Ruby
I wasn’t planning on slapping Asher. In fact, I never knew I could ever do such. I had never seen him so angry before, he really beat the heck out of that poor guy. He was mad with fury and that was why I stayed silent as he drove us home.
My head was full of different thoughts and my only plan was to apologize once we got home. I didn’t do anything wrong, but I just didn’t want things to escalate. But then, he stopped in the middle of nowhere, dragged me out and started hurling insults at me.
Each word pierced deep into me, but I still stood there and took it all without even making an attempt to defend myself. I was going to wait till he had finished venting before I then finally apologized.
That was what I thought until he made that statement about another man getting into my
