Chapter 2 How Could He Leave Just Like That?

• When Hannah woke up the next morning, Connor was nowhere to be seen. Other than the bruises on her body and the musky scent lingering in the room, which reminded her that it wasn’t a dream last night, Connor had left no traces behind. Even the camera on the bedside table was taken away.
• How could he leave me just like that after he made love to me?! Connor and Sebastian are birds of a feather. Both of them are jerks!
• While Hannah grew more resentful of the Langleys, she endured the pain in her body and broke everything she possibly could inside the room. After that, she used her lipstick and wrote something on the mirror. ‘Connor Langley, f*ck you!’
• When she was done with all that, she hailed a taxi and went home.
• As soon as she stepped into the yard, a housekeeper warned her against infuriating her father because he was in a bad mood, and he had reprimanded some people in the morning.
• Well, ever since Stephanie and her mother moved in, my dad has never even flashed a smile at me. With a cold expression on her face, she entered the living room.
• Seeing her, Thomas Fairchild slammed his palm on the table and snarled, “You’re finally back! You embarrassed our family, but instead of giving us an explanation, you didn’t even come home. Do you still see me as your father?”
• “I’ll get changed now and then give you the explanation you want.” Hannah wanted to go upstairs, but someone blocked her way.
• Pointing at the love bites on Hannah’s neck, Stephanie said in a high-pitched voice, “Dad, look at the hickeys on her neck. She must have hooked up with a man last night! We were so worried about her, but she went to have some fun with a man!”
• “How could you be so shameless? It was embarrassing enough that your marriage was called off, but you still went out to have a one night stand with a man. You are just as contemptible as your mother!” With his eyes reddened, Thomas glowered at Hannah and cursed at her as though she was his enemy rather than his daughter.
• Burning with rage, Hannah retorted, “You have no right to scold my mom!”
• “What the heck?! How dare you talk back! Dad was just speaking the truth. You are just as contemptible as your mother. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have borrowed money from loan sharks and taken nude photos of yourself!” Stephanie said meanly, her expression smug.
• “Shut up!” Unable to take it anymore, Hannah caught Stephanie’s hair and landed a loud slap on her face. No one can ever scold my mom!
• After Stephanie was slapped, her fair face reddened visibly. “How dare you slap me?!” she growled. Then, she grabbed Hannah’s wrists in order to hit her back.
• Infuriated, Hannah fought back, and soon, they fell into a scuffle.
• However, a short moment later, someone landed a kick on Hannah, which caused her to roll away from Stephanie on the ground and groan in pain.
• Then, she opened her eyes to see who attacked her, only to be slapped by her enraged father. The slap was so forceful that her ears were buzzing and her head was dizzy; some blood even started streaming down from the corner of her mouth.
• “How could you attack your sister when you’re in the wrong? Don’t you know that she’s pregnant? If anything happens to her child, I will kill you! Apologize to her now!”
• She’s pregnant? Upon learning that her sister was impregnated with Sebastian’s child, Hannah was gripped by fury. I’d rather die than apologize to her!
• After brushing away the blood on the corner of her mouth, Hannah replied defiantly, “I did nothing wrong. I dare you to kill me today. If you can’t do that, I’ll get my revenge for all the pain you’ve inflicted on me one day!”
• “Dad, look how devious she is! If you don’t teach her a lesson now, she will harm me and the child in my belly. Without this child, the Langleys will not help us.” Stephanie was trying to fan the flames.
• Upon hearing that, Thomas picked up a leather belt from a cabinet, grasped Hannah’s hair and started whipping the belt on her body.
• Hannah jumped up as soon as the belt touched her skin.
• Even though Hannah appeared to be in intense pain, Thomas didn’t seem to have the intention of letting her go as he continued lashing at her.
• After she was whipped repeatedly, her body started feeling numb, and her energy was slowly leaving her body, but Thomas didn’t seem to be exerting less force with his hand anytime soon. Then, she collapsed to the ground, but he still landed a few kicks on her body in a fit of rage.
• As Hannah’s face touched the cold floor, an overwhelming resentment welled up within her. As long as I’m still alive, I’ll make all those who have harmed me pay the price!