Her fear... was it because of him?

He had just wanted to scare her, to teach her a lesson, and to demonstrate his kindness toward her. He wanted her to see what she would face if he lost respect for her.

However, his chest hurt when he saw her in such a state. It was almost like he had committed self-harm.

He reached over and gently wiped the tears from her face. “It’s okay. I won’t force you. Not now, and never in the future.”

She stared at him dumbfoundedly, as if she couldn’t believe he was capable of saying such words.

To be honest, she had never expected that she would lose control of her emotions and cry this hard. She had managed to convince herself that even if she was about to be raped, it wasn’t a big deal. She would just treat it as a blank chapter in her life.

But… when she was placed in a situation where she had lost every semblance of control, images of her time in prison flashed through her mind. No matter how much she fought it off, she could never move on from