Chapter 30
Samuel looked down the le
“Victoria, are you trying to tell
you don’t love me? You’ve been playing this game for six years—are you do?
“Il you didn’t love me, would you have used the Thuricher Bamily’s influence to marry me? If you didn’t love me, would you have clung to me for six years, refusing to law? it you didn’t love me, would you have spent all that effort ranching unless meal plans just to please me?
“Lei me tell you, Victoria–every single thing you’ve done over the past six years is pathetic in my eyes. No matter how hard you try, you’re nothing more than a desperate dog wagging its
To Samuel, Vimaria had only one place in his world, and it was beneath him, she could obey, she could endure, but she could never defy him.
She wears was long much form a habit, to become so used to something that it became img wible to ignack.
Haber was dangerous are something became routine, it was no longer easy to cast aside.
Samuel didn’t know when his incubated and disgor had faded into electant acceptance. And now, that acceptance had slowly turned into reliance
He was used her metinous care and her client endurance. He was used to the fact that no matter how recklessly he treated his body, she would always be there, finding ways to put him back together.
He didn’t know why he was furious. Even if they divorced one day, she had no right to look at aroun
Jet alone devote heranli sa him.
Samuel couldn’t imagine it. He couldn’t stomach the idea of Victoria caring for someone the the way she had cared for him.
He grabbed her and yanked her forward. From this close, she could the veins standing out on his neck, car with anger. Coupled with the silence in the room, she could clearly hear the rapidshaded his heartbeat.
Samuel’s expression was dark, and his gaze was pleeding and old. He was truly frie
Vimaria didn’t undeistand how just a fewds had provoked such a violent craction, but she knew bethan to push him further.
She was afraid of his violence, but she was even more afraid of what this kind of anger could do to bisht
This was because the heart besting so wildly in his cheat belonged to Sebastian.
The coaltendere humutation, but she couldnot alone Sebastian’s hear sa suffer because ther
Sahara Samuel saw her as sorties? So what if he called her ake Compard to Sebulan, one of it mattered
Even if Samuel believed she was nothing more than a disgrace, she didn’t care. For the sake of that heart, the would endure in all. She present that he hadict said anything.
Shred her none. Her eyrsloot their defiance as she muumired, “Samuel, don’t be anger II you really don’t want to ga, I’ll my parents again….
The momime she relented, most of his anger dissipared. He let go of her collar and leaned back against the couch, then dit a cigaretta.
lt møver etare conar ped to him to wonder why she had given in so quickly. Was it because of the slap, or west it because of the insults?
It didn’t matter. Allahun manered was that the had pioided. The reason was breelevant
Samuel leaned against the rouch. Ha took a deep drag of his rigarette and endaled a slow stream of smoke. It was as if the wigs could carry away the realess thoughts in his mind.
Alber a long silence, he finally stood and tossed out a single sentence betale walking awry. “There’s no need. You won’t be able to change my father’s mind.”
Wearabimefto his word and felt a bliter aeroe of irony.
Helow this was his parents‘ decision. Yet, he had still chosen ba take it out on her.
