Beyond the Divorce

Chapter 202 Narrowly Escaped

His clothes were off, and he pressed himself against me. I fought back by biting and kicking as hard as possible and screaming for help. Matthew looked like a crazed panther as he let out a chilling laugh.

You were never like this before. Weren’t you the one who loved me the most? Today, I’ll make sure you

enjoy it! Haha!”

“Let go of me, Matthew!” I was in despair. Nausea overwhelmed me again. I’d rather die than have him

touch me.

When he hit me again, the world started to spin.

“You don’t know what’s good for you. I’ll love you like I used to. Chlo, I don’t want it to be like this either. I don’t want to hurt you. After being apart for so long, I’ve missed you terribly. I want to be with you!”

Crash!

With a booming sound, the door burst open from outside. I yelled, “Help me! Let go of me!”

The instinct to survive made me fight even harder. Suddenly, I felt lighter. I heard a muffled sound followed by a furious roar.

“How dare you touch her?!”

It was Atlas’s voice. I quickly grabbed the dusty blanket on the bed and wrapped myself in it, sobbing. I saw Atlas relentlessly punching with his fists and Matthew’s wails of agony.

I buried myself even deeper in the blanket, humiliated and violated. The pain in my heart intensified. This man had trampled my entire life, and even after leaving, I couldn’t escape his torment.

The sounds of Matthew’s cries grew weaker. I softly called out, “Stop!”

I feared Atlas might beat Matthew to death, and he’d have to pay with his life. Matthew wasn’t worth it.

His once handsome face was now dark,

from hell.

chill. Matthew struggled to get up, but

and he

it, pulling me into his

my nose, and I completely broke down.

home!” I gritted my teeth, my voice barely intelligible.

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downstairs. In the

the sounds

hallway

closed my eyes. I could never return here.

carried me back to Amethyst Apartments. He placed me by the bathroom door and gently

I turned on the shower and let the water flow over me.

applied it to my face, he asked softly, “Does it still hurt?”

Yet, I still sensed an unspoken despair. I thanked him for rescuing me, but how long could he protect me?

It’s my fault!” There was a trace of guilt

I honestly didn’t know what

I shouldn’t have left you alone!”

have no reason to be angry with you.” I sounded distant as I said, “You should go back. I need to pick up my

you.” His gaze was filled with reluctance, and his tone was

and then you can spend some time with her. I’ll step out for a moment, but I’ll be back.”

up, gritting my teeth. Fear still ran through me, and my body shook. I got dressed, and he walked me downstairs to

surprised. Her eyes locked onto my face, and she knew something had

put on a forced smile, took my daughter’s hand, and told Ivanna, “We’ll talk when

call. I nodded, amusing Ava as we descended the stairs. Ava was already exhausted and fell

exited the car, Atlas picked her up and carried her back to her room. He kissed me

went downstairs and disappeared into the

Even in her dreams, she smiled. My love for her ran deep. I gently held her tiny hand,

relied on each other as mother and

the nightlight and quietly left Ava’s room. Only then did I realize my bag was nowhere to