Rewriting My Heart's Fate

"I really... can't stay," I told him.

"What did you say?" Ethan froze, lifting his eyes to look at me. "You still want to leave, huh? Do you really think you'll be able to escape now? Call the police if you want to. But are you sure you have the heart to do that?" He'd barely finished speaking when he scooped me up in his arms and strode over to the desk in the corner of the room.

I yelped, scared that I'd fall to the ground. My hands subconsciously shot up to hook themselves around his neck.

In the next instant, I was roughly thrown onto the desk. And before I knew it, Ethan was already on top of me.

"This is my final warning," he whispered in my ear. "Don't leave me, or I'll..."

As his voice trailed off, he forcefully pried my legs apart. I froze and started trembling.

How could he do this to me? At this moment, he seemed like a ravenous beast. I struggled against Ethan with all my might, but the more I struggled, the more excited and gruff he became.

"Stop resisting," he said into my ear. "You are mine. No one can take you away."

That said, he forcefully pushed my legs apart with his knee.

"Ah!" My cries filled the air as tears fell, and my body arched from the pain.

Ethan vented out his frustrations on me all night. When it was dawn, he finally collapsed on top of me and fell asleep.

My body ached so much that I couldn't even move my fingers. Tears slid down my cheeks as I stared blankly up at the ceiling.

Should I call the police?

As the room started to turn brighter, I pushed myself up from the bed with much difficulty and cleaned myself up.

Then, I put on my clothes and quietly walked out of the inner office. My phone was on the coffee table in the main office.

With trembling hands, I picked it up and dialed a number I memorized by heart.

"Hi, Kevin. It's me, Evelyn," I said, my voice hoarse as I swallowed my tears.

"Evelyn? You're calling me this early in the morning? What's wrong?" Kevin sounded like he had been asleep before I called, but he snapped wide awake when he heard how odd my voice sounded. "Are you okay? Did something happen?"

My grip on my phone tightened as my knuckles turned white. I tried hard to steady my breathing and pretended as if I was fine.

"I'm okay. It's just that... I want to discuss something with you," I told him. "I want to head back to expand my business. Can you help me book the earliest flight ticker?"

"You're coming back? Is it that

urgent?" Kevin was astonished. After

a moment of silence, he gingerly

asked, "Evelyn, did something happen between you and Mr.

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Grayson? Did you two get into a

fight?"

I croaked a bitter laugh as tears blurred my vision once again. I really hoped that Ethan and I merely get into a fight. But the truth was that he'd ruined my dignity.

"It's nothing. I just want to head back

to settle something. The design for

the company's logo has beennovelbin

decided. Cll leave everything else to the staff in the Lendora branch There's nothing I can do here anyway. It's better for me to head

back soon."

"I see," Kevin mumbled and fell into deep thought. He seemed to have realized that something was off about the entire thing, but he didn't prod me about it. He readily agreed to my request.