Whispers Of Betrayal (Anastasia and Alastor)

Chapter 37

“Why else would that happen? Who else can make the village head’s son kneel and beg me?” Anastasia had always thought that Alastor was the one who helped her, so she was very grateful to him, promising him a blitz marriage.

Because she not only wanted a home but also the sense of security that Alastor could give.

She once wanted favoritism and a future that she could look forward to.

Buzz!

Anastasia’s phone vibrated. She glanced at it, noticing a call from Zeke. Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Annoyed, Anastasia ended the call without picking it up.

But Zeke called again soon. It seemed that he had something urgent to tell her.

“Hello?” Anastasia answered.

“Anastasia, I’m Sienna. Dad is in trouble. He is in the hospital now and has a brain hemorrhage, needing surgery. Please deliver us some money,” Sienna’s anxious voice came from the phone.

Sienna was not anxious because she was worried about Zeke. Instead, she was anxious for Anastasia to send her the money.

Anastasia breathed hard and said in a hoarse voice. “Which hospital? What’s going on?”

“The emergency department of Hork General Hospital. Please come quickly.”

After hanging up the phone, Anastasia got in the car anxiously.

Jason wanted to say something, but seeing Anastasia’s hand trembling, he took the initiative to hold her wrist. “Take the passenger seat. I’ll drive.”

Anastasia sat on the passenger seat unsteadily, her fingers trembling

She mused. “Why did he suddenly have a brain hemorrhage?”

“Don’t worry. He will be fine.”

Anastasia leaned against the back of her seat and smirked. “I’m not worried about whether he will be all right or not. I’m worried that he won’t die.”

Anastasia’s mood was a little unstable. Her words were cruel but reflected her mood, for she hated Zeke

very much.

Anastasia mused, “He is the person who ruined my life.” She lost her mother at the age of ten. Her dad was an alcoholic. He gambled and beat her mother up. In the end, her mother passed away.

“In the year my mom died, my dad gambled everything in our house away. He would have sold me away if I wasn’t so young at that time, Anastasia’s voice was hoarse as she explained.

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That year.

he ran away in order to avoid from paying off his gambling debts and left me at home alone. I had school and support myself at the same time, so I had to go through the trash on the roadside and pick up other people’s food leftovers to survive.” Anastasia’s fingers were numb. In retrospect, it was really hard for her to live to now.

“He ran away for five or six years. When I was 16, he came back and said that he had made a fortune outside. My dad told me he wanted to make up for the years of suffering I went through. He asked me what I wanted. I said I liked painting and asked him to pay the tuition fees and buy me paint.”

Anastasia was a talented student. Her teacher had been teaching her art for free since she was ten.

The teacher was Anastasia’s benefactor.

Back in the past, Zeke agreed to her request. He paid the tuition fee for Anastasia, allowing her to study arts, and bought her new clothes.

That year, I thought he had changed. He renovated the old house, bought me new clothes and schoolbags, decorated my cabin, and said that he would provide me with a good life in the future. I believed him.” Anastasia choked up. “But in less than half a year, he brought a woman home. That woman had a little girl with her. She told me my dad was getting married. Don’t you think it’s ridiculous? He said he wanted to give me a loving home, and so he found me a new mom.” Anastasia felt like she was going crazy.

She had nowhere to vent. She didn’t know who she was going to say these words to. Anastasia had a hard time suppressing her thoughts as the feeling was suffocating.

She knew she shouldn’t tell Jason all of this. After all, he was just a stranger.

In the Alastor did not care about it, nor did he want to listen to her stories.

past four years, she wanted to share her painful experiences with Alastor countless times, but she didn’t dare because

In the first year of marriage, Zeke began to stir up trouble and secretly asked Alastor for money in various manners.

After Anastasia found out about this, she had no choice other than to feel guilty and be extra careful in maintaining her marriage with Alastor.

She only wanted Alastor’s support and comfort as her husband when she told him her childhood stories, even if he just listened quietly like Jason.

However, Alastor would refrain from this topic. Every time she mentioned her family, he would avoid continuing the

conversation.

Later, Anastasia stopped talking about her family.

Because she would be disappointed by Alastor’s reaction every time.

“On the first day my stepmother, Meredith, showed up. I was forced to give up my room to Sienna. Meredith said Sienna was still young, and I had to be kind to her.

“Then, Meredith’s actions went more and more overboard. She not only stole everything from me but also tried to make me drop out of school and work at an early age to provide for the family.” Anastasia laughed sarcastically. “My dad was a bystander in all of this. Does he really know nothing? I’m sure he was aware of everything that went on…”

Slowly. Anastasia’s laughter vanished, and she burst into tears.