Chapter 16

She screamed through the four walls, holding her head. She fell on the floor, screaming her lungs out. She strained her vocals but nothing came out. Still, she screamed, hoping he would come to her and say he was joking. Suddenly, her body wracked with raw sobs, and she shook like a leaf. Fright consumed every cell in her body, swelling them with terror. With every second, she practically felt the rise of her blood pressure, but she knew that this was the least of her worries.

She rose up from the floor and headed up to her room. She packed some of her clothes in her suitcase and took her handbag with her car keys. She stormed out of the house and entered her car.

Her heartbeat rose the moment she arrived at her parents’ house. She remembered her mother's words before she got married to Adam:

"If anything happens after that marriage—I mean anything—don't you dare come back to my house! Since I've warned you, but you decided to be stubborn and