Before Blare could open her eyes, a big hand slapped her hard on her left cheek, causing her to fall hard on the floor.

It took Blare 5 seconds to react. 'Did someone.. just SLAPPED ME?!'

Blare shot a glare on the person who slapped her. Her gaze landed at the 6 feet tall British man who was damping a cloth on his hand. The hand that he used to slap Blare. Beside the man is an Asian woman, around 5 feet and 5 inches tall, with her short light brown hair and shocked expression.

The man glared at Blare as well and mockingly said, "Your masochist self like it when you're being touched by me. Isn't that what you wanted? To be beaten by my own hands?!" the man shouted but Blare did not flinch.

Before she could stand up and slap him back, fragments of memories entered her soul.

Lilith Winternburn. A 5 feet and 8 inches tall woman who possessed a long blonde hair and crystal blue eyes. A bastard child who was born from a mistress. A daughter that became unwanted in the end.

Lilith grew up with her mother, the mistress. But out of nowhere, she was taken by his father when she was a mere 5 years old. Her mother lost the custody in court and the last thing Lilith saw was her mother's crying figure. As a young child, Blare was unaware of what's happening. So Lilith can only cry and struggle when she was taken.

Harold Winternburn. His father who forcibly took her in the Winternburn mansion. The man genuinely wanted to take care of Lilith but never considered supporting her while being with her mother.

Growing up in the Winternburn mansion, she suffered all mental abuse from her step-mother and step-brother.

When she was 7, she fell down the stairs, ten steps to reach the ground floor. When the butler immediately assisted her, she saw her step-brother's conflicted emotions. He had clearly pushed her.

When asked by his father about the fall, she told him the truth.

But he didn't believe her. He even believed that she was putting up an act.

Many verbal abuses followed, and her father never believed her once. Lilith understood why, after all, her step-mother and step-brother was two-faced.

Moreover, those two people were the one who her father spends his time the most. Her father thought that he fully knows his two-faced wife and son.

The more Lilith say her side, the more her father hated her. Because he believed that she was acting and trying to gain attention. So Lilith, at the age of 15, never again uttered a word about the abuse or talk to Harold or even anyone.

Lilith grew up dull. She had long forgotten how to smile and laugh. Blocking all her emotions, she never revealed any.

Not until she met Aiken Charleston when she became a college freshman. It was the man who slapped her just now.

Meeting Aiken spurred something on Lilith. The man was kind to her during university days. Receiving kindness made her feel wanted. It made her feel loved. She craved for that love.

Aiken actually loved Lilith. The two dated and were intimate as lovers. But at their college graduation, he discovered that Lilith was an unwanted child through the Charleston couple. His parents do not want her in the family. After knowing this fact, the man broke up with her. Since then, he had avoided Lilith.

The girl was aware that her upbringing is a big scandal, so she accepted that Aiken will never be hers. However, when she saw Aiken fancy another girl, she felt threatened and scared of losing him completely.

Thus, Lilith became possessive.

That girl, Clara Maiko, is the Asian girl with short light brown hair. Moreover, she is Aiken's current lover.

Lilith did every evil thing to Clara and when Aiken had enough, he slapped her out of anger. But Lilith had already become emotionally unstable. She was okay being hit, as long as it was Aiken.

Aiken had slapped Lilith two times in her lifetime. In the third time that he had hurt her, Lilith was raped by countless men. Aiken had planned it.

Why?

Lilith pushed Clara down the long stairs. As a result, Clara died as her head fell first. The marbled staircase and ground made Clara vulnerable. Unfortunately, she died when her head hit the marble nosing of the staircase.

She was also pregnant at that time. Her 2-month-old unborn child never got to grow and see the world.

Lilith was then woken out of her madness. She did not want to kill an unborn child or anyone for the matter. She just wants to scare Clara so she will leave Aiken.

Lilith did not fight when she was arrested. After being jailed, the Winterburn family disowned her. Then Aiken ordered men in prison to raped her until she dies.

Currently, Blare knows that Lilith was slapped two times. She felt the blood inside her mouth and the sting in her left cheek. She started feeling scared at Lilith's ending. Blare only had a glimpse of Lilith's end, but it was clear that Lilith was molested and been taken over and over by different men.

She wanted to run away.

As that thought run in her mind, Blare stood up and left the couple. Never glancing or even looking behind.

While Aiken and Clara watched her stood up with fear in her eyes, they were stunned. 'Did she finally gave up?' the couple thought. But Aiken felt disappointed on seeing her leave.

Usually, Lilith would beg Aiken to leave Clara and be with her. But this time, they thought that she had finally given up.

"Are you okay Clara?" Aiken asked, his face worried.

Fortunately, Aiken came before Lilith could pull Clara's hair. So the woman was unharmed.

"Hm. Thank you, Aiken." Clara said as she smiled to reassure him.