A Night with Her Cruel Mate

After leaving the villa that had been her home for the past three years, Julia did not speak much on the way to Consuela's house.

On her arrival, Consuela looked at the absent-minded Julia and coaxed, "You should take a shower first. I'll make breakfast for you."

Julia nodded and retreated to her room. She couldn't help rubbing her body hard at the thought of Terence's violent look just now.

She wanted to wash away his smell. She wanted to scrub her body until she could no longer feel his touch.

What the hell was that?

He hadn't touched her once after they got married. But he had craved and had sex with her repeatedly soon after their divorce.

Julia forced all thoughts of Terence out of her mind. She took a warm shower, changed into comfortable pajamas and felt relieved at once. When she came out feeling fresh, Consuela had already prepared breakfast. There were two fried eggs, two glasses of milk, and some toast laid out on the table.

It smelled delicious and Julia enjoyed them more than she ever had.

"Are you done?" Consuela asked as Julia downed the last of her milk. The former placed her glass on the table and gave Julia a stern look.

Julia raised her head and stared at Consuela. Her chubby face was full of seriousness. Behind her thick glasses, Consuela's eyes were particularly frightening.

"Don't look at me like that." Julia lowered her head. She had always been open to Consuela about her relationship with Terence. But this time, she didn't know why she was keeping things from her.

Julia was afraid that Consuela might think less of her.

the fact that she was the one

last night and ran into him. I didn't expect..." She trailed off when she saw that Consuela was still

I will not be seeing Terence anymore. Please don't be

they had no reason to

she was only Julia's broker, Consuela treated her like a sister. "I

Julia interrupted. Though she was smiling, there was a hint of sadness in

and said, "If you had cared for

morning-after pills. She flung it in Julia's direction and said, "It has already happened. Just take

hadn't considered if she would get pregnant, but Consuela had thought of everything.

faint guess what they were for. But she was having trouble believing it. "Are these...?"

urging Julia to take them. "Julia, you should protect yourself. Don't let

Even if you are pregnant, he will not come back to you. He will probably think this is one of your

take them or not, is your decision entirely," she said in a tone of finality. They sat in silence for a few seconds. When Julia did not reply, Consuela gave up. "I haven't slept all night since I was looking for you. So, I'm going upstairs

head and heart were at war, unable to decide what to do. But she finally filled a glass of water from

right. I should

had to rent her own. Thanks to Terence's alimony payments, she didn't have to think about

Consuela slept, Julia left, trying to find

to think about how she hadn't

had never really been close

person, who used people for her own selfish reasons and discarded them when she did not need them anymore. Although Terence had divorced Julia, Jean had