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“Calvin, I won’t go back. Didn’t you ask me if I wanted to be like my aunt? Then I’ll answer you now. Yes, I will marry an old man from a foreign country like my aunt and will never look back at you.”
Calvin saw my determination and suddenly pointed at me and laughed. “Okay, you have backbone. I don‘ t know if such a backbone person has forgotten the pain of living under someone else‘ s roof. It seems that you like to humiliate yourself.”
I hung up the phone with shaking hands and tears instantly wet my face. Calvin knew how to poke my pain. I used to regard him as salvation and the pain I confided to him has now become a sharp blade he stabbed at me.
My body slid down the cold wall bit by bit and I squatted on the ground, wiping the tears from my face. I was so angry that I was shaking and my chest seemed to be
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blocked by a ball of anger I couldn’t vent.
For eight years of living under someone else‘ s roof, I had to be careful to look at the adults‘ eyes when I picked up a dish. I never dared to have a second bowl of rice. My hair was always dry and yellow due to malnutrition and I was short and small.
So they gave me a lot of ugly nicknames I still don’t want to recall. I also heard all kinds of ugly insults for eight years.
My younger brothers and sisters said I was a parasite and asked me to get out of their house. My aunts said I was the nemesis of my parents and scolded me for not dying with them, blaming me for causing trouble by living.
I also knew I was a burden, but I didn’t dare to die. I wanted to live desperately and grow up. I was so inferior that I regarded Calvin as the life–saving straw in my life. I sobbed and revealed my scars to him.
He hugged me, patted my back gently and
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told me, “It’s okay, I will take care of everything in the future.”
Although he was still full of Sheryl at that time, he would naturally keep putting food in my bowl when eating. He never allowed his brothers to say a harsh word to me. As long as Sheryl was not there, he would protect me first.
When I went out after putting on makeup, Louis still noticed my red eyes. He didn’t ask me what happened but changed the subject and said he would take me to a place.
He had been with me these past few days. My aunt gave him special leave and asked him to be my tour guide and take me out. He really lived up to my expectations and took good care of me.
After leaving the restaurant, he asked met to rest for a while in the back seat of the car. He said this trip would take a little longer. I was a little sleepy and fell asleep in the back seat.
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When I woke up, a super healing town entered my eyes. There were continuous mountains and clear streams. Far away from the hustle and bustle, there was only a peaceful and beautiful place, which made my heart as quiet as the lake.
“Get out of the car and take a walk,” he said with a smile. He looked back at me and his deep eyebrows and gentle smile were engraved in my heart.
My feet stepped lightly on the grass and the breeze blew on my face. All the unhappiness disappeared.
Half a month later, my aunt asked me with a smile what I thought of Louis. I thought about it seriously. Louis is considerate, polite, gentle and a good person.
So I blurted out, “He’s pretty good.”
The smile on my aunt‘ s lips gradually became meaningful and then she told me an explosive piece of news. It turned out that Louis was not her secretary at all but
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my marriage partner. He had taken the initiative to contact me first. He wanted me to get familiar with him, afraid that I wouldn’t like him.
