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The man who raised me

Author: Khey coco
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-01 15:51:05

Elizabeth POV

I can’t believe I’m here again.


The same gate, same walls, and that same suffocating silence in the air.


Everything looks the same, but I’m not the same. Living with my devil husband has rebuilt me.

When I was here, I was afraid of everything my father does—his voice, his footsteps, the sound of the lock clicking shut. I used to count the days by how many times he yelled. Or how long the bruises took to fade.


God… I can still hear him sometimes, in my head.


Telling me I was worthless. A burden. Something to be hidden and controlled.

That I should have died with my mother.

But now I’m married, even if it’s a contract. Even if it’s complicated.


I’m not under his roof anymore. I have my own voice now. Even if it shakes.


Christian may be cold, cruel, infuriating—but he never made me feel invisible.

I stepped out of the G-Wagon slowly, the heels of my shoes clicking against the marble driveway like warning bells.

The door opened before I even
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