Chapter 75

His voice wasn't loud, but it still carried the edge of a command.

Jessica's hand was trapped in his grip; she couldn't respond, forced to accept his ridiculous charity.

Her face remained expressionless.

Timothy remembered once passing through a department store and, on a whim, spotting a pair of pearl earrings that seemed perfect for her. When he brought them home, her eyes had shimmered with light, like stars.

He leaned in close, his voice husky. "Didn't you love it when I gave you presents? This is a special ring-it plays music. I had it made just for you."

Seven years. They'd been married for seven years.

With his sharp mind and keen perception, there was no way he didn't know she loved him.

He was skilled at toying with her feelings.

He knew how to say the cruelest things to hurt her.

He'd done the harshest things—almost destroyed her.

And then, as if nothing ever happened, he'd act like everything was fine.

He'd slap her with one hand, and offer her a sweet with the other.

He made her feel like she was nothing to him-cheap, disposable.

her back,

me stay like this for a while. I'm

exhaustion; she just felt suffocated by his iron grip

fell silent, and the

heard his breathing

She frowned.

Timothy really fallen

like five minutes before she

me hold you just a

couldn't tell if he was talking in his sleep or if he'd sensed her trying to

wasn't really asleep

Jessica let him rest his face

he really was tired. Sitting like that,

somehow winding around Timothy's neck without

she was back in the room she and Timothy had

the clock on the wall-it

She'd slept so deeply!

idea how she'd gotten back

her illness

Ines's exhibition

two. The

out of bed and hurried to

the ring on her finger

thing had a built-in speaker-it couldn't get

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