Chapter 778
Damp, gloomy, and bone–chilling.
A musty stench of dust mingled with the sharp scent of tobacco hit Marilla as she struggled to pry her heavy eyelids open, blurring the line between dream and reality.
In her daze, she felt a pair of hands, cold as a serpent’s tongue, slithering across her skin.
“Who?”
Marilla snapped her eyes wide open as if breaking free from a nightmare, only to plunge into another terrifying dream.
There sat Alston by her bed, his pallid fingers restlessly traveling up from her slender ankles, caressing her skin with a touch as smooth as polished marble.
“Don’t touch me!”
Marilla trembled all over, desperately trying to break free, only to find her limbs bound, rendering her helpless!
Powerless and despondent, she watched the man’s vile hands defile her, enduring the scorching shame that filled her veins like molten
lava.
“Don’t want it?”
Alston’s mocking smile curled as he whispered into her tender ear, his breath heavy with desire, “You told your fiancé ‘no‘, didn’t that mean ‘yes‘? You’ve lived with a man for so long, what haven’t you tried? Come on, let’s have some fun, my soon–to–be wife.”
not!” Marilla choked back tears,
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to escape the repulsive entanglement.
hard
nature, his eyes glaring as he swung his arm and slapped her, “You, rejected by the Fairhaven family as a lunatic, were graciously taken in by the Bartleys, and you show no gratitude. Instead, you sneak around with other men! Do you think Aaron cares for you? He’s just enjoying the thrill of conquest! Just like I despise Jareth, I must marry you
pinning down her delicate body, fumbling with his tie, his eyes lit with unsatisfied craving, “After all, you’re no innocent;
down her pale cheeks as she screamed hoarsely, struggling,
away! Don’t
Alston, her frantic movements were nothing but
ignited a fire within him, a desire to torment her
that eluded him since his youth this
unbuckled his belt, the bedroom door
and a woman stood at the threshold,
Can’t wait to have your way?” The woman in a fiery red dress folded her arms, reveling
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had a thing
suit eyed the girl on the bed, licking his lips, “What’s that saying? When old
recognized those two, her body stiffened, and a wave of icy dread washed
nerve.
many years had passed.
glance, she could name each one of them,
Those six devils.
junior high school years, who had mercilessly bullied her
Alston said, leisurely buckling his belt, visibly annoyed.
his cigarette on the floor, “You can have your fun later. Right
they mentioned Edith’s name, Marilla’s world darkened, as if she had fallen into a hellish cycle of despair.
Jason, Gordon, and their entourage, were racing toward Wye!
leading the police team himself. Both parties agreed to
news of Marilla’s kidnapping was kept under wraps, partly to
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