All Chapters of The Mysterious Affair : Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

BETTY'S POVBetty knew she would be worried about her predicament, but instead, she could only feel tired. And she was grateful. She hadn't been able to sleep more than an hour or two at a time since leaving her office. Then again, she'd never slept well. Surrendering to exhaustion, James's mind sloughed off her worries and flew out of the place where she was attacked to the oblivion of deep, dreamless sleep.The fragile strands of consciousness lay just out of her grasp for Lord only knew how long. With a strength she hadn't known she possessed, Betty clenched her fingers repeatedly to waken. She lay there a long time before she forced down some of the contents of her flask and coughed violently against the burn.Her mind was blurry, she wasn't sure if she had swooned or fallen asleep. But she wasn't foolish enough to succumb to it again. This unnaturally dark, frigid cocoon frightened her.The hinges creamed as she shoved at the door above. In a rush, the door fell from its moorings

DAN'S POV "Mum please, don't start" Dan said in a rather mild tone"Get me a child, it's all I ask"....."I never liked her from the beginning" "Mum" Dan said with a sigh "I don't like it when I call for us to have a normal conversation, you bring this up…. We just got married, give us time please" Dan was getting upset "Are you telling at your mother?" "Why would I do that, time is all I ask" "You better get me a child before I die" Dan's mum said with a commanding tone and hung up"Mum can be a pain in the ass sometimes" He laughed suprised at the hang up"She wouldn't listen" Dan's voice thickened with irritation "I told her not to touch my shirt, but…." he stood up and went to the living room with so much anger "Babe" he screamed "Yes" Betty's voice echoed from the kitchen "What's wrong" she ran out quickly to get a hold of what happened "Why did you tamper with my shirt like this?" he went closer to show her how she tampered with it "I…." He paused and sighed"I am really