Chapter 138 Am I Wicked

• Peony stopped short, so that meant that she didn’t want to talk about it; she wasn’t ready to talk about her story. Since that was the case, I naturally wouldn’t force her to do so. However, when I was about to change the subject, she spoke again, “Never mind, it’s nothing so secretive. Back then, I was a hooker like you, but I was more fortunate than you are. I’d only been working for a very brief time when I met someone, and he then took me as his wife…” She said a lot, but her story was obviously not as interesting as Eliana’s story. Or more accurately, she deliberately omitted the truly interesting parts.
• “Back then, I had a good friend who worked with me. My husband always wanted to take that friend of mine as a concubine, but my friend declined, and I opposed it as well. It wasn’t that I was jealous or wanted him to myself, but I didn’t want my friend to end up like me, making a mistake and being oppressed. However, she was recently harassed by my husband again, although I heard that a young man helped her, so she managed to escape him.” Her friend was naturally Angelina.
• I gently caressed Peony’s dainty hands. Just when I was about to say something, her voice sounded again. “Never mind, let’s not talk about all those troubling matters anymore. I just want to enjoy myself when I’m with you.”