Page 12 of The Rancher's Unloved Wife

A week, Summerine! A week!

But instead, she had spent every sleepless night replaying every mortifying second of what happenedafter.

Because if the Ryu in her dreams was a master of seduction, reality would have been a lot less romantic.

While Summerine had started freaking out and bumping into walls in her panic, her husband had calmly wrapped a towel around his body before taking firm hold of her shoulders and saying very pleasantly, "ENOUGH."

And it had actually worked.

She had shut up. Stopped moving. And made no protest at all as he slowly had her walking backward until she was back on her side of the room.

He had then let go of her shoulders and smiled at her.

But just as she was about to smile...he had slammed the door shut on her face.

And there begins my agony over the absence of closure,Summerine thought miserably, since they hadn't talked about it at all. When she had joined him for breakfast the next day, shehad been on pins and needles while waiting for him to give her an opening.

But he never had, and that was why it had come to this.

Me. Him. Wet dreams.

Because closure meant everything to a girl, and how could a smart man like himnotknow that?

(Is that really it, though?)

Summerine's grimace contorted into a scowl at lightning speed.Not now, Inner Troll!

(Can't handle the truth, can you?)

What truth?

(And now she's pretending not to know a thing.)

Because I really don't know—-

(Why you've changed your mind about escaping your marriage?)

I did not!

(Then prove it.)

(Nothing's stopping you from leaving now.)

(So go ahead and prove it.)

It's n-not that easy—-

(We both know it's that easy, girl. Just walk out of your marriage. Create some drama online and go viral. Your parents and husband will disown you, end of story.)

I could never—-

(You mean you don't want to.)

(Because you've changed your mind.)

(But you're just having a hard time admitting it.)

Summerine did her bestnotto think of her husband for the rest of the day. And so, so focused she was on this that she didn't realize she wasn't thinking at all—-

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