Chapter 4
The next morning, when Anna got discharged and came back to the villa, she found the living room full of luggage.
Elijah was lounging on the sofa with Myla curled up in his arms. Right now, she was holding a grape between her lips. She lifted her chin so he could take it from her mouth.
He rested one hand on her waist as he bit down, turning the simple act into a deep kiss.
The woman let out a soft, flirtatious moan, and Elijah’s breathing grew
heavy.
It was not until he spotted Anna out of the corner of his eye that he finally pulled away from the kiss.
He got up and walked toward her, still carrying the smell of Myla’s perfume.
“Anna, Myla says the reason you’re acting out like this is because you
it easier for you to get have trauma from your parents‘ deaths. To make help, she’ll be staying here for a while.”
Anna was so angry that she was trembling. “She’s one of the people who drove my parents to their deaths, and now you want her to treat me?”
Myla stepped over to Elijah’s side, looking so pitiful.
“Ms. Legrand, I really do feel terrible about your parents, but I only did what I did to help Elijah get better. It’s fine if you hate me, but your mental state isn’t stable right now. I have prescribed you some medicine. If
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you take it, you’ll feel better sooner.”
As she spoke, she took out a small bag of white pills.
Anna did not even glance at it. She just slapped Myla’s hand away and yelled, “Get lost! I’m not sick!”
Myla’s eyes turned red as she looked at Elijah. “Elijah, I’m just trying to help her. If she doesn’t take her medicine, what if she hurts herself or someone else again?”
She purposely lowered her eyes as if she had been wronged.
Immediately, Elijah grabbed Anna just as she tried to storm upstairs.
She struggled with all her strength. “Elijah, I said I’m not sick! Let me go! I’m not taking anything she gives me!”
However, Elijah picked up the fallen pills and forced them into her
mouth.
“Mmm!”
Anna tried to spit them out, tears welling up as she fought back.
However, Elijah pressed a hand over her mouth and whispered, “Be good, Anna. Myla’s a doctor. She won’t hurt you.”
The pills dissolved on her tongue, leaving only bitterness behind. Only then did Elijah let her go.
Anna collapsed on the floor, gagging over and over, but she still could not get the strange pills out of her system.
“You’re still hurt. I’ll take you back to your room to rest.” Elijah bent down, trying to pick her up.
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“No! Stay away from me!” Anna rasped, her voice raw. She stumbled back a few steps, then turned and bolted upstairs like she was running for her
life.
Myla spoke up just at the right moment. “Elijah, don’t worry. Once you’re better, you two can go back to how things used to be.”
Elijah looked at the red scratch marks Anna had left on his hand and narrowed his eyes as he stared up in the direction she had run.
Back in her room, Anna locked the door, rushed to the bathroom, and forced her fingers down her throat, throwing up for a long time over the toilet.
Exhausted, she finally curled up on the bed and cried herself to sleep.
However, she did not sleep long as she was jolted awake by a nightmare.
In the nightmare, Elijah’s face was covered in blood as he grabbed the hem of her dress and growled, “Don’t run away!”
Then it switched. She saw her parents get hit by that truck again and again, crying out to her through their tears. “Run, Anna, run!”
“Dad! Mom!”
Anna shot up, sobbing, and realized she was alone in the empty room. No. Elijah. No parents.
She buried her face in her hands and cried until she felt hollow inside.
When she finally calmed down a bit, she could faintly hear a woman’s soft, intimate voice from the room next door mixed with a man’s low groans.
Anna stood up, her expression blank as she shuffled out of her room. The
sounds were louder in the hallway.
A bitter, mocking smile tugged at her lips. “What an interesting way to ‘treat an illness‘…”
She went downstairs step by step and poured herself a glass of water.
When she turned to head back up, she saw Myla stepping out of the next room in a silk nightgown.
When Myla spotted Anna, she did not even look surprised. Instead, she greeted her calmly. “Did you hear it all?”
Anna did not say a word. She just brushed past her and went back into her room.
However, Myla suddenly stepped forward and blocked Anna’s way.
She lowered her voice, but her eyes gleamed with smugness. “Anna, you really are loyal. Even after your parents died, you’re still clinging to him. like some obedient dog.”
“Shut up! You don’t deserve to talk about my parents!”
Anna glared at her, her rage burning, and without hesitating, she swung her hand and slapped Myla hard across the face.
Smack!
Myla’s head snapped to the side, but when she turned back, she was smiling.
“Your family was so easy to use. I just sent them an address, and they ran over all worked up, wanting to scold me.
“I just hypnotized them a little, planted some suggestions in their heads,
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and made them think you’d be stuck under Elijah’s control because of them, so they went and died for you. Haha, I was honestly moved watching it…”
Anna stared at her in disbelief and finally remembered that Myla was a psychologist.
No wonder her parents, who had always been so strong, would choose to
die like that.
Anna’s whole body shook as she glared at Myla. “It was you…
Myla just smiled, cocking her head. “So what if I did? What can you do about it?”
Before Anna could move, Myla suddenly grabbed her wrist and dragged her toward the staircase railing.
She yanked Anna’s hand, then suddenly let go and flipped herself over the railing.
At the same time, she screamed, “Elijah! Help!”
When Elijah ran out of the room, he saw Anna’s arm reaching forward.
It looked as if she had just shoved Myla off the railing.
At the same time, Myla was hanging on for dear life, gripping the edge. with both hands, her body teetering dangerously.
“Help!” Myla shrieked.
