GraceThe question shouldn’t have caught me off guard, but it did. It didn’t just catch me off guard, it terrified me. Because for a stupid, reckless second, I almost said yes.I snapped out of it when I felt Charles’s hand clenching around mine. My gaze shot up at him. I had never seen him this angry before. What was I even saying? I had never seen him angry. Charles always got emotional, hurt, dramatic, and pathetic, but never angry.I couldn’t even ask what was wrong with him. Why? Because I was angry too. How dare he still think he had the right to ask me those questions, to act possessive like he owned me?“Let go, Charles.”He looked at me, then at his hand gripping mine. Slowly, he pulled back, his fingers trembling as he said, “I—I’m sorry.”I held my wrist, rubbing the spot to soothe the pain. My voice came out cold. “I don’t need your apology. This isn’t the first time you’ve laid your hands on me. At least this time, you didn’t hit me.”Charles’s face fell. He looked down,
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