The Woman From Hell

Tory narrowed his eyes as his expression turned serious. "What do you know?"

"What we know are almost the same."

Theo pulled me up from the couch and gave Tory a long, meaningful look. "You should take your time and think about why I'd say that."

"Can't you just give it to me straight?"

"Nope." Theo raised a brow. "I want to see what you can come up with and if it'd be the same as mine."

Tory was speechless.

Surely, something was wrong with this man.

Theo then led me away. I still had a lot of questions, but I decided to just follow him obediently.

As we descended from the top floor of the cabin, we saw a man and a woman exchanging blows. I had initially thought it was a lovers' quarrel that got out of hand, but when I took a closer look, I realized that it was Anthony and his girlfriend.

"You bitch! I feed you and I pay for your shit. But you turned around and crawled into Tory Zimmerson's bed. I'm going to kill you."

and swearing as he

a sign that she had been

beautiful and charming woman had become disheveled in

eventually gave up. She just allowed herself to be beaten and yelled at. It seemed like it was not the first time Anthony had abused

were prone to violence, especially when they were a scumbag like Anthony who would use violence on those who

find an obscure corner and stay there until the ship docks. You almost got my husband killed. I don't know when it'll happen but I just might change my mind and get you to pay with your life. This woman is the sole reason you're still alive right now. Otherwise, you'd have already ended up in a shark's stomach. You can't even keep

already lost his temper. My words pushed him off the edge, and

do you

grabbed his arm and asked in an icy

at him, and his face paled immediately from the shock. He quickly apologized to me. "Thank you for teaching me a lesson. Madam. I

did not honestly think that he was wrong. Scumbags like him only admitted their mistakes when

looked at the woman and felt a sense of pity

him. After all, a beautiful woman like her did not need a man

him. A scumbag like him isn't

me

me with a surprised look on her face. She did not think that I would stand up for her,

you." She no longer looked