Approximately ten minutes later, a black car stopped in front of Rachel Wood.Inside the car, Woodrow Gaston gazed at her from head to toe with a stunned expression, then quickly got out to approach her. “What happened to you? Is that really you, Rachel?”All her ex-classmates knew that Rachel was dating the wealthy Sebastian Brenand, and she had access to unlimited resources.What was going on?She remained strong and gazed at Woodrow. “It’s a long story. Can I take a shower and get a change of clothes at your place?”She knew him very well and knew she didn't have to worry about him.He worked at a police station, and he was an honest man.He instantly nodded, his eyes belatedly noticing her bloody feet and disheveled appearance. He hurried to open the car door and carried her into the passenger seat before driving her back to his house.After parking the car, he carried Rachel into his house.Although Woodrow was single and lived alone, his house seemed tidy, almost as if

“The police officers warned those men to let it go, or they’d arrest them. It was my idea. To me, it's the best ending possible.“Without Sebastian, I can’t possibly beat his parents. I’d lose,” Rachel Wood said.Seeing her this way made Woodrow Gaston’s heart reach out to her.Even as a man, he could still relate to her traumatic experience. A wonderful girl like her ended up raped and unable to fight back at all.It was a hopeless situation.He released a long, helpless sigh. “Haven’t you thought about revenge? For example, you could return to Sebastian and exact revenge on his parents in other ways.”Rachel shook her head. “No matter what I do, he is not going to be happy. They are still his parents.”“So, you're not going to do anything for the rest of your life for his happiness?”She nodded sadly. “Yeah, this is the one last thing I can do for him. Honestly, I want revenge too, but I can’t do it. They are his closest family. If anything happens to them, he wouldn’t be hap

Sebastian Brenand was still waiting for the team-matching in the game while avoiding Yvette Houston's eyes.She remained polite and smiled, seemingly unaffected by his indifference. “My parents invited us to go home for dinner tonight.”“Go by yourself,” he said with a deep frown.“Your mother said you must go too,” she insisted.“I’m not going.”Sebastian felt disgusted just by looking at her.“Your mother said there are consequences if you don’t go,” she said vaguely.“Fine!”Yvette knew exactly what Sebastian’s mother had done to Rachel Wood. She'd told her to use such threats whenever her son refused to listen to her, and he was bound to obey.It was the first time she had tried this out, but she didn’t expect it to be this effective.Sebastian might be cold to her now, but she believed they’d eventually develop feelings for each other.It would be fine even if that didn’t happen. They could each find their own happiness outside and not affect one another, as long as S

Woodrow Gaston was about to speak when Yvette Houston spoke first. “Hello, who is this? Sebastian is drunk.”He promptly hung up when he heard her voice, guessing that the woman must’ve been Sebastian Brenand’s wife.Rachel Wood had mentioned her earlier.He knew that the wife would try to mess things up if she found out why he called.Yvette frowned and cursed at the phone upon realizing that the call had ended. She then tossed the phone aside, not thinking much about it as she turned around to leave the study.After she left, the room quietened down again.Woodrow gave up upon hearing that Sebastian was drunk, deciding to try again the next morning.After making up his mind, he pocketed his phone and then walked into his room, took a shower, and slept after setting an alarm for seven o’clock in the morning.As soon as he woke up, he hastily redialed Sebastian's number.Sebastian had just woken up at his desk coincidentally, still feeling slightly dizzy and wearing a weary lo

At that moment, Sebastian Brenand recalled what Woodrow Gaston had told him.The things that happened to Rachel Wood kept replaying before his eyes.Seeing her legs and her weak, smiling face made him feel as if he was about to go mad.He was so furious that he wanted to kill everyone.Right then, Rachel started dreaming again. She was back at the run-down, isolated place.Despite how hard she tried, she was still captured in the end and brought back there.She felt hopeless in her dream.Then, she was restrained to the cold concrete bed, those men punching and kicking her.“Arghh!”Rachel had screamed herself awake. She bolted upright, her body covered in cold sweat.She realized that it was only a dream upon waking up.She was fine after all.Sebastian was horrified by her reaction, realizing that she just had a nightmare.Perhaps, she dreamed about being back in the village.The thought made his heart twinge painfully.Before he even moved, she'd already noticed his p