CHAPTER 9 - The bargain

/ Myrtle's Point of View /

"You don't have to pay for anything. Just be my wife."

And there he goes again. Every time he says that, it makes me mad but flustered at the same time.

I punched his chest and went away. I can't believe him. I'm in a middle of a dilemma, and he still has the guts to tell me that.

I was about to march away when he suddenly grabbed my hand.

"Please, Myrtle," he begged like a puppy.

I pulled my hand from him and glared nonchalantly. "I don't want to talk about it, Sean. I have a lot of dreams and ambitions. Marriage is not part of it. I'm sorry," I said and ran away.

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