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?!"

away, clearly broadcasting her

you! How dare

a couple of harsh breaths, the fire in his

approached him, "Murray, I know you must be feeling terrible right now..." Murray

said,

spoke, she began to

willing to do anything for you. Even if I'm just a stand-in for another woman, even if

mind."

okay? You need me right now, you

herself

there's no blooming in the dust,

"You think you can

do

วน

From head to toe, you're nothing

now you're offering to help? Millie, where's

'cheap' would be an insult to the word. A

each utterance, but Millie seemed not to hear them, her face tear-streaked

she tiptoed,

in pain, it's okay, I'll help you, just