"Malissa, stop crying…" Hayden commanded sternly.

I had already lost count of the times that Hayden had told me to stop crying ever since this whole unfortunate affair started. Now that I think about it, he did tell me once before that he wasn’t a big fan of my tears. He hated it when I cried and that made me hate myself so much more for crying.

"I’m sorry…" I whimpered as I tried to stop my tears.

It wasn’t an easy feat to achieve, and I found it almost impossible to stop crying. My body shook even more and soon, I wasn’t able to speak anymore.

"Stop crying, Malissa…"...