Michael’s ebony eyes were fixated on me, his gaze glinting with barely banked fury. Seeing that, I knew that he was on the verge of blowing his top.

“You’re the only one who knows whether you’re a libertine, and that has nothing to do with me.”

Hastily averting my gaze, I screwed my eyes shut after saying that and feigned sleep because I didn’t want to debate that matter with him anymore.

 

Despite my closed eyes, I could sense that Michael’s gaze remained pinned on me. Nonetheless, I didn’t dare open my eyes and could only pray that he would go to sleep quickly.

A long time passed before he finally shifted his gaze away and closed his eyes to sleep. Perhaps it was because I had angered him earlier that he slept with his back to me without touching me.

 

While a sliver of distress slithered into me, I felt that it was a good thing at the end of the day. After all, it was far better than being thoroughly ravished by the man.

In the next few days, Michael was rather cold to me. To top it off, he hadn’t been to Birchwood in two consecutive days, making me wonder whether he had gone to the other woman’s place.

It was presently late at night, and it was the third day he had been absent. I was at sixes and sevens, held captive by the dread that he had truly gone to seek other the other woman.

I wanted to phone him, yet I dared not do so. Instead, I agonized over the matter all alone.

Argh! This is so frustrating!

Just when I had finally snapped and started pacing in the living room, my cell phone rang out of the blue. I swiftly snagged it up in hopes that it was a call from Michael.

But when I glimpsed the caller ID, dejection settled in because it was a call from my mother. On second thought, thrill flooded me.

“Mom, you’re finally giving me a call!”

every time I did so, she always rejected the call. Hence, I was

now? If you’re not tired, come over and help to take care of your brother. Your father and I are both up in years,

a touch frosty, but it was already a great improvement from

excited. Striding to the hallway, I grabbed my jacket and left in a

hospital, so a deathly silence hung in the corridors. My mother was sitting at the head of the hospital bed

here, Mom,” I greeted cautiously after walking over

gripped me that she would again treat me to a frigid expression as she did a few days

on me in concert. After Stevens’s incident, uneasiness consumed me

a placid glance, my mother expressionlessly handed the towel to me

was inwardly glad. While she was apathetic toward me, she no longer flew into a rage the moment she

from her, I sat down in front of Steven

to the hospital at this hour after

 

stared at me

doesn’t matter as

time my family was ever so amiable to me. To that end, I actually felt a tad perturbed

is sufficient. You should go back earlier to rest. During the weekend, you can come over and help

was the first

to gape at her as I wondered whether I had misheard her. Is she really showing concern

I had only ever heard grumbles and reprisals from her. For that reason, I was both jubilant and incredulous upon

after taking care of Stevie in the hospital for so many days. How about you find a place and rest for a bit? I’ll take care of

me, so it was good news to me. As I clocked her haggard face

to the ward was abruptly pushed open. I thought it would surely be a nurse who was here making her rounds considering the late hour,

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