"Hiram! If you touch me one more time, I will hate you for the rest of my life!" Rachel shouted, staring with fear at Hiram who looked as fierce as a wolf. She kept stepping backwards. She had never seen Hiram get so angry before.
"Will you? Then hate me. I don't care......"
Hiram said in a cold voice. He suddenly stepped forward, lifted Rachel and threw her on his shoulder. Thereafter, he walked in big strides towards Rachel's room. He slammed the door with a big bang behind them.
......
Rachel was in pain. She had never felt such a pain in her life before. She stared at the ceiling blankly. Although Hiram had already left, the hurt that he caused on her body lingered. It kept reminding her of what Hiram did to her.
She thought that this pain would stay with her for the rest of her life. She knew it was hard to erase off this day from her memory.
It was so painful. Earlier, Hiram was careful and gentle in doing that. Even if it pained a little, it was immediately overwhelmed by his tenderness and love.
But this time, She felt pain not only on her body, but also in her heart.
"Ouch." Rachel touched her red and swollen lips with her finger. She found that there was a tiny wound on her lips and it was bleeding. The kisses from Hiram were irresistible and he kissed her just too hard. She guessed that this was not the only bruise on her body. There must have been more.
Rachel gave a bitter smile, 'He must have thought that was his last time to do that thing, so he treated me in such a brutal manner.'
Even without looking at her body, Rachel knew that there must be hickeys all over her body right from her neck to the feet.
That was the person Hiram really was.
He was callous and ruthless exactly as how he used to be when she met him for the first time. All this while, his true callous self had been concealed under his fake tenderness which had blinded her and captured her heart these days.
Rachel's mobile phone rang and immediately snapped her out of the trance. She cleared her mind and answered the phone.
"Rachel, why didn't you come to see me today? Is everything fine? Are you all right?" Fannie looked outside and took a glance at the dark sky, thinking whether what she said yesterday was too much for Rachel to handle.
"......"
Hearing that, Rachel was confused. She looked at the clock on the wall. What was wrong? She did go to see her mother today!
Then she looked at her mobile phone and found out that one whole day had already passed, and it was the evening.
"Rachel? Rachel, are you all right? Why don't you answer me?"
Fannie was now worried about Rachel. She asked Rachel over and over again, not knowing what had happened.
Rachel was suddenly back from her faraway state and came to her senses. She realized that Hiram had been gone for a day. She had stayed in her room for an entire day without drinking or eating anything. She had no idea how the time passed.
"...... Mom, I woke up just now. Well, I hung out with my friends today. I was too tired that I took a nap for a while after coming back. I was planning to come over and see you at night. But I overslept. I am so sorry!" Rachel quickly managed to make up an excuse.
"Is that true? You scared me out of my wits. Thank god you are all right. You should take a good rest now. Everything is fine with me." Fannie said with relief. It was reassuring for her to hear that Rachel was alright.
"OK. Mom, you can have some rest now. By the way, My friends said that they wanted to go to the seaside to have fun for a few days. I want to go along with them. Is it fine with you if I come over to see you when I come back?" Rachel lied to her mother. She needed some days to recover. Rachel knew that the way she looked right now was not good, and it was impossible for her to meet people.
"OK, go out and have fun. Remember to call me when you reach the destination!" Fannie said, not suspicious of what Rachel said. She thought Rachel worked too hard before, and now it was time for her to relax and have fun.
After hanging up the phone, Rachel got up from the bed and wanted to turn on the lights. Her body was paining awfully.
She bent over with her teeth clenched and brows knitted together. Her legs struggled to walk in the direction of the light switch. It was just a few steps and her body was drenched in sweat.
She couldn't clearly recall how many times Hiram forced her to have sex with him last night. During the sex, she vowed to herself that she would never sleep with him ever again in the future.
The lights were finally turned on. Rachel looked down and was shocked by the look of her body.
She took a long shower in the bathroom.
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