’ Mercy?” Tyler repeated sarcastically. “When have you ever shown mercy?”

Vicky studied the blurred figure before her eyes and chuckled. “Mercy doesn’t solve any problem; it creates a problem… The world is cruel, and people are all born with an instinct to avoid what hurts them…so I wont show any mercy.”

She reminded herself repeatedly to not show mercy and repeat the same mistake, or her life would be hellish.

“You’ve always been great at retreating at the perfect timing,” he said, his voice sounding faint in her ears. “Or you wouldn’t have given up on me because of my family background, nor would I… We wouldn’t have… This is all your fault…”

Vicky was so drunk that she could barely hear what he was saying, but though she could not interpret all his words, she could tell the resentment and sorrow in the man’s tone. It almost sounded like she had wronged him in the past.

She recalled how upset Tyler would become whenever they talked about the past, and he would always say that she owed him.

Whenever she heard this, her heart would feel heavy, and she would be rendered speechless because she did not know what happened in the past.

Her ignorance irritated her with no end.

with a dazed look in her eyes. “I don’t remember…

over the room as Vicky started to drift

as Vicky fell into

next day, Vicky woke up with a

too much wine,

massaged her temples and fumbled to get out of bed, only to

were closed, and his long lashes cast a shadow

was wrapped

He came home?’ she

before

looked less predatory in his sleep but looked just as cold as he was most

the pajamas she was wearing

check her skin underneath, and she gasped and

threw his arm off and Tyler immediately woke up, his eyes

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