Chapter 19 I Was Adopted?
- I shrieked with my broken voice, "Emil Penrose, are you not done punishing me?! I've stayed far away from you. You were the one who got close to me and promised to love me all you could when you held me in bed. But why? Why am I the one to shoulder all the consequences of our mistakes?"
- He stared at me with his inky eyes, frowning. With a deep voice, he uttered, "Punishing you?"
- Drained, I crouched on the ground while being tormented by the heartache within me. "My father's gone! Emil, please! I beg you! Just let me go, will you? I swear I'll stay away from you."