Chapter 85. Mistreating Her

Brooklyn turned to the other side and pretended to sleep, not wanting to deal with him in his inebriated state. Her heart started beating faster with apprehension, as she wasn’t sure what sort of mood, he would be in. She had seen people get violent when they were drunk. Would Nikolas to get violent? Would he punish her?

She clamped her mouth shut and closed her eyes and lay still like a log, pretending to sleep. The door opened wide and Nikolas staggered inside, muttering curses at everything.

Suddenly, the entire room felt eerily quiet as Nikolas quietened down, but Brooklyn couldn’t open her eyes out of fear. However, she could feel Nikolas’s heavy breathing as he stood watching her as if in a daze. A feeling of dread clutched at her heart and she wondered what he would be up to.

After a minute, she felt the bed dip and Nikolas climbed in with her to sleep. Relieved, she was about to relax and finally go off to sleep when Nikolas’s arm caught her by the waist an