[After reading my diary, he smirked, "Skyler, you've got a thing for me?"
My feelings towards him were suddenly exposed and I was caught off guard. I was blushing so hard and didn't know what to say. I couldn't admit that I liked him, nor could I deny it.
He flipped through my diary from start to finish, then laughed, "I thought you were different from other girls. But it turns out you're just like them, all drawn to my charm."
I'll never forget that moment. His words stung, and they've stuck with me. I'll never forget!
He suddenly moved closer, whispering in my ear, "We're both adults now, and our parents have arranged our engagement. Come to my room tonight, and let me officially make you mine."
I didn't want to go, I didn't want to sleep with him under these circumstances, but I felt powerless to refuse. Because I knew that I was just a pawn in my family's game. The moment I was sent as a "gift" to the Rivera family, I lost my right to say "no."
That night, I went to Zavier's room and we had sex. From then on, he demanded that I visit his room every night. Every night! Even when I was on my period, or feeling unwell, if he wanted me, I had to go.
Whenever he had worn me out, he always asked the same questions. What kind of person did I think he was? Was he crazy? Did I love him? Would I stay with him forever? At first, I answered honestly. He didn't want to hear the truth. Whenever I told him the truth, he would torture me even more. I thought I might die under him many times.
Later, I learned to say I loved him, that he wasn't crazy, that I would stay with him forever. I thought he must know that I was only saying these things to avoid his torture, but he loved to hear them. For a while, he demanded that I tell him every day. Whatever he wanted to hear, I would say, repeating it over and over.
Later, when the Blue family's business was going downhill and the Rivera family wanted to break off our engagement, I thought, finally, I can escape from this man. Finally, I can be free. But that crazy man refused to end our engagement. He wouldn't let me leave. He said I was his pet, always would be, and pets are supposed to die by their master's side, not leave them. So, against the objections of the entire Rivera family, he stubbornly dragged me off to get a marriage certificate. We became legally married.
After becoming his wife, we appeared to be a loving couple to the outside world. Everyone thought I was living a glamorous life, and they all envied me for marrying Zavier. But no one knew what I had to do when we got home. Zavier would make me kneel on the floor to serve him and come up with all sorts of ways to humiliate me. Those things not only tortured my body but also my soul. Many times, I felt like an animal, with no human dignity left.]
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