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

someone be

I’m not that silly. Give me my phone

his hand away from mine.“Okay, 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 spoiled kid who shoots her mouth off without thinking. Why

to his bullshit excuses, to the way he described that

voice…

you should see how ugly your shifting loyalties look

sounded like dead leaves scraping pavement.“I’ll stop bothering her. Do

like a little sister, not what you’re

expose

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

“Whose jacket?”

stared at rain–streaked windows. “The new one I

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

need to

me back, leaned over and kissed me on the lips. I clenched my jaw,

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