Sophia fell in love with Jack, but Jack already had a girlfriend. Sophia grabbed my chin and said, “You have the same alluring eyes as Aunt Linda. Since Aunt Linda could break up relationships, I believe you can do it too, right?” I did as she asked. I seduced Jack’s girlfriend, but she went crazy. In the pouring rain, she knelt and begged me not to leave her. But it was all too late. “Your eyes are really beautiful,” Sophia said, holding my chin and gently stroking my brow bone. “Just like Aunt Linda’s, equally seductive.” “Since Aunt Linda could break up relationships, I believe you can do it too, right?” Sophia’s voice was like a devil’s whisper, trying to drag me into the depths of hell. Sharp nails dug deep into my palm as I struggled to steady my trembling body. I knew Sophia had fallen for Jack. It was love at first sight for her. But Jack already had a girlfriend. Only by removing this “obstacle” could she be with Jack. However, I never thought she would ask me to seduce Jack’s girlfriend and ruin their relationship. Ironically, breaking up couples was what she hated most. I lowered my eyes, avoiding her hand, and tried to suppress the tremor in my voice: “Okay.” This was what I owed her, what my mom owed her.
In the past, I resented my face. Now, I’m somewhat grateful for it. With just this face, I could easily hook Jack’s girlfriend with a simple gesture. I was like a knife, effortlessly wedging between Jack and his girlfriend. I sent a message, asking Sophia to bring Jack. 【We’re here. What trick are you trying to pull?】 Sophia made no effort to hide her impatience. Even though I was following her instructions to seduce Jack’s girlfriend. Sophia appeared in my peripheral vision, arm in arm with another man, smiling sweetly. My eyelashes fluttered as I held the girl in my arms even tighter. This was the scene Jack walked into. His girlfriend in an embrace with another man. He stood frozen, his face pale, the light in his eyes gradually consumed by coldness. I thought he would rush over and punch me, but instead, he shook off Sophia’s hand and strode away. Sophia’s expression turned icy as she quickly approached, pulling me and Jack’s girlfriend apart. The girl was shocked and angry: “Who are you?” Sophia just stared at me, silent, her dark eyes swirling with turbulent emotions. I wiped my lips with the back of my hand and raised an eyebrow at Sophia: “Aren’t you going to chase after him?” How laughable. Wasn’t it you who said I looked seductive and told me to do this? Now that I’ve succeeded, why the black face? Sophia shot me a cold glare before going after Jack. Of course, this was her perfect opportunity to swoop in. Watching her retreating figure, it felt like a piece of my heart had been carved out, leaving me empty.
I explained everything to Jack’s “ex” girlfriend. She slapped me and left angrily. I laughed bitterly. In the end, I was alone again. Left to lick my wounds in the dark night before dragging my battered self back to a house that wasn’t truly mine. I opened the door to pitch darkness. Before I could find the light switch, someone pulled me inside and pinned me against the door. The doorknob dug into my lower back, uncomfortable. I tried to move away but was trapped in a tiny space, unable to budge. I opened my eyes and stopped struggling. For a moment, Sophia’s passion-filled eyes met mine. Once her breathing steadied, she reverted to her previous coldness, pushing me away before returning to her room.
I look a lot like my mom, especially our almond-shaped eyes. It was with those eyes that my mom captivated Sophia’s dad. She was the culprit behind the breakdown of Sophia’s family and the loss of both her parents. And I was considered my mom’s accomplice. After all, if it weren’t for me, Mrs. Sullivan wouldn’t have been overly sympathetic to my mom, who had me as baggage. She wouldn’t have arranged a job for my mom. She wouldn’t have given my mom the opportunity to take advantage. I couldn’t understand. Thanks to Mrs. Sullivan’s help, my mom and I weren’t left homeless. But why did my mom have to be so ungrateful, betraying her kindness and causing two families to fall apart, leaving two children without parents? So, I knew very well that Sophia despised my eyes. Every time our gazes met, I could see the undisguised hatred. I wanted to run, to escape this boundless hatred, but Sophia was all I had left. After my mom’s affair with Sophia’s dad was exposed, ironically, they died together in a car accident, becoming a pair of ill-fated lovers. As for Mrs. Sullivan, her already frail body couldn’t withstand the double blow of betrayal from her best friend and lover. She wanted to hate, but both were already dead. The resentment festered in her heart, and she passed away, leaving Sophia all alone. Sophia’s young shoulders were forced to bear the burden of the Sullivan family business. As for me, I was too ashamed to continue living off the Sullivans. But Sophia found me and brought me back home, demanding that I atone for my mother’s sins. I wasn’t just atoning for my mom, but for myself as well.
In a moment of impulse, I kissed the child of my enemy. For several days after, Sophia didn’t come home. Until today, when she called, asking me to bring an important document from the study to her. Her tone was urgent, telling me to hurry. Walking through the dark, quiet alley, I wondered if I had taken a wrong turn, or if Sophia had given me the wrong address. Suddenly, a group of people swarmed into the maze-like alley. They seemed to be local thugs, each carrying a stick. I clutched the document, pressing myself against the wall, carefully trying to avoid them, afraid of provoking them. But they kicked me to the ground anyway. The document fell from my hands. I crawled on the ground, reaching for it. Sophia said this document was important, it couldn’t be lost. A sharp pain shot through my hand. A dirty shoe was mercilessly crushing my right hand. I cried out in pain. The leader of the thugs laughed, “I heard these hands are quite talented at painting, even won some awards. Wonder if they’ll be able to paint anything after today!” He knew me! “Who are you? Who sent you?” I demanded. He lifted his foot, scraping it hard on the ground as if he had stepped in something dirty. “You messed with Jack. Don’t you know what you did?” Jack? Jack Sullivan? He looked down at me, tapping my face with his stick: “You’ve got some nerve, trying to steal Jack’s girl.” “Don’t you know he’s Big Dragon’s brother?” “You made Jack lose face, so we’re here to beat your face in!” I hadn’t realized Jack had so many ‘little brothers’. “Go at him, boys! Just don’t kill him!” The sticks rained down on me like hailstones, as if trying to bruise every inch of my skin and break every bone in my body. In the chaos, I finally managed to grab the scattered document on the ground. I curled up, trying my best to protect it.
“That’s enough, let’s stop here.” “Jack, you’re too kind.” Just as I was about to pass out from the pain, I thought I heard Jack and Sophia’s voices. I struggled to open my swollen eyelids, and sure enough, I saw them both. I tried to pull out the document from my arms to hand it to Sophia, but I couldn’t muster any strength in my hands. “Jack, someone like him doesn’t deserve sympathy. If he dares to ruin other people’s relationships, he should face the consequences,” Sophia’s voice rang out again. Tears that had been held back suddenly gushed forth. Once upon a time, Sophia had saved me when I was being bullied. She had carefully tended to my wounds and chased away the bullies. She said that as long as she was around, no one could bully me. The gentle breeze on my wounds, taking away all the pain, that feeling was still etched in my heart. But now. She stood there, coldly watching as I was beaten black and blue. Jack looked away: “That’s enough, we don’t want this to turn into manslaughter.” The thug leader approached Jack, bowing slightly: “Don’t worry, Boss Jack, we know our limits!” Sophia glanced at me curled up on the ground, then linked arms with Jack: “Jack, I know you’re soft-hearted. Don’t look anymore. There’s a dessert shop nearby, let’s go check it out.” Blood from my forehead flowed into my eyes, blurring my vision. I could only see two figures gradually moving away until they disappeared. “What are you looking at?” The thug leader spat and kicked me again: “What? Thinking of stealing my boss Jack’s girl again?” “Too bad, she doesn’t give a damn about you.” “This beauty has been chasing Jack for a long time, I heard. They say she’s loaded too, always giving him houses and cars.” “We should thank you, actually. If you hadn’t stolen Jack’s girl, she wouldn’t have been able to swoop in, and we brothers wouldn’t be able to enjoy the good life.” Yeah, thanks to me. I grinned, tears falling uncontrollably in large drops. “Boss, has this guy gone crazy? He’s smiling?” “Who cares, just go easy on him. We’ll beat him for a bit more and then leave.” Sporadic blows began to fall on my body again. “Stop!” Vaguely, I thought I heard police sirens. In an instant, those thugs scattered like startled fish and birds. “Are you okay?” My eyelids felt like they were glued shut with superglue. I couldn’t open my eyes, but I knew my savior was a girl. The only thing I could be certain of was that this person definitely wasn’t Sophia. After all, Sophia was accompanying her new love, eating desserts at a nearby shop. 【Paywall】
The strong smell of disinfectant surrounded me as I slowly opened my eyes. What greeted me was the distinctive white of a hospital room, and an unfamiliar girl. She leaned in, her face full of joy: “Sir, you’re finally awake!” “I… Ouch!” I tried to sit up, but a wave of intense pain washed over me. “Careful!” She quickly helped me sit up, placing a pillow behind my back, then scolded me fiercely: “Take it easy! Don’t you know your own condition?” “The doctor said you have multiple soft tissue contusions and a mild concussion. You need to stay in the hospital for a few days for observation.” I forced an ugly smile: “Thank you.” “You really should thank me. If I hadn’t happened to pass by, you might have been beaten to death without anyone knowing.” She handed me a bowl of porridge: “Here, you must be hungry? The doctor said you have a gastric hemorrhage from the beating, so you can only have porridge. I ordered this takeout, it’s still hot.” I tried to raise my hand to take it, but the movement pulled at my wounds, making me groan. Her expression twisted slightly, but then she sighed: “Alright, I’ll feed you.” “Thank you.” “By the way, I’m Emily.” I swallowed the warm meat porridge: “I’m Tyler.” Emily blew on the spoonful of porridge, casually saying: “Later, give me your family’s phone number, I’ll contact them for you.” I lowered my eyes: “I don’t have any family.” She paused, then said apologetically: “I’m sorry, I didn’t know. Then give me your friend’s number, I’ll call them.” Friends? Sophia didn’t allow me to have friends. She had cut off all my social connections, forcing me to live in the cage she provided. “I don’t have any friends either.” I struggled to speak, really afraid that Emily would think I was intentionally trying to cling to her. Emily looked surprised: “Not even one?” I silently swallowed the porridge in my mouth. Emily sighed: “Then I guess I’ll have to take care of you for the next few days.” “Thank you.” I thanked her once again. In the short time I had spent with Emily, I didn’t know how many times I had said “thank you”. Emily patiently fed me the whole bowl of porridge. As she was cleaning up, she suddenly handed me a stack of blood-stained papers. “When I rescued you, I found you desperately protecting these papers with your body, so I brought them along.” The originally white papers now had several black footprints and indelible bloodstains. It completely stung my eyes. What important document? What time constraint? It was just a trap set by Sophia to win Jack’s favor. As long as this fool believed it and fell for it. I looked away: “It’s just waste paper. Please throw it away for me.”
During my hospital stay, Emily often came to keep me company and chat when she had free time. As we spent more time together and talked more, we became closer. One day, Emily stared at my face, looking puzzled. “You’re not ugly, you could even be considered quite handsome. Why don’t you have any friends? Are you pulling my leg?” I glanced at the phone on the bedside table. It was fully charged. For the past few days, I had been hoping it would receive a call, or even just a text message. Unfortunately, there was nothing. Sophia had cruelly cut off all my social connections, trapping me in the cage she had woven. I humbly begged for a shred of her mercy, only to be carelessly discarded. Perhaps what trapped me wasn’t just her cage, but also a “circle” I had drawn around myself. I should step out of it now. I forced a smile that looked worse than crying: “Emily, would you like to be my first friend?” Emily was stunned for a moment, then came over and pinched my cheeks: “Friend, your smile is so ugly!”
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