However, it had already been evening. If Kieran was so angry and had he taken it out on Davidson?
Thinking of that, my heart was burning, I could fire the apartment so that I was able to flee away.
Take it easy!
I clenched my fists in order to keep myself calm, but I just became more anxious. Finally I had to wash myself with icy water, which made me better.
Calming down, I opened the door.
"Done? Why is your hair so wet?" Marlon came up to me and pinched a lock of my hair with his fingers. Then he took a dry towel to rub it. He was so mild that it seemed nothing had happened just now.
In fact, how he was acting now brought me back to the time when I first met him and loved him deeply.
But, nope!
I took a deep breath and tried to keep smiling, letting him to continue.
He said, "You don't know that every time you take a bath, your hair will get wet."
I froze and looked at him. His eyes were deep and soft and there was even love for me.
So he knew that? How ironic it was! But it was meaningless now.
Keeping that in mind, there was nothing shown on my face and I just gave him a pure smile.
"It has been late. It's time to sleep. Look at your dark circles. You need to take a rest for a few days." He put down the towel, held my hand and went upstairs.
I tried to shake of his hand by instinct, but I refrained. I followed him upstairs, with eyes focusing on my hand held, but soon looking away.
He led me to the bedroom where we used to live before. He reached out his hand to take off my suit. Instinctively, I backed away and covered myself, "What are you doing?"
He didn't get unpleasant but said mildly, "Take off your clothes before going to bed. Come on." He waved to me.
I managed to control myself and smiled, "Marlon, I would like to sleep in the guest room next door."
When I was about to take a step, he stopped me and said, "You hated sleeping alone because you were afraid of the dark and you would wake up in midnight. You liked to fall asleep in my arms, which you said was safe and could make you fearless."
I nearly burst into laughter when hearing that. Everything had been changed so that it was so disgusting to repeat what was said before.
I smiled, "I am brave enough now!"
"But I can't sleep without you!" He held my hand and stared at me. His tone was soft but it didn't mean concession, to say nothing of retort.
The anger in my heart was burning, but I could only restrain myself, "Okay! I stay." Though I said so, I was totally reluctant inside. I thought the feeling was just as how I felt when he was sick of my love.
However, he was not going to stop. Instead, he quickly rolled over and pinned me down. With one hand stabilizing my chin, he bit my lips fiercely and with a sudden sound, my clothes were torn by him. For an instant we were glued to each other naked.
Out of my control, my body was trembling even though I had borne patiently.
Hiss!
Marlon did it again and the broken clothes on me were completely smashed. The shred of my sanity was gone.
"Piss off!" I shouted uncontrollably and pushed him away.
Without defense in advance, he fell on the ground. In a flash, I tried to run away without thinking. However, just after few steps, I was hugged by him tightly.
I struggled and hit him, "Let me go! Can't you hear that?"
The monster of anger had swallowed me. I was insane and struggled desperately in order to escape from his hug. I didn't want to have any body contact with him, but I failed in spite of all my efforts.
"Rachael, it is so late! Where do you want to go? We should go to bed." He chained me like a ring of iron for fear that I would disappear in a second.
"Let me go! Let! Me! Go!" I shouted over and over again and my eyes had turned red.
"Please! It is too late. Let's sleep. If you want to play outside, I will go with you tomorrow morning. Okay?" In the dark, his face was not seen, but his voice was softer than ever.
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