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

entertained the notion that the version of herself devoid of memories held affection. for

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

wearied by the ceaseless internal conflict, she yearned for resolution.

to the enigmatic warmth that radiated from Damien, a familiar and foreign warmth enveloping her in

knew,” she confessed, her voice

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

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

being, she exhaled a deep sigh. “Let us part

dissolve our

on her arm. “I refuse,” he

reopened her eyes. “By what right do you

have begun as a transaction and later entangled

that chapter has long been

to let you

relevance does your vow hold for me?”

the Cherise of yesteryears!” she declared, her words brimming with a newfound sense of self.

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

brow as he regarded her with an intensity that pierced through her defenses.

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 with a hint of amusement.

lips, nodding in

in Damien’s eyes, his expression inscrutable as he considered her re