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CHAPTER 15: Part 03

Author: Sheenzafar
last update publish date: 2025-10-01 03:01:19

Something snapped inside me like an overstretched wire. A tremor tore through me, but this time it wasn’t fear. It was rage—hot, bitter, uncontrollable rage that had been festering like an infected wound since the moment he threw me onto that bed the night of our wedding and told me he would make me live in hell. It bubbled up from somewhere deep and dark, spilling over like poison from a broken vessel.

“No.” My voice came out hoarse, shaky, but I forced it
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