All Chapters of The Secret Luna Left, Now He Regrets : Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

She was staring at me intently. I felt itchy with her gaze.I reached up and brushed my hair behind my ear, subtly adjusting the collar of my blouse to cover my neck as I brought my hand back to my side.Her eyes followed my hand. They snapped back up to my neck. She grimaced.“I know it’s none of my business,” she said in a small voice. “But it’s making me crazy not knowing.”“You know how people like to gossip,” I replied flatly.She nodded slowly. I had a feeling she knew I was being evasive, but was still too intimidated to ask a follow-up question.Maybe I could distract her with work. And flattery.“Anyway, this is good work.” I lifted the hand still holding the papers she’d given me. “Real improvement. Next, could you—”Her eyes skittered away toward the door, which I heard open with a click. She looked back to me. Then back, mouth opening very slightly, toward the door.“Hey, Kares.” The voice was a warm, wry tenor.I smiled, distracted from my awkward interaction with Maya, a

“There’s no difference,” Hunter said. His voice was still icy, his dark eyes still hooded.I felt a pit open in my chest. I was empty and numb, but at the same time raw and exposed. My physical symptoms weren’t helping either.As we’d been talking, the nausea and headaches that were becoming more and more constant had worsened.I couldn’t go on like this much longer. Neither my heart nor my body could take it.“Why not just reject me and divorce me now?” My voice sounded more pleading than I would have liked. Like I was begging him. I wanted to continue talking. To tell him I couldn’t go on like this because it was breaking my heart.Instead I kept my face still and tried not to cry. Or throw up.His face didn’t change.“This matter is under my control. You just need to follow my orders. After all, I chose you because you know your place and make things easier for me. Or is it that you’ve found someone else and want to get divorced?”Every time I thought he couldn’t break me any more