Jane gazed up at Alex in contempt. "What did you say?"
Suppressing his urge to hold her, to take his own jacket off and put it on her and carry her into the car, out of fear of provoking her, he responded calmly," You were right, Jane. I've been following you for days. I was worried that I might scare you into acting frantically, so I didn't dare to approach you. I'm telling you right now, I'm not here to kill you. I'm here to take you home."
Jane looked at Alex. A smile appeared and disappeared repeatedly before she threw the leftovers i n her hand onto the ground abruptly.
The leftovers immediately started leaking out of the bag and Alex's gaze subconsciously went down to the food that was inside the bag. There were prawn shells, bones with only half the meat hanging from them, and even a piece of bread that had been chewed through halfway. His heart ached at the sight as though someone was cutting into it.
"This... This is what you take home to eat? Aren't these supposed to be used for feeding livestock?"
Jane did not respond directly to Alex's question, but instead gritted out furiously, "Alex Poole! A life is merely a life! I am standing before you right now! How much could you possibly resent me?? Tell me! How
much do you hate me?? No matter how much, I'm already here, willing to offer my life! What else do you want??"
Two streams of tears rolled down her cheeks. "Let me guess, your most beloved Lily is asking you to take me home alive and to bring me back so that she could torture me as she pleases, right? I knew it! Four months ago, she recruited half a dozen men who tried to rape me but failed. She hasn't been able to sit on that, has she?? Alex Poole, is being your ex-girlfriend my crime? I didn't even know that she existed when I was with you! All I knew was that you didn’t love me, but I've never forced you into doing so! I left immediately when you told me to! What would your ex -girlfriend insist on tormenting me? You, and your exgirlfriend, your current fiancee, simply have to sit on a couch with wine in your hands as you watch a pregnant woman like me sprawled on the floor and raped by multiple men for you to be satisfied. Is that i t, Alex Poole?"
At this point, Jane's eyes had already been filled with tears. She defensively wrapped her arms around her belly and glared at Alex with eyes filled with tears, fear, and determination.
"I won't go back with you, just so that you and your fiancee can watch as I get raped and tortured, Alex! You... It's your child I am bearing, Alex, how could you be so cruel? Do you really have the heart to watch your unborn child turn into a puddle of blood right before your eyes?"
Alex could not say a word. He had never felt so helpless in his entire life. Jane was hysterical and he did not dare to get any closer, even if it was to support her with a hand on her back, in fear that she might just run toward the car the next instant.
"Jane, calm down. Just calm down first. You are pregnant, and you're right, that's my child--"
"Yes! It's your child I am bearing!"
She had been in the small city for half a month by then and she had been waiting for Alex to come every single day, knowing that she would not be able to escape him. Never had she imagined that he would manage to catch up to her in less than half a month, which was enough proof to convince her how dedicated he was at killing her, and perhaps, partly at the child she was bearing as well?
"Alex Poole! You never rejected me when I said I wanted to stay by your side! You've never used protection, not a single time! It's always me doing it! I've tried every method there is, okay?? While you just go to sleep every time it's over!"
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