Punishments

He held my hand, guiding me out of the car. My heart raced as I took a glance at my surroundings. The farmhouse was bigger and more beautiful than I thought, I had never come here. But I couldn’t focus around anymore.

I yearned to release my hand from his tight grip.

Why did he take me here? What does he wants from me? I was alone with him. I looked at his face.

"Alexander, you can't switch gears like this. I interrupted, my voice laced with suspicion.

"We entered into this marriage forcefully. Neither of us wanted this. You once said you'd rather remain single than marry me. You claimed to hate me more than anyone else on earth. You promised to divorce a woman like me soon enough." I recited his own words back to him, one by one.

"How did you suddenly changed, are you doing all this to take my shares from me?" I took a step back, my thoughts racing with suspicions I couldn't voice in front of him, my tongue feeling glued to the roof of my mouth. He looked at me with surprise.

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