Burning Passion: Love Never Die

“What’s amiss

Emerging from the kitchen, Millie noticed Marcus standing by the bed, his demeanor tinged with frostiness.

“You’ve got a knife tucked under your pillow. Is someone causing you trouble?”

A glint of steel sharpened in Marcus’ gaze. He recalled the unease that had plagued him the previous night, an inscrutable intuition whispering of looming danger hovering menacingly over Millie’s horizon.

“Fortunately, I managed to evade him on the journey back here,” Millie disclosed.

“Yet, last night, he found his way into my home. Yet, I remained vigilant and exploited his unfamiliarity with the layout in the darkness. I struck first, inflicting injury. He fled,”

With Marcus’ arrival, Millie laid bare the peril she had encountered.

and apprehension, Marcus gleaned the details of the danger that had shadowed Millie’s return, Her

Millie’s eyes, a testament

upon the cold blade. Since the assailant’s scheme had failed,

it any longer. With you here,

perceived Marcus’ countenance growing increasingly grim. In an instant, his demeanor

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I’m your husband, not a figure summoned to attend to your lifeless body.

seemingly nonchalant demeanor, Marcus’

to speak, hesitated, then closed her

flared within Marcus’ eyes,

was real and palpable. Millie’s strong independence had always been a point of contention for him, especially in times of

After a hesitant moment, she mustered the courage to approach him, gently prying the knife from his grip

mean to withhold it from you intentionally. Last night, I thought of calling you, but we were apart, and