In the following days, Stanley was almost always by my side. I knew he wanted to keep an eye on me.

But all I wanted to do was to leave. Especially at night, when I went to sleep, I could see Xenia’s eyes staring at me, looking extremely terrifying. For me, these days were like a nightmare. Every time, I felt fear and dread.

Finally, since I made no moves for the past few days, Stanley relaxed a little.

“Selene, I’m going out for a while, you stay at home and wait for me!” Stanley said as he looked at me.

Hearing his words, I behaved extra obediently and quickly replied, “Stanley, you'd better go now!” Don’t worry, I’ll definitely wait for you at home!”

My words made Stanley finally feel at ease and he hurriedly left after that.

But as I watched his back while leaving, my heart was already panicking. Because when Stanley left, I even saw Xenia make a turn and smile at me. That smile looked especially sinister, which made me feel even more scared.

I pretended not to see her smile, but kept smiling as I watched Stanley leave, even obediently waving my hand at him.

Seeing my action, Stanley relaxed again and then hurried away.

The moment he left, I immediately packed everything and rushed back to my hometown as fast as possible.

Stanley didn’t know that my grandmother used to be the most famous convent keeper in our place. Since I was little, I followed her and naturally learned some skills.

And this time, I had to leave quickly. As long as I returned to my hometown, I would be safe.

I got into a car, quickly booked a plane ticket and called my cousin in the village, hoping he would pick me up at the airport.

My cousin didn’t waste words and agreed right away.

Along the way, I was extremely nervous, afraid Stanley would notice something was wrong.

Not until the taxi dropped me at the airport did I finally relax. I knew that now, I was truly safe.

After a quick check-in, I gradually relaxed while waiting.

The moment the broadcast announced boarding, I hurriedly carried my luggage and got on the plane.

After landing, I saw my cousin wave at me and at that moment, I was finally at ease.

“Selene, what happened? Why did you suddenly come back?” My cousin looked at me and asked.

“Brian, I need your protection!” I gave him a look as I said that.

After my parents died, the only one who truly cared about me was him. So I was sure he would protect me.

Hearing my words, Brian was instantly surprised, then quickly asked, “What happened?”

“Stanley wants to kill me!”

I looked at Brian and said, “If he takes me away, I will definitely be killed by him!”

Upon hearing that, he immediately spoke, “Selene, don’t worry. No matter who it is, it’s impossible for anyone to take you away from this village!”

His promise finally made me feel at ease.

After returning to the village, Brian sent me back to the old house.

Since my parents’ death, I hadn’t been back for a long time, but now, the place was still clean as new.

Brian told me that every once in a while, he came to clean it up, so my house stayed so neat.

He told me to rest well and assured me that everyone in the village was our own people, so there was nothing to worry about.

Since our village was remote and there were no outsiders, if anyone entered, people would definitely know. When I heard this, I felt relieved.

These past few days, even when I slept, I had to guard against Stanley and Xenia. I did not know how they were going to harm me. So, I had never slept well at all and I was too tired.

Half-asleep, my phone suddenly rang urgently. When I grabbed it and saw the screen, my expression instantly changed.

I immediately tensed up when I saw his phone number, but soon after, I gradually relaxed.

Now that I was back in my hometown, I did not need to be afraid of Stanley anymore.

“Selene, where are you?”

The moment I answered, Stanley’s voice came from the phone.

Right now, he sounded especially anxious, even a bit furious, as he said, “Where did you run off to? Didn’t I tell you to wait for me at home?”

As I listened to him, a faint smile appeared on my face and I said, “Stanley, I already told you, I want a divorce!”

“Selene, what nonsense are you saying? Didn’t I already say we’re not divorcing and you agreed?” On the other end, Stanley’s voice was anxious and even gloomy.

I replied coldly, “Stanley, I’m not crazy!  chose to divorce you. I’ll have a lawyer handle this!”

“Also, I will leave with nothing. I won’t fight you for the property!” After saying this, I was ready to hang up.

But on the other end, Stanley refused to give in. He even roared almost crazily, “Selene, tell me where you are!”

“You... come back right now!”

I ignored him and hung up the call, then directly blocked his number.

At the same time, I called a lawyer I knew. I told him he could now send the divorce agreement I had commissioned to Stanley. I also entrusted him fully to handle the matter.

The lawyer quickly replied, "I'll carry out everything according to what we had discussed."

After completing all this, I finally let out a genuine sigh of relief. Then, I got up and hurried to the village’s convent hall.

That was the place where my grandmother used to stay. After her death, I had not come here for a long time.

Inside the hall, I found her old prayer beads and some other belongings.

After carefully keeping them, I finally felt truly at ease. If Stanley brought Xenia here, I no longer needed to fear them.

When I went back home, I continued sleeping. Without those annoying calls, I slept unusually soundly.

Early the next morning, when I woke up, my cousin brought me food and told me Stanley had called him to ask if I had come back.

“Brian, how did you answer?” I asked curiously.

Hearing that, I nodded and did not dwell on it anymore. Besides, as long as I was in the village, I was safe.

Ever since I graduated from university, I have not lived in my hometown for a long time. Now that I had returned, I felt especially at ease.

However, I did not expect that a few days later, the lawyer called me and told me that Stanley refused to divorce and even demanded that I had to return home before I could divorce him.

“Then let’s just drag it out!” I said, after listening to what the lawyer said.

I knew Stanley was so anxious because of Xenia.

From the moment I saw her, I knew she could not stay long inside the cross pendant. And now, the fact that he was in such a hurry to find me made me understand his purpose.

He wanted Xenia to be me.

Just thinking of this possibility made my expression particularly ugly because I knew exactly what he would do.

Since that was the case, then… I would ignore him.

When the time came, Xenia would completely vanish and I knew at this moment, he must already be anxious.

And indeed, just as I thought, a few days later, my cousin hurriedly knocked on my door. He told me that Stanley had brought people to my house and he brought quite a few people, even some bodyguards, because he wanted to forcibly take me away.

“Where are they?” I asked with a trace of worry on my face.

But Brian waved his hand and said, “They were stopped at the entrance of the village!”

Our village was made up of people with the same surname and almost everyone was related. After Brian said that Stanley intended to harm me, the men and women, young and old, in the village could not possibly let them in.

Brian said again, "I've called the police."

After I heard this, I finally let out a sigh of relief. As long as he did not come in, then it was fine.

At that moment, I quickly took out the prayer beads that grandma had worn before. These were the prayer beads grandma had worn in her lifetime and she had once said that these beads could ward off evil. As long as I wore the beads, Xenia could not possibly harm me.

After I held the beads, I finally let out a thorough sigh of relief. Then, I walked out of the house.

When I walked out, I saw Brian and many villagers standing at the entrance and when they saw me coming, a group of people directly blocked me.

“Selene, don’t worry, with us here, no one can take you away!” several village elders said.

Hearing this, I could not help but reveal a trace of relief.

Turning my head to look at Stanley, I found that his gaze was fixed tightly on me.

“Selene, what are you doing? Just because of a small matter, you make such a fuss with me and even run away from home?”

He looked at me and scolded loudly, “Today, I just want to take you back!”

“Selene, what’s going on?” The village chief walked up to me and asked.

Before I had time to speak, Stanley quickly spoke, “You’re the village chief, right?”

“I am Selene’s husband. I quarreled with Selene a little and she wants a divorce! I just want to take her back!”

Hearing Stanley’s words, the village chief immediately turned his head and looked at me, saying, “Selene, if it’s just a quarrel, then you should go back with him.”

The village chief’s words instantly changed my expression.