•Dahlia•
With an apathetic look in his eyes and a manic smile on his lips, Hayden asked, “Am I so frightening? That you would choose to flee from me at the first given opportunity?”
Since I couldn’t speak, I attempted to shake my head negatively. Unexpectedly, Hayden smiled in a self-deprecating style and eased his hold on my throat.
“I guess I am,” he responded to his own question, taking a step back.
I covered my throat with my hand, coughing as I gasped for newfound air. I stared at him while doing so, hoping that the glare in my eyes was not very obvious.
Was this man insane or something? Why would anyone strangle a person they just met because of an assumption??
I mean, being married to a man like River has made me understand that unreasonable people exist in this world, but t
