Chapter 10

He stayed in the bathroom for over three hours, scrubbing himself clean. When he finally came out and sat on the couch, he immediately jumped up again.

"I’m still dirty. I can’t get her couch filthy," he muttered to himself.

It seemed like he was reminded of the time I moved out. He mumbled that I left because he had tainted the whole house.

He sniffed his body, convinced he still smelled bad, and went right back into the bathroom for another shower.

When he emerged again, his skin was red and steaming as if he had scalded himself. He took out his sleeping pills, swallowed a few, and lay back down on the bed.

The TV drama he had filmed with Zia was about to air, and the investors were asking them to promote it.

But Felix was too drained, mentally and physically, to handle any of it. He was barely more than a shell of a person now, just going through the motions of life.

When Zia heard about having to promote alongside Felix, she outright refused. She was terrified of him