"Because we are friends, I have to tell you. It is my responsibility to take care of you for Edie. You are her best friends. You are also the best friend of Joanna."
"Thank you so much. But I believe I can handle my own personal life myself."
"Okay. But donāt wait out a bad patch. Donāt force me to ask to take a rest."
"I would not. Thank you so much for sharing these for me. Donāt you feel tired now?" Finally, Scarlet asked him curiously.
Hearing her question, Donald raised his eyes and asked, "Why do you think I would feel tired?"
"You donāt really take Joanna as Edie, do you? Itās been such a long time since youāve met Edie last time. You all lived in A. Donāt you want to visit her?"
Hearing these words, Donald smiled slightly, "I never take Joanna as Edie, Joanna just got sick. I donāt mind stopping visiting Edie. Besides, if I go to visit her, she might also get in trouble. I donāt dare to say I donāt have any feelings for her now. But now she is no longer the most important woman for me. Iāve owed Joanna a lot. I should focus on taking care of her now. I would go wherever she goes. So I donāt have enough time to visit Edie. So. That is it. I think it is fine. This is good for everyone."
"I see. Thatās great, such a peaceful and quiet life. I love that. Mr. Lynch, donāt forget to be happy."
"I am so happy. But what about you? Donāt miss him again. Heās done a lot for you. Arenāt those enough to make up for you?"
"Yes, they are enough. It is my own problem."
Scarlet said in a depressed voice. Her eyes looked painful for a moment. But she recovered to normal immediately.
"Stop talking about this. I have a lot of work to do. Goodbye."
"Okay. Letās have dinner tonight. Joanna wanted me to ask you to come. She wonāt cook if you donāt come."
"Wow. Indeed, my beauty is of great use." Scarlet laughed out.
The more happily she laughed, the more she looked like a rose with thorns.
Fresh and beautiful but dangerous.
In the evening, she went to the flat with Donald. Joanna cooked lots of dishes. They also opened several bottles of wine.
After dinner, Joanna called the taxi for Scarlet. She asked Scarlet to be careful and call her when returning back h0ome.
Scarlet didnāt expect that she drank a lot tonight. After drinking several glasses of red wine, she felt so dizzy. It was Donald that held her into the car.
In the middle, on her way home, the car broke down.
The car didnāt move, no matter how the driver did. It needed repair.
After the car was dragged away, the driver wanted to call a taxi for Scarlet, but Scarlet stopped him. She was one district from home. She could walk home in ten minutes.
She wanted to walk home. She wanted to feel the cold wind. She wanted to get sober.
The driver didnāt stop her. He finally let her go.
The road she walked was isolated and silent.
Seldom people were walking on the street now. She felt a little lonely.
She walked step by step and tumbled sometimes. She thought she might learn to drink more these days. She got drunk so quickly tonight.
She didnāt know a man was following her behind. The danger was approaching her.
A man wrapped by black shadow,
This was an alley between two tall buildings. It was narrow. And it was not equipped with any road lamps.
Under the shadow of the tall buildings, the alley was dark.
When Scarlet passed through the entrance of the alley, unexpectedly, a man accelerated his step and covered her mouth, dragging her into the alley.
Scarlet never expected that someone would kidnap her tonight. She kept struggling in astonishment.
Sheās in a panic that she got sober immediately. But what really frightened her was that she felt too weak to fight back. She had no choice but to be dragged by the man.
Soon, she was dragged into the alley.
She wanted to scream out. But the man immediately covered her mouth with a piece of cloth.
"Uh...."
Scarlet kept struggling. But it didnāt help at all. Scarlet wanted to slap the man. But she was too weak to raise her hand. Was she drugged?
Did the man drug her when he covered her mouth?
She was so shocked. She tried harder to fight back, but she couldnāt hit the man at all.
The man was so strong. He wore a black coat, with a hat. Besides, he wore a black mask.
He directly tore her clothes apart and prepared to assault her,
The manās hands were coarse. She couldnāt help herself trembling.
She recalled all those experiences in that year.
Coarse hands..
Disgusting smell.
The man was pressing on her body.
No...
She didnāt want to experience that again.
She kept struggling. Tears kept rolling in her eyes. She was trying to beg the man.
But...the man didnāt stop.
In seconds....
Her clothes were torn apart. Most parts of her body were exposed. She kept trembling.
But she didnāt know whether it was because she was frightened or cold.
Her heart gradually fell into hell.
She was in despair.
She was drowning in the ocean of desperation.
She closed her eyes slowly, accepting this desperately.
Maybe, this was her fate.
Maybe this was her fate.
As she thought the man was about to get into her body, she suddenly hears his crying. Then he fell down on her body. Scarlet immediately opened her eyes. She saw a man in the darkness.
He looked so familiar.
It was him.
She looked at him in shock. Tears fell down from her eyes.
Jason was so angry. He kept wandering around Scarletās house these days. But he didnāt see her just now. Therefore, he wandered here to look for her. He didnāt expect such a thing. The man wanted to assault her.
Bastard. He couldnāt imagine what happened if he was one second late..
Jason squinted hard and punched on that man frequently. He punched him so hard that the man didnāt know how to fight back.
The man immediately struggled to stand up and escape away.
Jason didnāt chase after him. He returned back to Scarlet. He had adapted his eyes to the darkness. He saw everything.
Her clothes were torn apart.
A piece of cloth stuffed her mouth. Her eyes turned red, staring at him.
Her eyes were filled with tears.
She seldom cried before.
She always laughed. But at the moment, she was staring at him with eyes filled with tears.
Jason really wanted to shout at himself.
He immediately took off his coat and put the coat on the woman in front of him. It was until this moment that he realized how weak this girl was.
He moved the stuff in her mouth and picked up her body. Then he walked out of the darkness.
When they walked to the spot under the road lamp, Scarlet finally saw Jasonās appearance.
It has been half a year since she saw him last time. He looked matured and stable.
At the moment, he looked so worried about her. It was the best look sheās ever seen on him.