"I'm not going to hurt you, Ruby," Edward's voice echoed, strained with frustration and disbelief. "Jesus Christ. We have been together for almost a year now. If I wanted to hurt you, I would have already done something to harm you. Seriously. You need to calm down. I asked you to marry me just a few hours ago.“
“You need to stay away from me," I say back.
I stood there, trembling, tears streaming down my face. Edward took a few steps back, his eyes pleading with me.
"Okay, fine," he sighed, his tone heavy with resignation. "But you are not leaving this house, so it's time you get used to that situation so we can move on from here."
"There's no moving on from here," I retorted, my voice quivering with fear and anger. "I want to leave. What if you were going to hurt me one day?"
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