Clara's Pov
I locked myself in my room to cry out the pain. Adrien will never give up hurting me, he wasn't ready to stop. As if he derives pleasure from seeing me cry, seeing me hurt, he will never give up until I leave his family. Which I doubt will ever happen.
I don't care how hard he pressurizes me to leave, I will never succumb to his orders. He'd rather kill me than watch me leave. As long as dad hasn't ordered me to, mom hasn't changed her mind in spending the rest of her life with dad, then I've got no reason to leave my home.
My cheek is still vibrating, my ear hasn't stopped echoing from the effect of the slap. I haven't felt such hardness on my face before, not even my biological father has ever dared to raise a hand on me.
I made up my mind not to say a word to Gerek about
