Chapter 14 You Said I Should Freeze-So I Did
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"What now? Got nothing to say after I caught you cheating?"
Scarlett scrambled to explain, panic on her face. "Ethan, it's not what you think. Please, just let me explain!"
"Explain? Yeah right, you always have an excuse!" Ethan yanked her into the room roughly, dragging her inside and tugging at her clothes.
"Ethan, stop! Can you just listen for one second?"
"Stop? Ha... so it's okay for him to touch you, but when it's me, it's suddenly off-limits?" His eyes were bloodshot with rage.
"Scarlett, I'll show you today who your husband really is, and who's got the right to touch you."
"You really are shameless, huh? Even if you can't see, you still can't control yourself."
"No, please don't-"
Ethan lost it. He tore off her clothes like a madman, taking out all his anger on her again and again...
No one knew how much time passed, or how many times she blacked out. When Scarlett finally came to, it was pitch dark outside.
She clearly heard Ethan's voice, cold and cruel. "Marry, burn everything in this room-clothes, sheets, curtains, everything. I don't want her to have a single thread left!"
"A woman like her doesn't deserve clothes. Maybe this'll stop her from seducing other men!"
"But sir, it's freezing outside... Madam might not survive the cold..." Marry said, clearly distressed.
"Let her freeze. Better off dead!" Ethan stormed out without looking back.
"I'm sorry, ma'am... I'm just following his orders," Marry apologized as she gathered up all the clothes.
"The heater's still on. If you're cold, just turn it up. Once he calms down, everything will go back to normal."
Not long after, Harper walked into the house with zero shame and said casually, "Mr. Johnson asked me to grab a file from his study. He needs it for a meeting tomorrow."
"Sure, Miss Harper, I'll take you there."
The two searched the study but came up empty. Harper then said, "Marry, you keep looking. I'll check his bedroom."
"Alright."
But instead of heading to Ethan's room, Harper went straight to Scarlett's door and cut the power.
"Miss Harper, is this the document you were talking about?" Marry called out from behind.
Startled, Harper turned around quickly and forced a calm smile. "Yes, that's the one. I'll get going then."
"I'll walk you out." Marry noticed she was near Scarlett's room but chose not to ask questions.
The room was pitch dark. After the power went out, the temperature plummeted.
Scarlett lay completely naked on the freezing floor, motionless.
If not for the slight tremble of her eyelashes now and then, she could've been mistaken for a corpse.
"A woman like her doesn't deserve clothes!"
"She deserves to freeze to death!"
Those cruel words kept echoing in her head.
He really wanted her dead. He had the heat turned off in sub-zero weather-he meant every word.
The chill biting into her skin couldn't even compare to the deep freeze inside her heart. A single tear rolled from her eye as she slowly closed them.
If he wanted her dead that badly, maybe there was no point in holding on anymore.
The next morning, Ethan hadn't even gotten out of bed when his phone rang.
"Sir... something's happened... I-I think Madam's dead..." Marry sobbed uncontrollably, her voice shaking with panic.
"What?! What the hell are you talking about? What happened to her?" Ethan roared.
"I think... she froze to death..."
"I didn't do anything, I promise... She's not dead because of me... I have no idea why the power went out in her room... I swear I don't know..."
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