Love Has a Price

10

Daniel didn't blame me but scolded Helena, saying that it was too dangerous for me to clean up in the kitchen.

Helena glared at me. I understood that look. She would come to me again in the middle of the night to vent her anger.

In order to prevent her from drugging Maya, I consciously went to her room.

I took off my clothes, revealing my back as I lay on the ground.

She picked up the small whip and whipped it.

The pain came to me harder each time I got whipped. I swore inwardly: I must get into the top high school!

The pain should have been refreshing.

But I felt my eyelids particularly heavy that night.

In a daze, I felt a pair of slightly calloused hands stroking my back.

His fingertips were cold when he touched my wound.

Then I was turned over. I saw his pupils were dark and deep, but I couldn't see his face clearly.

It was like a dream.

11

If I went to the top high school in the state, I could live in the dormitory and go home once a week.