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.

Instead, she changed into the clothes she had left behind. Touching any of

as if nothing had happened. He set dining plates on the table. “Come over and

at him. The trauma that he had caused her

voice

not change his mind. Reluctantly, she went over and took a seat. Zach handed her a set of cutleries, and she

the remaining creamy chicken

was the very first time that only the two of them sat at the

gestures.

to the mall and pick out some clothes. You might get

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

for a new one from the kitchen. He added, “What

consider her family, shouldn’t you get her

as an excuse to take me to the mall. What’s his real intention?’

took her time, spending half an hour. Surprisingly, Zach

slowness.