Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 159

Chapter 159:

Not even for him.

“I’ll say it one more time—lie down.” His voice had turned icy.

Yvonne hesitated, but before she could protest, he leaned in, his tone laced with warning. “Do you want to lie down yourself, or should I cut your clothes off with scissors?”

A nervous breath escaped her lips. “Can you turn off the lights?” she asked quietly.

“I’ll leave one wall lamp on,” he relented.

His willingness to compromise made her stop resisting.

Slowly, she lifted the hem of her nightgown, exposing the full extent of her injuries.

Her pale skin made the bruises look even more severe, dark shadows blooming across her back.

When Norton pressed his fingers gently against her skin, she flinched, biting down on her lip to muffle a gasp.

bruises. It’ll help them heal faster,” he explained, his voice steady. “It might sting a little, so try to

hint of apprehension laced

hurts too much, just cry

sent a soothing

a sharp pain shot through her back. It

palms and the ointment intensified, spreading over her

an unbearable mix

her best efforts to stay silent, soft

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she

can’t take this anymore,” she pleaded. “Can you stop

he spoke. “No. Ten more minutes.” And then

exhaustion or the pain dulling into something tolerable, her eyelids fluttered

time morning came, the bed beside her was

the bathroom, her heart pounding as she

made her stomach

darkened, spreading across her skin, making her back