Chapter 440 Suffocating Maneuver

• Martin removed his shirt and turned so that his back was visible to Karina. His skin was as white as snow, and his back was straight. There were faint lines that demarcated where his muscles were. His back would have been flawless were it not marred by old scars.
• Some of the scars were more vivid than others, and it was hard to imagine the horrors behind them. Others overlapped to form a gruesome pattern. Just looking at this web of scars could make one's stomach churn at the idea of what Martin had been through.
• Presently, with his back still turned to Karina, he elaborated slowly, "It was Katrina who caused some of the scars. After escaping from the Cavendishes, I was captured by human traffickers and sold to an underground organization that caused the rest of my scarring. Abigail's biological mother is responsible for all the suffering I've felt over the past eighteen years. Now you expect me to treat Abigail as though she were my sister? You're asking for too much, don't you think?"