He looked over my face for a while. Leaning his face closer, he asked me in a calm yet threatening tone, "Are you going to do anything I ask you to do, Skyla? If you try to refuse or disobey me, then, believe me, you are going to see the worst side of mine. You don't like to face the consequences if you try to pull some stunt or do anything against my wishes. You have time to take your word back now. About Beth, well why do you care about her so much? She is no one to you. Or- wait a minute." He stopped and gave me a furious look. His burning stare sent chills down all over my body. Suddenly he grabbed a fistful of my hair and snarled at me, "Do you consider yourself as that little girl's mother, Skyla? How dare you think like that? Oh, that means you dreamt of marrying Michael and make a
