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Chapter Forty

I won’t let you do that again, Beauty!

I don’t know how long I stood by the window in my dark bedroom, staring at your drawn curtains. You were talking to your husband, who was probably still awake to confront you. But I can no longer see what is happening between you. That’s why I’m worried; the guy didn’t raise his hand to you once. I can’t stand by and watch him do it again, touching your flawless skin one more time because it makes him feel superior. That wimp. He doesn’t deserve you, Beauty. I hope you realize that soon.

Maybe I need to help a little. Make you realize that I’m not just a nice fling. I’m your future, Beauty, and you… you’re everything to me. I’ll lay the world at your feet if that’s what you want. But I know it will take time. You are a good person. A good wife, even if he doesn’t deserve you. You will stay with him if I don’t show you a way out, and that way out is me, Beauty. You’ll realize that. I hope sooner rather than later because I don’t want to hurt him. I don’t want to unleash that hidden side of me again to protect what’s mine like I had to once before.

But how dare he touch my everything! I don’t share, so it will be challenging to continue tolerating your husband around you. But you’re worth it, Beauty. For you, I will rise above myself and conquer the darkness within me. I will be patient and show you who the right man is by your side, and it certainly won’t be that wimp.

You will be mine, Beauty. Mine alone.