His Cruel Obsession, Her Agony

ointment. "Why, Aileen? Why would you do somethi

with a feigned sadness t

one shifting, becoming hard and cold. "You need to

the guards.

ack. Aileen bit her lip to keep from screaming

thm of pain. Her skin split, her muscles screamed, but she

"I still love you, Aileen," he said, his voice a d

, hoarse whisper.

word, leaving her to t

n a small scratch on her arm and had flown into a rage, threatening to destroy the person re

pain, a cold, cruel stranger wearin

rs of rage and despair streamed down her face. She would never tru

woke, he was there, sitting on a st

scaped her lips. Every inch of h

he thought. The violence, then the regret. "I know this is hard. On

rself up. She reached into the pocket of her

said, her voice a raw whi

agreement, granting her a significant po

me, Kalen," she said. "That I s

is eyes were fixed on her, full of a desperate, po

ce thick with emotion. "I' ll

e in his eyes. Her calmness, her p

eful of her wounds. "You' re my little bird," he mur

passive, her mind a million m

. It was an irrevocable divorce settlement, and a transf

laughter and moans echoing through the mansion. He took her to Aileen' s favorite restaurant

. She needed to say goodbye. As she stood before their gravestones, a

eps behind her.

ked, a cruel smile on her face. "Or

art aching with a grief th

voice a spiteful hiss. "He told me he' s only with yo

u," Aileen said, her voice flat. "Tha

rd. Aileen stumbled, her feet slipping on the wet grass. She fell backward

ld went