Chapter 15
Chapter 15
I believed I wasn’t good enough, that Sarah’s manipulations could so easily confuse them.
I never considered that, whether it was my fiancé or my father, their love had a price.
If I gave them reason to doubt, or ceased to be of use, I could be discarded at any moment…
But wasn’t I the same?
“All the crowds under heaven gather for profit; all the bustle under heaven is for gain.”
Even now, I intended to use Jeff.
I didn’t know his motives or why he was helping me, but since he appeared, I seized the
chance to exact my revenge.
He had calmly laid bare my inner secrets and still welcomed it with open arms.
A softness unfurled in my heart.
But I didn’t want to admit it. That would feel childish.
I took a few deep breaths, pondered it over and over, and finally managed a single word:
“Thanks.”
Jeff leaned down and lightly kissed my cheek. “No need to thank me. This is what a
husband should do.”
“Ah?” I blurted out in surprise.
Jeff pretended to frown in discontent. “What, you’re not still thinking about divorcing me
once all this is done, are you?”
My guilty secret exposed, I turned my head to admire the flowers, refusing to speak.
“What a heartless little villain,” he said, cupping the back of my head with a firm yet gentle hand. He kissed me deeply, nibbling my lips a few times in a playful sort of punishment.
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“Using me comes at a price. You’ve already sold yourself to me.”
“Our marriage is protected by the law, and I don’t plan on letting you go so easily.”
Jeff Vince could easily ruin the Horton family, easily ruin Tyler Horton.
But such a swift, tidy conclusion would, in my eyes, be merciful to Tyler and a betrayal of the self who had endured a living hell.
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After all, Tyler’s harm was like a slow, dull knife peeling away my flesh–not killing me outright, but subjecting me to a pain even worse than death.
Every one of his betrayals was an arrow piercing straight into my heart, a heart that had once loved him with unwavering, reckless sincerity.
I wanted to start from his heart and dismantle Tyler Horton piece by piece.
So I waited patiently for him to expose his weaknesses.
At the same time, I wasn’t idle at home playing the docile wife.
I recruited people and founded my own company.
When Jeff saw how busy I was, he looked genuinely pleased: “I was always worried yourd be bored at home, wasting your talents. That would be such a shame.”
I looked at him, and a faint sweetness spread through my heart, though I didn’t show it.
A few months ago, during my so–called marriage to Tyler Horton, I mentioned wanting to
work. He had scoffed:
“Do we need your petty earnings in the Horton family? Getting pregnant to compensée Sarah Carlisle is your real job!”
To him, my top–tier business management degree was worthless.
Jeff asked, “Do you want me to send a few experienced people to help run it for you?
“If I lose money, you’ll cover me, right?” I teased, then added seriously, “Even if I fail, I want to handle every detail myself.”
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Jeff lugged me. “Do whatever you like. No matter how much you lose, I can afford it.”
Pressing against his chest, I felt a sting in my nose.
After my mother passed, Jeff was the only one who loved me without conditions.
In front of him, I didn’t need to pretend. He could see through every emotion I had.
Having experienced so many ups and downs, I began to trust that Jeff’s claim of caring
out me for more than a decade wasn’t a lie.
Over the past month or two, though I refused to say it out loud, I could feel that my old love for Tyler Horton had long since vanished.
Jeff was like gentle rain in the night, quietly nourishing and mending my heart, ravaged as
it was.
I no longer resisted his closeness.
Touched by his words, my mind seemed to short out, and I kissed him voluntarily.
Surprised, he looked at me, a smile spreading involuntarily across his lips.
It was only then that I realized what I’d done, and I blushed furiously, trying to run away!
But Jeff caught me in a few long strides, his strong arms easily sweeping me up:
“What, you kiss me and then pretend it never happened?”
He carried me into the bedroom and gently laid me on the bed.
Memories of Tyler Horton’s brutality flashed through my mind. I clutched Jeff’s shirt,
nervous and unsure. “Jeff, I’m not ready. I’m a little scared…”
“Elizabeth, don’t be afraid.” He kissed me, slowly removing my dress.
His kisses traveled downward, finally reaching my most private place.
Like fireworks exploding in my mind, I moaned softly, helpless in the flood of sensation.
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He took my hand, gently prying my clenched fingers apart, interlacing them with his.
“I love you, Elizabeth. Don’t be afraid.”
He opened my body to him.
A deep, intimate, and exquisitely gentle union.
The world tilted and swayed.
I melted into the endless warmth of his love.
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