Man, what's wrong with you?

Sherry couldn't keep the exasperation from her voice. "Jeremy, have you forgotten that you're the one who prepared that divorce agreement? You keep telling me to leave you alone, and now I've done just that, so what's the problem?" She had no idea how to interpret his changing, inconsistent attitude towards the idea of divorce.

He had been responsible for drawing up the divorce agreement, yet he was acting now as though the failure of their marriage was her fault.

Illogically, the sight of Sherry's aggrieved face put Jeremy in a better mood. He ignored her question and ushered her into the bathtub, then took off his towel and got in with her. The hot water overflowed over the edge of the tub.

"I don't want a divorce," he said calmly.

Sherry was stunned. "What?"

She stared at his face, blurry through the clouds of steam rising from the hot water, and hoped he couldn't see that her own face had turned red. He leaned towards her and placed a hand on her cheek. Looking at her flushed lips, still swollen from their kiss, he couldn't resist the urge to lower his head and gently bite her small, delicate nose.

"Ow!" she exclaimed. She pushed him away, but Jeremy grasped her chin and forced her to look into his eyes. He rubbed his nose against hers. She pulled away, more forcefully this time, and sneered at him. "Are you having fun playing with me like this?"

There were light teeth marks on her nose. He was shocked and slightly guilty. He hadn't realized how hard he'd bitten her.

But she wasn't talking about the bite on her nose. Her voice rose. "Nothing you do makes sense! You want to control me when you feel like it, but then you throw me away when you don't want me. You humiliate me with the nasty things you say. You publicly get involved with other women to mock me!"

However, she didn't say that he wanted to give her to his best friend at will.

Sherry glared at Jeremy. She had put up with so much, for so long, and now that she was finally trying to break free by divorcing him, he wanted to keep her chained to him!

me. It's only for fun. Why is it such a big deal to you?" He felt impatient because every time

firmly pushed his hands away and stood. Water droplets trickled down her warm

in to avoid losing

are you talking

was there, remember?" In his agitation, his arms tightened around her, and Sherry struggled to break free. "Let me

struggle to get loose was in vain. He was holding her too tightly. Angrily she cried out, "Why are you such a hypocrite? Even if there was something between me and

with the waiter. He felt furious. "You used to say you'd never agree to a divorce. I know

her physically. She gathered all her energy and wrestled with him until she succeeded in breaking his hold on her. In their struggle, they knocked over one of the expensive decorations on the bathroom shelf—a large, solid piece of coral mounted on

she watched the piece of coral fall through the air, until a corner of the marble base struck Jeremy straight in the

let out a shout of pain as the coral fell into the bathtub. Blood trickled from the wound on his head. He felt dizzy, and

was unconcerned about his injury. He was more annoyed by the fact that he had lost control with Sherry again. He fought back his temper and reached out to grasp Sherry's hand. He

She went to get a hand towel and

a few moments, but the blood continued to flow. She got more and more anxious.

of concern. He put on

properly." She helped him

still wet, and the bath towel was loose around her body. She was too worried to notice. She returned to the sofa carrying the medicine kit and let Jeremy rest his head on

face paled when she saw that the wound was deeper than

He curled up on the couch, flinging an arm over her knees to prevent her from leaving. "No.

irritated at his stubbornness. She thought that he just never listened, and she could never win. When she said she didn't want to take a bath with