Tessa received three stitches in her forehead. That night, she and Megan came to my room.
Megan placed a watch on my nightstand. "Mr. Hale left it in Tessa's bed. If you want to know what happened last night, ask him instead of taking it all out on her."
Tessa grabbed Megan's arm. Her collar slipped open, revealing several red marks across her collarbone.
"Don't. I got drunk and wouldn't leave Ethan alone. He never touched me."
Ethan walked in just in time to hear her.
He picked up the watch. "She was feverish and trying to scratch herself last night. Her clothes were pulled out of place while I restrained her. Those marks have nothing to do with me."
"Then make her move out of our apartment and end all personal contact with her."
Tessa lowered her head and twisted the hem of her bl
