Be Your Lover Forever (Alicia) novel Chapter 2016

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In just a few sentences, Kim Mi-chi explained everything and solved his confusion. She was an orphan, and she had no one to rely on. She had no choice but to do what she did. Second, she was not shameless. She wanted to die, but she couldn't die now. She was looking for her parents to abandon her. Because she hadn't fulfilled her wish, she had to endure when she was bullied.

From her words and behavior, she looked like a young girl who had been tortured, struggling with desperation. In short, she was helpless!

In an instant, Elijah didn't know what to say.

There were many people in the world who had nothing to eat or warm clothes to wear and lived miserable lives. Many people did all that they could to survive. What's more, what she did was common in her circle.

Elijah knew this all too well. Take the simplest example, for his employees, setting aside basic salary, their annual bonus was 20% of their performance. In other words, after deducting the company's share, a gain of one million dollars would result in a 200,000 dollar bonus. If they got more than 10 million dollars, they would get two million dollars as their annual bonus.

He remembered clearly that one year, a beautiful young female student who had just graduated from college earned more than one million dollars. Her achievements were nothing short of a miracle. She might not have enough to buy a house in a year, but she got an Audi and brought a Hermes handbag to work. She did not have a good reputation. He heard rumors that her sales were from sleeping with different men. Her manager even gave her Cartier earrings for her birthday. She was not a decent person even from her schooling years. All kinds of men hooked up with her, and she finished university by sleeping her way through!

But as a boss, these were nothing to him. As long as she did not break the company's rules and gave him profit, she was an excellent employee! Why would he need excellent students who could not close sales anyway?

He didn't know what had happened to that employee later, but he still remembered her achievements. She enjoyed herself for sure!

After knowing all this, was it wrong for her to choose this path?

Elijah didn't dare to say anything and was no longer sure.

This world was cruel. In fact, many people who could survive were thick-skinned and had no self-esteem.

But because of her face, Elijah felt trapped.

Before he could find his voice, Kim Mi-chi began to speak again.

"Back then, I accompanied my friends to an audition. I was the sidekick but was chosen instead. Initially, I didn't want to enter this field, but suddenly, this opportunity fell from the sky. I thought... As long as I work hard, I no longer have to worry about anything in the future. One day, I would stand on the stage. Even if I am not famous, at least I wouldn't starve to death. Even if I had a chance, I could let everyone in the world see me. Maybe it would be easier for them to find me than for me to find them, like a needle in a haystack. So, I, who didn't know anything, signed a twenty-year contract!"

As if she was recalling the past, Kim Mi-chi smiled faintly as though she was laughing at her foolish past self. After a pause, she continued,

"Dreams are always very beautiful! But at that time, I really didn't know much about the world. I didn't know anything. I did whatever others arranged for me... I tried my best and I believed that I would reap the benefits from my sufferings. So, even if I couldn't eat and feel tired, even if I was injured, I still endured the pain and trained. The manager said that he would take us out to get to know the big shots in the lower circle. We were also very happy to be chosen and dressed up! But that night, we were sent to different private rooms in different restaurants to be given to different men, more than a dozen men!"

Kim Mi-chi closed her eyes, but Elijah's eyes were wide open again. He couldn't believe what he had just heard.

The next second, it was even more shocking.

"In the private room of the restaurant, where there is not even a bed, none of us were spared. We were all drugged, and we didn't even know who was with us that night. How many men were there? When we woke up, someone showed us a video, and said that we could only be free after this. It was nothing more than a hazing process. That was when we understood. Without dignity, we could be rich!"

"We all wailed and cried. Some wanted to kill themselves but that person didn't stop us! He said to do as we wished. With the video in hand, if something happened, they would make it as though we were the ones who didn't know how to behave ourselves. We committed suicide from being ashamed. They would still ask for compensation from our relatives. There were those who risk everything and sued them, but nothing came out of it... That was when we realized that the people backing this were very powerful. And we, the so-called future stars, were just tools for them to make money and toys for them to have sex with. The glitz and glamor was just to deceive ourselves and the audience! There were indeed many famous stars who came out of that. They entered to world stage and became very successful. But the past remained the past, no one dared to dig deeper into it, let alone mention it! We all compromised at the end. The only thing that comforted us was everyone went through what we did. As long as we survived, it would be alright! So, isn't it ridiculous? In the end, everyone can accept all this indifferently!"

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