My Blind Husband

After pronouncing those words, he firmly clasped Cherise’s shoulders, guiding her into the car with purpose, and followed suit, enveloping her in his embrace as they settled inside the vehicle.

Throughout the journey, Cherise hurled curses at him, her anger simmering beneath the surface like a tempestuous sea.

Her ire stemmed from Damien’s confining of her freedom and his inexplicable failure to offer an explanation.

Why, she pondered, did he not clarify if he was facing difficulties?

Why did he remain silent if the situation did not align with Sebastian’s depiction?

Given her current feeling explanation he provided.

him, he should have known that she would unquestionably believe any

Yet, he uttered not a single word of clarification.

Did he truly lack an explanation, or did he feel absolved of the obligation to offer one?

What, she questioned, did he perceive her as?

An object?

A pet?

Or perhaps merely a plaything devoid of memories, past, or the capacity for independent thought?

In truth, she harbored doubt regarding Sebastian’s assertions concerning their relationship.

Sebastian was repulsive, while her innate connection

of herself devoid

how the former Cherise could have been entangled with Damien amidst an arranged union resembling a transaction, compounded by her

the ceaseless internal

from Damien, a familiar

same Cherise you once knew,” she confessed, her voice

a clarity that discerns between love and hatred,” she continued, her words trailing like delicate whispers in

cannot… after comprehending the depth of those emotions, I cannot remain by your side,” she

courage from the depths of her being, she exhaled a deep sigh. “Let us part ways, Damien,” she murmured, her

me, we shall dissolve our union,” she

on her arm. “I refuse,” he declared firmly.

you oppose my decision?” she questioned, her tone laced with a hint

may have begun as a transaction

has long

never to let you slip away from me in this lifetime,”

does your vow hold for me?” Cherise challenged, her voice tinged with

the Cherise of yesteryears!” she declared, her

the woman who would relinquish all for love! I possess reason and intellect,” she

as he regarded her with an intensity that pierced through her

on his lips. “Are you suggesting that the former Cherise was a woman governed solely by her emotions, devoid of reason and intellect?” he inquired, his voice laced

pursed her lips, nodding in affirmation. “Yes, she admitted.

eyes, his expression inscrutable