Nicole felt her palm tingling from the impact. After all, she had delivered the slap with full force.
Blood streaked the corner of Jarrod’s mouth, and his eyes darkened.
With a dangerous gaze fixed on Nicole, he touched his lips with his tongue and licked away the blood.
Then, suddenly lowering his head, he let his lips trace the path where Nicole’s tears had fallen.
Nicole’s eyes glimmered in surprise. She hadn’t expected this madman to dare to ki*s her again. She raised her hand high, but this time, he grabbed her wrist and blocked her.
On the swollen side of Jarrod’s face, his lips curled up into a sinister smirk.
“Every slap you give me will be paid with a ki*s. And for every ten slaps…” As Jarrod spoke, he let his hand drift to the hickey on her collarbone and circled it. With a chuckle, he finished, “I’ll claim you!”
Nicole’s pupils dilated for a moment and then gradually returned to calmness. When a person’s emotions accumulated to a certain extent, the body’s self-defense mechanism would kick in, shutting down those emotions like pressing a switch.
To Nicole, showing any emotion to Jarrod, even anger, felt like a waste. She closed her eyes. When she next spoke, her tone was vacant, as if her soul had left her. “Jarrod, people die every minute in this world. Why aren’t you one of them?”
A hollow chuckle left Jarrod’s lips. “Remember this well. You will always be mine. Even if I die, I’ll make sure you remember me for a lifetime.”
After saying that, Jarrod scooped Nicole up in his arms and carried her back to the bed. Then, he went and fetched a burn ointment.
While applying the ointment on her scalded hand, he coldly remarked, “Do you think I’ll let you go because you’re doing something stupid like this?”
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Now that their relationship had reached an impasse, Jarrod was ready to go to any lengths necessary to keep her in his grasp.
The struggle just now had drained too much of Nicole’s strength. She was too exhausted to have this conversation with him now. Staring blankly out the window, she responded in a tone devoid of any emotion, “I’m tired. Can you leave?”
Jarrod’s hand that was applying the ointment paused. He stared at her face for a few moments. Then, ultimately choosing not to say anything, he left.
With a heavy heart, Nicole finally fell into a deep slumber.
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Amid the night, a sense of thirst and restlessness enveloped Nicole.
Out of nowhere, a comforting presence eased against her back, placing a pillow to support her and offering a sip of warm water.
The moisture on her throat provided a newfound clarity and soothing comfort.
A gentle hand delicately swept the corners of Nicole’s mouth with a soft handkerchief.
Still somewhat drowsy, Nicole wrestled with the effort to open her eyes, gradually bringing the man’s face into focus. “Roscoe?”
Nicole was surprised to see Roscoe at her bedside in the middle of the night.
Since their encounter at the hotel, they hadn’t met or had any contact with each other.
“Yeah.” Roscoe’s response lacked any discernible emotion.