Chapter 374 Wanting More

Caroline turned away, but David’s hand caught her chin, tilting her face toward him.

Finished

The night breeze stirred the curtains, sending them billowing. A faint glow of light crept through the window.

How much longer until dawn?

She was exhausted. This was the second time she had been forced into this nightmare.

The first had been that night–a faceless stranger taking everything from her.

Tonight, she knew.

And yet, nothing had changed.

She had still been powerless.

David, at the very least, had some restraint. He remembered she was carrying a child. He hadn’t gone too far.

But that didn’t change anything. Caroline shut her eyes, refusing to look at him. Because if she looked at him now, she might not be able to stop herself from trying to hurt him.

Beside her, David let out a slow breath, his heartbeat settling into an even rhythm.

His arm rested across her waist, his fingers absently stroking her skin.

Lingering.

Tempted.

Wanting more.

But…

be patient. There

always

“we

was a quiet suggestion, laced with something

she stopped fighting him. If

were husband and wife.

by law. Bound by ceremony.

him in every way

closed, her silence like a

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in his arms, stripped of her

had been defiled.

Finished

don’t have to speak now. That’s alright. We have the

her go.

would be sent away, raised elsewhere. She wouldn’t have to be a mother

would be different. It would stay by his side, raised

made up his mind. Everything would unfold as he dictated. No

commanded

arms and carried her

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