uched Alicia, something she found both exciting and confusing. Initial

lt like she was puttin

, her voice trembling. Her face lost all color. Her ha

imate moment earlier quickly vanished,

timate with her just to get her t

felt like the

in the crystal ashtray. "Why do you keep resisting?

ed me. Do you expect me to see her every d

ce surged un

had done everything to be the perfect wife for Erick, even giving

Being forced into a marriage with her

with time, he might start

zed how naive

hospital stay and leaving her dependent on a wheelchair for months. He didn't know about the nightmares that haunted her e

lled with such strug

to leave her country due to his jealous wife

pushed her to the

d gentleness he had shown just moments before. But this time, Alicia stood h

own for years, yet she

nter their house and get close to he

st cou

ed himself slowly, walked by her, shed his ba

, but the cold blankness in his eyes made him seem even more m

his is my house. I have the final say. It'

n of his shirt with precision

ments from before were just fi

squeezing tightly, making it hard for her to breathe. She watched Erick

pped back until Erick reached

and Alicia's hea

e the tension. Their maid burst in, announc

? Was that

iced Erick respond promptly, hurry

nd that was when she caugh

w, and rain coming down hard. Trees were bending in the wind, and there, right at the entrance of the

th pitiful an

er, his eyes wide with shock. He turned around a

armth in her body, Alic

voice steady but firm. "If you step out