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

already considered strangers, the sudden intimacy

out to take the cotton swab from his hand,

for me, you’d still be stuck at the police

like my arrest affected him in any

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

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

we ended up being slapped like that. At the thought of this, a wave

in knowing that John and that

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

look on his face, Michael continued applying ointment on my

did I. 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

seemed to be very quiet today, and I couldn’t

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

help today, Mr. Shaw. It’s getting late now. I should get

morning. It wasn’t a good idea to be in the same space as the opposite gender, especially one whom I used to be sexually intimate

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

It’s fine. I should go back now. I’m worried about Natalie.

he kept targeting me at every turn during the past few days. When he

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

myself. My patience has

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

two whirlpools capable of sucking me in.

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