However, as much as she dreaded it, Ben's key fit perfectly into the padlock, and the doorknob turned.
Ben could feel the resistance as soon as he pushed the door.
He burst into a sinister laugh. "I knew it—you've been hiding in here all along, Gwen!"
Gwen placed her entire weight against the door, trying to stop Ben from coming in, but it was no use.
The discrepancy between a man's and a woman's strength was already striking enough, not to mention the fact that Gwen was petite, whereas Ben was tall and muscular.
She was no match for him at all!
Although Ben did not manage to open the door initially, bit by bit, he was still able to inch it slowly open.
"Gwen!" finally, he caught sight of Gwen's face from the crack in the door. A glimmer of malice flashed through his eyes as his lips split open in a gleeful grin. "I knew I'd find you! Have you been hiding here all along? Have you been eavesdropping on me the last time I was here with that woman?
"Is it exciting to eavesdrop on your ex-husband doing it with another woman? Is this the kind of thrill you've been seeking?" Ben's eyes were filled with lustful malice.
Gwen's body was still pressed against the door as she snapped, "You're an animal, Ben Zeller! Bastard!"
"Why are you surprised?" Ben cackled. "This isn't even the worst side of me—I'll show you who's boss!
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