The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 5

“You wanted her to suffer. That night, we set up twenty men slept with her–made sure she’ll be good. Got double payback for Miss Vivienne, just like you wanted.”

“But bitch like her–used up and ruined by lowlifes–you’d best stay away. No need to dirty yourself,

right?”

Thaddeus went completely still. The color drained from his face as he stared at me.

I couldn’t take it anymore. I fought against his grip and bit his hand hard.

As he sat there shocked, I hobbled away on my broken legs. I just kept running until my body couldn’t handle it anymore. Finally I collapsed to my knees and broke down sobbing.

I had escaped it all.

I ditched my phone with tracker and barely rested before pushing on. By nightfall, I couldn’t go another step and passed out by the road.

When I woke up next day, Dr. Maxwell Hayes was sitting beside the bed, carefully putting medicine on my feet. A bowl of warm chicken soup waited nearby.

I looked around nervously, pulling my feet back.

Dr. Hayes said, his eyes full of sympathy and guilt.

brought the soup closer and

a trembling voice, “What do you

bringing me

hit me? What’s your price? I don’t have

Dr. Hayes dropped the soup and pulled

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desperately to pull away, but I was too weak to break

buttons. I mechanically began undressing in his arms, looking up with dead eyes to show him my

You can do whatever you want, As long as you

only bargaining chip I had during two months. Even if it didn’t work, it also hurt

Hayes’s eyes filled with tears. They dripped onto my hands as he gently buttoned my clothes back up. He held me carefully, repeating

protect you. I’ll protect you.

don’t know how to

in high school, some bullies threw him into a river.

those guys a serious beating. Years later, he turned

each other after