Chapter 12

I tried to struggle against him, but Chase was too strong.

" Stop trying to get out! Look at me!" he shouted and that made me freeze, there was that danger energy coming from him again, a real, palpable danger.

I froze and stared at him, feeling my face flood with tears, his expression before was one of anger, but when I looked at him, it softened. His grip on my wrists lessened enough that it seemed as if he was just touching me there, then he lowered his hand and waved it in front of my face.

It was wrapped in a white linen bandage, he untied the cloth revealing a cut on his palm. A cut deep enough to... It can't be...

" The blood on the sheet is from my hand." he confirmed my suspicions.

John Chase got up off me and sat down on the couch, his gaze still on me as he rewrapped the bandage.

" Nothing happened yesterday, but that doesn't mean they would think so. Most likely your maids would think you weren't pure when you married, I did it so as not to h