Before Sally could come up with an explanation, Elijah’s extremely thin lips pressed onto hers.He locked onto her arms and had her imprisoned in his iron embrace as he willfully kissed her.Sally was dizzy from his cold breath that invaded her space.She almost thought that her soul was about to get sucked away by his kiss.He released her and smiled wickedly. “Mrs. Moses, was that to your satisfaction?”Sally’s heart twisted into a bundled mess.She struggled to break free of his grip, only to get imprisoned by him once more.The distance between them was too close and too dangerous.Sally continued her struggle in Elijah’s unending grip.Eventually, Sally ran out of energy.She pouted. “How are you so strong…?”Before marriage, Grandpa Moses had reminded her time and again that Elijah had a weak body and was prone to illness. She should take good care of him.Hence, Sally expected Elijah to be a sickly figure like her grandmother.Yet, now, her thoughts were proven to b
Wendell’s gaze made Sally feel uncomfortable in all sorts of manners.She inhaled deeply and forced out a polite smile at Wendell as she pushed Elijah in his wheelchair. She was thinking of making her way around Wendell to get through the entrance.As she neared Wendell’s side, Wendell extended an arm to stop her.“Sister-in-law, why the rush? Are you scared of talking to your brother-in-law?” He crossed his arms around his chest again. Although Wendell’s eyes were full of nothing but disgust and disdain, his voice sounded friendly and caring. “Elijah, your wife seems to be avoiding me here and there. I think there’s an eighty percent chance that she married you for another purpose.”As Wendell said that, his shrewd eyes seemed to be peering at Sally.Sally frowned and turned her body away subconsciously.That was when his eyes got more wilful. There was even a ruthless smile in the upturned corners of his lips. “Elijah, Grandfather is old. He might not be able to see through a
Lucille froze.When Aunt Zelda got dismissed from the house, Lucille merely understood that Elijah did it for Sally. She did not know the reason behind that.The truth was that Aunt Zelda had insulted Sally?!She pursed her lips. If she knew that this was the reason, she would not have brought this up!Daniel lightened the atmosphere with a small laugh. “Elijah is a man.”“Sally is a daughter-in-law to the Moses family, nonetheless. She mustn’t be made fun of by the servants!”Lucille lost the argument. She huffed coldly and retreated into silence.Grandfather Moses shifted the topic smoothly into catching up with Sally.It was then that Daniel’s phone rang. Glancing at the number on the phone, his face turned pale drastically. “Excuse me, let me take this call. Please continue chatting.”Elijah’s voice was indifferent with a hint of coldness. “Later, Uncle Daniel.”Not long after Daniel left, Wendell walked through the door in an uncouth manner.After looking around the liv
Sally’s hands shook as she gripped the handle on the wheelchair.After hearing Elijah’s words, she suddenly recalled that not a single servant had spoken to them the moment they stepped into the Moses family house.Under the moonlight, she looked at Elijah’s chiseled face and pitied him.His elder cousin, Wendell, continued to berate Elijah for being a disabled person and sexually harassed Elijah’s wife before him.His uncle and aunt were sarcastic and spiteful to him. They had never looked him straight in the eye.His grandfather…Before this, Sally was convinced that his grandfather must have loved Elijah a lot. Otherwise, he would not have been concerned with something as important as his marriage.Yet, just now in the family house, Grandpa’s cold indifference made Sally feel like Grandpa did not like Elijah that much.Sally felt soured by the thought.Elijah had lost his closest family members since young and his other relatives mistreated him. He must feel… unbearably pai
Under the pale moonlight, the man's smile was gentle yet alluring. Sally pressed her lips. Her cheeks were hot. "Examine your…" "After we get home." She panted heavily. "Actually, I was only pretending to be tough earlier… "He's so strong. I definitely won't be able to beat him. I can't stop him from bullying you either." She lowered her head, and her gaze fell on her bare feet. "But… I can run away with you. "I think I can run pretty fast." He tried hard not to smile when looking at her serious face. "Are you planning to run away with me every time?" "Mm." She nodded. After that, she seemed to have thought of something and shook his head. "I won't always be running away though. When I become stronger, I can protect you." Elijah looked at her face under the moonlight. He smiled. "Alright, I'll wait for you to be stronger." "Mm!" She tightly clenched her fists. Her face was blushing red. She lifted her hands and patted her face, then she looked at the pitch-black
The black Maserati traversed the city streets and finally stopped in front of the self-study block in A City University. Sally got out of Ol' Joe's car. She ran toward the public study room without saying thank you to Ol' Joe. She left more than her notes and study material in the study room. There were also all sorts of awards and certificates that she won, and the cards that her grandmother sent her every birthday. Those birthday cards were crudely made and her grandmother's handwriting was ugly. Other people might think that they were waste paper. However, those were Sally's most treasured possessions! The self-study block was crowded that morning. The elevator lobby was packed. Just as she was waiting for the elevator, Evonne gave her another call. "Are you here yet, Sal? Those people are going crazy!" Sally could hear that Evonne was about to cry. Her chest tightened. Sally took a deep breath. There was no use waiting for the elevator. She turned and ran toward
"That's correct, theoretically." Wendell tried hard to hold back his urge to mock Sally. "If you obediently take off my shirt and give me a kiss, maybe I'll lose interest in you." A hint of cunning flashed in Sally's eyes. However, she nodded earnestly. "Alright, I'll listen to everything you say." Wendell could not hold it back anymore. While laughing, he waved at the two men in black who were holding her down. "Let her go!" He wanted to see how silly this country girl was! The men in black did as they were told. "You're not going to pull any tricks, right?" Wendell said with a smile as Sally walked close to him. "There are three of you. What can I possibly do?" Sally smiled earnestly and walked up next to him. "This is what you said. I'll take off your shirt and give you a kiss. "Keep your hands away from me." Sally tried to hold back her disgust. She pushed away his hands that were gripping her body, and slowly undid the buttons on his shirt. One button, tw
Evonne did not finish that sentence. She could sense that Elijah behind them was emanating an ominous aura. Evonne bit her lip, softly said goodbye to Sally, and left the scene. Elijah did not say anything on the journey back from the university to the mansion. Sally tried to say something several times but did not know what to say. She kept quiet. Once they were back at the mansion, Sally went to her desk and tried to combine the tattered pieces of her certificates. That was not a difficult task to perform. However, the album that contained the photographs and birthday cards from her grandmother had been thrown in the fiery brazier. It would be impossible to restore everything. Sally sat at her desk. Her heart ached as she looked at the half-charred album. She cursed Wendell Moses to hell countless times. After she had cursed enough, she prepared to keep the album away when a card fell out. She bent down to pick it up and discovered that the card held something bet