34.

Klaus' house didn't usually have many people, at least not after I started living with him against my will.

But when more than 3kg of one of his drugs “mysteriously” disappeared inside his house and he had no idea how it happened, the people who had easy access to the house were

summoned.

Something wrong was happening and Klaus had no idea that the culprit was sleeping next to him.

- I want to know how this happened! - Kai shouts, his voice echoing throughout the room.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, she watched him walk from one side to the other, irritated, upon discovering that a large amount had disappeared from his main account.

It wasn't something I thought about very well at the time, I

I needed money in the last few days, twice as much as I used to use and trying not to put myself even more in the red, I didn't think about the consequences of touching Kai's account, when I could easily use our joint account.

- I want to know how 5 thousand disappeared from my account - He looks at me with his burning eyes, hoping to see the answer stamped on my forehead.

- You didn't buy anything and forgot?

- Do you think I'm stuttering?! - He raises his voice even more, scaring me - There are 5 thousand!

- Maybe the bank...

-You can only be stupid, Hailey-he says through his teeth, telling me

interrupting - Do you think I haven't called the bank and checked the activity on my account? It seems that yesterday there was a bug in the system, they will need some time to find out what happened - which would give me time to put all that amount back in place, before he even found out.

- The bank must return the money.

- Not that I will need it, but it's my money. You would think this way if you had your own money.

I immediately look down at the floor, only remembering that my mother had tried to make a perfect copy of her. A woman dependent on her husband financially and even emotionally. I just wasn't in love with the man who was swearing in front of me, everyone at the bank and myself included for not being useful to him at that moment.

The crises had increased in recent days.

My relationship with Kai was getting worse and worse,

even when we left the house and showed that we still

We were enjoying the beginning of the wedding. Even after ten

years, we all saw ourselves as a newly married couple, enjoying life together and full of plans, when in reality I was living hell alongside him.

Kai insisted on being the devil himself in my life, making my days endless and painful and my nights dependent on drugs.

In the midst of all this, I still found myself thinking about a

way out of all that. Divorcing him, even if I don't

take nothing with it, just my life, it was already a big

victory, since he didn't even expect this to happen, much less me.

I could no longer hold on to that mask, where behind I was in tears and on the verge of suicide, waiting for someone to help me, even though I was aware that no prince on a white horse would arrive.

I needed to save myself, but how would I do this if I didn't already

I had strength. I allowed him to break me every day and in every unimaginable way I could think of, coming from such a sadistic person who took pleasure in seeing what his actions were doing to me.

I moan softly, shifting uncomfortably, pulling my legs closer, hugging them tightly. Laying my head on my knees, I find Klaus's gaze on me and for a fraction we look at each other, until he shifts his attention to one of the men who was saying something.

- I want this house upside down - I hear his firm voice in front of the silent room - If these drugs don't show up, heads will roll.

The men didn't take long to search all the rooms, which made me apprehensive, as I knew it was only a matter of time before they found my “hideout” and Klaus connected one thing with another.

I ended up leaving my spot on the balcony with Lorde and starting to pace from side to side, moving my hands in front of my body nervously. They communicated like the police, shouting loudly when they found nothing in the room.

Kai takes a small transparent bag from inside the

my dressing table, raising it to eye level, before slowly turning his face towards me.

- What is that?

My heart at this point was pounding in my chest at the idea of being discovered. The night before I had bought about ten of those little ones, hating the corner dealer's new sales method, which was to sell less and earn more for each little package. Of the ten I had bought, there was only one left that I told myself I wouldn't use, as I could no longer bear my dependence.

- Baking soda - I say without hesitation the first thing that comes to my mind.

- And what is it doing here?

- I use it with makeup. It is good.

He looks at me again into the bag before throwing it

against me and walk past me, leaving me visibly shaken by his abrupt approach.

I let the air out slowly from my lungs, deciding I would hide it in a better place next time.

I swallow hard, when I feel like I was once again facing a crisis. The tremors were more intense throughout my body, as were the palpitations and tachycardia. If I didn't do something right then, I felt like I would die.

My eyes fall on Matias who turned the room upside down

head, despite what he and two other men who were

At that moment in the house, I could forget for a moment what they had done to me and try to achieve something stronger. I needed something strong enough to knock me out of orbit for a while and I knew any one of them could do it.

I approach timidly, looking at the corridor,

fearing that Klaus would suddenly appear. As soon as he notices the

As I approach, he stops moving on the sofa and looks at me with a

eyebrow raised.

- Can you help me? - I ask quietly, still moving my hands in front of my body.

-Klaus can do this for you-he says without even thinking, trying to get back to what he was doing. I hold his arm, stopping him, which makes him take a deep breath of air.

- I want you to help me.

- In what?

- I need something strong - I say with a trembling voice - I... I... - I stammer, swallowing dryly, feeling agitated.

- What are you talking about? - he asks impatiently with mine

winding.

Before I could tell him what I wanted, Klaus appears in the room and the atmosphere becomes tense from one second to the next. He stares at him, his jaw clenched.

- Get away from her - He demands suddenly. Matias takes a step back, noticing her presence.

- She...

- Have you already gone fucking deaf?! - Klaus shouts, which makes me move away

quickly with wide eyes - Get away from her! - He doesn't hesitate to walk away, before turning on his heel and leaving the room in long strides. Without warning, Klaus strides towards me, which makes me move away in the same way and slam my back hard against the wall. .

Klaus' eyes analyze me quickly, furiously, looking for something he didn't know.

decipher.

- What do you think you were doing? -His voice sounds low but with controlled anger.

- I was just... talking - I lie shamelessly, swallowing hard.

- Talking? - He repeats - With the man who ate you.

- Why did you leave - I murmur, shrinking my arms - You

He told them to rape me.

- And then you missed it and you want to give it again.

- No... - I moan softly, with the anxiety spreading even more

inside me - I was just talking - Below my gaze,

Unable to keep looking at him, it was as if he was forcing me to watch my own suffering.

Holding my chin, he lifts my head,

forcing you to look at him again.

- Don't forget the power I have over you and that you are mine - he says between his teeth - Don't make me kill all the men who look at you, who dare to talk to you and even who look at you - He pauses briefly - I am capable of piercing two of your eyes, to pierce one of mine.

- Falcão - I hear a male voice not far from us, which makes him look over his shoulder, finding one of the missing drugs - I found this here.