Be Your Lover Forever (Alicia)

"This is the tea house of the temple, so there is only simple food..."

In an instant, he seemed to have come to his senses. Elijah stood up, wanting to

take the teapot. "Let me do it!"

Lowering his head, he caught a bruise that was faintly visible on Kim Mi-chi's

wrist. Before he could withdraw his eyes, he was shocked again. He grabbed her

wrist.

"What's wrong? Are you hurt?"

The next second, Kim Mi-chi withdrew her hand. She rubbed her arm, then pulled

her sleeves down. "No!"

At this moment, there was no need to doubt that something was wrong. Taking a

step back, Elijah pulled her arm. As expected, when he pulled up her sleeve, he

saw that her arm was covered with round spots, some deep and some shallow.

There were scars of various sizes. It was as if she had been scalded. It was truly

a bit too horrible to look at.

His eyes widened yet again. Elijah looked at her once again filled with disbelief.

"Why were there so many scars on her arm?

Unknowingly, his mind was filled with all sorts of scenes of her being abused.

Elijah was already disturbed by the scene from the nightclub.

At this moment, from the bottom of his heart, he felt that she was miserable!

However, in the past, he did not remember that she had so many scars on her

arms!

Although Dragons Gang faced all kinds of dangerous situations before, Elijah was

still born with a golden spoon. Even though he had seen the worst of society, the

scene at East Banpool remained as the cruelest and most indescribable thing he

had ever seen in his life. It was different seeing it for himself.

He thought that he was cold-blooded, but he didn't know whether it was because

of her face or because it was too indescribable. It had already developed into a

nightmare for him. It could be imagined how terrible the situation was at that time.

Doubt, confusion, sympathy, and mixed emotions that were hard to describe

flooded Elijah, making him feel suffocated. The one thing he couldn't accept was

the woman who was caught in this matter seemed calmer and more at ease than

him.

All in all, he was not used to being caught off guard.

Before Elijah could find his own thoughts and voice, Kim Mi-chi explained.

"They are old wounds. I burn them myself! I smoke, though not often. When I can't

stand it, I will burn my arm. I got used to it but didn't expect that there would be so

many scars!"

Her lips twitched bitterly, and her voice was still calm.

"In the past, I was afraid of being seen and questioned. I covered them with

special effects concealer used for filming. It does not come off easily even in

water! Anyway, you know it, so I didn't..."

Her explanations erased all the doubts in Elijah's heart. A trace of bitterness

flashed across her face. What Kim Mi-chi said were not all lies. There were indeed

a few burn scars on her arm in the past, but most had already faded. The new

scars were the ones she just did to herself.

Elijah could already guess what she

had gone through. This was

something that he had never

thought of before, especially the way

she spoke, dressed and moved

resembled Gracie. The smile on her

face made it seem as if she didn't

care about anything, as if she was

strong and optimistic, but her eyes

revealed a sense of inferiority from

the depths of her bones, as if she

was weak and pitiful.

A unique fragrance wafted through the air. Elijah sat on a chair by the side in a

dispirited manner. He pursed his lips and did not reply.

After pouring tea for the two of them, she slowly sat back down.

He took a sip of tea. It was as if a century had passed before he asked, "Why?"

"Why did she do that? Why did she humiliate herself?

He couldn't figure it out, but her face was the source of all his affection in the past.

All the care and sympathy that he could give was for a woman called Gracie

Stone.

It had been more than eight years since Gracie's death and there was never

another woman who made him stop at his feet. Even he felt that he was cold and

would not have feelings for anyone.

But in the past two years, everything seemed to have changed all of a sudden.

For some reason, he was interested in women. Suddenly, he began caring about

someone. However, at this moment, all he felt was heart-wrenching pain!

Kim Mi-chi smiled, picked up her cup, then put it down. "I thought you would never

know. I thought I could stay in this dream for the rest of my life!"

Kim Mi-chi was very good at seducing men. Her words were meaningful without

being obvious.

Elijah stayed silent for a while, but he heard whimpering, he raised his head and

saw Kim Mi-chi still had a bitter smile.

"You must think that I'm dirty and cheap. How can I still come out and meet

people? If I were an ordinary woman, I would have jumped off the building, right?"

"It's not that!"

He was too eager to deny it, which showed that he subconsciously rejected it: He

didn't need a woman to be loyal to only one man forever, but he looked down on

women who were like prostitutes.

That included Carolien. Although he had to admit that he was not a good guy and

coveted women's beauty, he really hated those who used their bodies to get what

they wanted, regardless of men or women.

But slowly, he saw that Carolien was

different. She had no other choice

because of her life, but she kept her

principles and bottom line. It was

also because of this that he enoveldrama

changed his mind about herand

even began to look at her from a

different perspective. This was the

biggest difference between them.

They had been together for such a long time, and Carolien was not wealthy but

she had never asked him for anything. Even for Alistair's hospital bills last time, he

only paid a small sum since the rest was paid by her.

As far as Elijah knew, Kim Mi-chi's conditions were much better than hers. She

shouldn't have fallen that far.

"I don't have the face to live in the

world, but I can't die! If I die now, I

don't even know where I would end

up. I don't know why I end up like

this. I don't want to give up! I don't

want to do this either, but I can't.

Once I started, I couldn't get out!"