His Sweet Menace novel

---- Chapter 17 For a moment, I had no idea what to say. It wasn't until Charles switched on the light that he noticed all my bruises. My entire body was covered in purple marks, like someone had beaten me. They stood out starkly against my pale skin. "What happened?" His face darkened instantly as he checked those wounds. I lowered my head on purpose, acting as though I was afraid of something. He began to coax me, almost like he was comforting a child, "Shay, I'm your man. You can trust me.

Tell me. Are these injuries related to Lilith?" Right then, he forgot everything else. He only had eyes for me. Ihad gone abroad because I knew he still had feelings for Lilith. She was his childhood friend, after all. He wasn't about to turn against her. But what I really wanted was for Charles to finish her off-not just Lilith but her parents as well. I wanted the entire Moore family to go down! "She just slapped me.

It was her parents who ordered ---- their people to beat me." All these bruises were real. I had asked someone to hurt me on purpose. Only then could I use his concern to wipe out any lingering feelings he had for Lilith. "T thought about calling you, but I didn't dare..." I mixed truth with lies and leaned into his arms. " Charles, I lied to you. I... I've been so bad." Sensing the tremor in my voice, he didn't press me at all. He just ruffled my hair. "It's okay. It's all over now.

You're not bad. You're perfect, Shay. Back when you appeared at my side, that was already perfect." I guessed he must've found out by now that I wasn't really the younger daughter of the Moores. Yet, he didn't care. He never even brought it up. By morning, I pretended to cry myself to sleep. Later, Charles carried me onto a private plane. Soon after that, I actually drifted off for real. All those days overseas , I stayed on edge, worried he might never come for me.

Now that he had, I finally let myself relax. When I woke up, we were back in our home country. It was late, and snow was still falling. This time, he took me straight to the Moore residence. lacted uneasy. "Charles, I'm scared. Lilith will be angry with my return, and so will Mom and Dad." ---- Charles looked straight at me. "Don't worry. I'm here. The moment he arrived, I heard Lilith's excited voice.

"Charles , I knew you wouldn't ignore me forever..." Her excitement froze the instant she saw me, and it turned into fierce hatred. "Shayla, why are you here again?"