All Chapters of Once Discarded, I Married His Dearest Daddy: Chapter 71 - Chapter 72

It was somewhere around two in the next morning. Maybe closer to three. The antique clocks in the villa were completely out of sync, their heavy, rhythmic ticking just echoing down the dark, cavernous hallways like a countdown to his own execution.Marcus was standing in the middle of the massive, industrial-grade chef's kitchen. He hadn't turned the lights on. The only illumination was the harsh, pale LED glow spilling out from the open door of the sub-zero refrigerator.He felt ill. The toxic, suffocating jealousy from dinner hadn’t faded. It had just curdled. It had sunk deep into the lining of his stomach, sour and heavy, making his hands shake so badly he had already dropped an empty water glass into the stainless steel sink. Thankfully, it hadn't shattered.He leaned heavily against the cold marble of the center island, rubbing the heels of his hands brutally into his bloodshot eyes. He was losing his mind. He was actually, genuinely losing his grip on reality.Anger wasn't work