Chapter 26 Sleeping With Him The prison warders rushed over to the prison cell from outside . Elaine had lost it completely . She had her hands around Beth's neck , refusing to let po y about what happened . The prison wardens had no choice but to use their electric batons to force Elain to let go before questioning her sternly abo Beth , who was still shaken up by the incident , handed the photo to the wardens after some time . She explained , " Elaine brought her personal belongings in here . According to prison miles , everything that's brought in has to go through strict inspection before being placed at their allocated spots . " I noticed her secretly hiding this , so I wanted to show it to the wanders . As a result , she strangled me like a madwoman , Elaine hurriedly grabbed the photo . With reddened eyes , she argued , " That wasn't what happened . They started it . They were the ones who took my things from me . ne said , this was a lawful prison . Being in such an ostracized and helpless is position made Elaine disconcerted . That being said , Desperately , she rolled her sleeves up , wanting to prove to the wardens that she was hurt . However , the wardens refused to even pay any attention to her Instead , the wardens asked the others , " What in the world happened ? " The other prisoners accused Elaine , saying , " I was just like what Beth said . Not only did Elaine bring her personal belongings in , but she didn't allow ` offers to ask about it or look at it . She almost strangled Beth to deaths earlier . As you may all know , she was already injured before she came in . Please don't accuse us unfairly . " Elaine shook her head as hard as she could . " No. That wasn't what happened . They were the ones who harmed me first . That's just a regular photo . I didn't bring anything with me that's forbidden. " ut your time here , you're not allowed to hide One of the wardens responded in a fright tone , " That's an admission that this photo belongs to you . During any personal belongings , whether it's a photo or even a grain of sand . " More than that , you're not allowed to attack your cell mates . Take her away and ensure she's severely punished ! " Upon uttering this order , the other wardens who had tapped along immediately dragged Elaine out of her prison cell . Beth yelled out from the prison cell , " sirs , please seek justice on my behalf . If this happens again , I'll be strangled to death by her . You people won't be able to explain yourselves if someone died ! " After dragging Elaine out , the prison wardens sprayed water at her with high pressure washers . Being tortured for almost half an hour with jets of high - pressured wate resulted in her wounds getting infected . It hurt so much that she almost passed Alter that , she was locked up in a dark , enclosed room . It was only when day broke that the prison wardens dragged her back into her prison cell . Some blood had clotted by her ear . She couldn't be sure if it was blood from her mouth or her ear . As the group of prisoners surrounded her bed , gloating at her misery , Elaine felt like their vulces sounded really distant . Their voices were all a blur . Before she could even figure out what was going on , she fell unconscious once again The prison wardens had clearly targeted the punishment at her . After that , her cellmates did all they could to torment her in manners that were worse and more brazen than before . The ringing in Elaine's car went on for the entire montie Even when she slept at night , the buzzing in her ear continued . She was constantly so tense that she didn't even dare to fall into a deep sleep . This resulted in her being severely sleep deprived . She started to feel that she was deal in one ear . She started to be afraid of the light , any sudden noises , and even people . When the prison wardens came in to check on them during bedtime, she was always curled up in a corner of her bed , shivering in fear . Life for Skylar had been extremely peaceful this entire month , Thea was discharged from the hospital and was recuperating at Birchwood Estate . During the day , Skylar went to work . If he was free in the evenings , he would return home earlier to take her out for a walk . Life like this seemed too peaceful . It wasn't that he loved the noise , but peace like this simply made him feel like something was missing . The could also tell that he hadn't been in the best state as of late . So , she put in the effort to cook a few of his favorite dishes for him at night .. In order to prepare this meal , she even registered herself for cooking classes and had been learning how to cook for a while now . Even so , Skylar wasn't as satisfied as she had expected him to be . Picking up a plece of braised fish , he suddenly questioned , " Why is there black pepper The furrowed h ther brows as she looked at him . " I " Don't you take black pepper ? " Skyler looked at the dish that was swimming with black pepper . There were also other disli that contained ginger and garlic . For some reason , he was reminded of the dishes Elaine made previously . He thought to himself , " It Flaine were the one cooking , she'd know that I don't take black pepper . " Ginger , garlic , and aromats of the like were acceptable to him - but only if those aromats were removed completely from the final dish . He wouldn't eat the dish if a single bit of those aromats were left in in He liked light - tasting stews , but he wouldn't like them if there wasn't at least a little bit of oil in them . After the stews were prepared , the entire layer of oil at the top had to be ladled out These were just a few examples . All of a sudden , he realized that he had been extremely picky with his food during those few years of being married to Elaine Even so , she had never mentioned anything about it . As time passed , even he hadn't realized how much care she had put into each dish that was made . Suppressing the disappointment within her , Thea suggested , " How about I remake a few dishes for you ? " Realizing that he had reacted rather negatively , Skylar softened his tone and said , " It's alright . They're not bad . I just don't have much of an appetite as I've been quite busy at work these two days . Just love these tasks to the maids moving forward . Getting enough rest and having a full recovery are your priorities for now . " Thea wasn't quite satisfied with that . Over this past month when Elaine was absent , other than the mads and butlers , she and Skylar were the only ones around at Birchwood Estate . She had caused Elaine to be imprisoned . Initially , she believed that Skylar would get intimate with her after Elaine was gone from his side . Yet , he still returned home from work late at night each day . After having dinner with her , he would head to the study and remain there until he retreated to his own bedroom in the middle of the night . Not only had she failed to sleep with him , but she saw even less of Skylar than when Elaine was still around She even started to worry . Skylar and Elaine had known one another for ten years . He couldn't possibly have fallen in love with Elaine , could he ? Feeling insecure , Thea got up and followed Skylar upstairs . " Sly , I bought a new set of pajamas , but it doesn't feel like it suits me that well . Could you take a look at it for me ? " Skylar answered , " I'll look at it another day . I have a video conference later . " Thea clung to his arm and urged in a cute voice , " Just have a quick look . It won't take much time , " Skylar couldn't turn her down . She persuaded him a little , and he agreed . He went with her to her bedroom . There , she entered her walk - in wardrobe and changed into a black , camisole nightgown . She pulled the neckline of the nightgown slightly lower before stepping out of her walk - in wardrobe She approached Skylar , acting shy . " Is it a little too revealing ? I don't think I'm too used to wearing something like this . " As she said that , she sat down next to Skylar on the couch and leaned into him , pressing her bosoms against his arm such that her curves were somewhat visible . Thea had quite a good figure . Moreover , she had put on some light makeup tonight . Skylar looked down at her and noticed that a large area of her back was exposed . He recalled that day when he sent Elaine to Crimson Bar . That was the day when he made her wear a dress of the same color with the same revealing design . Just the image of that night made his body temperature rise . Even though it had only been a month , it was a significant period of time . All of a sudden , he felt like he hadn't seen Elaine in quite a long while . Thea was under the impression that Skylar was reacting to her outfit . After all , very few men could actually keep their cool when they were holding an alluring woman in their arms . Besides , she believed that Skylar was in love with her . So , of course , there was no way he'd be indifferent . She gently reached out and unfastened the top two buttons of his black shirt .