Chapter 118 Penance By His Hands: Part 1

• Content Advisory: This chapter contains depictions of emotional manipulation, intense possessive behavior, and sexual intimacy involving elements of power dynamics and blurred boundaries that may be triggering to some. Reader discretion is strongly advised.
• The walk back to our suite feels endless. My heartbeat hasn’t slowed since dinner, since I sat beside Efrem and played the perfect, obedient wife while carrying a secret that could destroy everything.
• It’s over. Now, there’s just… tomorrow.