chapter 31

Ella Williamson...

Tears were burning my eyes as I looked up at Elijah. His gaze should have scared me, but the shock in my body wouldn't let me.

I pressed my lips in to a tight line to stop myself from crying.

I couldn't care less for the threat Elijah made. He could lock me up in a room for all I cared.

The small conversation I had with Elizabeth was constantly echoing in my head. It wasn't even a proper conversation. My sister didn't even let me get a word in as she pressed me to tell her what Elijah was doing to me.

At first, I didn't want to tell her anything about the life I was leading with Elijah because I didn't want her to worry. But the more she asked me, the more I didn't want to tell her anything.

Her anger towards me was so unfounded that I couldn't understand it.

What had happened to her?

I didn't know what the other wives were telling her, but Elizabeth looked like she was close to losing her mind.

But the second she laid her hands on me, the second she slapped me