Elisa was in no rush to go home after leaving the bar. The wind blew lightly around her, and the breeze
was cool to her skin. Suddenly, she didn’t feel like driving anymore. She thought back to the time her
father was still alive, and she started to relax. She strolled around the vicinity of the underground car
park. She could see the town’s lights and hear the traffic on the streets, along with the beeping sounds
of the nearby arcade and music blaring through speakers. The song playing did not stir her heartstrings
like the one from before. She did not like the song, so she walked down another street.
There was no one on the street, and it was dark. She walked to a place where the street lamp did not
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a quiet place to walk in the bustling city was hard. Elisa felt the sadness melt off her face when the
wind gently blew on her.
This street was long and full of turns. She had been here before; she knew that if she kept going to the
end, she’d be able to access the underground car park through a side door. The roads were all
connected. She decided to go back once she finished walking this stretch.
However, as she kept walking, she realized a group of seven to eight people was standing in front. She
stopped and turned around to walk back the way she came. But there was another group of people
about ten meters away from her. She couldn’t see how many people they were, but it looked like a big
number. Elisa frowned as she knew something was wrong. She was surrounded. Even though she
couldn’t see clearly, she could feel their leers.
The two groups walked toward her simultaneously. Elisa stood in her spot, unbothered.
The two groups reached her fairly quickly. One of the guys draped his jacket on his body and took a
drag of his cigarette. He swaggered over to Elisa and grinned at her, “Just own up to your fate. You are
just unlucky.”
“Did someone hire you? To do what?” Elisa asked indifferently.
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The man took another smoke and snuffed it out on the ground. He looked at Elisa’s calm yet beautiful
face and sneered, “To give you a beating and, at the same time, show you pleasure. I’m sure we will be
able to satisfy you with so many of us.”
The men around him guffawed, but Elisa’s expression turned as brittle as ice.
The man was unaware and continued savagely, “We want to gain something out of this as well. We’ll
be kind enough to satisfy you first. Maybe, if you perform well enough, we might lessen our blows. You
don’t want to end up with a swollen face, do you? How about that? Will you listen to our requests?”
The man was the head of the group. He had a green afro and thought he was trendy, but it was
outlandish to the point of people mistaking him as psychotic.
The man took Elisa’s silence as consent and said to her with a smile, “I’m glad you have tact. I don’t
want to hurt your pretty face before we even get started. How about coming with us, pretty lady?”
He reached out a hand.