Chapter 61 - I GENUINELY CARE FOR YOU (1/2)

The pungent smell and continuous squeak around her slowly stirred the woman up. Feeling discomfort, she shifted her body yet her movements were restricted because she was chained to the wall. Cold winter radiated in every corner of the dingy dungeon. She felt her body shivering but fought it hard not to show the slightest hint of being cold.

”Put her down.” She heard a familiar voice order. She forced herself to open her swollen eyes.

Seconds later, she was tossed on the ground. Pain radiated in every bone of her body.

A man clad in embroidered robe stepped forward. The woman eyed him sharply with anger plastered on her face. The man was her husband. The man who promised the moon and the stars to her. The man who made her clip her wings in order to gain his favor. He pinched her chin and forced her to look at him in the eye.

”Do you understand what pain is? How does it feel?”

”Is this how you are going to repay what I've done for you?”

”Repay? Don't make me laugh. This is nothing compared to what you did to her.” He spat and glared at her with all the hatred there was on earth.

The 'her' from his mouth was Lady Chen, his beloved concubine who was poisoned.

”I didn't kill her.”  She defended herself. That was the truth. But her mother-in-law pinned the death on her.

”Impudent!” His hand immediately flew on her face and slapped her hard that she felt her ears ringing in pain.

Holding her cheek, she glared at him. All the grievances she kept in her heart sprung out at this very moment.  She scoffed coldly. ”Without my family's support, you are nothing.”

Anger immediately rose in him. He reached for her and strangled her.

”Die.” He cursed as his grasp became tighter each second that passed. She squirmed to get away but she felt her body unable to move. She couldn't breathe at all. She fought to push away his hand but she could only grasp the sleeves of his robe.

The buzzed of her alarm woke her up. Luo Jingyi sat up gasping for air. Her hand flew on her chest because her heart was palpitating rapidly. At the same time, she felt pain.

She sucked in air and release it to calm herself.

The dream was a recollection of her past. She almost died at that time. If not because of someone's interference. Her husband's right-hand man interrupted, informing that someone wanted to meet him. She didn't get the name but the moment her husband heard it, he exited in haste. At that time, she thanked whoever that person was.

Anger rose in her heart when she realized how pathetic she was in her last life. She endured too much hardship for the sake of the man she loved. Once, she believed that people could change. That love would make a relationship endure all the hardships. That it was something that could last forever.  But in fact, one's feelings could change over time.

Heaving a sigh, she slid off the bed and went to the bathroom with her mind still ruminating on the word 'love.'