His words reminded me about the slaps bestowed on me earlier. Although I hadn’t had the time to look into the mirror, I knew that my face was red and swollen. I probably looked really ugly.

Thinking of my miserable appearance, I felt the urge to hide from Michael.

 

My cheek was still burning as the pain hadn’t yet subsided. Holding my cheek with one hand, I wanted to leave immediately.

“You’re really something, landing yourself in the police station like that. I severely underestimated your guts.”

Michael took out a tube of ointment from the first aid kid. After squeezing some out on a cotton swab, he turned to face me.

 

When his hand neared me, I instinctively evaded it, not wanting to let him touch me.

Michael frowned when I kept dodging him. “Don’t move!” he commanded.

He was born with a domineering personality. Upon hearing his command, I instantly sat still. For some reason, I always listened to him like this, even when things had ended between the two of us.

 

He used the cotton swab to spread the ointment evenly on my cheek. The cooling sensation effectively alleviated some of the pain.

My heart fluttered when I noticed how gentle he was, as if he was afraid of hurting me.

 

I can

we were already considered strangers, the sudden intimacy

to take the cotton swab from his

weren’t for me, you’d still be stuck at the police

my arrest affected him in any way. Why is he even

and I didn’t know

I weren’t in the wrong. They were the ones who started it but blamed it on

obviously the victims. Yet, we ended up being slapped like that. At the thought of

that John and

Although I didn’t want to have anything to do

his face, Michael continued applying ointment

silence. After all, we were once in a sexual relationship. Now that we had become estranged, it was inevitable

me. He seemed to be very quiet today, and I couldn’t

after ending our relationship. Being this close to

you for your help today, Mr. Shaw. It’s getting late

two in the morning. It wasn’t a good idea to be in the same space as the opposite gender, especially one whom I used to be sexually intimate

leave. Then, he stood up and ordered impassively, “Stay here

fine. I should go back now. I’m worried about

a callous person. Not to mention, he kept targeting me at every turn during the past few days. When he suddenly showered concern and care on me,

able to satisfy him anymore. Since it was already over between the two of us, sleeping with him was out of

me repeat myself. My patience

in his voice, I knew that he was starting to get

eyes were like two whirlpools capable of sucking me in. Faced with his imposing stature, my heart pounded in

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