looks, her daily routine and work schedule were no different from the men's. 5

Hannah was slightly better than them because as a wealthy lady, she was considered beautiful and her

her age, she still

the supervisor's mistress. She had to charm and seduce him every night, which in turn granted her a

hours were slightly shorter with longer resting time, and her meal

it was still a misery

had a supreme and dictatorlike status in the coal mine, he was, plainly speaking, a n illiterate uncultured man from the countryside. He was very sloppy and had lacking knowledge about personal hygiene. Sometimes, he did not take a single bath for

had no choice but to entertain him

Hannah would come out of the brick house with

did not like to take a bath, wash his face, or brush his teeth, he enjoyed soaking his feet every day, and when he

clear water in the basin

after

tears drenched Hannah's cheeks every time she thought of his foul-smelling

too. Her whole body would ache and turn sore after they did the