Chapter 23

“Thank you.” Susan said as her eyes closed. She didn’t know what will happen tomorrow but what made sense was what she had now. She had him, he would have chosen to go to his room, but he was lying beside her and holding her in his strong arms. What was there to worry about?

In the morning, she woke up to a heavy breakfast made specially by Ethan. He said that he was still making up for the trouble of yesterday. He didn’t know how much that made her happy. It was always her who tried to go the extra mile to please Mark.

It felt great to be the one on the receiving end this time round. But there was something pulling at her heart strings. She couldn’t place her thoughts to what exactly it was but it was making her so damn fucking uncomfortable, more like it was chocking her alive.

Her phone rang and she came back to reality. There was a strange number blinking on her screen and she didn’t know whether to receive it or not. It could be Mark or just anybody.

Her patience wasn’t ready