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.

adversely influential environment that only very few women in that circle could stay faithful to one man. Although he looked calm on the

pierce through his chest. The mere notion that

deceitful, unscrupulous woman deserved neither his

didn’t stop drinking. Nevertheless, every joke his friends made seemed to never enter his ears. He sat

other side of the bar, 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

up and saw the

Julia was drunk, but she still had a trace of rationality left. The man was handsome, but she could see that he was the indulgent type at a glance. Presumably, he was either a man looking for a sugar momma or a man who liked to have affairs outside. In any case, he wasn’t

the corner and drank by herself as if she was trying to drown her sorrow.

of the men around talked and fantasized about her, but no one dared to step forward. Since none of them had the guts to come to her, he

such a woman a miss. After all, she

said let go!" Julia said through gritted

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 help you to get home

deceive me with those high-sounding words. Go convince other girls." Julia struggled to get free and tried to push the man away. However, her drunkenness made her whole body limp, and the man clamping on her waist must be about six feet tall at the

I guess this must be the so-called love at first sight,"

me now!" Julia finally lost her temper. "Let go, or

man grinned. "Miss, please open your eyes. This is a bar. Things like this happen all the time here. How many people do you think will

with me, and I’ll definitely make you forget your trouble and feel comfortable tonight..." The man

attention. However, he swiftly caught her back and said threateningly, "Don’t blame me for being rude to

help! Somebody! Let go of me! Help!" Julia,

a tantrum and refusing to go home. Sorry for the ruckus..." The man smiled apologetically at the

pretending to be a gentleman and swung his hand, landing a hard slap on Julia’s cheek. "I’ve told you that I’d be rude. You'd better behave