I sighed bitterly and just sat down at the company's entrance.
"Mom, did Aria tell you?"
"You're afraid of others talking about your own deeds?
How did I give birth to such a daughter, it's so embarrassing!
You should rush to the police station to explain, then go beg James for forgiveness with me!
No matter what, if you lose such a good man like James, I wonder what you'll do!"
I didn't want to explain to my mom how disgusting this good man in her eyes actually was.
It was pointless to talk about these things with a woman who has lived her life for men only.
"I've already filed for divorce, no matter what you say, I've made up my mind on this" I hung up the phone, took a taxi to my college best friend, Sandra's house.
I knocked on the door for a long time, Sandra came out in a silky camisole dress, her eyes dreamy and reddened.
Could it be that her boyfriend Tyler has come back from his business trip?
"Ella, why do you look like this, who bullied you!"
Walking inside to see Tyler sitting on the couch with a desperate look, I indeed disrupted their moment.
"Let's go inside and talk."
Sandra and I went into the room, and I recounted everything that had happened from last night to today.
After she had finished hearing it, she curiously asked, "What does the handsome guy you spent the night with look like?
How was his performance?"
"Do you think differently from others?
At this moment, shouldn't you be giving me suggestions on what to do?"
"What else can you do?
Of course you divorce such a jerk, and then go find the handsome guy who drives a Maybach.
There are millions of men in the world, I can switch whenever I want!"
Sandra said indignantly.
Her words left me feeling both helpless and wanting to laugh.
"Ella, you're welcome to stay here for as long as you like."
I lay down with my eyes closed, feeling entirely drained, letting the sound of my phone continuously ringing at my side.
The enticing moans from the room next door started to make me feel restless.
After more than an hour, the sound finally stopped.
Sandra came out with a reddened face, "Ella, Tyler and I are going out to get some groceries.
We'll be back soon."
I nodded and started checking the numerous missed calls on my phone.
Not much later, someone knocked on the door.
I thought Sandra forgot her keys.
But when I opened the door, I met the gloomy faces of my mom and dad.
"Dad, mom, what brings you here?"
I instinctively tried to close the door, but my dad quickly blocked it.
"You thought you could hide from us here, didn't you?
Get ready, we're going to the police station right away!"
"Whatever I say goes.
Once James is out, you should go back and live your life with him."
My parents dragged me and persuaded me into the car.
Seeing my silence, my mother gritted her teeth, "If you don't listen to me, I swear I'll go throw myself into traffic!"
She jumped out of the car and stormed off into the middle of the road.
I noticed a car speeding towards her.
I yelled out and immediately ran over to pull her back.
Expecting a sharp pain, nothing happened.
The car came to a halt about a meter away from us, and my mom collapsed on the spot out of fear.
At that moment, a man got out of the car.
Because of the backlight, I couldn't see his face clearly.
"Do you need to go to the hospital?"
The man approached with a deep voice that felt uncannily familiar.
I tried hard to see his face, only to be taken aback.