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.

his sullen face, and burst out laughing. The anchor in my chest dissolved into sunburst laughter when his joke landed. He cheated on me, and

could someone be so narcissistic?

not that silly. Give me my phone back.”

I lied today-” His voice cracked like a stepped on twig,“–but was it cool to make her cry like that? She’s just a

described that girl, to the

voice…

your shifting loyalties look right now.

pavement.“I’ll stop bothering her. Do whatever you want. Just keep your precious baby from flaunting herself

what you’re imagining.” His

the urge to expose

tighter into the smoke–gray tailored jacket, its sandalwood warmth mocking my

“Whose jacket?”

rain–streaked windows. “The new one I adopted.”

next unfolded like bad reality TV–him ripping the jacket off me like it

I need

to pick it up, but Julian pulled me back, leaned over and kissed me on the lips. I clenched my jaw, he gripped my chin

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