Ch. 301..310

Loving You In Secret Chapter 301-All of a sudden, noises were heard from outside.

"Catch her!" "Don't let her get away!"

Jane and Lydia's expressions darkened, and they immediately left Vicky to run outside.

"Did that girl try to run away again?"

"I guess so. She's the only one who'll cause so much trouble. It

"I’ve warned her that if she runs again, I won't show her any mercy. Seems like it's useless."

"She has the looks, but she's too hard to manage. We have more beautiful women like her in Forever Night than we can count. We don't need her."

"Since she refuses to obey, let's just give her to the bodyguards. They're from foreign countries, and they love a foreign woman like her as well."

The two chatted casually and decided a person's fate with a few words.

Vicky slowly got out of bed, seeing no one looking at her. She walked over to the window and looked outside.

The window was barred with only a few centimeters gap in between each bar. She glanced around, but there was

nothing she could use to escape.

At that moment, she heard a woman's cries outside.

"Aargh! Let me go!" The woman's scream was filled with helplessness and despair.

Vicky paled slightly and walked over to the door.

Outside the door, a blonde-haired woman covered in wounds was being dragged away by two towering bodyguards.

"Let me go! Let me go!" The woman struggled with all her might as she stared at them blankly; her hair was ruffled and she looked hysterical.

"I don't want to go back. Let me go... Please let me go!" The woman spotted Jane and Lydia and pleaded. "Jane, Lydia... Please. Please forgive me. I won't do this again."

Jane sneered. "You had your chance, Sara. This is your second time running. I told you the time before that it was your last chance, but you just won't give up! Seeing that it's come to this, there's no mercy for you!"

Vicky could understand the foreign language the woman was speaking and was surprised that Jane, who was in her fifties, could also speak a foreign language fluently.

'As expected of a procurer in a place like this,' Vicky thought to herself.

Lydia seemed to be used to the sight before her and simply waved at the bodyguards. "You can have your fun with this woman. Just make sure you don't kill her."

The two bodyguards instantly eyed the woman hungrily.

The despair on Sara's face intensified. "Help me! Someone, please help me... I was tricked into coming here. I didn't come here of my own will! Please! Let me contact my family! I can pay you whatever you want!"

The looks on everyone involved remain unwavering and distant.

Vicky stood still quietly as she felt her blood running cold.

She was hardly capable of saving herself, and since she was still comprehending the situation, she knew that she had no power to help the woman.

Seemingly aware of her fate, the light in the woman's eyes faded as she gave up on struggling.

The two bodyguards started dragging her away while whistling happily.

Loving You In Secret Chapter 302-Just when everyone thought that Sara had given up, she went from completely limp to hysterical within a split moment. This time, she was not trying to escape.

She ran toward the wall to take her own life, and the bodyguard next to her acted swiftly to grab her.

However, since it had all happened too abruptly, the bodyguard only managed to grab her by a corner of her clothes.

Baam!

Warm blood spilled onto the wall in a shape that resembled a crimson flower.

Vicky was shaken to the core by the sight.

Jane scowled and talked over to Sara to check if she was breathing. A moment later, the frown on her face eased as she said, "She's still breathing." She turned to the bodyguards and said, "Take her to a doctor. Once she gets better, don't bother sending her back. You can have her."

The bodyguards instantly beamed.

With that, Sara, who was completely unconscious, was dragged away.

Vicky watched as she disappeared from sight and froze.

Once they settled the matter with Sara, Jane and Lydia turned their attention back to Vicky and shot one another knowing glances when they saw how stunned she looked.

They walked over to Vicky with big grins.

"Don’t worry. We spent a lot of money on you, so we won't just give you away to someone. You were out cold for so long, so you must be starving. I'll get someone to send you food."

Both Jane and Lydia were incredibly friendly with Vicky, but Vicky could not recover from the initial shock.

Before she had the time to enjoy freedom after being freed from Tyler, she was abducted and sold to a hellish place.

She saw another girl who was taken here against her will try to escape. That woman, failing to escape, tried to kill herself, yet they still would not let her go when she failed.

As strong as Vicky might be, she felt herself caving in.

When she was back in her room, she was as pale as a ghost.

Knock, knock!

Jane knocked on the door and came in with a tray filled with food, placing it before Vicky. Meanwhile, Lydia brought her a plate of cut fruits, and for a moment, Vicky felt as though she was just a customer in Forever Night.

However, she knew that Jane and Lydia were so caring only to manipulate her into obeying. If she tried to escape or resist, they would be no gentler to her than how they treated Sara.

Two days later, Vicky, who had been kept in her room, was taken outside.

In the past two days, Jane and Lydia took turns watching her every moment of the day. Under their watchful eyes, Vicky found no chance of escaping.

She knew there would be an auction as mentioned by Jane and Lydia. She heard the two discussing it multiple times, mentioning how important it was and that it only took place once each year.

Unlike ordinary auctions, there were all sorts of commodities in the Forever Night auction, and one's imagination was the limit to what was being sold there.

Ordinary people would not have a chance to participate in the auction and only the most powerful and wealthy people were invited.

Jane and Lydia watched her attentively, so Vicky decided that her only chance to escape would be on the day of the auction.

Despite her plan, something she had not anticipated happened.

Loving You In Secret Chapter 303-In the past days, Vicky was well-behaved so that Jane and Lydia would let their guard down while she planned to escape before the auction. However, Jane and Lydia had been sly enough to drug the water she drank, and Vicky fell unconscious right away.

By the time she woke up, she was already in the venue for the auction. She laid on a beautiful bed made of crystal, and all the spotlights were on her.

What terrified her most was that apart from where she was laying, the venue was surrounded by darkness, and there were only lights on the stage.

It felt as though she had been tossed into a void with nothing but the sound of her heartbeat.

"One million and two hundred thousand," a voice altered by a voice changer suddenly echoed in the hall.

Startled, Vicky fumbled to get up, only to realize that she was so weak that she could not even sit up.

"A million five hundred thousand," another voice said.

"Two million."

"Two million five hundred thousand."

All the voices around her had been altered in a way that she could not even tell if the speaker was a man or a woman.

She felt chills down her spine in horror, and for a moment, she felt as though she had fallen into hell.

'So this is what the Forever Night auction is like, then,’ she thought to herself.

Vicky lowered her gaze and noticed that she had nothing but an extremely thin layer of fabric on her body.

Forever Night knew the deepest desire in men's hearts, so the clothes she was wearing were hardly revealing and were only enough to outline her curves.

Her heart stopped for a moment.

She had been placed on a bed like a commodity, and with all the spotlights on her, it was clear to allow the bidders to observe her. She could not see anyone in the audience and could not tell who was there.

Vicky immediately realized that it was a protocol to protect the bidders' privacy.

Jane and Lydia mentioned that only the superior figures of the society would be invited to the auction, and even kings of certain counties were on the guest list.

Her blood ran cold at the fear of being watched by countless people, especially when she was rendered powerless in the dark.

'It's no wonder that Jane and Lydia didn't seem worried about me injuring a customer. So this is what they have been plotting to do to make sure that I won't be able to disobey them!1 she thought.

"Two million and nine hundred thousand."

"Three million three hundred thousand."

The bidding continued, and it all sounded as though the devil was whispering into her ears.

Vicky never felt more devastated before.

She opened her mouth to speak, but choked on her words as she struggled to make a sound.

If any of the bidders had even a hint of sympathy for people suffering her fate, they would have never participated in such an event to begin with.

Sometime later, the auction came to an end, and Vicky's mind was in such a daze that she could not even register how much her bidder paid.

All the spotlights went off in an instant, and the world around her fell into darkness.

A few minutes later, someone came close to moving the crystal bed away.

Loving You In Secret Chapter 304-Vicky was pushed into a room equally dark. Though she was conscious, she could not move a muscle.

Time ticked by, and every second stretched indefinitely in the darkness.

Just as she was about to drift off to sleep, she heard the door opening.

She jolted awake. Though she could not see anything, she kept her eyes trained on the door. Her senses became extremely sensitive in the absolute silence, and the sound of shoes dragging across the floor was captured by Vicky.

Click! Someone came inside and closed the door behind them.

Vicky tensed at the approaching sound of footsteps.

She had been in the dark for too long and was starting to get used to her surroundings.

She spotted a dark figure walking toward her, and though she tried to remain calm, her heaving chest and racing heart betrayed her.

Vicky was terrified.

Just as she was absorbed in her thoughts, a cold hand came into contact with her. The hand was so cold that she felt as though she could freeze.

"Don't touch me!" she blurted in a trembling voice.

The hand twitched for a moment, followed by a low chuckle.

"Ha!" The voice was altered by a voice changer and sounded extremely staged.

The person started dragging their fingers through her arms, neck, cheeks, and lips as though they were trying to tease her.

Fear was inevitable when one was facing the unknown, and the fear inside Vicky's heart took over her when she could not even see the face of the person before her.

"Stop it! Don't touch me!"

"I spent seven million on you," the odd voice responded. "So why can't I touch you? Am I supposed to put you away like a vase or something after buying you for seven days?"

"Seven days? What?"

"Don't you know?" The voice rose in surprise. "It's the rule in Forever Night. Commodities like you can only be rented for seven days at most."

'Rented? What does that mean?"

"It means that I can only have you for seven days, and within that time, I can do whatever I want to you so long as it doesn't cost you your life."

"Anything...?" Vicky jolted as she stared into the darkness. Unable to see anything, she could not help but raise a foolish question. "What are you going to do to me?"

Amused, the voice responded, "What can a man do to a woman?"

Vicky desperately wanted to shake off the hand on her, but she could barely lift a finger. She tried to stay composed and said, "I think that...we can talk."

"I didn't spend all that money to rent you for seven days so we can chat. You're the most expensive commodity that costs a million per day. Are you trying to waste my time or my money?"

She stared at the dark figure and said, "I know that money is nothing but a bunch of numbers to people like you. I want to say something important to you."

Loving You In Secret Chapter 305-"Something important?" Curious, the man asked, "What can that be?"

"Just turn on the lights and I'll tell you."

"Are you trying to bargain with me?"

Her heart sank.

She came from a wealthy family as well and had heard about rumors of odd fetishes within the elite community.

Places like Forever Night were built to satisfy the oddest and darkest desire of all, and the more powerful someone was, the more they enjoyed being in control.

Tyler was the perfect example of that.

Vicky did not know the man before her, so she dared not to cross him and continued with the most earnest tone she could manage, "No. I just think that it's more polite for me to look at you while we talk."

The man fell into silence for a few moments, before saying," I do like that face of yours. I will agree to it, but.Jf you lie to me, there will be consequences."

Despite being altered, the voice still sounded majestic and intimidating.

"I won't try anything," Vicky said, realizing that her palms were covered in sweat.

The man stepped away a few moments later.

Click! Following a faint noise, the light near her bed lit up.

It was faint like a lit candle in the darkness, so it was hardly enough to shine over the entire room. Since the light was located at a distance from where she was, it was hard to say that her vision had improved greatly.

Vicky looked up at the man and jolted in shock.

A terrifying demon mask appeared before her, and anyone would be scared out of their wits to see something like that in the darkness.

Vicky felt as though she was in a different dimension.

"Well? I thought that you have something important to say. What's wrong?"

The mask on the man's face shimmered under the faint light, and the light only revealed part of his body and the mask.

She could not see his face nor could she hear his true voice, so she knew nothing about who she was dealing with apart from the fact that he was a man.

The man was extremely tall, and she could not tell if he was a foreigner.

'Forever Night is definitely great with protecting their customers' privacy,' she exclaimed inwardly.

She took a deep breath and said, "Have you heard of Tyler Hart?"

Tension rose in the air, and the man responded, "I have."

"I am his wife."

"Oh?"

"If you don't believe it, you can send your men to look into it. " A serious look appeared on her face. "I'm sure that you are more than capable of finding the truth."

She stared into the eyes hidden under the mask and said," You speak English perfectly, so you're either from my part of the world, or you visit there frequently... I don't think it's hard to find out if I was telling the truth."

The man scanned her up and down quietly before saying, "If you are his wife, why would you appear in the auction as one of the commodities to be sold?"

Loving You In Secret Chapter 306-Vicky felt as though she was stabbed in the chest. Not only did she not manage to divorce Tyler, but she ended up abducted instead.

"I... I came here on a trip and was abducted."

"And your husband didn't even bother arranging bodyguards for you?"

Vicky looked away. "L.don't like to be followed around."

"If that's the case, you kind of brought this on yourself, didn't you?"

"I suppose..."

"So you can't blame anyone for that."

The man's words were harsh, but Vicky assumed that it was just a force of habit as people of high status never needed to worry about what others thought of them. She ignored his mockery and said, "I'm not here willingly... Sir, if you can get word to Tyler, he can pay you. Whatever you want...you can negotiate with him. For someone in your position, getting a powerful friend is far better than getting a woman, right?"

She was not certain if Tyler would pay the man before her, but she had no other options and had to make the best of her situation.

The man chuckled. "You are great at negotiating."

Feeling hopeful, Vicky's eyes lit up with anticipation. "Does that mean you'll help?"

The man studied Vicky's face and said, "What is your name?"

Thinking that he was wavering, Vicky said hastily, "Vicky Shaw."

If the man was interested in investigating her identity, all he needed was her name.

"Vicky Shaw,” he repeated. "I recall mentioning what would happen if you lied to me, right?"

She shivered slightly. "I didn't lie to you. I really am Tyler Hart's wife. I—"

The man observed her pointedly and interrupted her, "Are you sure that you didn't lie? Did you really come to Lovian for a trip?"

Vicky wanted to say 'yes' but struggled to make a sound when she met the man's eyes.

"If you don't intend on telling the truth, there's no point for us to continue this conversation." The man glanced at his watch. "You've already wasted ten minutes of my time. I prefer to spend the rest of our time in bed."

The man approached, his shadow looming over her.

She paled. "Don't come any closer. I—I'll tell the truth!"

The man stopped. "This is your last chance. Lie to me again, and you know what's going to happen."

The man was simply too sharp, and Vicky was terrified that he would force himself on her, so she gave up and told the truth.

"I came to Lovian without telling Tyler. He doesn't know."

"Oh? He doesn't know?" the man mused. "Did you come here to meet your lover or something?"

"..." Vicky knew that she had to be patient but was still upset by the man's words despite the fact that the man was just about as rude as Tyler was. She suppressed her anger and said, "No. I came here to divorce him."

"Why would you have to come all the way here to get a divorce?"

"You should know how powerful Tyler is from where I come from. No one will be willing to file the divorce for us so long as he says so, so my only choice was to do it overseas."

"You sure are desperate to get a divorce," the man mocked.

Loving You In Secret Chapter 307-Vicky caught onto the sarcasm in the man's tone but did not know how to explain herself.

The man scanned her and asked, "If you want to leave him, why would you want me to reach out to him on your behalf? Doesn't that defeat the purpose?"

"I don't know who else to seek help from," she said bitterly.

The thought of seeking help from Sebastian once crossed her mind, but her kidnappers, Jane and Lydia, mentioned that no one could walk out of Forever Night once they got in.

Even if Sebastian found out about her whereabouts, he might not be capable of saving her. Since there was only one chance for her to seek help, she had to entrust it to the one person who had the biggest chance of rescuing her.

The man comprehended what she meant and sneered, "You make the best when you need him, and cast him aside when you don't. Women really are cruel creatures."

Vicky scowled and thought to herself, 'Has he been hurt by a woman before? He sounds like he hates women or something.'

She was not foolish enough to voice her question out loud and said instead, "Sir, no matter what, I still haven't divorced Tyler, and I'm still his legal wife. If you get word to him, he won't leave me here."

Vicky was unsure when she said those words, but she was hopeful considering how possessive Tyler was.

The man looked at her. "According to what you said, you escaped to divorce him. If we alert Tyler Hart, you won't be able to get away from him so easily the next time around."

Vicky remained quiet for a moment and said bitterly, "It's still better than...being stuck here."

"Why doing something you would come to regret to begin with, then?" the man mocked.

Vicky never anticipated this to happen when all she did was travel out of the country. Had she known she would find herself in this situation, she would rather be stuck in a loveless marriage.

She stared at the man and asked, "Sir, will you help me?"

The man did not respond.

Vicky continued to look at him hopefully and panted nervously.

Sometime later, the man drawled, "I can help you."

She beamed. "Thank you, Sir..."

The man interrupted her and said, "But why should I help you?”

She froze and muttered dazedly, "You can negotiate with Tyler to get whatever you want..."

"Miss Shaw, you are a smart woman who's good with your words, but don't you think you're being naive?"

"Sir, are...are you going back on your word?"

"I don't recall promising you anything," he said mercilessly.

Vicky's breath caught in her throat.

The man studied her, and his mask shimmered in the most terrifying manner under the light as he spoke, "You should know why I'm wearing a mask and a voice changer here. If I approach Tyler to negotiate with him, I'd be exposing my identity, and he'll be able to make use of that."

Vicky had not considered that.

People who participated in the auction were far more superior in terms of influence, power, and wealth compared to others, and the more powerful they were, the less they wanted to be recognized.

The business world was a cruel one, and even the smallest detail of one's private life might be the determining factor to one's defeat or victory.

"Besides, Tyler Hart and I... Well, there are some personal scores to be settled," the man added.

Loving You In Secret Chapter 308-The man strolled toward her and stared down at her as though she was a cattle waiting to be slaughtered.

He reached out to stroke her cheek and said, "Claiming his woman... The mere thought of that is thrilling."

Vicky stiffened. "Enemy? You're...Tyler Hart's enemy?"

"Are you that surprised?" He asked as he outlined her features with his finger. There was a thin layer of callus on her finger, and she felt chills down her spine in response to his touch.

"Thank you for telling me who you are, Miss Shaw...

Otherwise, I wouldn't know how I can get back at Tyler Hart."

Vicky narrowed her eyes. "Get...back at him? What are you going to do?"

His finger stopped at her lips as he whispered seductively," What do you think?"

Vicky tried to move away, but she was powerless.

Fate had a strange way of mocking mortals.

Ever since she stepped foot in Lovian, she had been suffering from bad luck.

She was first abducted and sold to Forever Night, only to find herself in the same room as Tyler's enemy.

'What are the odds of all these happening to me at the same time?' Vicky exclaimed inwardly in despair.

When the man's fingers were about to come into contact with her clothes, she shouted, "If you want revenge, I can help!"

He stopped. "Help? How?"

Vicky could practically smell the danger approaching and knew that she had to do something to stop him.

Her mind went into high drive as she started making up excuses. "You know, I hate Tyler Hart, too. That's why I want to divorce him. If...you can help me get away, l-l can spy on him for you and get you whatever you want from him..."

She decided to convince the man to spare her for the time being and plan her next step once she escaped from Forever Night.

The man stopped as she had expected, and he simply stared at Vicky.

Vicky met his eyes and noticed that his eyes were dark. Just when she was about to take a closer look, the man asked with amusement, "Do you hate him that much?"

Hate?' She thought to herself, 'I won't call it hatred, but I can't let this guy know about that.'

She forced a scornful look and said, "Yes, I hate him! He messes around with other women yet threatens me in all ways possible to prevent me from leaving. Also..." To sound convincing, she started mentioning the things she had experienced in Arrowtown. "He locked me up for a whole week and wouldn't let me go even when my legs were injured! He might look like a normal man on the outside, but he's a psychopath deep down!"

"A psychopath?"

"Yes!" Vicky nodded frantically. "He has all these sick fetishes that are hard to put up with... He doesn't see me as his wife but his pet and his toy instead. Besides..." Vicky paused and hesitated.

Though she had faked all her emotions so far, she actually hesitated at this very moment. In the end, she muttered, "I suspect that he refuses to divorce me to cover up one particular sick fetish of his..."

Loving You In Secret Chapter 309-"What kind of sick fetish?"

"Just...the kind that ordinary people would find appalling," Vicky muttered. Worried that the man might not believe her, she started exaggerating, "He likes to whip and torture people. He takes joy in others' pain..."

"That's all?" The man asked emotionlessly.

'Is that not enough?' Vicky thought to herself. She glanced at the man and gritted her teeth.

For someone to be a customer in Forever Night, she knew that the man before her had seen it all and what she mentioned might sound normal to him. She looked up and faced the demon mask he was wearing.

"Actually, all the things I was saying were just excuses."

The man watched her quietly and waited for her to continue.

She took a deep breath and said, "The truth is, he's kind of... struggling in bed."

The air around them froze, and the man seemed to be completely stunned.

After a few moments, he gasped and said, "What did you just say?!"

To escape, Vicky knew that she would have to do her best to berate Tyler.

She could tell that the man before her was sharp, and though she mentioned assisting him in his effort of seeking revenge on Tyler, she would have to present him with reasons to believe her.

Vicky was locked in Forever Night and was easy prey to those who saw human lives as disposable, so she saw no point in being moral or honest.

After all, the man before her was hardly innocent.

Not feeling guilty about the lies she told, she continued," That's why I want to divorce him, but he won't let me out of fear that other women would find out about it. Because of his 'lacking', he has a sick way of seeing the world.

Whenever I talk to a man, he'd assume that I'm cheating, and he'd destroy that person's life. Do you know why he's on the news with Sheila Young all the time? People like to show off what they lack most as a kind of camouflage... He's seen with all those women on purpose so that everyone thinks that he's just a normal man. The truth is, he's been using those women to conceal the inferiority complex he feels. I've always wanted to divorce him, but he won't agree. I was running out of options and could only sneak away to Lovian."

The look on Vicky's face was sincere, and she managed to play the helpless wife of a psychotic husband perfectly to the point that she felt like she could try becoming an actress if she ever managed to escape.

The man stared at her in silence.

Vicky could not tell what he was thinking, but she assumed that the man should be happy to hear someone belittle Tyler.

Loving You In Secret Chapter 310-Vicky made up things about Tyler so that she could satisfy the man before her, but she was starting to feel exhausted from lying toward the end.

"Sir, don't you think it’s a legitimate reason for me to get a divorce?"

The man narrowed his eyes darkly under the dim light and said, "I suppose a man who can't satisfy his own wife is hardly a man at all."

Vicky looked at him hopefully. "So..."

"If that's the case, I can believe what you said. I am capable of getting you out of here."

Vicky sighed a breath of relief; her clothes were drenched with sweat at this point.

"However..." The man kept his eyes on her. "I’m not particularly interested in charity work, so don’t you think that you need to show me how sincere you are about this deal?”

"Sincere?" She shot him a confused look. "What do you mean?"

The man continued to stare at her in the most invasive manner.

"Miss Shaw, you are young and beautiful. It's a shame that you have a husband who can't satisfy you. You must have felt empty all along. To be honest, I only spent all that

money on you because I'm interested in you."

Vicky froze as she began to understand what he meant to say, and her lashes trembled ever so slightly in response to his words. "For someone of your status, you can have any woman you want. I—I'm Tyler's wife, after all. If he finds out about this...someone with a sick mindset like his...might seek revenge on you..."

The man did not waver. "So long as we don't say anything about it, how would he know?"

"He is really sensitive and I'm not good at lying, so I'm worried that I won't be able to hide it from him..."

"You're not good at lying, you say?" The man glanced at her pointedly. "Why do I feel like you're exceptionally good at it?"

"To tell you the truth...I have my issues."

Vicky decided to go to lengths to obtain any chance of escaping and said, "I am extremely boring in bed."

"I don't mind," the man said. "I like a challenge."

"Sir, I-"

Vicky was about to argue when the man interrupted her," Miss Shaw, you don't seem to understand the situation you are in.” He looked into her eyes and drawled, "First of all, you're in no position to negotiate with me."

Her heart sank.

"Secondly, even if I don't touch you, someone else will seven days from now. Why do you think they brought you

here?" He studied the pale look on her face and chuckled. "If you want out, I can help, but it's going to be a trade-off. I don't enjoy forcing myself on women, and if you don't want this, it's fine by me. Forever Night offers a full refund for commodities that are 'unsatisfactory'. However..."

He paused and continued, "The guests are still around, so you'd simply be auctioned off to the next bidder."

With that, the man started to walk toward the door, seemingly intending to leave.

Vicky started to panic as he walked away, but every cell within her was appalled by the idea of selling her body for a chance to escape.