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When Stella instinctively coveted her face, Bandy tossed the showerhead aside and tried ripping off her clothes.
Mella screamed, pushing and kicking him with all at her might. “Let go of me! Get award”
Randy smacked her hard in the face. “You shit! Do you think I’d let you go out like this and embarrass yourself instead of cleaning you up?”
Her head snapped in the side from the blow, and she staggerdasher head slammed against the bathroom wall. A deafening ringing pierced her ears.
The moment ben dress was ripped, she broke down, sobbing “Randy, no………please…”!
Atthat inoment, Harly let go at her.
Stella cisted into the comer, trembling and wrapping her arms around herself as tightly as possible, She didn’t dare to look up. All she could hear was the relentless buzzing infurtears
Backdenly, another pair of hands landed on her shoulders, and she screamed and shoved them away.
Whenphe Imally looked up, she realized the man before her was Rowan, not fandy.
His chesseir filled with anguish as he knelt in front of her, gently stolding his fingers through her damp hair,
His lips moved, but star couldn’t bear a wood. All she could do was weep harder and push him desperately. “Go away! Just go away!
Even though Stella was awake, remembering the dream made her tremble in tra
Her aims tightenaround Bowan, In the end, she merely replied, “It was nothing just a nightmare.”
But Howan wasn’t easily tooded. He could feel her shaking In his anns and hear her voice caught in her throat.
When Rowan thought back on what she had said in her dream, he realized that her tone load carried a deep feat.
At that time, he had herpton blinded by jealousy to dwell on it. However, as tu reflected on those words, he cralized that they weren’t spoken with affection. Rowan’s pupils constricted. His voice was strained as he called her name. ““Stella.”
When she looked up at him, lict eyes were temy.
His breath hitched. “Did Randy hurt you?”
Upon hearing this, Stellatroze “What?”
He softly cupped her cheek and urged, “Tell me, has the ever hairt you?”
His remarka bangla luerback to her previous lite Her gaze flickered, and she could no longer look at him “He.. didn’t…”
Yes, Bandy Laad hurt her. However, that was in her previous lite. Rowan had almost killed Randy back then, and Handy had to spend more than a month in the ic
Jagjit now, these was not even a small chance of Randy hurting her. But, to Rowan, her hesitation was tonge than enough as a contionation.
His jave clenched as he ground his teeth together, and a dangerous glint fashed in his eyes. However, he quickly shut his eyes before Stella could see it. “Tut’s good,” Rowan said.
Hejrld her tighter for a few seconds before su
suddenly changing the subject. “The Falchild Family’s banquet is today. Do you want to go?” The unexpected question pulled her attention away from the nightmare. She frowned and asked, “Isn’t this banquet meant to celebrate Celina? Honestly, sue had no interest in going as she didn’t want to see them. Although they were her family, they felt more like strangers to her.
can his fanger thaugh her hair and rested his palm against her neck. “Yes, but if you want to go, I’ll take you.”
and asked, “What would we do here?”
