Impulsive Vow to an Enigmatic Husband

The woman glanced at her with a sneer, a scornful grunt escaping her lips. “Hmph.”

Clutching the meal box tightly, Skyler asked once more before the door shut, “Where’s Zavier? Is he the one keeping me locked up here?”

The woman didn’t bother answering Skyler; she just closed the door and walked away.

Thankfully, a lamp was left on inside the room, allowing Skyler to eat the food the woman had brought in the light. The meal was hearty enough, but as Skyler chewed, there was only one taste that overwhelmed her senses — bitterness. But no matter how bitter, she had to eat. She wanted to live.

There was a camera in the solitary room, and right after Skyler finished her meal, the door opened again, the woman’s face expressionless as she collected the utensils.

Skyler thought about making a run for it while the woman was off guard, but a single sentence from her extinguished that thought. “If you manage to get out of here, you won’t make it past the front door,” the woman said coldly.d2

Skyler’s step halted, and she turned to look at the woman, pleading, “I want to see Zavier.”

you want to?”

into darkness. Skyler lay back down on the bed, losing track of time once more until the woman came back with another

after day. Without sunlight or any way to tell time, Skyler could only keep track of the days by the number of meals brought to

two days, three days… ten days, twenty

she couldn’t stomach anything. Everything she ate came right back up, and her hair began to fall out in

only that her body wouldn’t hold out much longer. So, when the door opened again, she

male voice suddenly

look up. It wasn’t the woman who brought her meals but Zavier. He no longer bore any resemblance to the man Skyler once

to laugh, but tears betrayed

chin. “It’s been so long, and you

to swat his hand away, but she had no strength left. She just lay on the ground, looking up at him. “When I die, could you bury