A smile full of wickedness lightened his face. He moved closer as a cat about to grab the mouse's tail. Alice clutched the blanket, then something metallic hooked on her wrist. With rapidity and precision, Tom handcuffed her to the bed, hands and ankles.
“Bastard! Release me, now!”
“No way. You’ll stay here until you give me your most sincere apologies for all the unfair accusations you’ve made against me so far.”
“My apologies? What about yours? Do you think you're innocent?”
She rattled all four handcuffs, only managing to create a great chaos and making the blanket drop aside. Exhausted, she fell backward.
“It will snow in August before I apologize to you for telling the plain truth!”
Tom's laughter was so close it scared her. “My lovely wife, you still don't know that I can influ
