Chapter 23: heartache
"Gu Ao...sob sob...Gu Ao..." Tears streamed down Gu Dandan's face, her voice trembling and choked. In this moment, seeing Gu Ao, all her emotions poured out instantly.
Her fair face was stained with some dust, one side of her swollen cheek bore several dark red palm prints. On her legs, on her hands—damn it! So many noticeable bruises! A thick layer of gloom covered the bottom of Gu Ao's eyes, his clenched knuckles made a frightening creaking sound.
This was the third time she had appeared in front of him with injuries. His people were repeatedly tormented, yet he always found out afterwards. The rising and falling of his chest concealed a raging anger, ready to burst at any moment; he could no longer tolerate it.
"I...I met my mom...Gu Ao..." Gu Dandan used all her strength to cling to Gu Ao's neck, burying her pained little face in his neck. Only after smelling his scent did she feel slightly relieved.
Gu Ao laid Gu Dandan on the bed, wrung out a hot towel, and silently applied it to her wounds. He wanted to scold her...he really wanted to scold her harshly. No matter how foolish or stupid someone was, there should be limits. Letting others bully her without fighting back made her a complete fool.
"Hiss..." Gu Dandan's lips twitched, enduring the pain with all her might. She could tell that Gu Ao was angry again.
Gu Ao fiercely glared at Gu Dandan, gripping her slender wrist tightly, causing her some pain.
"You...you must never...never abandon me, Gu Ao...I...I have nowhere else to go." Tears fell onto her wounds, her pitiful gaze fixed on Gu Ao.
Even now, her only concern was whether he would abandon her?
With a somewhat rough gesture, Gu Ao held the back of Gu Dandan's head, his burning lips ravishing her tender ones, swallowing all her sobs, his eyes becoming sharp and bloodthirsty.
After a while, clothes fell through the air, revealing Gu Dandan's unshielded body before him, the marks of torture so heart-wrenching.
Gu Dandan let out a cry, her frail body filled with his scorching heat as Gu Ao suddenly entered her dry body. Her legs flailed aimlessly until Gu Ao grabbed them, wrapping them around his waist.
"Mmm...Gu...Ao..." Her body hurt from the thrusts, but Gu Dandan bit her lip, waiting for the storm to end.
His stern features showed both anger and pleasure. Gu Ao turned Gu Dandan over, entering her warmth from behind, continuing to burn with passionate flames.
At this moment, her weak body lay prone on the bed, making muffled sounds, her twisting buttocks only inciting more of a man's conquest. "It hurts...stop...please, just stop..."
Following the graceful curve of Gu Dandan's back, Gu Ao left lingering kisses on every flawless inch of skin. Then, turning her over again, he buried himself between her slightly protruding breasts, continuing to penetrate her body, repeating this endlessly...
A faint moan escaped Gu Dandan's lips, and she immediately covered her mouth in shame, biting her own lips in embarrassment, an unusual feeling echoing within her body.
A soul-stirring sigh stirred the last remnants of Gu Ao's reason, and with a heavy grunt, he grasped her buttocks, wildly claiming her delicate form...
"Don't you know how to protect yourself!" Gu Ao breathed heavily, then thrust forcefully again.
The small face beneath him contorted, already covered in bruises, and being treated roughly by Gu Ao caused silent tears to slip from the corners of her eyes. "She...she is my mother, what can I do? I...I don't want to go back with her, so she beats me. Why...why does she hate me so much? Sob sob...it hurts, it hurts!"
Gu Ao stared angrily at Gu Dandan, and the harder she cried, the more vigorously he thrust, almost taking her life.
Gu Dandan's legs kicked incessantly, trying to push Gu Ao out of her body. After struggling without effect, she tired and sobbed a few times before closing her eyes, ignoring whatever he did to her.
"Tired?" Gu Ao frowned unhappily.
"It hurts...hurts so much, why...why like this?" Gu Dandan struggled to open her eyes, casting a resentful look into Gu Ao's eyes.
"Gu Dandan, if I see you injured again, I will take you, I'll take you hard!" After finishing, Gu Ao lightly nibbled on Gu Dandan's petite round buttocks, half-seriously threatening her.
Gu Dandan's cheeks flushed, "You..."
Looking at the bruises and wounds on her body, Gu Ao felt a pang of pain. He even dared not imagine whether she had been living such a miserable existence before meeting him.
"Dandan."
"Yes." A pair of watery eyes, filled with complex emotions, slightly raised her small face to look at Gu Ao.
"Don't let yourself be bullied again." If possible, he wished he could keep her by his side at all times.
"Gu Ao..."
The man who had just exhausted her almost to death was now whispering lovingly in her ear, his strong arms possessively holding her against his chest. Dominant, fierce, affectionate...she couldn't distinguish anymore. This Gu Ao always confused her...
Finding a comfortable position, Gu Dandan rested beside Gu Ao, too exhausted to speak or open her eyes, and fell deeply asleep in his embrace...