A MARRIAGE NEITHER WANTED

Wilson

going to

ly, feeling the cold and rough wall press against my back as I hit the wall w

n't kill me," I say, already shielding my face a

e I wasn't even there. But just when I thought he was about to leave, his footsteps falte

, his cold voice cutting through the

n a daze, as his

again. It wasn't just fear that filled me now, It was... everything. The helplessness, the anger, the frustration at b

also didn't expect him to treat me like t

but was it too much to ask for a little human decency? After everything, after h

ure was still hidden in the dark. A loud, deep chuckle e

and filled with coldness in its tone. "I just saved your life; a than

hing in me didn't want to give him that satisfac

ut still, my mouth would not close shut. Something in me kept going, pushing me to continue lik

he hadn't come to my rescue, I'm sure I'd ha

r person, and I was still casua

didn't reach his eyes. I couldn't see

ind this

fore immediately fading into one of seriousness. His face was on full display. His features are sharp with aquarium

ous but somehow I feel some sort of warmth under his gaze. There was a little scar above his left eye, not too obvious unless you observed every

Maybe it was the tiredness I fel

end of the alley from where the man, now lying dead, came. The sudden sound immediately caused bot

n't fl

teady and indifferent, soundin

ed, looking slightly above my head

to speak he turned on his h

leave me h

dangerous but I'd rather

r with my heart pounding as I w

say, my voice low but just

. No response. He did

ing out again for the hund

leave me her

man didn't look the least bit safe, but he saved my life, didn't he? He

response

t sobbing now as the tears continued streaming down my cheek with my eyes shut. My knees

is tracks for what felt li

silence. He didn't mov

and unbothered, cut through t

rry