Chapter 63

AMBER.

The tension that had gripped me began to ease, and in its place was a feeling of surprise and perplexity at what happened next. I had expected him to punish me right after that or leave the cell, promising to have me punished or dealt with later on. But he didn't do any of that, and that left me quite shocked. What did this mean?

But I reminded myself immediately that this was one of his tricks to lure me into thinking I was safe with him, when he was ready to deal and pounce on me like the beast he was or maybe order Ethan rough me up like last time. But his reaction to the whole thing had been very strange, considering what had happened previous times when we had had the mildest arguments. Perhaps he only got angry by insults.

I was puzzled but I kept quiet, wondering how things would turn out soon enough. You never knew with people like him. Aiden squinted at the book upon seeing the title and for a while, he stared at the book without looking at anything else. He zoned ou