I was freezing. My clothes were still wet, and the floor beneath me was stained with blood.
I didn’t know how much time had passed when a splash of icy water hit my face.
Eula stood over me. She looked down at me with a sarcastic smile.
It had been four days since I last ate. My body was so weak I couldn’t even lift a finger.
My throat was so dry it felt scorched, and every breath came with a searing pain.
“Tsk, tsk, look at you. So pitiful,” she sneered.
She lifted my chin with the tip of her toes.
“Kneel and beg me. Who knows, maybe I’ll show you some mercy.”
I coughed weakly. The unusually high temperature in my body warned me that I was burning up.
Even as I shivered, I clenched my jaw and refused to give her the satisfaction of seeing me broken.
I forced a smile and stared her down.
“No wonder Scott loves you. You’re just as despicable as I imagined,” I said.
Her expression darkened instantly. She yanked my soaked hair and uttered, “You’re so arrogant. Do you really think he cares about you? He doesn’t!
“You’re just a toy to me. I can do whatever I want with you, and he’ll go along with it.
“It’s your fault for getting in my way.”
“What way?”
Eula froze when she heard Scott’s voice.
He was standing by the door and frowning slightly as he took in the scene.
Eula panicked for a moment but quickly played the victim.
“I was just checking on Natalie, but she cursed at me and said I was getting in her way.”
Scott’s expression changed. He pulled her into his arms protectively. He then kicked me hard in the stomach.
“Don’t worry, sweetheart. You’re not getting in anyone’s way. You’re my everything. If she still doesn’t know her place, maybe the punishment
