A Wound that Never Heals
Chapter 200

Chapter 200

Chapter 200 Owe Him

Josefina’s face was pale. At this point, she had no other choice but to beg Braylen.

She thought, no matter what, I couldn’t sit by and watch Dayton die. A year ago, it was Dayton whorisked his life to donate half of his kidney to my dad.

Although Dad did not make it, Dayton lost half of his kidney, and he has become much weaker.Otherwise, he probably wouldn’t have ended up hanging by a thread because of a minor car accident afew days ago.

Her voice trembled violently. “I know you think I’m cheap and that I don’t deserve it. Please, lend mesome money for the last time for the sake of what we had.

“I only need 17 thousand dollars. I swear that I’ll pay you back soon, and I won’t ask you againshamelessly. Will you trust me one more time?”

Braylen did not say a word. He just looked at her coldly, as if he was watching a clown performance,extremely intrigued.

Josefina was so anxious that her eyes were red. “Dayton is still lying in the hospital’s hallway, anddoctors won’t let him into the emergency room. If this continues, he will die. Braylen, there are somethings I can’t tell you, but I do owe him. I can’t watch him die.”

Braylen chuckled and said, “What we had? Ms. Hogan, aren’t you disgusted by your words? How dareyou mention the past?

“You owe him? Alright then. Come up with something touching enough. Perhaps I’ll be delighted ormoved. Then I’ll lend you the money.”

He tapped his fingers on the edge of the sofa and pondered for a moment. “Let me help. What kind ofexcuse is touching enough? Why don’t you say that you had a terminal illness a year ago, and Daytonsaved you? What do you think?”

Josefina reached out, wanting to beg him again. Braylen, who was on the sofa,

suddenly got up and avoided her hands in disgust. His eyes were cold.

“Ms. Hogan, if you want money, you can have it. You strike me as a cheap slut. Well, as I said, mybodyguard is not picky.

“Speaking of which, I have never treated my men unfairly, and I’m sure he can afford 17 thousanddollars. Why don’t you go ahead and please him? The check for 17 thousand dollars is in thenightstand’s drawer. You can take it after you’re done.”

As soon as Braylen walked out, a tall and strong bodyguard in black walked in

and directly approached Josefina.

Josefina tightened her grip on the corner of her clothes and immediately got

up to leave. “If you don’t want to lend me money, I’ll think of something else.

Sorry about wasting your time.”

Braylen stood at the door and turned to look at her. “Ms. Hogan, you haven’t changed at all. Do you thinkyou can just come and go as you please?”

He ordered the bodyguard who came in, “Cody, if you want her, you can keep

her.”

When he finished speaking, he walked out of the door and closed the bedroom

door behind him.

Josefina watched as Cody Wat approached. She frantically tried to grab the fruit knife in her bag. Just asshe reached the bag, Cody suddenly grabbed her arm and dragged her onto the bed.

“Ms. Hogan, sorry to offend you. 17 thousand dollars in exchange for one night with you? Well, givenwhat kind of woman you are now, I guess it’s a

great deal for you.”

Josefina gritted her teeth and tried her best to push Cody away. Her wrists were pressed against the bed,and then he wrapped a rope around her hands

and tied it in a knot.

Her legs, which she had just lifted, were pressed down and tied.

He didn’t like the resisting look on her face, so he grabbed her by the shoulders, turned her around, andthrew her down on the bed.

Josefina could not see Cody’s face anymore. She could only sense that he opened the bedside table totake something out. Then he complained impatiently, “Why isn’t that thing here? I’ll go get one.”

When he got up from the bed, his voice was full of ridicule as he said, “Ms. Hogan, I wouldn’t want awoman like you to come after me with pregnancy after we are done.”

The door opened, and Cody left. He then quickly came back and pressed down on her from behind.

Josefina smelled the cheap, foul perfume she had smelled earlier. She knew that it was still Cody.Braylen would never use such a kind of perfume.

Josefina’s struggling body stiffened as Cody fucked her from behind.

Her heart turned completely cold. Her fingers clung to the quilt beneath her, and her eyes were dull.

She thought, over the past year, I have often wondered how I ever made it to

this day.

For my dad’s kidney, I agreed to the Bulwer family’s request and married Dayton to take care of him forthe rest of his life after the kidney transplant.

The law only allows kidneys to be donated to relatives and spouses, so his donation to my dad is illegal.In other words, such a matter cannot be made

public.

Therefore, I can’t tell anyone. If I did, both Dayton and I would have to take legal responsibility. Even thedoctor who performed the surgery on my dad would be implicated.

Yet less than a month after I abandoned Braylen and married Dayton, my dad

died.

From then on, I often thought of killing myself. My dad was dead anyway, and I simply didn’t care aboutmy promise to the Bulwer family.

However, I still made it this far. Perhaps I still have a glimmer of hope. Maybe Braylen will…

He will what?

She couldn’t tell. Lying on the bed, she showed a self–deprecating smile, her tears sinking silently intothe pillow.

It was already late in the night when the man behind her finished his business. She heard a door open,and she figured that it was probably the bathroom

door.

The sound of running water came from the bathroom. A moment later, Cody came out of the bathroom.He walked to the bedside and knocked on the

bedside table beside her.

“Ms. Hogan, are you planning to stay here for the night? This is Mr. Swale’s room. I’m afraid he won’tagree.”

He untied Josefina’s hands and feet and watched as she rose, her face ghastly pale. Her clothes were indisarray, and marks were all over her neck and body. She looked horrible.

Josefina looked at Cody, her eyes lifeless, as if she were dead. Her line of sight was like a black hole,sucking him in. There was nothing but deep hatred in her

eyes.

Cody avoided her gaze and coughed. Then he said, “Ms. Hogan, if you feel that you suffer a loss beingfucked by me, you may go to the police.

“I think you know very well that the Swale family has the best law firm in the country. They also havecountless connections in both the police department

and the court. Ms. Hogan, if you are stubborn enough to insist on giving it a go, go ahead.

“However, we should make one thing clear. If you want to go to the police, you

can’t take the check away. After all, once you take the money, what has happened will be a differentthing. Right?”

Josefina sat at the head of the bed, silent and motionless.

Someone called her. It was Nataly Doyle, her mother–in–law.

She pressed the answer button and heard Nataly’s sobbing voice, cursing, “Come back if you get themoney. Dayton’s breath stopped for a second earlier. If it hadn’t been for the help of a kind doctor whogave him CPR, he

would have died now.

“If you don’t come back, they won’t operate on him. Then he will die for sure.”

After a long time, Josefina said, “I see“. Then she hung up the phone.

As before, she sat still at the head of the bed, looking out of the dark French window. After a long time,she opened the nightstand and took the check out.

Then she got up, put on her shoes and her coat, and grabbed her bag.

The sweater inside was a crumpled mess. She reached out and tugged at it, but

the folds would not smooth out whatsoever.

The rubber band on her hair was nowhere to be seen. She reached out and

gathered her hair casually, tucked it behind her ears, and walked out of the

bedroom.

When she opened the bedroom door, Braylen was standing outside, smoking.

Through the smoke, he narrowed his eyes and looked at her, looking

disdainful.

Josefina walked past him and heard him sneer, “Ms. Hogan, hold on to the

money and don’t show up here ever again. I only have one bodyguard who isn’t

picky, and he’s not interested in you anymore.”

It seemed that Josefina didn’t hear anything as she walked down the stairs. When she went downstairs,she felt that her vision was a bit dark, and her body shook.

For some reason, Braylen immediately reached out and grabbed her subconsciously, though they wereso far away from each other, and he couldn’t reach her at all.

His subconscious action made him gloomier.

He pulled down his sleeve and covered the tooth mark on his wrist.