“What’s amiss

Emerging from the kitchen, Millie noticed Marcus standing by the bed, his demeanor tinged with frostiness.

“You’ve got a knife tucked under your pillow. Is someone causing you trouble?”

A glint of steel sharpened in Marcus’ gaze. He recalled the unease that had plagued him the previous night, an inscrutable intuition whispering of looming danger hovering menacingly over Millie’s horizon.

“Fortunately, I managed to evade him on the journey back here,” Millie disclosed.

“Yet, last night, he found his way into my home. Yet, I remained vigilant and exploited his unfamiliarity with the layout in the darkness. I struck first, inflicting injury. He fled,”

With Marcus’ arrival, Millie laid bare the peril she had encountered.

of the danger that had shadowed Millie’s return,

lingered in Millie’s eyes, a testament

upon the cold blade. Since the assailant’s scheme had failed,

on it any longer. With you here, I

Marcus’ countenance growing increasingly grim. In

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Brown, I’m your husband, not a figure summoned to attend to your lifeless body. When you encounter such peril, why

seemingly nonchalant demeanor, Marcus’ indignation

speak, hesitated, then closed her lips

within Marcus’ eyes, creasing his

real and palpable. Millie’s strong independence had always been a point of contention for

his clenched fist, veins pulsing beneath his skin. After a hesitant moment, she mustered the courage to approach him, gently prying the

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