Realizing that so many people were watching—and even recording—his fierce argument with Eira right there, Kael finally lowered his hand, which had been about to tear Eira’s throat open with his sharp nails.

He then dragged Eira out of the café, leaving the people around them, including Lucas, who stood frozen in place.

Kael roughly shoved Eira into the passenger seat, then got into the car himself and immediately stepped on the gas pedal at full speed.

On the drive, neither of them spoke. Kael was still seething with pent-up anger, while Eira struggled to hold back her tears, feeling utterly disappointed at being accused—and even humiliated in front of everyone—by her own husband, as if she were the worst woman in the world.

“Get out!” Kael snapped as their car pulled into the driveway.

Eira remained silent in the car, trying to catch her breath, before Kael finally pulled her out of the car and into the house.

“You want to be fucked so badly, don’t you? I’ll give you what you want!” Kael threw Eira onto the sofa.

He took off his suit and tie—tossing them haphazardly aside. Kael began striding toward her while roughly unbuttoning his shirt one by one.

Far from being aroused, Eira was terrified to see Kael, who looked as if a demon possessed him. She crawled backward to get away, but Kael stopped her by pulling her leg closer.

“Strange—a whore shouldn’t be afraid of getting fucked, Eira,” he said condescendingly.

“I’m not a whore!” Eira protested.

“Oh, really? Didn’t you say yourself that you like your job as a whore?”

Cold sweat trickled down Eira’s temples. Her body was completely tense as she faced Kael, who was staring at her with eyes thirsty for blood. Her tongue was tied, making it so difficult to get the words out.

“I’ll pay you after I’ve had my way with you, Eira. Don’t worry. Just tell me what price you’re asking for your body,” he continued—bringing his face closer to Eira’s.

Instantly, Eira turned her head away—to avoid him.

She did want to have a child with Kael. But it was to be based on love and mutual consent. This wasn’t what she wanted. Kael was doing this out of anger and seemed to be out of his mind.

“I... I refuse to have sex with you!”

Eira roughly pushed Kael’s body away from her and stood up from the sofa. It was at that moment that she felt anger toward herself for having decided to fall in love and give a part of her soul to someone like Kael.

Her chest rose and fell as she felt an overwhelming tightness. Her throat began to feel as if it were being torn from the inside, causing unbearable pain.

Feeling his pride trampled by Eira, Kael dragged her back to the rear of the house, where a dark, filthy shed stood.

“I’ll find a man who’ll make you willing to have sex!” he said as he threw Eira into the shed.

Eira fell face-first onto the dusty floor. She got up, feeling dazed.

“No. Don’t punish me here, Kael. Really, I’m so afraid of the dark.” Eira crawled toward the door, but Kael immediately slammed it shut and locked it.

The warehouse became so dark that Eira could no longer see anything around her because not even the slightest sliver of light could get in. There wasn’t even a light bulb.

Eira began pounding on the door and crying out loudly, hoping for help. Her voice slowly faded as panic overwhelmed her in the face of the surrounding darkness.

“I’ll bring Lucas to have sex with you, Eira. So wait there!” It turned out Kael was still outside.

“No, no, no. I really didn’t do anything with Lucas. I work as a waitress at Lucas’s restaurant, Kael.” Eira finally told the truth amid her sobs.

“Don’t even try to lie to me!”

“By the Moon Goddess, I’m not lying. I want to lighten your burden, Kael. Don’t lock me up in here.”

For a moment, there was no response from outside. Eira kept pounding on the door until she heard the loud click of the lock, and it slowly swung open.

“You said you wanted to lighten my burden, didn’t you?” Kael asked.

Eira nodded quickly, then looked up at Kael, who was standing before her, still on his knees.

“Then die!” Kael cursed. “Die! That way, I’ll be the most grateful person because you won’t burden me.”

Kael ended his sentence with that curse before closing the door again and walking away.

Meanwhile, Eira suddenly fell silent. Even her sobs stopped. There were no more whimpers of panic and fear, even as the darkness began to engulf her body. Her thoughts lingered on Kael’s last sentence.

The silence lasted for a few moments and was broken when a violent coughing fit struck Eira once more. The pain was so much worse that Eira moaned helplessly and curled up in a corner of that dark, filthy room.

Meanwhile, Kael tried to vent his frustration on the streets. He drove recklessly, paying no attention to traffic at all.

Kael didn’t understand why he was so angry at the sight of Eira with another man. He was clearly aware and remembered perfectly well the moment he decided to let their relationship go—for a thousand sins—so they could be free from the red thread binding their souls.

But his body reacted by refusing to see Eira with another man, even though he himself openly brought women home, and Eira had witnessed it.

It’s also frustrating that Eira never says anything when he brings other women home.

“ARGH!” he screamed, slamming his fist against the steering wheel.

For a split second, Kael felt a glare that was impairing his vision out of the corner of his eye coming from his right. Before he could even turn his head, suddenly...

CRASH!

CRANG!

The car Kael was driving rolled violently after a massive collision with a large truck coming from the right.

Kael groaned loudly as he felt something hard and sharp pierce his eye, and within the next minute, he lost consciousness completely.