I stared at my phone for a while and sighed. It wasn’t like I had never spoken harshly with my husband. And it wasn’t like Lewis loved me anymore. The rape attempt a that day was already a sign that he just saw me as his ‘thing’ rather than his wife. So I shouldn’t be feeling guilty at this time.

After consoling myself like that, I finally let go of the guilt in my heart and focused on the document in front of me. But no matter how long I stared at it for, I couldn’t find that motivation. My heart only yearned for Vampire, but unfortunately, I had unknowingly...