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CHAPTER 73 - HIS EVIL WAYS

Author: O'Chantal
last update Last Updated: 2023-10-28 02:33:24

-RAINA’S POV-

Time froze.

Earth stopped rotating.

Zeus’ dark and red eyes gave me a long, puppy-like, heartbreaking expression. They dug into my soul.

Closing my eyes, I shattered the hourglass with the courage I convoked. My heartbeat rushed when I opened them. The back of his finger caressed my cheek.

“Don’t mark me,” I remarked, because I was still nursing a deep-seated anguish that would return once the pleasure he wanted had dissipated.

Also, my infertility was a whopping issue that could not be swept under the carpet. The truth of my barrenness was utterly unbearable. Being infertile was an obstacle on the path of despair. Zeus would be devastated to know that I couldn't produce his pups.

I couldn’t tell him to stop loving me.

The affection, pleading, and even desperation in his gaze made my stomach wrench painfully. Guilt soaked into every part of my body for saying no to him when he wasn't the culprit that hurt me.

His face fell with disappointment and he lowly growle
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