His words reminded me about the slaps bestowed on me earlier. Although I hadn’t had the time to look into the mirror, I knew that my face was red and swollen. I probably looked really ugly.

Thinking of my miserable appearance, I felt the urge to hide from Michael.

 

My cheek was still burning as the pain hadn’t yet subsided. Holding my cheek with one hand, I wanted to leave immediately.

“You’re really something, landing yourself in the police station like that. I severely underestimated your guts.”

Michael took out a tube of ointment from the first aid kid. After squeezing some out on a cotton swab, he turned to face me.

 

When his hand neared me, I instinctively evaded it, not wanting to let him touch me.

Michael frowned when I kept dodging him. “Don’t move!” he commanded.

He was born with a domineering personality. Upon hearing his command, I instantly sat still. For some reason, I always listened to him like this, even when things had ended between the two of us.

 

He used the cotton swab to spread the ointment evenly on my cheek. The cooling sensation effectively alleviated some of the pain.

My heart fluttered when I noticed how gentle he was, as if he was afraid of hurting me.

 

fine. I can do it

were already considered strangers, the sudden intimacy greatly unsettled

cotton swab from his hand, but he evaded

me, you’d still be stuck at the

 It’s not like my arrest affected him in any way. Why is he

was a puzzle. I simply couldn’t figure him out, and I didn’t know he regarded me as a stranger like I did

and I weren’t in the

and I were obviously the victims. Yet, we ended up being slapped like that. At the

that John and that woman received their

and I were released. Although I didn’t want to have anything to do with him anymore, I appreciated

sullen look on his face, Michael continued

into an awkward silence. After all, we were once in a sexual relationship. Now that we had become estranged, it was inevitable we’d

seemed to be very quiet today, and

were in such close proximity after ending our relationship. Being this close to him made me feel

your help today, Mr. Shaw. It’s getting late now.

a good idea to be in the

when he heard that I wanted to leave. Then, he stood up and ordered impassively, “Stay here for the night.

worried about Natalie. I wanna

to mention, he kept targeting me at every turn during the past few days. When he suddenly showered concern and

anymore. Since it was already over between the two of us, sleeping with him

make me repeat myself. My patience has its

me down. From the slight growl in his voice, I knew that

of sucking me in. Faced with his imposing

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