Chapter 3 It Has Only Been One Day

• In the end, Hannah was sent back to her bedroom on a housekeeper’s back. When she woke up the next day, it was already noon. The wounds on her body had been treated, and scabs had formed. However, the bruises on her skin didn’t look better than they were last night; her skin looked like a white canvas that had been smudged with all sorts of ugly colors.
• Then, she got down from the bed with difficulty and entered the bathroom to wash her face. When she accidentally touched the wound on the corners of her mouth, she gasped in pain.
• With an impassive expression, she looked at her battered figure in the mirror and laughed in self-mockery. In a despairing manner, she pulled away the scabs on the corners of her mouth.
• In an instant, blood started streaming out of her wounds, but she didn’t seem perturbed at all. After turning on the tap, she cleaned her wounds and put on band-aids. Following that, she got changed and left the house.
• Upon calling the HR manager to request for a leave of absence, she headed straight to the hospital. After a thorough check-up, she received the injury identification record from the doctor and went to the police station to report a case.
• When she left the police station, she fished out her phone and dialed a number. “Demi, I’ll stay over at your house for two days—”
• Before she could finish her words, a black Rolls-Royce pulled over abruptly in front of her. After that, two brawny men in black suits got out of the car and forced her into the vehicle.
• After the car started moving, Hannah came to her senses and realized that she was kidnapped in front of the police station in broad daylight.
• “What are you doing? Let me go!”
• “Miss Fairchild, it has only been one day. Don’t you recognize me anymore?” someone questioned from behind.
• Finding the masculine voice familiar, Hannah turned around and saw a chiseled and handsome face of a man with a high-bridged nose. He pressed his thin lips together, and his expression looked somewhat distant and glacial.
• He is… Connor Langley?! God! I must be dreaming! Why is he here?
• Hannah closed and opened her eyes repeatedly. Also, she rubbed her eyes forcefully, but the man before her didn’t disappear as she had expected. After a gasp, she stammered, “M-Mr. Langley, hear me out. It was a misunderstanding last night…”
• “Connor Langley, f*ck you. You wrote this, didn’t you?” His cold and stern voice echoed in the car.
• Her chest tightened, and she let out a hollow laugh before explaining, “Mr. Langley, you must have misread it. I did not write what you had just said—”
• All of a sudden, Connor stretched out his hand and clenched her chin, forcing her to raise her head. Met with the man’s icy eyes, Hannah couldn’t even utter a word.
• Then, Connor stroked her chin with his fingertips and smiled dispassionately. “I’m going to make love to you.”
• Hearing that, Hannah froze.
• Noticing the fear behind her gaze, Connor looked straight into her eyes and said in a low voice, “No woman had dared to make love to me against my will before. However, I was satisfied with your skill in bed. Sleep with me again, and we’ll get even.”
• For that moment, Hannah knew that he wasn’t joking. In a trembling voice, she said, “Mr. Langley, you can’t blame me for this. It’s because your nephew hooked up with my sister, so I want to take revenge on them.”
• “That’s why you targeted me?” Connor grinned, and the atmosphere around them turned frigid. “Hannah Fairchild, I don’t care how resentful you are of Sebastian. Now that you’ve done such a thing to me, I will never let you off the hook easily.”
• “Let me go! What you’re doing is against the law!”
• “You want to talk about the law with me, huh? Why don’t we take the camera to the police station and ask the policemen how many years you’ll be put behind bars for raping me?”
• Left with no choice, Hannah tried to struggle out of his grip. “Release me!”
• Seeing that, Connor extended his other hand and pressed her down on the seat. Lowering his body, he whispered in her ear, “If you move again, I’ll make love to you in front of them.”