The Rewritten Love: A Second Beginning

Chapter 280

Madelyn sat on the bed with empty eyes like a broken doll.

Zach pulled out a black shirt from the closet and tossed it onto the bed. “Take off your clothes and give them a wash. Change the dirty sheets and bed covers together.”

He walked to the doorway, picked up her pair of long white socks from the floor, and hung them on the back of a chair before leaving the room.

Madelyn didn’t stay in his room for long. She dashed into the room she had shared with Jadie. She removed her school uniform and put it in the trash bin. In the shower, she scrubbed herself vigorously, trying to wash away the feeling of his touch from her skin. Her thoughts were haunted by the disturbing scene of what he had subjected her to.

Tears welled up in Madelyn’s eyes as memories of that moment replayed in her thoughts. Though their physical intimacy fell short of intercourse, Zach’s actions had left an everlasting mark-a terrifying experience from which she believed she would

never recover.

‘If he had done it, I don’t think I could bear it,’ Madelyn thought.

not change into the black shirt he had provided her after showering. Instead, she changed into the clothes she had left behind.

out of the room, Zach appeared as if nothing had

didn’t even look at him. The trauma that he

voice

mind. Reluctantly, she went over and took a seat. Zach handed her a set of cutleries, and she hesitated before accepting them, her gaze

served the remaining

that only the two of them sat at the

his occasional touchy gestures. She had to bear with it.

the mall and pick out some clothes. You might get sick wearing such light clothes.”

slipped from her fingers to the floor. Swiftly, she retrieved it. “I-I’m okay, I have lots of clothes. I’ll go back by myself

one from the kitchen. He added, “What about Rosario, though? I remember she’s been wearing the same coat for three

her family,

this, Madelyn thought, ‘He’s using Rosario’s situation as an excuse to take me to the mall. What’s

Madelyn took her time, spending half an hour. Surprisingly, Zach didn’t

slowness.