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.”

think you can see Zavier just because you want to?” The woman dropped the biting comment and

plunging the room into darkness. Skyler lay back down on the

day. Without sunlight or any way to tell time, Skyler could only keep track

two days, three days…

and Skyler’s appetite worsened. About a month later, she couldn’t stomach anything. Everything she ate came

wouldn’t hold out much longer. So, when the door opened again, she lunged at the

voice suddenly echoed

bore any resemblance to the man Skyler once knew. His gaze was frightening. He stood before her

but tears betrayed her, spilling out uncontrollably.

his hand gripping her chin. “It’s been so long, and

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