Caroline shook her head. “What are you thinking? I’m only giving an example. It’s been a few months since I married Kirk, I think. I’ve met his family too. But for some reason, I feel like the person I know isn’t the real him. It’s just a persona he’s showing me.”

Gwen replied, “Maybe you’ll get to know him more if you spend more time together.”

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“Maybe.” Caroline half–heartedly put her hair up.

“Enough, let’s not talk about this anymore. Let’s drink!”

Gwen raised her glass and was about to clink it with Caroline’s. But then her gaze fell on Caroline’s neck. “Carol, what happened to your neck?”

It didn’t look like a hickey. On the contrary, it looked like someone had throttled her.

Caroline remembered the marks and put her hair back down.

“It’s nothing.”

“Is Kirk abusing you?” Gwen sprung up as she said this. “I’ll kill him!”

“Calm down.” Caroline pulled at Gwen.

“It has nothing to do with Kirk. It was Eddy.”

Gwen grabbed a beer bottle and headed for

I’m fine. You’re

truly somewhat drunk. Her body swayed. Feeling awful, she slumped in

Gwen finished before handing her some tissues

cool breeze blew past. Gwen finally felt a bit more alert.

looked up at Caroline in pain. “Why did

Gwen up. “I’ll take

Carol. If Kirk dares do anything bad to

she said this, a pair of

ear. It was then that she realized she was sure

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won’t get that chance.”

strides and pushed Gwen over to Sean behind him. Then, he pulled Caroline over and looked her up and down. His gaze settled on the bright red

neck,

“Eddy did this?”

Then, she

to his car. By the looks of it, Gwen was obediently leaning against

worrying and looked back at Kirk.

are you here?”

“Answer me.”

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