Chapter 5 My Husband Is Difficult To Feed

‘500 bucks isn’t enough?! ‘Is he planning to buy branded goods?’ Cecelia clenched her teeth and said, “Then, how much do you want?” William copied what Cecelia’s gesture from the night before and raised two fingers. Cecelia’s eyes widened. “I only spend about a thousand plus monthly, yet you need 2000 bucks just to buy some clothes? Pretty boy, there are some things that I must let you know since we’re married. You can see the kind of condition I live in. Thus, I can’t afford to give you a comfortable life.” Cecelia thought that by saying so, William would be understanding. After all, he was a man and should not be relying on a woman to feed him. The truth was, Cecelia had underestimated the thickness of William’s skin. He did not feel ashamed, instead, he continued to say without the slightest sense of dignity, “Then you should work harder to earn more money.” Cecelia was rendered speechless for the umpteenth time. What else could she say? Cecelia fumed as she made her way out. She dared not explode at William. Nevertheless, when Cecelia left, what she failed to see was the hint of a smile within William’s black eyes. Looking at the ‘X’ that was scribbled on her newspaper, Cecelia felt like a deflated balloon as she recalled William’s words, ‘work harder to earn more money’. She had searched throughout the whole morning to find a job but failed to even find one. It was as if those companies had discussed whether or not to hire her beforehand; whenever any of them found out that she was Cecelia Shayne, even those who were rather satisfied with her work performance, they would change their minds immediately. Cecelia was not a fool and could guess that it had to be that fat pig, Patrick Mason’s doing behind the scene. Patrick probably knew that she would not dare return to his company to work and thus blocked off all her escape routes. She did not know that the fat pig was that capable! ‘What should I do now? ‘If I were alone, I wouldn't starve to death for a while even without a job. But that fella at home...’ “Cecelia Shayne, tell me, were you even thinking at that time?” Cecelia knocked her head in frustration. “You had been bullied, but you could have found a spot to cry your lungs out. Of all the things you could have done, why did you have to pull grab a random guy and get married. Also, you were the one who had to fork out money?” Cecelia was filled with so much regret that she was kicking herself. Nevertheless, there was no turning back. She could not beat William in a fight!!! After feeling down for a while, Cecelia picked up her spirits and continued to job hunt. Since those well-known companies would not hire her, she had to lower her standards. She did not believe that Fat Mason had control over the whole of City A. Nevertheless, reality proved otherwise and she had underestimated the powers of Fat Mason. Cecelia was unable to find a job even as a waitress in a restaurant!!! Downfalls always came in pairs. Right when she was being chased out of a place, she bumped into Hawick. In his arms was that cougar Cecelia had caught him having sex with at his rented house. Since they had become enemies, Hawick held nothing back and mocked her. “Sigh, jobs aren’t easy to come by nowadays. Why don’t I introduce one to you?” Cecelia ignored Hawick, but he purposely blocked her way. “Don’t be shy.” He kissed the cougar in his arms and said, “Darling, isn’t your company looking to hire people lately? Are there any suitable positions for her?” The old woman guessed that Cecelia was not as what Hawick had described the other day, a part-time cleaner. Her gaze was filled with animosity as she sized up Cecelia. The old woman smirked with her blood-red lips and said, “I still have an open position for a toilet janitor.” Cecelia realized that the couple in front of her was a match made in heaven. There was no use in getting angry at such people. Hence, Cecelia cooly replied, “Keep it for yourself!” Cecelia turned to leave upon saying that, but the woman had other plans as she purposely went closer to Cecelia. Being so near each other, it was inevitable for there to be body contact. However, Cecelia could have sworn to God that she had not done anything when the woman fell to the ground. “How dare you push me. Hawick, are you just going to stand there and watch when she hit me?” Without saying a word, Hawick leaped forward, ready to hit Cecelia. “Tramp! We’ll see who’s going to save you today!” Due to the fact that Cecelia had offended Patrick Mason and also allowed William to humiliate him the other day, Hawick had a grudge against Cecelia. He had planned to look for an opportunity to exact his revenge on her, and it seemed like the opportunity was now presenting itself to him. Evidently, he was not going to give up such a good opportunity. Furthermore, he needed to prove himself in front of the cougar. Cecelia saw the ferociousness in Hawick’s expression and felt like he was no longer someone she knew. ‘He’s indeed someone else compared to the Hawick I knew.’ Seeing the hand that was about to slap her face, Cecelia was reminded of William. ‘If he were around, would he let Hawick hurt me?’ Cecelia did not understand why she would think of William at such a time. He was still considered a stranger to her, yet at that moment, she felt that as long as he were around, she would not need to fear anything. Unfortunately, William was not around. Nevertheless, even with him being absent, Cecelia was not a pushover either. She immediately avoided the slap. Hawick became even angrier after failing to hit her. “Great, I’ll see what else you’re capable of.” Hawick could not be bothered about his reputation nor the pedestrians around him as he grabbed Cecelia by her neck. Hawick never had any true feelings toward Cecelia and had always used her for his self-gain. When they were in the orphanage, there was a woman who would always visit Cecelia and bring her loads of things that included food. It was the main reason why Hawick initially approached Cecelia. As they grew up, Hawick noticed that Cecelia had feelings for him and thus decided to play along with her. Cecelia was quite naive, while Hawick’s acting skills were superb. Silly Cecelia was always prudent with her money and spent her savings on Hawick. Even in university, it was Cecelia who worked hard and saved up to help Hawick pay his tuition fees. Cecelia constantl y treated Hawick as family and did not mind doing anything for him. On the other hand, Hawick only saw Cecelia as a pawn, taking advantage of her to the limit. Cecelia was probably unaware that Hawick was the one that had snatched away her opportunity of being adopted. There were many things that Cecelia probably did not know of. Nevertheless, one thing was clear to her, and that was, Hawick was very heartless toward her. Otherwise, he would not have strangled her so tightly until she struggled to breathe. The difference in strength between that of a man and woman was huge. Thus, even after Cecelia had used up all her strength, she still could not release Hawick’s grip on her neck. Hawick smiled evilly as he watched Cecelia struggle. “Cecelia Shayne, if you start begging, perhaps I could consider being merciful.” Under Hawick’s gloating expression, Cecelia mouthed out a few words, “In your dreams.” ‘Impossible, I’ll never beg for mercy!’ “Alright. I gave you a chance but you threw it away. So don’t blame me for being ruthless.” With that, Hawick gradually increased the intensity of his grip. Cecelia’s face had begun turning red from the lack of air, yet she refused to beg. Just when she thought that she was going to be strangled to death by Hawick, a voice rang. “Let go.”