Chapter 2

Her demeanor had completely changed from before. A mocking smile played at the corner of her lips.

"I thought you'd be someone formidable to keep him interested for five years. I never imagined you'd be such a lowly Omega.

Stay away from him. You've been his bed partner for years, and I don't like it."

My body trembled. Eyes red, I stared at her and couldn't help but retort.

"You want me to leave? But he ordered me to stay by his side! He's my creditor, my Alpha. I can only obey!"

She glanced behind her. Suddenly, she grabbed my hand, slipped backwards into the lake herself, and shouted.

"Help!"

Marcus's angry roar came from behind me. "Vida! What are you doing?!"

Marcus immediately had someone pull Serena out. She cowered pitifully in his arms and spoke with false sympathy.

"Marcus, don't blame her. She's just too jealous of me."

Marcus's eyes were ice cold, veins bulging on his neck. In three years of knowing him, I'd never seen him like this.

"Vida! You're so ungrateful. Then go be a servant!"

Seeing him favor Serena so much, my eyes turned red with anger, and aggrieved tears fell uncontrollably.

The next second, I jumped into the lake. Marcus immediately stepped forward to grab me, but Serena tripped him.

Marcus frowned. "She can't swim-"

Before he could finish, he saw me already standing in the lake. The water only came up to my waist.

I looked mockingly at the two of them on the shore and sneered.

"So I tried to harm someone with water this shallow?"

Marcus's face stiffened. Serena also went pale and tried to explain, but Marcus stopped her.

"Whether you harmed her or not, the fact remains that you caused her to fall into the water. I won't change what I said."

My hands clenched tight, nails digging in as if trying to gouge out flesh from my palms. I took a deep breath and nodded in agreement.

I already knew he was biased toward her. Why did it still hurt so much?

The three of us returned to the house to change clothes. I'd just taken out my clothes when I heard a knock on the door.

I opened it to find Serena standing there with a pleasant smile as she walked in.

"I think it's more convenient for us girls to change together. Don't you agree?"

She took off her clothes, revealing large areas of marking scars that stabbed painfully at my eyes.

This was Marcus's favorite thing to do. I used to laugh at him for needing to leave his scent everywhere he went.

He'd gently pulled me into his arms. "This is proof that I love you."

Serena acted as if she'd just noticed, hurriedly covering her body with her clothes, her face flushing red.

"After all these years, he's still the same as before-he still likes to do this."

I stared at her numbly with a stiff face. After Serena left, thinking about everything that had happened today, I felt somewhat desperate.

And this was only the first day.

The woman's moans brought me back to my senses. I covered my ears and curled up in the corner of the bed.

I squeezed my eyes shut, but tears still slid uncontrollably down my cheeks.

When I woke again, it was from a sharp pain.