Blood Oath: Forever Yours

Charlotte clammed up and said nothing as her mind replayed those moments she was abused violently on the floor by Lawrence during those nights. Her body shrivelled up into a rigid state. Sensing that she was tensing up, the man on top of her said, "Are you scared of me?"

After asking that, Lawrence suddenly let out a laugh, "You should be scared of me, of course. In this world, there is no prostitute who isn't afraid of her customer and debtor who isn't afraid of debt collectors!"

With a loud tearing sound, her shirt was instantly in pieces, and the man's initially blurry and absent-minded gaze suddenly took on a vicious bloodlust as he locked her neck in place and started to vehemently kiss her.

It was an understatement to call that a kiss. He even looked like he was gnawing off her lips.

"Charlotte."

Perhaps he was really very drunk now, as he continued to tear her apart, he continued to ask, "It has been five years, and since you have eloped with another man, why do you still come back to me? How dare you come back to me?"

Charlotte was lifeless while she was pressed by his weight. Her face was a ghastly white colour.

Soon.

Very soon, as long as her father and brother returned safely, she would be able to tell him the entirety of the truth.

"Say something!"

The man bellowed as his knees continued to dig into her. He was weighing down on her heavily, and it seemed there would be no escape...

Suddenly, the impatient sound of a phone ringing broke his action.

Lawrence paused his movement for a second before picking up the phone. His voice immediately became much mellower as he cooed, "Alice, what's the matter?"

"Alright, I got it. I will be there in a minute."

He hung up the phone while looking much sober now. After shooting a cold glance at Charlotte lying underneath him, he got up and pushed away her body. He tidied up himself before turning around to leave.

"Lawrence."

Charlotte held her torn clothes in place as she sat up. She sounded like she had to use a lot of force to utter a single word.

"I am just speculating. If that incident never happened, and if everything is nothing but fake, will we be able to go back to how we used to be?"

Lawrence froze for second before he began laughing coldly.

"Charlotte, don't you think you're a little too naïve?"

He slowly turned around and looked at Charlotte with squinted, smiling eyes, but within those pupils it was utterly cold.

"I think you don't know about a certain something. During the night you were abandoned, I have slept with a girl. A virgin who was clean." Charlotte felt her breathing stop, and her whole body started to writhe in agony.

She recalled that fearful night five years ago when she was being sat on by an unknown man who had stolen away her virginity violently. The thought that while she was suffering from such pain and he was sleeping and rolling bed sheets with another woman never occurred to her. That was really the best form of revenge.

When he saw her pale face, Lawrence smiled with satisfaction.

"Charlotte, even if you are still clean, the moment I have slept with someone else, I have ceased to love you. There is no turning back for us anymore."

Charlotte had nightmares the whole night.

She couldn't recall how she had returned to her condominium and fallen asleep. By the time she woke up, her head was throbbing with an immense pain. When she remembered Lawrence's words last night, her whole body was froze on the bed for some time. Only after that she got up to wash herself. The moment she got off her bed, her phone suddenly rang.

When she saw a memo being displayed on the screen, Charlotte felt her breath catch in her airways. Her senses suddenly became sharp without warning.

"How's the progress? Is there any news about my father and brother?"

The man at the other end of the phone stayed silent for a moment before answering in a low voice, "I have found them, and they are now in City B. Despite that, things are kind of complicated, so I can't get them out of there immediately. Strangely, I have a feeling that I'm being tailed by someone."

"If that's the case, wait me at the usual spot. After shrugging off the pursuer, I will come to you and tell you everything personally."

Charlotte's hand which was holding her phone couldn't stop shaking, and only after a while, she blurted out a reply, "Alright..." Finally, there was news.

Her father and brother were in City B.

She only needed to meet the detective, then what came after this...

Bang!

There was a loud crashing sound coming from the other end of the phone, and the sudden noise caused Charlotte's hand to shiver violently.

The next second, she abruptly lifted her head and called out, "Detective?"

"Hello? Are you still there, sir? Are you listening? Say something!"00