Kayden looked at me with disappointment, his expression cold and hard, without any warmth left in his eyes.
“Aveline, Evie has severe anemia. She has already fainted many times. Her blood type is exactly the same as yours, so she needs you to donate blood to her.”
I leaned against the wall to keep myself standing, my trembling voice slowly asking him.
“Why?”
Evie weakly stepped forward at once and reached out to hold my wrist, tears gathering in her eyes.
“Kayden, don’t force Aveline. If she does not want to do it, then forget it. My life is worthless and not important enough to trouble you.”
The perfume scent from her body made me feel so sick that I almost wanted to throw up. I immediately tried to pull away from her hand with force.
Instead, Evie curved her lips slightly, pushed me away before I could react, and fell backward.
She slipped and fell onto the floor, her forehead hard against the table corner, and a red mark quickly appeared.
The next moment, her eyes became red as big tears rolled down her face, her whole body shaking from grief.
Kayden’s eyes suddenly tightened. He rushed over in panic and roughly shoved me away.
My body slammed hard against the wall, and the pain made me breathe in sharply.
He carefully lifted Evie into his arms, his eyes toward me full of anger and disgust.
“Aveline, how can you be this heartless? It is only a small blood donation. Do you really need to hurt her this badly?”
I held the shoulder that was sore from the impact and gave a bitter smile.
He knew better than anyone that after I was kidnapped eight years ago, I would faint whenever I saw blood and become terrified of it. The moment I saw bright red blood, I would lose control and start shaking, yet now he wanted me to donate blood to Evie.
I forced myself to stand properly and lifted my head, but suddenly noticed what Evie was wearing around her neck.
It was the safety charm I got after paying respect three times, bowing nine times, kneeling through three thousand steps, and praying for three hours. I gave it to Kayden and wished for his safety and health.
But now the safety charm was hanging on Evie’s neck. He gave the thing I poured all my love into to another woman.
My heart felt like it was being sliced apart piece by piece, and the pain made me unable to stand straight.
I bit the soft flesh inside my mouth and barely held back the burning in my eyes before asking him word by word,
“Kayden, who gave you the right to hand my safety charm to her?”
Hearing that, Evie quickly removed the safety charm, covered her face, and cried painfully.
“Aveline, I’m sorry. When I became seriously ill before, Kayden gave this to me. I did not know it belonged to you.”
“I know you hate me for being a widow nobody wants, and someone not worth loving, but Kayden and I truly are not the way you think…”
After those words, Kayden’s expression became even darker.
He grabbed the safety charm and threw it straight into the nearby trash can without hesitation before yelling at me.
“Aveline, how can your thoughts be this filthy? Your mind is full of disgusting ideas!”
“I never even looked down on you after so many men touched you back then. You are already dirty enough!”
His words felt like a knife stabbing straight into my heart.
I stood frozen, my whole body turning cold as pain spread through my chest until I could barely breathe.
After I was kidnapped back then, I suffered nightmares every night and woke up covered in cold sweat.
Kayden was the one who held me and softly told me not to be afraid. He stayed beside me the entire time and slowly helped me leave those painful memories behind.
But now, with his own hands, he turned my deepest wound and most painful past into the thing hurting me the most.
Before I could argue back, the bodyguards stepped forward and tightly grabbed my arms.
Kayden looked at me coldly.
“Take her blood by force. Don’t let her slow down Evie’s treatment.”
The cold needle stabbed my vein as bags of bright red blood were drawn out one after another.
I became dizzy and confused, my hands and feet turning cold. I did not know how much blood they took, only that my mind became blurrier and blurrier.
After it finished, they let go of me with disgust. I fell onto the floor like a torn rag, then dragged my nearly broken body and slowly walked outside.
As I reached the ward entrance, I ran into Evie’s son.
The little boy gripped a toy gun and slammed it hard at me, angrily yelling, “Bad woman! If not for you, my dad and mom would have already gotten married long ago!”
The hit made me stumble backward, and I leaned against the wall without enough strength to stay standing.
The child rushed over, grabbed the only necklace around my neck, and roughly yanked it away. It was the only thing my parents left for me. He snatched the necklace and turned around to run.
My sight turned dark. I could not keep holding on anymore and collapsed straight onto the floor, fully losing consciousness.
