"At that time, I will give you a grand wedding, so you won’t envy anyone!"

Back then, although he was poor, he still only ate one bowl of instant noodles a day. The money he saved was used to buy me the best hearing aids.

He held me and said, "Elysa, when I have money in the future, I will get you surgery so you can regain your hearing."

I believed him. And so, I waited year after year.

Elwood became busier and busier and we were always apart more than we were together.

Until later, when he had to negotiate a business deal and go abroad for two years, returning to lead the company to go public, Elwood transformed into a wealthy, powerful CEO worth millions.

I went to find him, asking when he would marry me. But I accidentally discovered that he was attending an engagement ceremony with someone else.

After I caught him, he decided to lay it all bare.

"Elysia, Amara is my equal. She can support me, something you can’t offer."

He raised his glass to toast with the girl in his arms.

He completely forgot the promise he made back then.

Memories flooded back as he tightly grabbed my wrist with a mocking expression on his face.

"I thought you were keeping your virginity for me, but I didn't expect that after not seeing you for a few years, you have become more and more dissolute. You dressed like this, deliberately seducing my friends?"

Tears blurred my vision.

I pushed Elwood away. "I have nothing to do with you, get out of the way!" I subconsciously tried to get my hearing aid back.

But, they tossed it around, mocking me maliciously, calling me "a deaf girl".

"Elwood, you are such a fool. You spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy Amara a branded bag. Why can't you take out some money to heal the ears of this deaf girl?"

Elwood smirked. "What do you know…"

He put a cigarette in his mouth. "She can't hear, that's what makes it exciting."

I looked up in disbelief and the surrounding laughter echoed loudly.

The excitement he mentioned was from last time.

When Elwood returned from abroad, the first thing he did was come to see me.

He coaxed me to sleep, then kissed me repeatedly. I felt his breathing grow heavier, but he wouldn't touch me. He got out of bed, lit a cigarette and called Amara.

"Elwood, you bastard! There's another woman lying next to you, why did you call me here? To keep you company?"

Elwood hugged Amara lovingly. “Amara, you know, I only sleep with you."

The woman in his arms was gradually captured by his kiss and she gradually softened into a puddle of water.

I heard the sound of messy clothes being thrown on the ground.

I heard the panting of man and woman intertwined.

I pretended to be asleep, but tears quietly fell.

I also heard their deep love.

Amara asked him why he didn't want to touch me.

"She's dirty," he replied.

Elwood's tone was so calm, but it was natural.

He was obsessed with my body. But he despised my past experience. Now, he wanted me to be there, so that I could witness his love with Amara in my sleep.

It turned out to be just for excitement.

At this moment, anger made my face look fierce. I rushed up with tears in my eyes, trying to snatch back my hearing aid, “Give it back to me!”

The men in front of me were extremely disgusting. They had nothing better to do and gathered together just to mock me, to snatch the hearing aid from my hand.

Just as I was about to grab it, the man suddenly raised his hand. “Caius, catch!”

With a wicked smile, he threw it to another man.

I chased back and forth between them, just to get back the hearing aid, but was suddenly groped by a short, fat man. “What are you doing!”

I reacted and slapped him madly.

He was so angry that he slapped me hard with his backhand. One slap was not enough, so he slapped me again.

"You bitch, you dare to hit me! Everyone knows that you let men sleep with you six years ago. What's wrong with me touching you? Do you really think you are a chaste woman? A woman like you is blessed to be touched by me!"

Although he was short and fat, he used enough strength. My face was immediately swollen after those two slaps and the burning pain urged my tears to well up.

I was pushed to the ground and the man wanted to rush over to hit me.

"Stop!"

Elwood approached coldly, "What's going on?"

"Brother Chen, this woman dared to hit me when I just touched her. She deserves to be punished!"

Elwood gave him a sharp look and the man immediately shut up.

Elwood approached me expressionlessly and stretched out his hand towards me.

I thought he was finally willing to let me go.

The group of friends also stared at him nervously.

The next second, he stretched out his finger to poke my red and swollen face and suddenly laughed out loud.

"Look at her, doesn't she look like a pig now?

Seeing this, his good-for-nothing friends immediately burst into laughter. Elwood did not have any intention of protecting me, so they bullied me even more relentlessly.

“Elysia, stop pretending to be so pure and innocent. You came to the party dressed like this to seduce us, didn't you? Since you're here, letting us touch you is just giving you some attention.”

I struggled desperately to resist, but they held me down even tighter. “Elwood, don't you often go to nightclubs? Come on, you check her out first.”

The man called Elwood approached with a wicked smile. His hand roamed over my body. Then he pulled out a wad of cash and threw it in my face.

“This is your tip for tonight. Elysia, as long as you keep us company tonight, you'll get more..

Their disgusting laughter clung to me like the slime of poisonous insects. They sneered as they dragged me into a private room.

“Get away from me! I'm not that kind of person! Elwood, let them go, or you'll regret it!"

Elwood sneered. He pulled out a belt from his waist and walked towards me with an ambiguous look in his eyes. "Not that kind of person?"

He patted my face with the cold belt. "Do you think you're so noble? Elysia, wasn't it you who slept with random men six years ago? Do you really think you're some pure little fairy? The things you've done have spread all over the circle. Who doesn't know that Elysia is just a bus that anyone can ride for money!"

They insulted me with the harshest words.

Elwood was tying the belt around my wrists, his head lowered.

I stared at him in despair. “Do you think the same? If it weren't for me back then, you would have swallowed sleeping pills and gone to hell. Would you still have the chance to stand here?”

It was my body that secured the huge investment to save him. He knelt before me in gratitude, promising to marry me for life.

It had only been six years. But was this how he repays me?

Elwood didn't dare to look at me and turned his face away. “Humph, who knows if you originally wanted to seduce other men and deliberately made me take the blame.”

He sneered and turned back. “Do you think you helped me? Elysia, you're overestimating yourself. Even without you, I could have overcome the difficulties and made a comeback six years ago!”

I laughed bitterly. This time, I was completely heartbroken. "So, you are indeed an ungrateful human."

I glared at him fiercely. "I should have watched you die back then. Even if it meant saving a beggar, I would never save you again!"

Elwood grew impatient. "Are you all dead? We agreed to drink, so why is her mouth still so idle?"

His group of friends immediately got excited. "Yeah, stop talking! Guys, get her drunk!"

“They say girls look particularly charming when drunk, so let's see what Elysia looks like when she's drunk today."

They opened a bottle of wine and pried my mouth open to force it down. I instinctively backed away in fear.

"I don't drink! Let go of me!"

Elwood coldly stared at me the whole time.

I struggled desperately, trying to grab onto a lifeline, but only managed to touch Elwood's sleeve.

"Elwood, we've already broken up. I won't bother you, just let them leave me alone! You know I'm... allergic to alcohol..."

But in the next second, Elwood sneered and held my head. “It's just a bottle of alcohol, it won't kill you, why so dramatic!”

With his restraint, the men behind me pried my mouth open and forced the cold liquid in.

My throat burned painfully from the heat and I almost choked to death on the alcohol.

I remembered how Elwood used to know about my alcohol allergy. Even if he drank until he had a stomach bleed, he would never let me touch a drop. But now…

He watched indifferently as they forced me to drink.

I choked violently on the alcohol, my throat filled with the taste of blood.

The liquor spilled onto my hair and I stared at them fiercely. “I am the fiancée of Garrick Sterling, the prince of the Rowan circle. If you dare touch me again... you'll regret it. I'm allergic to alcohol, take me to the hospital!”

They were stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. “Who would have thought, Elysia is not only promiscuous but also a liar, even dragging the prince of the Rowan circle into this!”

"Do you know who the crown prince of the Rowan elite circle is? It's Garrick Sterling!"

"Two-thirds of the industries in Everhart City belong to the Sterling family. Even wealthy heiresses wouldn't dare dream of marrying him, yet you, a penniless nobody, dare to entertain such fantasies?"

None of them believed me.

I wanted to say something, but my whole body started feeling uncomfortable. Small red rashes began appearing on my arm and I felt dizzy.

Amid their mocking laughter, the door to the private room was pushed open. A girl in a red gown stepped in, heels clicking against the floor.

"What's going on here, Elwood? What are you all up to?"

Elwood smiled and reached out to hold her.

"Amara, you're here. This is Elysia. My friends and I were just having drinks with her."

So it was Amara.

She glanced at me in surprise but then smiled warmly, her expression full of grace. "So this is Miss Wren. You must have heard about the things between Elwood and me. I also respect your devotion, but that’s all in the past. Now, Elwood and I are engaged, so please leave him alone."

I raised the corner of my lips and forced out a cold smile. Did she think I was still tangled up with Elwood?

I had already abandoned a worthless man like him long ago.

I endured the discomfort throughout my body, speaking each word clearly, "They were the ones who forcibly dragged me in here. I came to this party to find my fiancé. His name is Garrick. Let me go, or you'll all suffer when he can't find me later."

As soon as my words fell...