Chapter 89 Three Days


    "Hiram! If you touch me one more time, I will hate you for the rest of my life!" Rachel shouted, staring


    with fear at Hiram who looked as fierce as a wolf. She kept stepping backwards. She had never seen


    Hiram get so angry before.


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    "Will you? Then hate me. I don''t care......"


    Hiram said in a cold voice. He suddenly stepped forward, lifted Rachel and threw her on his shoulder.


    Thereafter, he walked in big strides towards Rachel''s room. He mmed the door with a big bang


    behind them.


    ......


    Rachel was in pain. She had never felt such a pain in her life before. She stared at the ceiling nkly.


    Although Hiram had already left, the hurt that he caused on her body lingered. It kept reminding her of


    what Hiram did to her.


    She thought that this pain would stay with her for the rest of her life. She knew it was hard to erase off


    this day from her memory.


    It was so painful. Earlier, Hiram was careful and gentle in doing that. Even if it pained a little, it was


    immediately overwhelmed by his tenderness and love.


    But this time, She felt pain not only on her body, but also in her heart.


    "Ouch." Rachel touched her red and swollen lips with her finger. She found that there was a tiny wound


    on her lips and it was bleeding. The kisses from Hiram were irresistible and he kissed her just too hard.


    She guessed that this was not the only bruise on her body. There must have been more.


    Rachel gave a bitter smile, ''He must have thought that was hisst time to do that thing, so he treated


    me in such a brutal manner.''


    Even without looking at her body, Rachel knew that there must be hickeys all over her body right from


    her neck to the feet.


    That was the person Hiram really was.


    He was callous and ruthless exactly as how he used to be when she met him for the first time. All this


    while, his true callous self had been concealed under his fake tenderness which had blinded her and


    captured her heart these days.


    Rachel''s mobile phone rang and immediately snapped her out of the trance. She cleared her mind and


    answered the phone.


    "Rachel, why didn''t youe to see me today? Is everything fine? Are you all right?" Fannie looked


    outside and took a nce at the dark sky, thinking whether what she said yesterday was too much for


    Rachel to handle.


    "......"


    Hearing that, Rachel was confused. She looked at the clock on the wall. What was wrong? She did go


    to see her mother today!


    Then she looked at her mobile phone and found out that one whole day had already passed, and it was


    the evening.


    "Rachel? Rachel, are you all right? Why don''t you answer me?"


    Fannie was now worried about Rachel. She asked Rachel over and over again, not knowing what had


    happened.


    Rachel was suddenly back from her faraway state and came to her senses. She realized that Hiram


    had been gone for a day. She had stayed in her room for an entire day without drinking or eating


    anything. She had no idea how the time passed.


    "...... Mom, I woke up just now. Well, I hung out with my friends today. I was too tired that I took a nap


    for a while aftering back. I was nning toe over and see you at night. But I overslept. I am


    so sorry!" Rachel quickly managed to make up an excuse.


    "Is that true? You scared me out of my wits. Thank god you are all right. You should take a good rest


    now. Everything is fine with me." Fannie said with relief. It was reassuring for her to hear that Rachel


    was alright.


    "OK. Mom, you can have some rest now. By the way, My friends said that they wanted to go to the


    seaside to have fun for a few days. I want to go along with them. Is it fine with you if Ie over to see


    you when Ie back?" Rachel lied to her mother. She needed some days to recover. Rachel knew


    that the way she looked right now was not good, and it was impossible for her to meet people.


    "OK, go out and have fun. Remember to call me when you reach the destination!" Fannie said, not


    suspicious of what Rachel said. She thought Rachel worked too hard before, and now it was time for


    her to rx and have fun.


    After hanging up the phone, Rachel got up from the bed and wanted to turn on the lights. Her body was


    paining awfully.


    She bent over with her teeth clenched and brows knitted together. Her legs struggled to walk in the


    direction of the light switch. It was just a few steps and her body was drenched in sweat.


    She couldn''t clearly recall how many times Hiram forced her to have sex with himst night. During the


    sex, she vowed to herself that she would never sleep with him ever again in the future.


    The lights were finally turned on. Rachel looked down and was shocked by the look of her body.


    She took a long shower in the bathroom.


    Then Rachel changed into a dress that had high cors. She was starving. But there was nothing to eat


    since no one lived in this house for a long time. So she had to go out to eat something.


    But when she looked in the mirror and saw how she looked, she retraced her steps and decided to


    order some delivery. She then picked her mobile phone to order some food.


    Rachel walked in a wobbly manner at that time. People with discerning eyes could easily find out what


    was wrong with her. She wouldn''t go out and give people an opportunity to gossip about her.


    Then three days passed by.


    Rachel hadn''t stepped out of the house all this while. She only ordered delivery every time she was


    hungry.


    She seemed to have been cut off from the outside world except that she called Fannie once as she had


    promised. She even lost some weight after three days of istion.


    But Rachel looked as good as she used to be even after these three days.


    The first thing Rachel did when she went out of the house after three days was to look around and find


    ces that rented office rooms. Since she had promised Celine, she would keep her words.


    Rachel decided to finalize the location of the office room before they resigned and came over.


    She could seek business on her own. Rachel had been working in this industry for over three years. So


    she had umted some resources which she could use to start the business from the scratch.


    When Rachel came out of the office building, she saw Carl waiting for her outside the building. She


    was surprised at his unexpected visit, but she still said hello to Carl.


    "Carl, what are you doing here?"


    Carl nodded his head at Rachel when he saw here out of the building. When Carl realized that


    Rachel now looked thinner, he heaved a sigh and said, "Rachel, I don''t know what happened between


    you and Hiram. Hiram left three days ago after he finished all of the work. We don''t know where he


    is......


    Frankly speaking, it is normal for couples to have a fight. Everything will be fine as long as one of you


    makes a concession and apologizes to another!


    I know that Hiram has a quick temper and is irritable. But he has been really tender with you all this


    while. He had never been like this in the past. I know he changed for better only because of you,


    Rachel!"


    After hearing what Carl said, Rachel lowered her head and said in a low voice, "Carl, there is one thing


    I think I need to tell you. I and Hiram have already been...... divorced."


    Hearing these words, Carl dted his eyes in shock. He looked at Rachel with disbelief, "What did you


    say, Rachel? Divorce? You and Hiram are divorced? It is impossible!"


    "Carl, I used to think the same. I thought it was impossible too. But it did happen. No matter how things


    began and developed, that is how we are now. So Hiram and I have broken off our rtionship."


    Rachel said while pointing to the bus that wasing over. She said, "I got to go. The bus is here."


    After saying that, Rachel walked in the direction of the bus, leaving Carl behind. Carl was shocked at


    the thing she just told him.


    Rachel didn''t take the bus in such a hot day to save money. There were a lot of cars in Hiram''s house,


    so Rachel didn''t have to buy a new one. Now she didn''t know which kind of car to buy in such a short


    time.


    "...... But...Rachel! Do you know where Hiram is right now? We couldn''t reach him by any means. My


    aunt is very worried about him!" Carl shouted at Rachel who was walking towards the bus.


    Seeing Rachel walking hastily toward the bus andpletely disregarding what he asked, Carl


    stamped his feet anxiously.


    In all these years, Hiram rarely cut off contact with them except when he was in an extremely bad


    mood. Even in those cases, he usually came back after a day or two of rxation in ces away from


    his busy life. After all, there were so manypanies of the Rong family which needed Hiram to be in


    charge.


    But this time, Hiram couldn''t be reached for three days.


    And there were no news about him!


    In the Streams Garden


    Hiram sat rxed on the blue, European styled carpet. Watching the ebb and flow of the tide outside


    the French window, Hiram held a wine ss in his hand and drank slowly.


    Hiram looked into the distance with no aim. There was nothing in his eyes but nkness. Whether


    Hiram was looking at the ocean or the blue sky was unknown. The man standing behind Hiram didn''t


    know what he was looking at.


    He wondered what was so good outside the window that kept Hiram busy.


    Hiram had been looking outside the window since the morning.