“Fine.”
But Javier, I will never be your wife ever again.
And he would never know that was exactly what I wanted.
“You’re finally being sensible. Don’t worry, I’ll remarry you.”
He looked satisfied and kissed my forehead deeply.
The next day, I left the hospital earlier than planned. Yet, I didn’t expect Milena to block my way in the underground parking lot.
She came at me with the attitude of a proud wife and almost slapped me. “You cheap woman! You’re already divorced, yet you still dare to let my man pick you up?”
Before her hand could reach my face, I slapped her first. “Milena Sanders, open your eyes and see clearly. It was Javier who came to pick me up and I refused him.”
“You only refused once. You’re clearly playing hard to get!”
She seemed so furious that she tried to slap me again, but just then, a black dog suddenly ran toward us and knocked her down, though she didn’t get any real injuries.
Right at that moment, Javier arrived. He glared at me furiously, as if I had sent the dog to attack his beloved.
Milena cried and threw herself into his arms. “Javier, you don’t really love me at all.”
“I do. I do love you. I love you so much,” he said earnestly.
“If you loved me, you wouldn’t let Saina hurt me again and again. If you loved me, you’d have the dogs bite her, so she feels my pain!”
“Okay, okay, please don’t cry. It hurts me when you cry. Let me take you to the hospital first, alright?”
When she finally agreed, he immediately called his men.
“Send my—” He almost said “my wife,” but quickly stopped, afraid to upset Milena.
Then he changed his words. “Send Miss Lorraine to the stray dog shelter.”
Milena demanded, “Put a hundred dogs in a cage with her!”
Javier repeated coldly, “Put a hundred dogs in a cage with her.”
After giving the order, he looked at me with hard eyes. “You’ve been disobedient. This will be your punishment.”
Then he tied me to the back seat of the car, waiting for his men to come and take me away.
He drove off, holding Milena in his arms, leaving me behind.
I tried to free myself, but before I could, my real parents, who had just returned from abroad, found me.
“My poor child, just come home with us. We’ll deal with the Gayle Family.”
I burst into tears and nodded, climbing into their car.
Half an hour later, Javier secretly called his men while carrying Milena. “Bring her back to the old house and make some calming soup. She must be terrified.”
His men went pale. Sweat broke out on their faces. “Sir, we… we threw her in there for ten minutes and the dogs… they tore her apart. Only bones are left…”
Javier felt like lightning had struck him. He fell back against the wall, his heart aching so badly it was hard to breathe. Tears streamed down his face.
“I only told you to scare her. Who told you to really throw her in there?”
