I let out another loud laugh at his empty promises, raising my hand to point a trembling finger directly at my own chest. "Come back home with you? So your mother can keep actively hating me down to my very bones every single day? Or so Ema can just keep doing absolutely everything in her power to ensure that I get blamed, humiliated, or physically punished for things I didn't do? And let's not forget your father—he is just a silent, heartless fool who doesn't care about anyone's suffering as long as a woman can provide him with future grandkids. He will happily look the other way for any crime. And you, Desmond... you are my husband and my destined mate, yet you turned your back and dared to stand there silently while they treated me like garbage. Now you have the nerve to ask me to foll
