Chapter 7: He tortured her emotionally

I suddenly felt guilty for hurting her in front of Charie, I shouldn't say that to her face but that was the only way to avoid attention to her... I have reasons... She will thank me for doing this when things get better, right now.

Even if it would be meant of abusing her by using verbal language to hurt her, he will do it! She needs to persevere. Not until she is ready to face my enemies.

What can a thin and childlike girl do to face the real world? Could she have the strength to endure?

She is just 18 years old for God's sake! Too young to be announced as her wife! What will the world think of me? That she had been exploited? Damn! Why is it that she became my responsibility now?

Until then, she needed to deal with my coldness.

"Babe! What's wrong?" Charie told me when she saw how I became silent and lost when she walked out of his office.

"Nothing! Leave me alone for now... I need to go downstairs and attend to my patients."

"Ok, just call me when you're done, can we go to my