Chapter 138 The Cage of Obsession
Boom!
Finished.
The door slammed shut with a thunderous crash as Keneth pinned Lauren against the door, his breath hot against her face.
“Have you lost your confined space.
damn min
‘he growled, the scent of his expensive cologne wafting through the
Lauren’s chest heaved, her entire body shaking with barely contained rage. “Leave! Me! Go!” Every word dripped with venom.
Kenneth’s grip only tightened, his fingers leaving angry red–marks on her wrists. “What the hell were you thinking?”
A cold, mirthless laugh escaped Lauren’s lips as she steadied her breathing.
“I should be asking you that, Kenneth.” Her gaze turned icy. “Five years in prison. My education was ruined. My health was destroyed. My future stolen.”
She lifted herchin defiantly. “You and the Bennetts turned me into this hollow shell. And now you dare to interrogate me?”
Something flickered in Kenneth’s eyes–a fleeting shadow that might have been regret–but it vanished as quickly as it had appeared.
Seeing the emotions under his eyes, Lauren mockingly laughed.
“Hah! Breaking my wings, so that I can’t soar in the wider sky, and can only struggle in the mire. I’ve always wondered why this is; what in the world have I done to deserve the wrath of the heavens and the people to be persecuted to this point by one or two of you?”
Lauren’s smile became razor sharp, “Ah, there it is. The truth you can’t admit.” Her voice dropped to a whisper. “You couldn’t stand me outshining you, could you? My ‘crime‘ was being better.”
Kenneth’s face paled. “Shut up.”
“I won’t. You dared to do it; why don’t you dare to admit it? I’m better than you, and you’re unbalanced; that’s why you can’t wait to suppress me so much, to belittle me, to pick–up artist me, to try to mind- control me, to make me feel like I’m just a no–talent, head–to–toe good–for–nothing piece of shit.”
“Enough! It’s enough!” Kenneth shouted angrily.
Lauren spat. “You broke me because my brilliance threatened your fragile ego. You brought me down so you could feel big.” Her words cut into him like scalpels. “Pathetic.”
“Enough!” Kenneth roared, his control snapping.
Kenneth listened to these word–for–word words; his face flushed white and red for a while, and when he looked at Lauren’s face, which was red with anger, the defense in his heart completely collapsed.
Yes.
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Chapter 138 The Cage of Obsession
Only if she was ordinary enough could she belong to me alone
Finished
And only if she became ordinary could he be worthy of her, could I keep her by my side, and after she got married could she stay at home in peace, teach our children, and only be confined by me in my sphere of influence for the rest of her life.
I didn’t want her to turn into the cutting–edge talent in the teacher’s words at all!
In a flash, he crushed his lips against hers. A violent, possessive kiss that tasted of desperation and copper as his teeth sliced into her mouth.
Whatever I did, it was for her!
Lauren was so shocked by his sudden move that her brain went blank, her eyes widened, and her eyes were filled with disbelief.
When she reacted, she became infuriated.
She struggled hard, her hands desperately pushing and shoving Kenneth, but Kenneth held her tightly, as if he wanted to rub her body into his.
Lauren felt a wave of suffocation, and the anger and humiliation in her heart reached their peak.
She suddenly palmed her mouth and bit Kenneth’s lips hard. Then she bit down hard.
Kenneth recoiled with a curse, blood blooming on his lower lip. The stinging slap that followed left his cheek burning.
“Kenneth! You bastard! You disgust me at all,” Lauren hissed, scrubbing her mouth with the back of her hand as if to remove the poison.
The words cut deeper than any physical blow.
Disgust.
Eight years of longing. Five years of waiting. His first kiss, given like a sacred offering, met with revulsion.
The rejection burned through him, igniting a maelstrom of shame and anger in his chest.
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