Although her kiss was full of passion, fear grew in her stomach as her husband's cold lips didn't respond as usual. Milena insisted, trying to pursue that kiss as usual, but after a while, it felt pointless. Moreover, she was too sad and weak to keep this going. She slowly pulled away, but to her surprise, Rayan kept her in his embrace. "I'm so sorry," she muttered. "You're mad, aren't you...?" He sighed, and gently pushed a strand of her raven hair behind her ear. "I'm mad at a lot of people, but not my wife." "No, you ought to be, Rayan. You know I didn't want to do it, but I..." "Milena, stop. Enough. I know you're probably going to blame yourself a whole lot for this, and I am not going to add to that. I have a lot more things I should be upset about, but not you. First, you k

