Chapter 6

I sat in the treatment room. The door was suddenly flung open and a tall man entered menacingly as if he were about to kill, startling the doctor.

I glanced at the doctor.“It’s okay, he’s my… boss.” The word “husband” almost blurts out.

Julian seemed to have something stuck in his throat and walked to the doctor, asking, “Is it serious?”

“Don’t worry. It’s not a big deal.” The doctor, unconcerned about our relationship, took care of my wound and prescribed external medication.

I thanked him and got up to leave. Julian paid the bills and took the medicine, following me like a dutiful husband. I was too tired to say anything.

Leaving the hospital, I tried to get an Uber, but Julian grabbed my phone, put his arm around my shoulder, forcibly took me to the parking lot. Then, he shoved me into his car and got into the driver’s seat himself. The door slammed shut, and the sound of the outside world was cut off.

The atmosphere was subdued.

“Is this your latest twisted game to punish me? Playing chicken with the reaper now?” He turned to look at me, annoyed.

laughing. The anchor in my chest dissolved into sunburst laughter when his joke landed. He cheated

could someone be

silly. Give me my phone back.” I reached for my phone.

on twig,“–but was it cool to make her

listened to his bullshit excuses, to the way he described that girl, to the unconscious tenderness dripping

voice…

your shifting loyalties look

bothering her. Do whatever you

a little sister, not what you’re

little sister,” I said, resisting the urge to expose him.“My mistake. Congrats on your new sibling

car engine growled to life. I curled tighter into the smoke–gray tailored jacket, its sandalwood warmth mocking my chattering bones. His eyes suddenly laser–focused on the

“Whose jacket?”

Brother’s.” I stared at rain–streaked

reality TV–him ripping the jacket off me like it carried plague, hurling it into

need to

got out of the car to pick it up, but Julian pulled me back, leaned over and kissed me on the lips. I clenched my jaw,

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