Reborn Through Fire

Chapter 13 He Kisses Her

“Who is it?” Because it was late at night, she did not dare to open the door but asked in a deep voice. No one answered outside, but the knocking was incessant. She panicked but kept her breath steady. 

“I won’t open the door until you make a sound.” 

The rapping on the door continued for a few more beats before a low, suppressed yell came. “Kisa Becker!” 

She shuddered. ‘It is Gilbert’s voice. He is still haunting her like a ghost. I should have known it; as long as I’m still in this city, I can never get away from him. But is he coming here in the middle of the night to settle a score with her, or to get his son back?’ 

“Open up! Kisa, open up!” 

Kisa was so afraid of him that she would not open the door. She dragged the table over to block the door, crawled under the covers, and waited quietly, thinking he would leave when he had had enough. 

As expected, there was no sound outside after a short while. She waited for a while longer to make sure there was no sound outside before she got up and dragged the table away. After that, she cautiously opened the door. 

a figure. Her heart missed a beat, and she hurried to close the door, but it was too late. A large hand pushed against the door, preventing it from closing. Before she could react,

“You—” 

of alcohol. Under the dim light in the hallway, she saw the man’s scarlet eyes and murderous look, as if he wanted to eat her

Don’t forget, your

would love to cut through her chest and see what color her heart really

because you wanted to threaten me

of pain in her heart.

is how he has always seen her. No wonder he didn’t like the

threaten him with the child, but she

to choke in her throat. She figured that since he was so disgusted with her, telling him all

you loathe me so much, could I still expect you to change your mind about

he wished he could crush her shoulder blades. “An evil woman like you doesn’t deserve to

frowned abruptly. “What do