ManyWriters

I was a purveyor of erotic goods, walking the tightrope of legality, supplying adult toys to overseas scam operations.
One day when the delivery guy called in sick, I personally made the drop-off. I woke up in a basement, trapped in a metal cage meant for poultry.
Thankfully, I had shared my real-time location with my boyfriend of many years before setting out.
My boyfriend came to save me, but I watched in horror as Granger tortured him and his team to death right before my eyes.
With his dying breath, my boyfriend whispered: "Run."
I swallowed my pride and became Granger's obedient lapdog in a remote bamboo village deep in the rainforest.
After my carefully plotted revenge failed a year later, I decided to end my life on December 28th. But on that very day, I met her.

I Was Atoning For My Boyfriend's Death When I Met Her

A thunderous explosion suddenly erupted nearby.


In an instant, a blinding flash of light engulfed us. I felt a sharp pain as someone violently shoved me out the window, and I completely lost consciousness.


When I came to, I found myself alone in an eerie cave, with a roaring campfire blazing before me.


Outside the cave, rain pattered down relentlessly, streaming off the cave's eaves onto the vegetation at its entrance, forming a natural curtain.


Fighting through the stinging pain all over my body, I struggled to my feet. The distant sound of gunfire left me bewildered.


What the hell happened? How am I still alive after that explosion?


Where's Scarlett? Where's mother-in-law? Is Granger really dead? A whirlwind of questions clouded my mind, leaving me increasingly agitated.


With no other choice, I could only wait in the cave, waiting and waiting...


Gradually, the gunfire subsided, and Scarlett finally returned.


I rushed forward anxiously, grabbing her arms.


Chapter 12