Love Ends in Winter

She should not mind her own business.

Finally, she curled her lips, laughed at herself and walked out.

“Where are you going?” Gloria’s father, who had a gloomy face and remained silent, stopped her.

Gloria took a deep breath and said the decision she had made a long time ago, “I want to sever ties with the Huerta Family and move out.”

Everyone's expression changed again.

“Don't even think about it. Even if I beat you to death today, I won't let you embarrass the Huerta Family in public. Come on, bring the whip!”

The servant quickly brought up a whip.

Gloria was pressed to the ground and the whip was whipped hard, leaving a bloody whip mark on her back.

But the pain was nothing compared to the humiliation she was suffering at that moment.

And no one tried to stop that outrageous and absurd scene and everyone just watched coldly.

In the end, Gloria's entire back was torn apart and she fainted from the pain.

After unknown amount of time, she was awakened by a chill.

Gloria opened her eyes and saw Manuel sitting beside the bed and applying medicine to her.

Under the light, the man's eyebrows and eyes were as gentle as water, but Gloria avoided his touch.

Manuel raised his eyes to look at her, “Does it hurt?”

Gloria ignored him.

Manuel reached out and pushed aside Gloria's hair that was blocking her ears before he said, “Gloria, everything has to have a limit. If you go too far, you will be the only one who will be embarrassed, right?”

Gloria remained silent.

She used to argue and make a fuss because she still had expectations for those people, but at that moment she did not want to even look at them again.

Manuel originally wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with Gloria. He felt that if Gloria continued like that, she would only become more and more extreme and unreasonable.

So, he wanted to tell her that he would not despise her even if she was disfigured and he just hoped that she could return to being the lively and kind person she was three years ago.

He also wanted to tell her that although Slyvia liked him and suffered from depression because she did not get his response, he always treated Slyvia as his sister and he would definitely marry her when Slyvia recovered from her illness.

However, Gloria remained unmoved.

Manuel's voice became deeper as he continued, “Gloria!”

Just when his patience was about to run out, Slyvia came in from outside and interrupted, “Manuel, let me persuade my sister. The conflict between you and my sister is mainly because of me. If we talk it out, everything will be much easier to solve.”

Manuel thought about it and felt that what Slyvia said made sense, but he was afraid that Gloria would hurt someone again.

“It's okay. My sister has been beaten like this now,” Slyvia said distressedly, “how can she still have the energy to hit me?”

After Manuel left, Slyvia wiped away her crocodile tears and looked at Gloria with a cruel smile, “I didn't expect that you could eavesdrop on what I said to my father. You never thought that your biological father would want to kill you, right?

“At that time, I was worrying about how to replace you and Manuel came to me. Now, for my sake, he has abandoned you many times.

“Your mother is even more bizarre. She loves her mistress's daughter more than her own daughter.” 

Then, she touched Gloria's burned face and sighed, “I feel sorry for you, so I'll help you get rid of it!”

Gloria's heart suddenly started to ring with alarm bells. “What are you doing?”

“I heard that you have blood clots in your brain. You can't get hit, otherwise you will become a vegetable again,” Slyvia said as he dragged her to the stairs outside.

Gloria realized something, but there was no way to stop it. She could only watch Slyvia forcibly drag her down the stairs.

There was an earth-shattering noise at the staircase.

Gloria's head hit the floor hard and for a few minutes, she did seem to have returned to her unconscious vegetative state.