"Ouch..." she said. Moaning with pain, Cathryn sat up with extreme difficulty. She had her head in her hands. Half squinting, Cathryn looked around at the strange room. She then examined the place more carefully.

She realized that she was in a room at the bar from the night before. The curtains were at the head of the bed, and they were half-open. Only a fraction of the sunlight was coming in, but it was enough to make the whole room clear for her to see.

The tone of the whole room was dark, and the dark red bedclothes sent out a faint smell of disinfectant. There were two brown tea tables beside the bed, and there was nothing on them.

On the walls was concave and convex wallpaper, which had a series of red roses blooming on it. It was very revealing. There was a round lamp hanging on the ceiling. In the white lampshade, there was a wine-red light bulb matching the wallpaper that could be clearly seen.

At the front left side of the bed was the door of the room, which was closed. The floor was covered with an amazingly intricate carpet. It was so clean until you looked by the bed, which clearly revealed the passion and indulgence of last night.

At that moment, when she looked at her clothes, Cathryn's body trembled like getting an electric shock, and the memory fragments in her mind were glued together. She immediately remembered everything that happened last night.

Cathryn's face became pale for a moment, and she reached out her hands to touch her legs. The ligaments of her legs were sore because of their crazy behavior last night. Rubbing her legs, Cathryn felt like her legs were dry and smooth, which was a little reassuring to her.

She still vaguely remembered the madness of last night when they had crazy sex. They had sex up against the wall, and they went from the bed to the floor until she finally lost consciousness.

She could still feel the man continuing to move his fingers all over her body. His touch, she could remember it vividly. It was a one-night stand, and it wasn't unusual for the man or the woman to leave the room before the other awakens.

As for last night's indulgence, Cathryn's mood was hard to understand. She did not know the man, and at the same time, she felt very content with him. Afterwards, she felt like her body and mind were empty, but she had mixed feelings. She also got an unprecedented feeling of excitement and pleasure from him. "Why am I feeling this way?" she said out loud.

She consoled herself by thinking that it was just sex. The consolation was just about to function, but as soon as she stood up, she thought she was going to fall into pieces.

Cathryn felt a warm liquid flow down the inside of her thigh. Cathryn's waist was so sore that she could not straighten up her body. She leaned against the wall, and she stretched out her hand to touch her leg. She saw the milky liquid on her palm, and the familiar smell stimulated her sense of smell.

Cathryn was frightened by what she had seen. Her eyes widened, and she almost fainted. "How could this happen?"

She was utterly drunk last night, but she still remembers that she tore open the condom and put it on him and even praised the size of his thing.

But how to explain the milky white liquid on her hand. It was slippery and had a very familiar smell? Staring at the trash bin beside the bed, Cathryn wanted to walk towards it, but her waist was so limp and sore that she fell to the floor.

She was in so much pain that the tears kept running down her face. Cathryn reached into the trash can, pulled out the inferior condom, and noticed that it had been broken. It was indeed used, but it was worn out because of the consequences of the two people's actions.

Aware of the truth, Cathryn's face immediately became pale, tears falling down like rain. She trembled and tried to find her cell phone, but she still could not see it after looking for a long time. She was feeling desperate and helpless, and her cell phone suddenly rang.

As soon as she saw the flashing name on the screen, Cathryn's tears fell down more fiercely, and after answering the phone, she could hear the urgent voice of her best friend, Grace Garcia. "Hello, Cathryn, what happened between you and Jordan? Why did he propose to Athena Green? Is this an affair? Or a rumor?"

In addition to Cathryn and Jordan, only Grace and Jordan's agent, Jason, knew about their hidden marriage. Grace had been on a business trip for a few weeks, and when she got home last night, she was tired, so she turned off her cell phone and went to bed early. When she got up in the morning and turned on the entertainment news, she was shocked to find out all the gossip about Jordan.

The headlines of several entertainment media were occupied by Jordan. He proposed to Athena at the countdown party of PGTV last night.

All of Jordan's fans were extremely excited about the news because they thought they were indeed a perfect match.

Grace, who knew that Jordan had been married to Cathryn, did not know what had happened at all. This was when she immediately called Cathryn to find out what was happening. Grace asked her so many questions that it immediately felt like Cathryn's headache had worsened.

She tried hard to hold back her tears and said to Grace with a thick nasal sound, "I made love with a strange man last night, Grace."

"Well done, my dear!" said Grace.

Cathryn was weak in character, and this was not something that she would typically do.

She was still distraught. She blurted out. "He... He shot the semen into my body."

Many women often have one-night stands, but not Cathryn. Her parents were both teachers, and they had tried their best for two years after she graduated from film school to preserve her moral integrity in the entertainment circle.

"Didn't you ask him to wear a condom?" said Grace.

"I personally helped him wear the condom, though the size of the condom was a bit small. I really did not expect that it would get worn out!" Although she had never expected to have a one-night stand with any man, she still knew that contraceptive measures were needed in any case.

Grace had no time to think about Jordan's affairs. None of that mattered. Her primary concern right now is taking care of her best friend.

She tried to calm Cathryn down. "I need to buy you an emergency contraceptive at once, and you need to get out of there right now. Please go home and wait for me. Are you listening, can you hear me, Cathryn?"

Cathryn was in a state of shock, and as soon as she realized what her friend was saying, she instantly replied, "Yes, I am leaving now."

After hanging up the phone, Cathryn's heart finally settled down, and then she left the bar after getting dressed.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Jeremy called Keith to go to the company at once. Keith had just returned from a business trip in Germany. A recent report needed to be reviewed by Keith before the shareholders' meeting. This was something that Jeremy could not help him with, so Keith had to attend.

After forcing himself to finish listening to the report calmly, Keith asked Jeremy to take over as he presided over the meeting. Jeremy was shocked. Jeremy was very tired from the previous night and thought that he would be more relaxed with Keith coming in.

"I can't believe this! He is putting his whole workload on me. This is unbelievable." Jeremy thought to himself.

"Gosh! Are you crazy?!" he said. He did not know what was going on. For a split second, he actually thought Keith had lost his mind. He did not know whether he was crazy or not.

Keith never even acknowledged what Jeremy had said. All he could think about was that woman, Cathryn.

Keith couldn't get over what had happened last night. It was a night that he would never forget.

"She said her name was Cathryn," said Keith.

Cathryn, after all these years, he finally knew her name. He thought. He knew he had to go back to the bar and try to find her. He immediately left and called the bar and told them that he would be there soon.

When the owner of the bar heard that Keith would be returning to his bar again, he immediately jumped out of bed and waited for Keith at the door. Before Keith entered the bar, he saw a group of people standing outside. The women who Keith assumed were the waitresses were very much attracted by his appearance.

They widened their eyes suddenly as he looked at them with his deep dark eyes and his thin, bright red lips.

"This way, please, Mr. Clarkson." The owner of the bar knew who Keith came to look for. He opened the door and invited Keith to enter the bar without saying anything else.

After leading him down the corridor, the owner of the bar and the waiters did not continue to move ahead.

Keith walked towards the door in a hurry and opened the door with the room card. Pushing the door open as quickly as he could, he entered the room. The light in his dark brown eyes was gone when he saw the empty room. His smile faded away in an instant. Keith looked around to make sure there was no one in the room, and then he started to leave. He grabbed the handle with his fingers and closed the door.

"She had already gone," he thought to himself. He was so disappointed.

Because of the night that she had, Cathryn's legs were trembling fiercely when she walked. It felt as though she was about to fall down. She did not want to be recognized by others, so she went home first to put on her hat and a scarf to cover her face. The only thing showing was a pair of bright, shining eyes.

Cathryn was starving, so she stopped at the vending machine to buy a sandwich. After all, she hadn't eaten anything since yesterday. She ate the sandwich quickly and then returned to the vending machine to get some medicine for the pain. Immediately she put it into her pocket and ran away without taking the time to get her change from the machine.

As soon as Cathryn got back home, she poured a glass of water and opened the box to swallow the medicine. Grace went straight to Cathryn's house. As soon as Cathryn saw Grace, all the grievances came to her. She immediately buried herself into Grace's arms and began to weep. She was in so much agony, and she had to let out all of her pain and suffering. She had a hard time trying to explain everything to Grace. Grace was very understanding and told her to take her time and let it all out.

"You and Jordan have been married in secret for a year, and now he had an extramarital affair? How could he ask you to leave home without giving you any property?" Grace was very angry when she heard what Cathryn had told her.

"Is it true that your primary source of income came from him? Did he promise to give you anything after the divorce was finalized?" asked Grace.

"When we got married, I was unable to make ends meet. If it hadn't been for Jordan's support, I probably would have gone back home to become a teacher. This is what my mother had always wanted for me," said Cathryn.

"No!" Grace looked Cathryn straight in the eye. She began to roll up her sleeves, turned on the computer, and angrily said, "I have to post this in the forum to expose that bastard!"

"It's no use to do so." Cathryn drank a sip of milk and continued to say to Grace with tears. "He and the media all work together, and both the forum and Facebook have a lot of his fans. Even if you do so, his company can also handle it quickly without impacting him. Besides, he said that if I revealed our hidden marriage to the media, he would retaliate against my parents."

"How can you let him bully you like this?" Grace didn't understand the hidden rules of the entertainment circle. All she knew was that it was unfair for her best friend to put up with this foolishness.

Cathryn felt as though she were doomed to endure all the grievances in silence and give in to fate.

"Jordan said this is what I owe him and that I deserve it," said Cathryn, after hesitating for a moment.

Cathryn and Jordan had known each other for two years. They met when she went to an audition the year of her graduation. Unfortunately, the role of the audition was given to the daughter of a sponsor's friend, and it was then that Cathryn became acquainted with Jordan.

The first time they met, Jordan took the initiative to ask Cathryn for her contact information. In no time, everything seemed to come to them very naturally. Cathryn had liked Jordan for at least five years before she had even met him.

After six months of seeing each other, Jordan had finished doing all the romantic things that a man could do and then expressed his love to her.

When he suddenly showed Cathryn love, it was beyond her belief, and she was so excited. Like all young girls in love, she was very unassertive and agreed without thinking.

They kept their relationship a secret, but Jordan always treated her the same. Six months later, they got married. However, they were married in secret. Hidden marriages were not uncommon in the entertainment circle. Especially if they were famous stars like Jordan, he had such high popularity and status in the entertainment circle.

His fans would not accept that he was married to an unknown little actress. Therefore, Cathryn understood why Jordan requested to get married to her in secret. As for their marriage, besides two people, which were Grace, who was Cathryn's best friend, and Jordan's agent, Jason. No one else knew, not even Cathryn's parents.

Cathryn remembered how strongly Jordan felt about not letting her parents know about their marriage. She had opposed it at first but finally gave up when Jordan told her that both of his parents were dead.

Eventually, Jordan would be so spiteful that he would no longer talk to her whenever Cathryn mentioned her parents.

Since Jordan had grown up without his parents by his side, Cathryn worried that it might cause him grief when she talked about her parents, so she no longer mentioned them before him and no longer forced him to meet them.

She loved Jordan very much. No one could ever resist his intense pursuit. They could only surrender to him. Cathryn was a soft-hearted person, and her love was also tender. It was so tender that, in the end, she loved Jordan as much as she loved her life. A secret love like this was painful. It was tearing her apart.

She entered the entertainment circle, thinking Jordan would help her, but he never gave her any entertainment resources. A while ago, he gave her the chance to dance alone at the countdown party of PGTV. Her program was followed by Jordan's show.

Her dance was sexy and wild, which was related to her charming appearance and instantly astonished the whole audience. After she finished her performance and returned backstage to see Jordan's performance through the crack of the door, she saw a scene where Jordan was kneeling on one knee to propose to his gossip girlfriend, Athena. It made Cathryn's heartbreak.

Just before she went up to the performance, she even stressed to the other dancers that Jordan and Athena were definitely not lovers and the other dancers made fun of her for saying so.

As soon as Jordan knelt down, the mockery of the accompanying dancers came to her again. Without hesitation, Cathryn was just about to rush onto the stage. She was stopped by Jason, who had been waiting on the side. Cathryn started to cry, and Jason sent her home. It was that night when Jordan came back with the divorce agreement.

"Why are you doing this to me?" asked Cathryn. Her tears were now running dry.

"This is what you owe me, and all the pain that you are feeling is what you deserve." Jordan's answer was the same as the one she had given to Grace.

Cathryn didn't understand the meaning of his words at first, but when Jordan spoke out, he told her how quickly he could destroy her parents' integrity or anyone that she loved.

Cathryn was shocked, she could not speak. Jordan pinched her jaw so tightly that he almost crushed it. His eyes were full of coldness and hate.

"Who is this man? This is not the kind and compassionate man that I married." Cathryn thought to herself.

"Don't try to resist, or I promise I will take revenge on your parents." After Jordan left, Cathryn went into the bathroom, and her mind was in complete turmoil. Jordan's hatred of her did not seem to be false, but where did it come from? She wondered how he could have so much hate towards her.

Memories came flooding back about how she had been a good student since childhood without any chance to offend anyone, except once when she was in junior high school... Thinking of this, Cathryn suddenly woke up with a start, she was shivering in the bathroom. Why did Jordan hate her so much? Why was he so vicious? She couldn't understand what she had done. She questioned herself over and over again.

She knew she had to be careful and do what he asked of her. Jordan would often speak at the school where her parents worked, and when she mentioned her parents, he would always look cold. So, she wondered if this had anything to do with her parents.

Cathryn's train of thought was interrupted. In fact, it was totally unnecessary for her to think about this now.

Her thoughts were racing. She knew that Jordan had been planning everything before he approached her. So she knew that she was better off enduring all the pain in silence. If she were to develop a way to retaliate against Jordan, he would definitely even the score by using her parents.

Cathryn knew this was unfair, but she had no choice. She had to surrender to this fate. She was just an infamous little star in the entertainment circle. She did not dare to offend a superstar like Jordan.

Grace's face became pale in an instant when she heard Cathryn's words. Seeing her expression, Cathryn thought she had said something wrong, so she quickly hugged Grace and tried to reassure her that everything would be okay. Even though Cathryn knew deep down in her heart that it would take a long time before her wounds would heal.

Clenching her fists, Grace glanced at Cathryn. She lightly slapped her on the head and scolded her, "You fool! Why do you believe in anything that Jordan tells you? He must have been so addicted to acting that he thought he was acting in a heavy drama with you."

"You're right," answered Cathryn in a hurry.

"What did you think of the man last night? Did he leave any contact information for you? What was his name, and what did he look like?" said Grace.