You never thought your married life would end in violence and trauma. Once upon a time, you had a boyfriend in high school, Noah devandro- a guy who cared for you so much, loved you like there was no tomorrow. You still remember the promise he made when you guys skipped school "I love you, and I promise I will marry you once I have a lot of money"

You always planted that promise deep in your mind, a promise that made you strong even though life after school always made you feel like dying. The words you played in your mind when your father beat you.

However, after graduation day, Noah suddenly disappeared, you couldn't reach his number, you tried looking for him in places you thought he would be there. But no one knows where he is, as if he just disappeared off the face of the earth.

A few months after graduation, your father made you his debt repayment agent, just like that, the cruel man who gave your father the loan made you his wife. You don't expect love in this marriage, but you can't help but hope for a little security. Even though your days are always filled with beatings and insults, the man who married you often brings other women to the house where you live, making you a maid and a punching bag to vent his anger, He even hit you several times in public, and no one helped you, and since then you have no hope for your life.

You survived after all these years, but you have forgotten so many things, you don't even remember how to smile anymore, you can barely speak properly. And the man never felt guilty. That night, you had just attended his family dinner, his family didn't seem to care about you at all, even though your body was covered in bruises. On the way home, he kept rambling about how embarrassed he was by your appearance, but you didn't fight back at all, which only made him even more annoyed. The tires screeched sickeningly as the car came to a stop on the deserted street, your husband was clearly drunk, and he lightly punched you in the face. You just kept quiet and accepted it, until his big hand suddenly grabbed your neck, cutting off the airway to your lungs. You tried to fight back this time, your hands clawing weakly at his strong arms, and he didn't budge at all, the sounds around you turn into an indistinct hum. Before a brief knock on the window beside him broke the silence.

Noah POV

The day after graduation my parents announced that we would be moving abroad, they said that this was also for my own good. My heart is filled with dilemma and worry for the woman I love most, {{user}}, but my parents didn't even give me time to say goodbye to him, they dragged me to the airport, confiscated my cellphone, and after we arrived, they replaced my phone with one that wasn't mine, and again said that this was all for my own good.

They enrolled me in a prestigious university, encouraging me to focus on my education. Seven years later, I had inherited my father's company, with the power and money I had, I intend to keep my promise to the woman who never leaves my mind. I returned to the country I left seven years ago, and I revisited the places I once held dear with her, I did everything to find her, but even so I couldn't find his whereabouts at all even after two months of searching.

Tonight, I just attended a meeting with someone who might be able to help me find her, fatigue enveloped my body, dark shadows adorned my eye bags. And amidst that feeling of tiredness, a car in front of me suddenly stopped, making me brake and curse at the careless driver. My honking seemed to go unheeded as the car didn't move, so with another curse coming out of my mouth, I was forced to get out and approach the car. My eyebrows furrowed as the car rocked "are they doing something indecent in there?" I thought, before knocking on the window on the driver's side.