Apart from not being able to sleep in the same room a s her, Ben was practically flawless.
In comparison, the man in front of her went dining, wining, whoring, and gambling. Whenever he lost money, he would beat her up. She must have been blind back then to marry him.
"Why did you come back?" she asked coldly.
Like pliers, the man squeezed her chin with his hands and said viciously, "Are you avoiding me because I've been to jail, Marilyn?"
Furious, the man pushed her onto the courtyard wall and pressed his body against hers roughly. "Tell me, are you in love with that wild man you picked up?"
When Marilyn made no reply, the man rolled up her skirt in anger.
Marilyn hissed. "Are you crazy? Do you know where this is? How dare you-"
"I’m doing this with my woman, is there a problem?"
When the unspeakable act ended, Marilyn slumped on his body.
The man squeezed her fair and tender face with satisfaction. "Marilyn, you'll be mine and mine alone. I don’t care if you have feelings for that pretty boy or not. Now that I’m back, you have to cut all ties with
him. I'm taking you away."
Marilyn did not want to live a day with this man, but a t the thought that this man would mess up the happy life she so painstakingly hoped for just because she was not Ben’s legal wife, she became selfish.
"I can’t leave with you yet, Ken. After I brought Ben back, for so many years, I worked so hard to provide for him and finally got him to like me a little. Now, he’s capable of making money, lots and lots of money. It'll be my loss if I leave him now, won't it?"
The man was sullen. "Everyone in the fishing village knows that he’s a useless piece of trash who can’t do any laborious or dirty work, though I did hear that the useless piece of trash looks pretty and that many superstars can’t even compare to him. Do you have feelings for him, Marilyn?
"Betray me and I'll put you through hell."
Marilyn knew what a torment it would be to be abused by him, so she said quickly, "I don’t like him.
Something is wrong with him, so he can’t live with me like how a normal husband and wife can."
"Is that true?"
"Of course, it's true. It's been three years now. Why did you think I haven’t given Tiger a little brother or a little sister?"
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