Suddenly, Matthew shoved Dakota away hard, his eyes burning red as he glared at her. "Dakota, do you really think a simple 'I'm sorry' is enough? What you owe me, you can never pay it back in this lifetime!"
Before she could even open her mouth to explain, he cut her off coldly, "Just leave. Don't come looking for me anymore. Without me around, you can do whatever you want, and no one will ever hold you back again."
With that, he deliberately ignored how her face went pale in an instant, yanked the blanket over his head, and didn't spare her so much as another glance.
The room fell into a dead silence, except for the slight tremble of his shoulders beneath the blanket, which betrayed the emotions he was trying so hard to suppress.
After a long time, he heard the soft click of the door
