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.

to Sebastian was repulsive, while her innate connection lay with

that the version of herself devoid of memories

could have been entangled with Damien amidst an arranged union resembling a transaction, compounded by her parents’ evident hostility.

by the ceaseless internal conflict, she

Cherise surrendered to the enigmatic warmth that radiated from Damien, a familiar and foreign warmth enveloping her in its embrace.

the same Cherise you once knew,” she

that discerns between love and hatred,” she continued, her words trailing like

I cannot… after comprehending the depth of those emotions, I cannot

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

shall dissolve

Damien, steadfast and unyielding, tightened his grip on her arm. “I refuse,” he

as she reopened her eyes. “By what right do you oppose my decision?” she questioned, her

transaction and later

chapter has long

you slip away from me in this lifetime,” he asserted,

hold for me?”

longer the Cherise of yesteryears!” she declared, her words brimming with a newfound

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

Damien’s brow as he regarded her

a woman governed solely by her emotions, devoid of reason and intellect?” he inquired, his

in

flickered in Damien’s eyes, his expression inscrutable as