"You are no man," she replied, her voice steady despite the fear clawing at her insides.
Theodore's voice dripped with contempt as he loomed over Reina, his eyes narrowing with disgust.
"You should be happy I want you, even when you are less attractive now. What is it you want? To keep mourning your dead husband all dressed in white?" He sneered, his lip curling in disdain.
"You ungrateful fool!"Reina kept her gaze firmly fixed on the floor, refusing to meet his eyes. Her heart pounded in her chest, the pain inside her swelling with every venomous word he spat at her.
She could feel his anger radiating off him, a toxic heat that made her skin crawl.
"Answer me!" Theodore demanded, his voice rising. He grabbed her chin, forcing her to look at him.
"Do you think anyone would want you like this? Weak and pathetic?"
Reina's eyes filled with tears, but she blinked them back, refusing to let him see her cry.
