The results were that she failed to keep, save or protect none of them. She hated herself for being so weak.
Alice couldn’t say a word but he knew that she was already angry from her recapturing the note.
Why was she angry? Because of John?
John was not her lover now but she was concerned about him and hated Edward’s comments. ‘Why did she never think of me?’ Edward thought, ‘She abandoned the baby without hesitation and now even wants to do that to me. Does she still love John? If he didn’t appear at that time, would she marry John?’
Edward felt a kind of humiliated as he loved her so shamelessly. He seemed to be unlike himself again.
It’s painful for him to discover that however he persuaded himself, he still failed to treat her with tenderness. At the sight of her who was determined to leave him, he was like beast that couldn’t control his own emotions and behaviors.
The beast would not swallow anything but push himself forward with fierce emotions.
He couldn’t bear and didn’t want to. He decided to follow the emotions and instincts.
Unable to speak, Alice kept her tears dropping constantly. Gradually, Edward stopped shouting.
He kissed her eyes and took off her clothes to make love with her. Their sex was a like a bridge which connected their souls. ‘This is the last time, Edward.‘ She swore.
During the night, she never stopped crying and Edward had to force himself because he always failed to overcome Alice’s tears.
In the morning, she woke up but found no trace of Edward. He always disappeared on the next day after forcing her to have sex with him. It’s nearly phenomenal.
Although he loved her so deeply, he tended to hurt her every time when she stimulated him. But he extremely regretted later. He was inclined to break his disciplines in front of Alice even though he was not like those easy to get angry.
Alice moved her painful limbs, staring at the ceiling unconsciously. There’s a lamp selected by them some days ago, whose pattern was lotus preferred by Alice.
In this room, they sometimes stayed together harmoniously. But yesterday, the lamp lit the face of Alice, who was embarrassed and furious.
They had sex three times, in the hospital, on the island and in the room they had loved each other respectively. And the last night was the last time for them to make love. She swore that she would never give him any chance to touch her.
The couple was like two birds which departed finally.
When Edward woke up, he didn’t in the house for a long while and even left with clothes untidy at dawn.
He couldn’t wait for the sunrise because he was afraid that he would witness her disgust and hatred. Not seeing her expression, he was still able to tell himself that Alice still love her. When they were having sex, she enjoyed it.
He drove to the bar where the party was over for it’s the morning time, and everybody went back to sleep.
Edward knocked loudly the door and the servant on duty led him in. Despite no customers, the bar still served beer and wine.
Edward ordered whisky, brandy and so on, piling himself with them. The alcohol was like a fire burning his heart which already became a wasteland.
The owner of the bar was his friend, a rich fop, named Reggie Gibson, the third child of his family, therefore also called Dennis Gibson.
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