Villainous Husband, the One You’re Obsessed With Is Over There - Chapter 220

Chapter 110.2

Hunger, a natural physiological phenomenon for any living human being, engulfed me. At first, I shut my eyes and endured it, praying that my stomach wouldn’t growl. But as a result, I became very conscious of my empty stomach, and the hunger felt even stronger.

Raniero pretended not to hear the audible grumbling coming from my stomach. He kissed my temple and said he would return at dusk.

After that, there was another endless wait.

The wait was as torturous as the endless wait in the morning. It was because of hunger. As I lay on the bed and cried silently, I regretted throwing away the bowl of rice gruel. Why did I do that? It would only harm me if I didn’t eat. Did I subconsciously hope for Raniero to feel guilty?

But I knew.

What dominated my relationship with him would forever be Raniero’s prerogative. There was no longer any reason for him to hesitate now that he had control over everything. It was even more so because I was a pathetic wretch who couldn’t even use my body to make a proper threat…

Let’s admit it now. I was just going back to summer again, just trying to live by pleasing others.

My eyelids became hot.

At that time, I thought everything would end when winter came. I thought that was why I was able to endure it quite cheerfully.

But now, there seemed to be no end in sight.

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Raniero returned in the evening, as promised.

What he brought this time was food that was too viscous to be called rice gruel, more akin to porridge. I accepted it meekly without displaying the usual rudeness during the daytime and ate. It was somewhat seasoned, and the ingredients were triturated. My instincts were overjoyed, and I forgot my dignity and hastily emptied the bowl, urging him on.

He smiled softly and kissed me on the lips. It was a very light kiss.

I didn’t reject it.

“I’ll listen to you.”

As I leaned my head on his shoulder, saying something he didn’t even ask for, something warm welled up in my chest.

‘He was the only person I could rely on anyway.’

His body, which was always cold, was strangely warm today.

Raniero smiled.

“You make me happy.”

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The next day, I found myself contemplating the word ‘worst.’

In fact, perhaps there was nothing in the world worthy of being called ‘the worst.’. When you looked down at the moment when you thought the worst was happening, you would see even deeper despair opening its jaws and looking up from even further below.

Actually, even that might not be the ultimate bottom, either. Surely, there must be even more dreadful despair below.

The reason I suddenly had these thoughts was because Raniero had broken his promise.

Last night, I took a bath with Raniero and fell asleep in his arms. In the morning, hot water and my breakfast were brought up with the elevator installed in the room. As he helped me with my meal and wiped my lips, he said he would be back in two hours.

How dreadful those two hours would be.

I nodded, trembling in fear.

Having experienced waiting and hunger, I had truly become docile. From then on, I didn’t even dream of rebelling against him. After all, being unobtrusive to Raniero has been my skill since summer. I held his hand, repeatedly giving him kisses on the back of his hand as if a small bird were pecking at it, and whispered.

“You could come earlier than that…”

Even though it was a voice without pride or backbone, he and I were the only people who heard it anyway. Oh, maybe even Tunia, who has been very quiet for a while, might be listening. Still, my faith has stated that my god would forgive me no matter what I do.

Raniero looked very happy after hearing my words. I didn’t know how disappointed he was to leave, so I harbored the hope that he might come earlier than he promised.

Though my prediction was completely wrong.

Not only did two hours pass, but half a day went by without him showing up.

During that time, the bell installed in the room rang, and only two meals were brought up.

While I became anxious, I filled my stomach first and forced myself to take a nap. Somehow, I managed to fall asleep.

When I woke up, the room was tinged with red. The sun was setting.

There was still no trace of Raniero.

I felt a sudden fear.

…Could something be wrong?

Nonetheless, I had no way of knowing the circumstances.

I gasped for breath and pulled the string. Whether it was the bathroom or anywhere connected, the bell surely would have rung, but there was no answer.

I let out a pained cry and slid out of bed, blindly opening the door.

As I walked down the stairs and through the passage barefoot, the lock on the door at the end greeted me—the lock that could only be opened by solving a complex puzzle whose answer only Raniero knew.

I gritted my teeth and hung onto it.

But, of course, the lock didn’t budge.

“Huungg…”

No matter how much I cried like a child and fiddled with the lock, no answer was given to me.

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