Anna Jadwin picked up the bowl and was about to serve breakfast when Charles Harrington suddenly grabbed her arm, forcing her to face him.
"Charles Harrington, let go of me!"
"Have you taken your medicine?"
"If someone sees you pulling me like this, they'll think we have some kind of relationship. Get lost!" Anna Jadwin said angrily.
"We are indeed engaged to be married, who cares who sees?" he pressed her, staring intensely. "You need to get an antipyretic injection today!"
"Mind your own business!"
Charles Harrington dragged her out with large strides, his dominance unyielding, and she couldn't break free.
Outside the door, the servant Wayne Bailey had sent to protect her had been knocked down, rendered unconscious...
Anxiety surged in Anna Jadwin as she grabbed a small teddy bear from the countertop and held it tight in her embrace, "What are you planning to do?"