Second Chance with My First Love

As time ticked by, my face could no longer contain any more harsh comments and embarrassment from Adam. So without looking any further into his eyes, I ran out.

My eyes streamed thousands of tears as my feet continued to take me wherever they liked.

Recently, it seemed that I had become a dumpster of problems. Everything had already rendered me exhausted, and I had no more energy left to entertain more issues my way.

However, I halted from my track as my name echoed all through the corridor.

"Sophia!" Alexa called. She looked at me as she paused to catch her breath. "Go to the front desk. It seems like your mother-in-law was looking for you."

Instantly, I gulped. Nervousness crept into my veins, and it even worsened because the way Alexa uttered those words sounded somehow hysterical. Funny because I was just complaining about my problems earlier, and there seemed to be another one.

Sure enough, my heart immediately sank as I reached the front desk. I froze as my eyes darted to my mother-in-law, Emma, sitting on the floor, crying like a madman.

"Leave me alone!" she kept yelling while throwing a tantrum like a kid. "What part of what I said doesn't make sense to you? Are you all deaf? My daughter-in-law can't have a child, and since she can't, she's nothing but a disgrace! Women's essence is to bear a child, so she should just die if she can't even do that!"

My eyes widened in disbelief, and my jaw dropped off. I wanted to step up and defend myself, but seeing everyone at the front desk glaring at me made me want to bury myself alive.

As soon as my mother-in-law's eyes caught mine, she quickly stood up and walked towards me like a cheetah. Then, she fired up as her quivering index finger pointed at my face. "Sophia, you bitch! You can't give children to my son! Now, how are we supposed to have heirs in the family?!"

Emma's voice was as loud as the one coming from a megaphone, which prompted everyone to pay attention.

Confrontations were situations I never wanted to engage myself in, but before I could run away from embarrassment again, Emma raised her hand and waved it fiercely in the air to slap me.

However, her hand didn't meet my cheek.

Adam, fortunately, appeared on time and stopped her midway.

He frowned and sternly looked at Emma. Then, he clicked his tongue and brushed her hand impatiently away. "Get out of my sight."

Emma shivered, and her eyes widened. She still seemed hellbent on harassing me, but with Adam's imposing presence close by, all she did was flash a glare directly into my eyes.

"Sophia, you know what? You're not only useless but a slut! You even seduced a man to help you, huh?" she hissed before she turned around to leave. "Pathetic."

...

Emma had already left, but I was still frozen in my spot. It seemed that the remaining tiny amounts of my energy had depleted entirely.

I bit my lower lip as my head dropped off. Her words were too harsh that they pierced my heart.

But despite my bitterness, I mustered my courage and feebly glanced at the man beside me. "Thank you," I whispered.

But then, he didn't say any words and left.

Crestfallen, I heaved a deep sigh.

I didn't mind hearing such words from my mother-in-law because I had heard all sorts of curses and criticisms from many people since then. What bothered and pained me, however, was that Adam had to hear her humiliating me and witness how she looked down on me.

After the party, I went home and wanted to explain to Emma. Though something happened between Bob and me, I at least expected him to accompany me, but he was nowhere around.

At more than ten in the evening, the doorbell suddenly rang. So as a married woman who only had time for work and the house, I expected no one other than Bob, so I opened the door.

But then, a strong scent coming from a man reeking of alcohol overwhelmed me. Immediately after that, my eyes widened as a curse escaped under my breath.

It was Adam.

He looked at me so intently that I gasped. His eyes, which had always been deep, seemed to contain too much complexity this time.

Somehow frightened, I stepped back but didn't let go of the doorknob. I also did not dare widen the doorway for him. "You... what are you doing here?" I asked, emphasizing each word.

I was afraid that if Bob saw us, he would have another thing to use to threaten me. However, my words seemed to have infuriated Adam. His face sank as his hands abruptly clasped my chin. But before I could even get rid of his hand, his domineering lips claimed mine at the speed of light.

The smell of alcohol and cigarettes completely enveloped my nose as he did that. I groaned as I tried to push him away, but he quickly locked my hands and pinned me to the wall. Then, he closed the door with his feet and deepened the kiss.

Adam then carried me onto the sofa and slowly laid me on it. I wanted to struggle, but he quickly grabbed my waist, which made my body flinch. Then, in a snap, my legs softened and almost widened on their own accord for him.

Adam, on the other hand, remained silent. His eyes were red, and his face was gloomy with a trace of harm, like an angry leopard.

No matter how hard I tried to break free from his grip, Adam didn't falter and tore my shirt.

I then bit my lower lip, inwardly cursing myself because instead of feeling hysterical and exerting more effort to stop him, my body started to feel hotter and hotter.

Perhaps, I felt even worse because my body had been asexual for a long time, not to mention that it was Adam who was in front of me.

Halfway through my thoughts, he expertly caressed my wet private part.

And due to the dose of ecstasy his fingers made me feel, I willingly gave myself more to him to sustain what I had been feeling.

My body, as expected, trembled as the tingling sensation circulated inside me. "A-Adam!" I moaned.

Now, all my concerns dissipated at once. Bob might come home anytime, but who cares? All I wanted now was more of him— more of Adam.

However, Adam abruptly stopped and looked coldly at me. Confused, I looked back at him.

'Why did you stop?' I wanted to ask.