Sherry

I was left speechless by his words. I was completely taken aback and could only stand there with my eyes wide open and shivering.

He got to his feet, walked over to where I was standing, and repeated himself, but in a different tone: "do you want to have sex? Are you that desperate for a sexual encounter that you would sleep with a complete stranger?! why! Because—” He took a breath but was unable to continue speaking to me in those terms.

He was no longer capable of harming me. But the emotion of jealousy clouded his judgment.

The words "because I rejected your love?! " just fell...