A Night with Her Cruel Mate

Terence suddenly felt like his woman was coveted by other people.

That wasn’t at all a nice feeling. In fact, it made him very uncomfortable.

"If you’re worried about her, you can just go there and check on her," said Nelson. He and Terence had grown up together ever since they were nothing but children. He knew almost everything about Terence, including what happened between Terence and Julia.

He could tell that Terence had feelings for Julia; it was just that Terence refused to admit it.

"She’s just a defenseless woman. It isn’t safe for her to get drunk in a bar like this," Nelson said. "No matter you like her or not, she’s still your wife..."

"She isn’t!" Terence grumpily cut him off. Even after hearing what Nelson said, he had no intention of going to Julia. "We’ve signed our divorce papers last night. From that moment on, she’s just a stranger to me.

Besides, I don't want to have a wife who can't even behave herself. It’s a common knowledge that a bar isn’t a safe place for a lone woman—she should’ve known better than to come here to drink alone."

'And in such a revealing dress at that,' he thought.

"You are as stubborn as a mule." Nelson heaved a deep sigh.

Terence grasped Nelson's arm and said, "Didn't you say you want to drink? Let’s drink then. Why on earth are you wasting your breath to speak on her behalf?"

Terence originally thought that he would be much more at ease after Julia signed the divorce papers, but things didn’t go as he wished. Now, her indifferent expression always emerged in his mind every time he closed his eyes.

He even began to wonder if she’d made herself sexually available for other men.

environment that only very few women in that circle could stay faithful to one man. Although he looked calm on the surface, all kinds of speculations already started to bud in his mind. Maybe, she had treated her body as an instrument that

through his chest. The mere notion that she might’ve

a deceitful, unscrupulous woman deserved neither

friends made seemed to never enter his ears. He sat quietly with a bottle of wine in his

Julia’s situation wasn’t much better—she was practically completely intoxicated. She staggered to her feet but then tripped over a cocktail table. Just as she was about to fall, however, a pair of hands swiftly

up and saw the face of an

could see that he was the indulgent type at a glance. Presumably, he was

home." He’d noticed Julia from the moment he entered the bar. In this bustling place, she sat in the corner and drank by herself as if she was trying to drown her sorrow. She

to step forward.

way he would give such a woman a miss. After all, she was the

said let go!" Julia said through

hooked his arm around Julia's waist. His touch made her queasy and tense, but he pretended to not notice her reaction. He said righteously, "You’re drunk; I just want to

her drunkenness made her whole body limp,

you. I guess this must be the so-called love at first sight," the unknown man whispered in her

hands off me now!" Julia finally lost her temper.

a bar. Things like this happen all the time here. How many people do you think will

me, okay? Come with me, and I’ll definitely make you forget your trouble

for it when the man wasn’t paying attention. However, he swiftly caught her back and said threateningly, "Don’t blame me for being rude to you if you’re

me! Help!" Julia, who no longer cared about being recognized, shouted

having a little disagreement tonight. She’s throwing a tantrum and refusing to go home. Sorry for the ruckus..." The

business. Nevertheless, Julia's noncompliant appearance finally made the man lose his temper. He stopped pretending to be a gentleman and swung his hand, landing a hard slap on Julia’s cheek. "I’ve