"No, you can't do that to me! It's...it's...inhuman!" Louisa's voice trembled as she shivered in the cold. But even though she was humiliated like this, she still felt she did nothing wrong. She kept her chin up and shot daggers at them. She still had her dignity, even as water dripped off of her and puddled on the floor.
"Huh! Now you finally realized what inhuman is. But did you think about that when you tried to get off with Leena's husband?" Rain sneered. It was taking all of his willpower not to beat this woman who hurt Leena. Leena was still in a coma, and it was Louisa's fault.
"Kevin was always mine. Leena stole him from me, using all her tricks. And she's just a ho! You people are too much! What made you think that you have the right to accuse me here?" Louisa shouted indignantly. Why did everyone always side with Leena? Was she wrong to love a man with all her heart? Louisa wondered.
"Excuse me, did you say that Kevin was yours? That's odd. He didn't marry you. Why not?" Nowadays there were too many egotistical women. From Jessica, to Rachel, and now Louisa, they were all great examples. And it all came down to men. Men really didn't stand up for themselves and say once and for all that they were married to someone, or not interested in someone else. Men would just string them along, not wanting to hurt their feelings. That was why women flew off the handle when their dreams were shattered.
"It is all because Leena got in my way, otherwise I would be Mrs. Gu." Even when their relationship began to sour, she still believed Kevin belonged to her. And no one knew how she came to believe her own delusions.
"Want some advice? Cut it out. If you keep believing this, you'll drive yourself nuts. Maybe you're not the sharpest knife on the block, but that doesn't mean you should be stupid. Even if Kevin hadn't met Leena, you'd still be outclassed," Rain mocked disdainfully. Although he had some issues with Kevin, he knew the man was still a pretty good guy. Louisa was a naggy bitch. If Kevin married her, she'd drive him to an early grave.
"You're not Kevin, how do you know that he wouldn't choose me?" Louisa curled up and tried massaging some heat into her body. Her clothes, drenched in icy water, made her shiver. Fortunately the heat was on in the room, otherwise she would be frozen and unable to even speak, let alone argue with them so loudly. She was trying desperately to hold on to her pride, but that was evaporating quickly.
"Because you're not as hot as Leena. You're not as nice as she is. You're a jealous woman and that is never, ever a good look for anyone. When it comes down to it, you're not even worthy to be mentioned in the same breath as her. You're not in her league. So what do you think you have to make Kevin favor you?" Edward sneered. As a man, he didn't believe that Kevin would be so shallow to have the hots for Louisa. He didn't really like him, but Edward still reluctantly acknowledged that Kevin had his own charm, and was not an average guy. He was a leader of men, and knew what he wanted. And what he wanted couldn't be found in Louisa.
"Huh! You say Leena's like a sister to you, but that's only an excuse. You just want to fuck her and don't have the guts to say it!" Obviously, Louisa was playing with fire. If she just copped to her mistakes and apologized, Edward might have given her a pass. No matter what, she was a woman, so they wouldn't get too out of hand. But she crossed the line and pissed Edward off. 'What you plant is what you get!' as the saying went, Louisa was doomed to suffer.
Edward caught her by her lower chin. He pressed his fingers harder as his fury rose within him. His usually handsome face grew darker, more menacing. There was no compassion left in him. She really took him past his limit.
"First off, watch your language," Edward said. "Second, you pissed me off. Don't ever say anything like that again," he growled. "You are risking your neck. Don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you. You dirty gut, you just made the air foul here. You just don't know when to quit, do you? Do you?"
"Ah... let go. I...
I can't breathe." Louisa struggled to pry his fingers from her throat. She finally figured out that someone like Edward who was handsome and fascinating could be so horrible when he got angry. The thought never occurred to her before. She wouldn't make that mistake again.
"I let you off easy. You'd better pray that our little princess ends up safe and sound. Otherwise I'll beat you to death no matter who you are," Edward said before he flung her away. The worst women in the world fell into one of two categories. The pretentious, artificial women, and the sightless fools who didn't know where they stood. Louisa was a combination of both. And that just made her even more hateful.
"It's a shame. Your dad's a great guy. How did he end up with a daughter like you-a shallow and shameless woman?" Rain said as he sighed and shook his head. He found he didn't even want to do anything to this woman even to avenge Leena. Had he touched her, it would only make his hands dirty.
"If you're so high and mighty, why are you torturing me? Why did you kidnap me? And keep me locked up? You think that's somehow noble?" As soon as Louisa was able to breathe again, she went back on the attack. She never knew when to stop.