A Lifetime With You

Chapter 21

This was the first time in his life that he had done such a thing in the car. Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

But he could no longer hold it back. Damien had visited his parents’ manor just now, and his father told him that in the shareholders’ meeting tomorrow, he was planning to sign an agreement that clearly distinguished the ownership of shares of each member of the Radbury family. The marriage between Damien and Ava was a marriage of convenience that was closely tied to the Radbury family and the Nagel family’s business relationship. Both families derived benefits from each other, and Ava was supposed to have some of Radbury Group’s shares too. But according to Karen, even though Ava was the Radbury family’s daughter-in-law, she was still an outsider. Hence, if she and Damien were to get a divorce one day, she wasn’t supposed to get anything from the Radbury family. His parents were obviously keeping their guard up when it came to Ava. And it seemed that they were already planning for Damien and Ava’s divorce.

A divorce?

Damien sneered. So, this woman was already starting to look for her next husband, huh? “Selden Oakley. I’ve investigated him. He’s the second young master of Oakley Corporation. Quite a good candidate for your next husband, I would say.” Damien stopped thrusting himself into Ava, and there was a mocking expression on his face.

“What nonsense are you spewing?” “Since you like him so much, you shouldn’t have climbed onto my bed back then.” “I don’t…” Ava’s body ached all over. She wanted to shove Damien away, but she was unable to move at all. He grabbed both her wrists and put her hands above her head. He then pried open her legs with his knees and forcefully thrust himself into her again. Damien’s movements were not gentle at all. With every thrust, it was as though he wanted to swallow her up. Even though Damien was a playboy, he didn’t appear skilled at having sex at all. His thrusts were way too forceful and brutal,

and he seemed to derive pleasure from her pain. Ava bit her lower lip to stop herself from moaning in pain. He was grasping her neck, and she wasn’t able to breathe at all. Finally, she fainted.

When she woke up again, she was already lying on a bed.

She realized that she was lying on the bed in the master bedroom, and that the bedsheet had been changed back to the original one. Someone had also put on pajamas for her. Every inch of her body ached horribly. She raised her hand and saw that her arm was covered in bruises.

There was also a burning pain in her neck. He had choked her back in the car. Was Damien trying to kill her? Ava struggled to get up. This was when a servant walked in. “Young missus, the young master ordered me to make you some porridge?” “Huh? He asked you to make me porridge? The servant didn’t say anything more. She merely put down the bowl of porridge and left. Ava hesitated for a moment and picked up the bowl. It was hot, and there was her favourite pumpkin porridge inside.

Was he taking a carrot and stick approach towards her?

She smiled bitterly. Why would Damien know what kind of porridge she liked? The servant was probably worried that she would die and specially prepared this for her.

After finishing the bowl of porridge, Ava walked out of the room and encountered Beth at the stairway.

Beth glanced angrily at Ava. She was feeling annoyed after seeing Damien carry Ava home in his arms earlier.

“Ava, don’t get too pleased with yourself. Damien only showed you a tiny bit of concern because he was afraid that you would die.” “Is that so? Are you saying that he’s concerned about me?” Ava chuckled. “You… Stop dreaming. Why would Damien be concerned about you? You don’t even have an idea how much he hates you! To him, you’re as shameless and sl*tty as your mother!” “Watch your words!” Ava’s biggest soft spot was her mother.

She knew very well that Damien hated her, and she didn’t want to pay any attention to Beth’s words.

But she would never allow anyone to insult her mother! Beth, though, couldn’t care less. She continued mocking Ava. “Why? Are you angry from embarrassment? You’re just a b*stard child who came to this world because my father got horny one night and slept with a random woman. Your mother resorted to so many shameful tactics to force my father into letting you have the ‘Nagel’ surname. Don’t tell me that you really think of yourself as the young mistress of the Nagel family!”

Beth sneered. She didn’t have the slightest awareness that right now, she was a mistress, just like Ava’s mother.

Ava finally couldn’t bear it anymore. She raised her hand and slapped Beth across the face. “How dare you hit me!” Beth wanted to raise her hand to slap Ava back. But she suddenly saw Karen entering the living room from the corner of her eye. She immediately put on a pained expression and leaned back. The spiral staircase was right behind her. Ava widened her eyes in disbelief. She didn’t even use that much force when she slapped Beth just now. How was it possible for Beth to fall because of it? She reached out and tried to hold Beth, but the moment she touched Beth’s fingertips, Beth

suddenly flashed a menacing smile. Ava was taken aback, and Beth slipped away from her grasp. “Beth!” Karen exclaimed. Beth fell and rolled down the stairs. The marble steps were cold and hard, and every single bone in Beth’s body hurt. She continued rolling down until she reached the bottom of the staircase and fainted. The servants hurried to help her up, but they couldn’t wake her up no matter what. “Ambulance. Hurry up and call for an ambulance!” Karen panicked and shouted loudly. Ava ran down the stairs and saw that Beth was lying on the floor with her eyes closed and her face pale.

“Slap!”

Karen slapped her forcefully across the face, and her cheek burned with pain.

“Mum, I didn’t mean it. I didn’t push her!” “Don’t call me ‘mum’! The Radbury family can’t afford to have a heinous daughter-in-law like you!” After Karen said that coldly, she followed the servants, who were carrying Beth into the car. At this moment, the only thing she cared about was the baby in Beth’s belly. However, the baby couldn’t be saved. 12

In the hospital, the doctor told Karen, “Sorry, we tried our best.”

Karen wailed sorrowfully. She was so sad that she almost collapsed. Ava subconsciously tried to help her up, but she shoved Ava away in disgust. “You heinous woman! Beth is your sister, and the baby in her belly is the Radbury family’s heir. Not only are you infertile, but you also tried to end the Radbury family’s bloodline!” “I didn’t!” No matter how Ava defended herself, Karen wouldn’t buy it. 2 After all, seeing was believing. “A woman like you has no right to stay married to my son! Bodyguards, capture her now! You better sign the divorce agreement immediately. I’ll get even with you later!” The moment Karen gave the order, the Radbury family’s bodyguards immediately held Ava down. Ava tried to struggle, but Karen slapped her twice across the face. Karen’s gaze was extremely fierce, and it was obvious that she was about to punish Ava terribly. “I didn’t push her. I really didn’t!” “Shut up! Ava Nagel, it seems that you can only be cowed by force!” Karen was so furious that she kicked Ava twice with her high heels. This was when someone stood between her and Ava. “Stop it.”

Damien’s voice was calm but firm and domineering.

He turned around and looked condescendingly at Ava. “Harming your own sister like that, Ava Nagel, you’re getting bolder and bolder indeed.”

“I didn’t make her miscarry…”

Ava felt that no matter what she said, no one would believe her. “Of course you didn’t make her miscarry.”

Damien sneered all of a sudden.

“I had never even touched her before. How could she have a baby?”