Trapped By Tainted Love

“Argh!” With a muffled sound, that woman landed hard on the sofa. Somehow, Victor managed to stand up in time and dodge her. He grabbed a wet wipe from Ivan and rubbed his fingertips against it. “It seems that my date didn’t disappoint you, Mr. Guzman,” he said flatly. “I didn’t expect you’d be in the company of such a beauty.” Trevor raised his head and took a sip of his wine. He reluctantly dragged his eyes away from Rachel and turned to Victor with an uncertain look on his face. “Were you serious before? About the… game? You were surely just messing with me!” “Not at all! As long as you can charm my date away from me, she is yours.” Victor’s lips formed a cold smile, his eyes challenging the man before him.

Trevor couldn’t hide his excitement. He couldn’t wait to start the game, so he look at Victor and said slowly, “Well…”

Victor knew exactly what Trevor’s look meant. He glanced at Ivan sideways, giving him a pointed look.

Ivan took the hint and opened his briefcase. He pulled out a document he had prepared in advance and handed it to Trevor. “This is the contract drawn up by Mr. Sullivan himself.”

Trevor’s good sense had already flown out the window the moment he learned he had a chance with Rachel. At that point, he was so obsessed with her that he took the pen and signed the contract without reading a single line. “Let the game begin, Mr. Guzman,” Ivan said, returning the signed contract in his briefcase. Victor grabbed his suit jacket from the armrest of the sofa, turned around and walked towards the door, Ivan on his trail. As he crossed the room, he finally got a good look at Rachel. His mind went blank for a moment. No wonder Trevor had lost his mind over her. She looked ravishing tonight. She was wearing a close-fitting, strapless dress that fit her figure like a glove. She looked much different from the exhausted, drained woman Victor remembered. Her makeup was different too. It was simple and elegant, giving her a fresh, natural look. Victor’s eyes lingered on Rachel for a while and he felt a surge of unease. He firmly believed he hated her so much that even a single glance could make him feel uncomfortable, disgusted even. Victor had always been in control of his emotions and he hated the impact that woman had on him. Rachel had been quiet the whole time, but when he walked past her, she grabbed his sleeve, stopping him from leaving the room.

Victor gave her a look full of poison and he shrugged off her hand, looking disgusted by her touch.

“What do you want? Too late for regrets,” Victor sneered, looking down at her. Rachel tried to ignore Trevor’s hungry eyes roaming all over her body. She lowered her voice in an attempt to keep her anger at bay. “What is that supposed to mean? You were the one who said…” Before she could finish, Victor’s face hardened. He grabbed Rachel’s chin, forcing her to look straight into his eyes. Rachel was startled by this unexpected move. The pain on her chin was so intense that she staggered

It backwards until her back hit the cold wall.

Victor’s face was just a few inches away from hers, his voice cold and piercing as he whispered menacingly, “Isn’t that what you wanted? Huh? Drop the innocent act. I don’t buy it.” “I am not…” “Do you really think I will ever believe you again? I thought you had learned your lesson, but I forgot what a stupid bitch you are. You’ll never learn,” he whispered in Rachel’s ear, his voice full of contempt.

Rachel wanted to retort, but his grip on her chin felt like a vice. Uttering a single word would be torture.

turned pale and beads of sweat

shiver ran down her spine. “Alice couldn’t be here with me tonight because she was taken to the police station. It seems that I underestimated your dirty tricks. Didn’t you do all this just to be my date to the party tonight? And

was going on. It was all

didn’t want anything to do with Victor. She didn’t give a shit about

guilt. He leaned closer and whispered in her ear, in a voice so low that only she would hear

widened in fear. This

she could react, though, Victor let go of her chin and grabbing

on his face. “Mr.

care of her.” Trevor didn’t know what had just happened between Victor and Rachel, so he assumed that the man had simply

Victor turned around and left the

the door was about to close behind them, Rachel’s voice reached him. “You’re gonna

but he closed the door

room, Rachel was left

sweetie, what’s your name?” Trevor looked at Rachel up and down

table when Victor had pushed her. Hearing Trevor’s question, she looked at him, her eyes

arm closer to her chest and stood straight. “Come closer,

look became even more greedy upon hearing

forward towards Rachel. “Easy,