Chapter 252: Tpcp 252
The Predator’s Contract Partner
âIf thatâs not the case, then itâs worse. Who in their right mind would keep his wife tied up like a slave like this?â
âThis is all your fault, Elisha.â
Lucerne said calmly.
âYou have no right to protest.â
âI suppose so. Since youâve already tied me up like this, why donât you discipline me with a rod? If you shackle me up and hit me, I might become more obedient. Oh, you already beat it, right?â
Lucerne looked at Elisha and smiled briefly.
âYou know how to get angry.â
âIs there any reason to endure this situation?â
Elisha calmed her wildly beating heart.
âWhy did you lock me up?â
âIâve been wanting to do this from the beginning. But I resisted the urge.â
ââ¦â¦â¦. .â
âUnfortunately, you did everything you wanted to do in our marriage.â
Lucerne approached, stroking her ankle.
âSo how many times should I say you brought this upon yourself.â
ââ¦â¦â¦â¦..â
âDid your head get injured after drinking poison and sleeping for a long time?â
Lucerne clicked his tongue. Elisha turned downcast and bit her lip. She lowered her head.
âWhat happens to me now?â
âJust as you imagine.â
Lucerne concluded her fate very briefly.
âYou wait here for me, and I come to you. It wonât be any different from what it was like before. Iâm just trying to prevent you from running away.â
Elisha felt insulted. She once dreamed that she would continue to see him. Even after her divorce, she had always dreamed of being with him. Lucerne was mocking her, quoting her words exactly as she had said them. [t1v: as in when she said they would divorce, but everything would be the same]
ââ¦â¦.This is a breach of our contract.â
âThat was our contract from the beginning. You are not free. You gave your body to me. And I have the right to decide your life. There is no violation of the contract here.â
Lucerne leaned over Elisha.
âYou tried to make a secret agreement. Who are you running away from?â
Elishaâs eyes shook when she heard that she was running away. She lowered her eyes.
âI never tried to run away.â
âI am highly sensitive.â
Lucerne said.
âI canât tolerate playing around behind my back.â
ââ¦â¦.. You canât do this to me. I donât want this.â
Lucerne nodded unhurriedly.
âThatâs right, you wanted a divorce. I can do that if you want.â
ââ¦â¦â¦â
âAfter that, you will become my mistress. Then are you satisfied?â
Tears welled up in Elishaâs eyes. The wounds inflicted by Lucerne were too great. It hurt more than before.
âThereâs no use crying.â
Lucerne stated unfeelingly.
âWhether you cry or go crazy. Youâre going to have to live here. That wonât change.â
âWhy-whyâ¦â¦..â
Tears fell from Elishaâs eyes.
What she always wanted from him was so small.
She wanted to live like an ordinary, healthy, independent individual. She wanted to be loved like a free person. However, the more she struggled, the more complicated things became, the more she suffered, and in the end, even being alive became an anathema. Elisha felt like her heart was breaking apart by the agony.
âDid I do something wrong this time too?â
Just like that one day in her past life. Even if Lucerne didnât cut her down. She realized that something happened to their relationship â¦â¦â¦ She could tell something went wrong.
â⦠â¦I justâ I wanted to create a safeguard, a hideout, just in case. Just in case you betrayed me⦠â¦. . If I had known you would be this angry, I wouldnât have done that.â
The extreme situation unblocked her mind in a wrong way. Elisha spoke and then closed her mouth.
âSo did I. This is my safeguard, a hideout, in case you betray me.â
ââ¦â¦â¦â
âBut you failed and I succeeded in putting you in hiding, didnât I?â
Lucerne reached out and held out his hand. Elisha looked up and stepped back, trying to avoid him.
âAh!â
In a flash, her body fell to the bed. He pressed Elishaâs hands against the sheets.
âDonât touch me.â
Elisha gritted her teeth. She wanted to swear at him. She hated him. He was always shaking her heart. It didnât matter what life it was. He made her crazy. She hated him to the point where her heart broke, and he ruined her with a momentâs embrace.
âWhat? Why donât you go on? Afraid it will feel like rape? Because youâre sound enough to be successful. Do you want me to tell you something? You were happy when I took the poison and passed out, right? Because you could wipe out Carola and make the patriarch indebted to you. You took advantage of the situation and of me, and went on a calculated rampage. What are you going to get from the Head now? Do you think itâs alright to use me until the very last drop?â
ââ¦. ⦠Is that what you really think?â
âEither that, or you canât stand me defying you.â
âAh, right. That part is correct.â
Lucerne tilted his head towards her. Furious, Elisha was harshly biting her lip. He swallowed her lips. Shaking her head, she resisted the kiss that was tormenting her frantically. Only after her lower lip was bruised did he fall. She felt a sharp pain on her lip.
âThatâs right.â
Lucerne whispered.
âFrom now on, if you disobey me, know that clothes will be a luxury.â