"Stay with me tonight…" Karin doesn't expect that Troy will suddenly make such a request. And she is completely shocked. Before she can come to her senses, Troy has stopped her and carried her into the bedroom.
Only after he puts her on the bed, presses on her, and kisses her fervently and enthusiastically does she come to her senses. Then she struggles to push him away. However, it is already too late...
"Don't move. Or else I don't know what I'll do."
His partly-true words do intimidate the woman beneath him. Then she says, "Is it true that if I say yes to you, you will keep your promise?"
"Yes."
"Good then..."
She slowly closes her eyes, knowing full well that even if she doesn't consent to Troy, he won't let her go tonight either. So she compromises, thinking that she can also hurt Troy's sense of price by doing so.
She was right. Troy originally thought she would struggle desperately. However, he doesn't expect that she will agree so easily. At the thought that she can make such a sacrifice for William, he is so angry that his eyes, heart, and brain are instantly filled with blazing rage.
He is so angry that he wants to hold this woman he loves to the bone in his arms, turning into ashes with her together...
It is unknown how many times they have made love. In the end, Karin faints in Troy's arms. By the time she wakes up, it has been 4:30 a.m. It is still dark outside the window. And a small-sized lamp is on at the bedside, emitting a faint orange light.
Karin thinks to herself, "Since when does he like to sleep with a light on? If I remember it correctly, he doesn't like to go to bed with any light on."
Gently lifting the cover, she picks up the clothes on the floor that aren't torn and puts them on. Then she turns off the lamp and fumbles in the darkness to move in the direction of the door.
"Are you going to leave silently again as you did back then?"
Suddenly, a magnetic, slightly hoarse, and questioning voice came from behind her. She, who doesn't turn around, stands in the darkness and faintly replies, "I left on a valid ground."
"I once said so to you, right? Since you still remember the former half of my words, you should also remember what its latter half is about."
Of course, she remembers what he once said to her. How could she have forgotten it?
"If you say you still love me, I will tell you that I have been waiting for you."
As soon as Troy finishes his words, he hears her indifferent reply, "I no longer love you. Five years have passed. So regarding what happened tonight, it will be the first time as well as last time."
There isn't any sound behind her anymore. Instead, she only feels that a burst of cold air is approaching her as she takes a deep breath, "Remember your promise. Don't take it out on others again because of the grudge between us."
"Do you have to be so protective of him?"
"If you think so, I won't care about it either."
She opens the door and goes out without ever looking back. Neither does she deny it nor admit it. William does owe her. And she will never forgive him. However, she should never confuse repaying his favor with seeking revenge on him. When she was down and broke, it was William who lent her a helping hand. As for this, she won't ever forget it.
After she is at home, she stands in her daughter's room for a while. Then she retreats and walks into the bathroom. Feeling that her private parts down there still ache, she wants to wash Troy's aura off her body. Never will she allow his aura to confuse her senses.
Troy has been having a gloomy look on his face all day. Robert holds himself back all morning and dares not to ask him why. And that afternoon, he finally can't stand it anymore and asks, "Have you seen Miss Karin?"
Troy hesitates for a moment and nods, "Yeah."
"What did she say? Did she tell you whose child it was?"
"William's."
Robert frowns, "Do you believe it?"
"No, I don't believe it."
"Then what are you going to do?"
"I just don't know what to do. That's why I'm distressed."
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