NALEDI’S POV

The journey back to the house was dark and silent.

Dark in the sense that I was once again blindfolded and silent because we were riddled with tension.

After what felt like a decade in darkness, I felt the blind loosen from my eyes, and immediately, the gates creaked open.

We were back from the darned meeting and I couldn’t wait to put some fucking space between myself and the monster in front of me.

I stepped out of the car, determined to get to my chambers when I felt his hard hand wrap around mine. I stopped in my step.

“I will excuse you today because it...