Chapter 2

I only drank one sip of the coffee, left a bill, and left the little shop.

That night Jack came home drunk,

The smell of alcohol made me cover my nose.

I walked around him with a glass of water,

"Go take a shower, your smell is keeping me from sleeping."

I don't know when Jack and I's relationship started becoming so strange.

Married for seven years, the former passion had faded, leaving only disgust for each other.

He rolled over, deliberately rubbing the smell onto me.

I angrily slapped him.

"I went to a coffee shop today."

"Next to our old university, I never noticed it before-"

He suddenly grabbed my throat,

"You went to see her?"

I quickly realized who "her" referred to.

Jack used to find other women before,

But I turned a blind eye and never interfered.

"Yeah, that little vixen seducing other people's husbands, can't I teach her a lesson?"

I deliberately said cruel words, feeling Jack's hand slowly tightening.

"I'm warning you, don't touch her."

I laughed, laughing until tears came out.

The oxygen entering my airway became less and less, I started to roll my eyes.

Just as I was about to lose consciousness, Jack released my throat. I collapsed on the bed coughing for a long time.

There were hideous handprints on my neck.

"Lila, she is my bottom line. If you dare touch her, I can make your family's business go under."

He slammed the door as he left. I sat silently on the bed. In that moment near death, I only had one thought.

He really would kill me for that girl.