In a toxic marriage, Lora tries to endure all of the pain and agony she suffers from Bill, her husband, as he keeps harassing her sexually, day after day. Bill is an arrogant jerk who never considers anyone's feelings before hurting them. He was cruel and quick to anger that anytime anyone gets on his nerves, he descends on his wife Lora, and rapes her. Most of the time, her housekeeper Isha consoles her and tells her everything would turn out for the better someday. A few days after Lora recovers from a fatal sickness, she resumes work only to meet changes at the supermarket. Gradually Lora falls in love with Austin. Bill soon discovers that Austin has taken his wife, and he promises to make life a living hell for him until Blair comes into the picture. Will Bill be able to make Lora fall in love with him again? Who is Blair? Who will Lora choose, Bill or Austin? Is it best to remain in a toxic relationship/marriage or just sign a divorce and leave? find out in this book that teaches a whole lot of lessons.
(Her hell life)
ONE
Erskineville, Australia.
It was 8:30 pm on a Saturday, and the street was deserted with very dim streetlights which seemed to view no one's shadow if people were there but everyone had earlier gone to bed. You could hear sparrows and crickets chirping and a cool breeze circulating the city, that's to feel how lonely the street was, but yet the night was still young.
Bill's mansion stood here in the street. The house was in an elevated position, overlooking the town. It had seven large rooms in it and in one of the rooms, Lora stood, staring out of the window as different thoughts ran through her mind. She was an average lady in a pink mini nightie which didn't cover the cleavage of her breasts entirely. Her glossy dark hair was scarcely scattered all over her pretty weary face. Her lips were rosy and perfect for kissing, and her eyes... any other dude, excluding Bill, would stiffen just staring into those ocean eyes she's got.
The room she stood in was large enough to accommodate several people and the colorful lights, allotted beauty to it that anyone would want to die in here.
Lora didn't care about how beautiful the room looked because it inflicted nothing but pain and discomfort in her poor life that she tagged "beautiful hell" She was the only one in the room for now. She knew that she would surrender to Bill as soon as he comes into the room and in no time. Not that she wanted it, but it had become her anytime and everyday responsibility, so she doesn't dare to rebuff.
How can she make things right? What's the possible way to stop Bill from hurting her? Physically, she was fit but inwardly, she was going through anything that was worst than hell. She was tied up between Earth and hell, this mansion was her hell on Earth! She cries every single minute of every day that passes by but it seems like it was a huge mistake coming into the world. Why is all this happening to her? Lora was still staring out of the window while all these strange thoughts flowed through her mind. By now, her eyes were already welled up with painful tears.
Lora stared at the moon and stars. She allowed the tears to flow freely to her chin. Then she started wondering why the moon and stars weren't hearing her voice. Or could it be that they are hearing but not listening? Bill had suffered enough for crying out loud and everything stares at her without doing anything? She had even gone as far as reporting this sexual assault to several stations but as powerful and dangerous as her husband Bill, could be, he contaminated them with bribery, so Lora could do nothing other than accept her fate. If only she knew the world was this cruel, she would have died inside her momma's womb!
Now, she adjusted from staring out of the window to staring at the gigantic mirror that stood there. She saw the image in it and how miserable it appeared. She wondered why a lady as elegant as she would be going through hell. All the years she had lived, she knew no definition of Serenity and once again, she wished she never existed. The worst part of everything was that, she had no parents, no siblings she could complain to... the only one she called family was Paa, an aged man who took care of her right from her childhood. According to Paa, Lora was found lying by the roadside. It was obvious that she was either abandoned by her parents or they were murdered. It was just entangled.
Again, having Paa as a family wasn't the issue, the issue was the fact that Bill restricted her from having any liaison with him since she was married, if not he would skin the old man alive. Nanny Isha was her only comforter. The only one who offers a shoulder for Lora to lean on, sacrificing her time for her even though she was just a nanny.
Soon, Lora felt the need for a chilled glass of water. The thought of contacting nanny Isha through the telephone flickered across her mind but no, the nanny must have slept and she wouldn't want to disturb her regarding her age. Gingerly, she trod out of the room and traipsed along the long corridor that was connected to her room until she got to the kitchen where the fridge stood. Quietly, she opened it, released a chilled bottled water a glass cup from it, poured an adequate amount of water into the glass then gulped it down her throat at once. She exhaled sharply. Thankfully, she was regaining some energy back until she sighted Bill in the garden, through the kitchen window, lighting cigarettes and sipping from a glass of whisky, her heart cut off with a jerk. What even frightened her the most was that the devil was already coming in to devour her!
Gingerly and rapidly, she started making her way back to the room before Bill gets there because sometimes, he acts like an apparition and if he happens to get there before her, only she knows what would become of her. Yes, that was the beast she called her husband.
Lora was in the room in a jiffy. She paced to and fro as her breath came in short pants. If there was a way to get out of this mess, she would have considered it a long time ago but no one, under his control walked away freely.
"Woman!"
Bill's authoritative tone of voice came from behind that it jerked Lora back to reality. Slowly and frighteningly, she turned to meet the rage in his eyes which almost made her pee.
"What time is it?"
He inquired as he started approaching the nervous-looking lady while she gradually took a few steps backward. He was shirtless, with liquids walking down his body at a pace. The whiff of cigarettes and alcohol oozed out of his body. He got to where Lora was standing, held and looked her through with lustful eyes that she was unable to move an inch.
"It's time I have you on the bed"
He spat, believing she understands what he meant.
"Bill please, don't do this again. I am not feeling strong enough" she cried and he instantly dashed her with a hefty slap which made her stumble.
"You know you can't tell me what to do and what not to do when I urge for your body"
He bent his head on her chest, lowered his lips on her cleavage, and began kissing it. He wasn't in the mood, yet he wanted to be. Lora was putty in Bill's hands that's why she was easily controlled. Bill bites his lower lip as he adores her alluring figure, his fingers running through her body seductively in strokes and supporting it with slow kisses. This was the only time he realize how beautiful Lora was.
"Stop it, you are hurting me"
She confessed and again, Bill hits her and she landed heavily on the bed while he forcefully got on top of her body.
"Lora tell me you're mine"
"I...I am all urs Bill" she cried
"Tell me you can't live without me,"
Bill said, looking at her with lustful eyes.
"I can't..." she sobs "live without you Bill"
And in no time, he started making love to her while she cried in pain. When they reached the climax, they lay exhaustedly on the bed trying to catch their breath.
"I love you, Lora"
Lora looked sideways at him, she knew he was lying and Bill blinked twice trying to rephrase his word. Did I just say that to her? Damn, I must be crazy! He thought and straightened from the bed.
"Get dressed and go to sleep" He threw her nightie at her and headed for the bathroom leaving her to sulk alone.
It was supposed to be a marriage of convenience, but Carrie made the mistake of falling in love with Kristopher. When the time came that she needed him the most, her husband was in the company of another woman. Enough was enough. Carrie chose to divorce Kristopher and move on with her life. Only when she left did Kristopher realize how important she was to him. In the face of his ex-wife’s countless admirers, Kristopher offered her 20 million dollars and proposed a new deal. “Let’s get married again.”
Amy didn't expect that her husband whom she had loved and trusted earnestly for many years would be cheating on her by having sex with his secretary. When she confronted him, he and his secretary mocked and ridiculed her, they called her barren to her face, afterall, she had not conceived for the past three years that she had been married to her husband, Callan. Terribly Heartbroken, she filed for divorce and left to the club, she picked a random gigolo, had a hot one night stand with him, paid him and dissapeared to a small city. She came back to the country six years later with three identical cute boys and three identical cute girls of the same age. She settled and got a job but soon find out that her CEO was the gigolo she had sex with six years back at the club. Will she be able to hide her six little cuties from her CEO, who happens to be the most powerful man in NorthHill and beleived to be infertile? Can Amy and the most powerful man in NorthHill get along considering the social gap between them.
Corinne devoted three years of her life to her boyfriend, only for it to all go to waste. He saw her as nothing more than a country bumpkin and left her at the altar to be with his true love. After getting jilted, Corinne reclaimed her identity as the granddaughter of the town’s richest man, inherited a billion-dollar fortune, and ultimately rose to the top. But her success attracted the envy of others, and people constantly tried to bring her down. As she dealt with these troublemakers one by one, Mr. Hopkins, notorious for his ruthlessness, stood by and cheered her on. “Way to go, honey!”
Yelena discovered that she wasn't her parents' biological child. After seeing through their ploy to trade her as a pawn in a business deal, she was sent away to her barren birthplace. There, she stumbled upon her true origins—a lineage of historic opulence. Her real family showered her with love and adoration. In the face of her so-called sister's envy, Yelena conquered every adversity and took her revenge, all while showcasing her talents. She soon caught the attention of the city's most eligible bachelor. He cornered Yelena and pinned her against the wall. “It's time to reveal your true identity, darling.”
"Love is blind!" Lucinda abandoned her beautiful and comfortable life because of a man. She married him and slaved off for him for three long years. One day, the scales finally fell off her eyes. She realized that all her efforts were in vain. Her husband, Nathaniel still treated her like shit. All he cared about was his lover. "Enough is enough! I quit wasting my years with an ungrateful man!" Lucinda's heart was shattered into many pieces, but she summoned up the courage to ask for a divorce. The news caused a stir online! A filthy rich young woman recently got divorced? She was a good catch! Countless CEOs and handsome young men immediately swarmed to her like bees to honey! Nathaniel couldn't take it anymore. He held a press conference and begged with teary eyes, "I love you, Lucinda. I can't live without you. Please come back to me." Would Lucinda give him a second chance? Read to find out!
The whispers said that out of bitter jealousy, Hadley shoved Eric's beloved down the stairs, robbing the unborn child of life. To avenge, Eric forced Hadley abroad and completely cut her off. Years later, she reemerged, and they felt like strangers. When they met again, she was the nightclub's star, with men ready to pay fortunes just to glimpse her elusive performance. Unable to contain himself, Eric blocked her path, asking, "Is this truly how you earn a living now? Why not come back to me?" Hadley's lips curved faintly. "If you’re eager to see me, you’d better join the queue, darling."