Be Your Lover Forever (Alicia)

In just a few sentences, Kim Mi-chi explained everything and solved his

confusion. She was an orphan, and she had no one to rely on. She had no choice but to do what she did. Second, she was not shameless. She wanted to die, but she couldn't die now. She was looking for her parents to abandon her. Because she hadn't fulfilled her wish, she had to endure when she was bullied.

From her words and behavior, she looked like a young girl who had been tortured, struggling with desperation. In short, she was helpless!

In an instant, Elijah didn't know what to say.

There were many people in the world who had nothing to eat or warm clothes to wear and lived miserable lives. Many people did all that they could to survive. What's more, what she did was common in her circle.

Elijah knew this all too well. Take the simplest example, for his employees, setting aside basic salary, their annual bonus was 20% of their performance. In other words, after deducting the company's share, a gain of one million dollars would result in a 200,000 dollar bonus. If they got more than 10 million dollars, they would get two million dollars as their annual bonus.

He remembered clearly that one year, a beautiful young female student who had just graduated from college earned more than one million dollars. Her achievements were nothing short of a miracle. She might not have enough to buy a house in a year, but she got an Audi and brought a Hermes handbag to work. She did not have a good reputation. He heard rumors that her sales were from sleeping with different men. Her manager even gave her Cartier earrings for her birthday. She was not a decent person even from her schooling years. All kinds of men hooked up with her, and she finished university by sleeping her way through!

But as a boss, these were nothing to him. As long as she did not break the company's rules and gave him profit, she was an excellent employee! Why would he need excellent students who could not close sales anyway?

He didn't know what had happened to that employee later, but he still

remembered her achievements. She enjoyed herself for sure!

After knowing all this, was it wrong for her to choose this path?

Elijah didn't dare to say anything and was no longer sure.

This world was cruel. In fact, many people who could survive were thick-skinned and had no self-esteem.

But because of her face, Elijah felt trapped.

Before he could find his voice, Kim Mi-chi began to speak again.

"Back then, I accompanied my friends to an audition. I was the sidekick but was chosen instead. Initially, I didn't want to enter this field, but suddenly, this opportunity fell from the sky. I thought... As long as I work hard, I no longer have to worry about anything in the future. One day, I would stand on the stage. Even if I am not famous, at least I wouldn't starve to death. Even if I had a chance, I could let everyone in the world see me. Maybe it would be easier for them to find me than for me to find them, like a needle in a haystack. So, I, who didn't know anything, signed a twenty-year contract!"

As if she was recalling the past, Kim Mi-chi smiled faintly as though she was laughing at her foolish past self. After a pause, she continued,

"Dreams are always very beautiful! But at that time, I really didn't know much about the world. I didn't know anything. I did whatever others arranged for me... I tried my best and I believed that I would reap the benefits from my sufferings. So, even if I couldn't eat and feel tired, even if I was injured, I still endured the pain and trained. The manager said that he would take us out to get to know the big shots in the lower circle. We were also very happy to be chosen and dressed up! But that night, we were sent to different private rooms in different restaurants to be given to different men, more than a dozen men!"

Kim Mi-chi closed her eyes, but Elijah's eyes were wide open again. He couldn't believe what he had just heard.

The next second, it was even more shocking.

"In the private room of the restaurant, where there is not even a bed, none of us were spared. We were all drugged, and we didn't even know who was with us that night. How many men were there? When we woke up, someone showed us a video, and said that we could only be free after this. It was nothing more than a hazing process. That was when we understood. Without dignity, we could be rich!"

"We all wailed and cried. Some wanted to kill themselves but that person didn't stop us! He said to do as we wished. With the video in hand, if something happened, they would make it as though we were the ones who didn't know how to behave ourselves. We committed suicide from being ashamed. They would still ask for compensation from our relatives. There were those who risk everything and sued them, but nothing came out of it... That was when we realized that the people backing this were very powerful. And we, the so-called future stars, were just tools for them to make money and toys for them to have sex with. The glitz and glamor was just to deceive ourselves and the audience! There were indeed many famous stars who came out of that. They entered to world stage and became very successful. But the past remained the past, no one dared to dig deeper into it, let alone mention it! We all compromised at the end. The only thing that comforted us was everyone went through what we did. As long as we survived, it would be alright! So, isn't it ridiculous? In the end, everyone can accept all this indifferently!"

Kim Mi-chi smiled faintly. She rubbed her arm and Elijah could see it clearly.

"So, there are people around me who made great achievements, some who became mentally ill. Some sacrificed their entire fortune in order to escape unscathed but became so poor that they needed help. Some just committed suicide and disappeared from this world... As for me, maybe I was not afraid, or I have suffered so much that I could

not give up at this point. When I can't bear it, I will scar myself. It no longer hurts. I just cannot quit this industry, not like this!"

She gritted her teeth. Kim Mi-chi's words were not all lies. Hence, when she spoke

these words, Elijah felt her emotions. He was also shocked and did not say

anything for a long time.

"What did I do wrong?"

"I don't know..."

"Why?"

"I really don't know. I also want to know!"

He thought that she was talking to him, but only found out that she was muttering to herself. She was like Gracie when she was about to die, asking him why. It was also at the very last moment that he realized how much Gracie cared about her family background. She was not as calm and fearless as she appeared to be. Sometimes, it was not that she didn't care, but that she just ignored it.

That was why he could still vaguely remember how Gracie took her dying breath. Just like she was now, she was filled with unwillingness, helplessness, and despair. He didn't know if all orphans hoped to meet their birth parents, or if they were all unwilling to accept fate. Gracie was the same. He didn't even know. He only felt that she was optimistic and positive. No matter how bad her fate was, even if she was still plagued with illness in the end, she was still happy. But in the end, he understood that she was just as unwilling. Perhaps she became depressed and resentful, so her illness worsened. In the end, the medicine didn't work at all.

When she was dying, she once asked him if he cared about her family background. Did he truly cared about her, did he want a future with her? Even if she had the courage to take the initiative and give herself to him, would he still reject her?

At that time, he firmly said, "No."

In fact, he was just a man. He also wanted a fairytale love story. At first, he didn't want it because of this dream. In the end, he couldn't want it because of her body. But if she asked him the same question today, he might not be as resolute as he used to be.

In fact, in his mind, he began to mind

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the woman's family background. On one hand, he felt that he had a choice. On the other hand, he understood the influence and. upbringing of different family backgrounds. Like him and Lauren,

like Carolien. Of course, he would only care about it. It was not a key factor. The most important thing was that the two loved each other and their personalities.

Therefore, even if he had a crush on Carolien, he had hesitated!

His mind was in a mess. At this moment, she said. "You won't hate my kidney

because of this, do you?"

"Did you dislike me because of my illness? Cancer is not infectious..." Elijah was stunned. However, he heard Kim Mi-chi murmuring, "Actually, I asked you out today mainly because I want to tell you about this. I have a regular physical examination and have no problems with my body. I know what I'm capable of and I don't intend to hold you against this. It's just that people are like this. If they are given a little bit of sunlight, they will be bright. If they stayed in the dark, they would dream even in the day."

His thoughts were pulled back in an instant. Only then did he think of something. Elijah replied, "How could this be? What are you thinking about?"noveldrama

In a trance, he looked at the familiar face in front of him. He felt that she was the

same as that person back then. She was a kind yet unfortunate person! If there was one thing about men, it was easy for them to be befuddled when they are filled with sympathy.

"Do you want to leave this kind of life?"