Forced by fate – Destined to be his Wife

“I will fucking kill you, you little bitch.” He screamed at Linlin before scrambling back to his knees. Pointing at her with rage before spinning off.This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

TangShi was running hard, her lungs burning, her limbs aching and tired but she didn’t stop…. looking for an out and a person or people. Searching visually for an escape route and spying daylight through a broken door to her far left. Nausea rising in her stomach from exertion and she began to hope that she might actually get them out of this. All she needed was one man out there who heard or saw her and intervened to save them.

Rong was on his feet in a flash and went tearing after her, leaving Linlin alone while a second bout of nausea hit her hard and she began throwing up again. Her lungs heavy so she was gasping now, and her mind swirling and she knew she might pass out if she kept this up. Whatever he did, she was struggling badly and could tell her body wasn’t doing well at all.

Rong was faster than TangShi and in no time he was almost right behind her as she reached the door and stalled to yank it open. Only it didn’t come towards her, and TangShi panicked. Yanking at it then throwing her body against it to budge it while it rattled and creaked and exposed large chains and padlocks keeping it anchored. She kicked at it in an attempt to break through but Rong was on her in seconds and he grabbed her from behind. Catching her upper arms aggressively and throwing her aside so she was tossed into a pile of rubble and scraped and banged her body up, leaving her filthy as dust kicked up around and choked her. The agony of impact bruising her all over, and she whimpered.

“Don’t you fucking EVER run away from me!” Rong roared at her, unleashing his temper, turning on her with venom because he had reached an insane level of fury at her resistance. “Don’t you understand what I’m trying to do for us? Why I’m like this? You’re so ungrateful and fucking selfish. I’m disappointed in you and hurt that you can’t see I’m doing this for your own good. For our future. I love you and you’re acting like this? What the hell is wrong with you?” he came at her, stomping towards her angrily and TangShi scrambled backwards on her hands and butt, trembling as tears cascaded down her face. No longer sure he wouldn’t get violent. He looked possessed and so far gone from the man she met in the art school so many months ago.

“I’m sorry, I’m scared, and Linlin needs help. I’m sorry… I won’t do it again!” TangShi couldn’t conceal how afraid she was, caving, her mind casting to the life in her abdomen and a need to protect it as he towered over her and pulled out cable ties from his jacket pocket. Making it clear he was going to tie her up like Linlin.

“I don’t trust you anymore. I’m giving you no more leeway. That fucker has you brainwashed into believing I’m the bad guy and I’m not playing nice anymore.” He reached down and grabbed her ankle, hauling her towards him cruelly with force, so her body was scraped across debris and dirt and she winced in pain as she struggled. He flipped her while fighting and she was rolled onto her stomach, bashing her ribs on boulders that scraped her hands as she clawed them away.

“You’ll hurt the baby!!” TangShi cried out in hysterical reaction and not thought, not even aware of what she said until he dropped her leg and became instantly still.

“What?” Rong paused, his mind a sudden white screen of still as he took in her words one by one and blinked at her in obvious suspicion. “What baby?” He snarled as that thought grew in his mind and swirled around to taunt him. Venom growling low in his belly and weaving up into his heart.

“My …. Our…. baby, from the night we ……. I’m pregnant.” TangShi whimpered hoping that one detail might be her saving grace and he wouldn’t hurt her.

“No, you’re not. You’re lying…. why are you lying? You can’t be pregnant.” Rong roared, an irrational fury coming out of him that made TangShi recoil. Confused by his volatile reaction and she curled up as small as she could. Eyes wide and body throbbing.

“I’m not. I really am pregnant. The doctor told me I conceived on that day. I thought you would be happy.” TangShi wiped her face on her sleeve, smearing dirt with her tears and crusted blood from her earlier nosebleed and cowered as Rong leaned forward, gritting his teeth and snarled at her.

“You’re a virgin until our wedding day. What the fuck do you mean you’re pregnant.” His voice was low and grating, tainted with hatred. Rong was boiling inside, YuZhi Leng infiltrating his mind and how that bastard could have touched his woman while she was still an unwed innocent and didn’t even belong to him. How the fuck dare he take her purity away and defile her body. Who was he to plant a child in a body that didn’t belong to him?

“What? You…… we….?” TangShi was confused, racking her brain and making sense of what he said as it hit her hard. “You didn’t have sex with me, did you?” She blurted it out, unsure but hopeful and his eyes narrowed in rage.

“You’re my angel, my perfect pure, untouched Princess. Why the fuck would I defile you before we committed to one another as man and wife? Do you know how well I took care of you that night? How careful I was to preserve your purity and modesty. I had you in my bed and I was respectful. I didn’t want some whore wife who has fucked another man or touched before joined to me in the eyes of god…….. tell me you’re lying and there’s no baby?” Rong was unravelling, clutching at his hair by his temples and banging his fists into his skull. Unable to take in and compute the fact his unrealistic ideal of her was a sham. TangShi was rendered mute for a second as her brain filtered this through and she looked down at her stomach with a new sense of relief and yet growing fear.

This baby was YuZhi’s if Rong wasn’t lying. And judging by his reaction, she didn’t think he was. He seemed genuinely enraged. This baby was theirs, created in love when he came home to see her that one night. This had nothing to do with Rong and she still had never been touched by any man apart from YuZhi. Her heart soared despite her predicament and yet she now knew she had also made this worse by telling him she was carrying YuZhi’s child.

“I’m lying. I thought we did it…. and you would be happy. I thought a baby would stop you being mad and realize I love you too. I was lying to you, there’s no baby.” TangShi lied through her teeth, her thoughts scrambling and breathing labored. All the more desperate to protect her body from harm now she knew this precious life was one they deliberately created. Nothing to be ashamed of or broken over and all her fears of being raped disintegrated to dust and healed a wound she had been struggling to overcome. A wound that never existed except in her mind.

“You’re so full of tricks, why didn’t I see that before. You’re not the sweet innocent I thought you were, you’re a manipulative sinner who spews out bullshit to fool me.” Rong Cai paced forward at her once more, bending to grab her wrist and yanked her to her feet cruelly. Seething inside as he clutched her abdomen with his other hand and squeezed her flat muscles, hurting her with this deliberate assault. Wanting to rip that disgusting thing out of her body and not caring if it hurt.

“Aaaahhh, owww, stop it.” TangShi squirmed away, pushing his hand off and shielding her stomach from him, crazily protective now she knew for sure. Slapping at him and attempting to bust free and getting nowhere fast.

“If you are, we have to get rid of it. I won’t have that bastards seed in my woman. I won’t let you carry his kid a second longer. How could you do this to me?” Rong tugged her with him, tripping her with his jerky movements and pulling her along, half dragging her as she fell to her knee and scrambled to get up. Unable to keep pace with him while he pulled her back to where Linlin was. He no longer had the urge to be gentle and protect her, because she had broken his heart and let another man take what was his.

TangShi gasped in horror as she spied Linlin’s slumped posture and the fresh vomit all over the floor beside her, the way her head was rolling around and her breathing was shallow and fast. She didn’t get a second to do or say anything as she was speed marched to the nearest car and Rong gave her no time to catch her breath.

“Get in. I need to think.” He yanked open the rear door, forced TangShi to bend and pushed her into the back seat hard so she fell flat on her face and stomach and tried to turn over. Her hand falling into the ditch of the rear footwell and touched something cold and smooth that was tucked under the driver seat. Blinking down as he slammed the door behind her and spying Linlin’s cell phone on the floor. It must have slid out of her clothing when she was back here and remained out of sight because she always kept it on silent.

Rong began pacing manically back and forth beside the back door, rubbing his face and head as he tried to figure out what to do with his swirling emotions and this fucked up plan. Refusing to marry a girl carrying another man’s kid and trying to decide how to deal with it. He couldn’t stand the thought of it and needed to prioritize getting rid of it before he married her. If he could wipe it clean it would be like it never happened and he might be able to forgive her sins.

TangShi stayed low, kept the phone on the floor and swiped it to open the screen, cursing when it displayed the lock pad and asking for Linlin’s fingerprint. She kept glancing over her shoulder to see if he was coming and tried to keep the cell out of sight under the seat she found it beside. Panicking, she ran her fingers over the surface and noticed a small icon near the bottom with the words ’emergency call’ written. Pressing it quickly and almost whooping with joy when it connected to the emergency service number immediately.

She slid down from the seat to put her face nearer the phone, listening to the rings and bit on her lip with impatience. A voice finally connecting on the other end and asking her what service she required.

TangShi opened her mouth to respond, feeling and hearing the click of the door opening as she glanced his way and was silenced by Rong’s hand over her mouth and nose as he hauled her backwards out of the car with force.