Chapter 9 Pain Chapter 9 Pain I trembled as I glanced around . Moonlight slipped through the cracks , and I could hear the waves outside . " Where's Samuel ?! " I yelled at him . His face twisted with rage as he grabbed my face . " The moment you wake up , you ask about that bastard . Do my feelings mean nothing to you ? " I didn't bother answering him . I rolled off the bed , scrambling to run away . He didn't stop me . The second I opened the door , the salty wind slammed into my face . At the sea ! The ocean outside was so dark it looked ready to devour everything . I dropped to the floor , exhausted , staring blankly . " Jericho , what do you even want ? " +5 Free Coins He crouched beside me , tilting my face so I had no choice but to look at him . " Look at me . I want your eyes on me - only me . " Stay away from that pretty boy ! " Relax , I'll take you to a deserted island . Just the two of us . We'll start fresh . When you finally change your mind , we'll come back . " I chuckled , my gaze drifting past him , empty and cold . " Jericho , let me go . I don't love you anymore ." He grabbed my collar and jerked me toward him .. " What do you mean ?! You swore we'd be together forever , that you only wanted me in this life ! You even suffered for three years for me ! " Why did you change your mind ? It's because of that pretty boy , isn't it ?! Why won't you look at me ?! " Before ? Before , I never hated you like this . Jericho destroyed everything I had . Why was he suddenly pretending to be so pitiful ? Disgusting . Sickening . Repulsive . The spot he touched started to itch again . I scratched at my arms and neck like I could rip my own skin off , leaving it red and raw . " Selly ! What do I have to do to make you talk to me ?! I gave up everything for you ! Can't you look at me , just one damn time ?! " Hah . An abuser ... begging for forgiveness ? What a joke . I finally looked at him , but whatever he saw in my eyes made him afraid . " Want to know why ? For three years , I survived on barely three hours of sleep a night , grinding through five jobs just for you . I wouldn't even 1/2 Chapter 9 Pain +5 Free Coins spend money on the cheapest meals - just plain bread and pickles - so I could save every penny for your medical bills . " For that money , no matter how hard or humiliating the work was , I took it all . Even when people pushed me around , I clenched my teeth and endured it . " Do you remember Billy , the one you arranged for me ? He not only tried to rape me , but he even stole a month's worth of my hard - earned pay ! You knew about this , didn't you ? " He shook his head in shock . " No , I didn't know . Talia told me it was just a little- " I chuckled . Talia again . Of course . Did Talia also tell you she sent those disgusting customers to my bar to cause trouble ? Because I turned them down , they beat me so badly I couldn't get out of bed for two weeks . " I can still hear the sound of my bones breaking that day . Crack . Crack . One by one . Jericho , I was in so much pain ... all my ribs were broken . Do you even know that I almost didn't survive ? " And where were you ? With Talia ? Or laughing at me behind my back ? When they threw that money in my face , I wanted to refuse it , but all I could think of was you lying in that hospital bed . So I swallowed every bit of that humiliation . " You'll never know my three years of suffering . You'll just blame me from your moral high ground , never understanding your supposed good intentions . " You're too selfish to ever understand . " The Selly who adored you is utterly destroyed by you . " Jericho's expression slowly crumbled . " I didn't know any of this ! Selly , forgive me ! I really didn't ! This was all Talia's doing ! I didn't know you were suffering so much ... " He collapsed to his knees , covering his face like the pain was too much to bear . So you did know what pain felt like , Jericho ? I smirked . While he was still in shock , I rushed out the door .