Chapter 51 Pushing Herself Despite the Exhaustion

He was waiting for her to cave in and beg him for mercy. Once completely drained, she would share everything she had been hiding from him.

But Cherise didn’t crack.

“It’s ready,” she said, dipping her hands into the bathtub to test the water temperature. She turned to him with a smile. “You can get in now.”

Damien’s frustration was mounting as he stepped into the bathtub.

Cherise lowered her head and began to scrub his body with a towel. She used a lighter. touch than before but still made no effort to plead.

The man narrowed his eyes as he watched her. The color drained from her face, but she stood her ground. “Again.”

Cherise was well aware that he was doing this to her intentionally.

“Did I do something wrong?”

Damien huffed at her. He then pointed at the bathtub and ordered, “Change the water.”

her jaw. She felt like she had been drained of every ounce of energy but didn’t give up. She filled the tub with clean water,

“Again.”

“Again.”

“It’s not enough.”

process, she

figure. Her dark,

his eyes and pulled her from the water before

Dr. Caldwell here,” he barked

he sat by the bed, gently wiping the water droplets off her

towel.

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from exhaustion than open up

life with him was an empty promise. She had never once considered him

friend. To her, he was

baffled by the thought. He treated her as his wife, but she never once

the night they were at Lenoir Residence. He could clearly. remember her big, doe-eyes

are my spouse from now on.

that night still rang in his

his fingers against her soft lips and said softly, “I’ve never thought of

burden.”

you ever thought of me as a

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