Chapter 140

• Anger was eating away at him from the inside, he had to take deep breaths to avoid unleashing all the fury stirred up inside him against that woman, because patience was truly not one of his virtues, especially when he suspected she was the cause of his daughter's disappearance. He didn't miss the fear reflected in Petulia's face, she tried to get up to run away, but he grabbed her arm, holding her back.
• " No! You're not going anywhere until you talk to me. Where did you think you were going to escape to? " he asked, digging his fingers forcefully into her flesh.
• " I wasn't trying to escape. Please, let me go! You're hurting me " she spoke with a mix of pleading and fear.