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

already considered strangers, the

cotton swab

me, you’d still be stuck at the police station!” Michael

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

man was a puzzle. I simply couldn’t figure him out, and I didn’t know he

Natalie and I weren’t in the wrong. They were the ones who started it but blamed

ended up being slapped like that. At the

there was consolation in knowing that John

didn’t want to have anything to do with him anymore,

look on his face, Michael continued applying ointment on

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

was done applying the ointment for me. He seemed to be very quiet today, and I couldn’t find a suitable

after ending our relationship. Being this close to him made me feel very restless, and every fiber in my body was yelling

Mr. Shaw. It’s getting late now. I

wasn’t a good idea to be in the same space as the opposite gender, especially one whom

wanted to leave. Then, he stood up and ordered impassively, “Stay here for

fine. I should go back now. I’m worried about Natalie. I wanna go back and check

been a callous person. Not to mention, he kept targeting me at every turn during the past few days.

even if that was what he wanted, I wouldn’t be able to satisfy him anymore. Since it was already over between the two of us, sleeping

me repeat myself.

From the slight growl in his voice, I knew that he was starting to get

mesmerizing eyes were like two whirlpools capable of sucking me in. Faced with his imposing stature, my heart pounded in

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