Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

"Answer me, is it or isn't it?"

Millie shook her head, replying, "No, it's not... I... I didn't... Murray, you're hurting me..."

Murray pulled at the nightgown she was wearing, his smile filled with scorn, "Then how do you explain this? If you haven't done it before, how come you're so good at it?" When they first got together, he felt something was off. Just the night before, he was all over Roseanne, and then he wakes up next to Millie?

He chalked it up to a drunken mistake, thinking he had hallucinated the whole thing, never considering he'd been played!

Thinking about it made Murray's blood boil.

"You're pushing me to my limits!" he roared as he yanked Millie up from the floor, "Get out! Get out of my house!"

Overcome with rage, Murray felt his temperature rising.

His body felt like it was on fire...

He swayed slightly, his Adam's apple bobbing in discomfort.

Wait a minute! Murray's expression turned ice cold, realizing his symptoms were more akin to...

"Did you drug me?!"

eyes shifted away, clearly broadcasting

How dare

couple of harsh breaths, the fire in his heart burning even

swallowed hard, fighting back her fear, and stood up, her tears streaming down as she approached him, "Murray, I know

her lip, Millie said, "I

spoke, she began

if I'm just a stand-in for another woman, even if you're

mind."

words were laden with emotion, perhaps even convincing herself, "Murray, let me help you, okay? You need me right now, you need a woman. What Roseanne can't do,

lowered herself to

no blooming in the dust, only to

"You think

How do you

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toe, you're nothing like her.

me, and now you're offering to help? Millie,

to the word. A stray dog has more honor

words were harsher with each utterance, but Millie seemed not to hear them,

smooth body pressed against him, she tiptoed, her lips

pain, it's okay, I'll help