“You are as stubborn as him, woman.” Damien’s deep, spine-chilling voice crept across her nape. The phone fell from her shivering hands while she stood motionless behind the door. He caught her stealing his phone. She wanted to call Evan to know their situation, as long as her daughter was fine she could still bear Damien’s ill-treatment towards her. Exhausting, four days had passed, and Eve did nothing besides cleaning the whole place from floor to ceiling. She cooked food and ate alone as he was gone by the time she woke up. Yet he did not nag her for sleeping too long yesterday. Those days he was gone, perhaps he had to take care of his business, which was a gain for her. “I-, I’m sorry, I had to call my brother, it-“
“I see that you haven’t read the documents I left last night. Give m
