Clara's bare body was wrapped in a thin sheet and she was asleep on the bed. Alex was standing near the window and looking at the moon. The dim light of the moon was falling on his beautiful face. That dim light was sharpening his facial features more. He had a cigarette between two long and thin fingers of one hand. He was running his other hand through his messy hair. His face was expressionless but there was some kind of feeling in his dark blue eyes.

He turned and looked at the clock on the wall. It was twenty-five minutes past two in the morning. He took the last puff of a cigarette. After extinguishing, he threw it's in dust bin. He went to the couch. He picked up his coat from the couch. Picked up the mobile and wristwatch from the small table. He walked out of Clara's bedroom and closed the door behind. He came out of her house and drove the car towards the mansion.

...

Alex went inside the mansion. There was darkness in the whole mansion. But there were also some dim bulbs somewhere for showing the path in darkness. He went straight to the guest room. The guest room door was locked from inside but he had a spare key. He opened the door and went inside.

He looked at his wife who was sleeping peacefully on the bed. He sat on the edge beside her. He tucked the strands of hair from her beautiful face to behind her ears. After admiring her beauty for half an hour, he kissed her on forehead and left.

...

Avery felt the light rays of the sun on her face. After blinking a few times, she opened her eyes. She lifted her head slightly from the bed but next moment a load put her head back on the bed. The weight that had put her head back on the bed was on her neck. In this whole process, her unknowingly closed eyes were opened. In front of her eyes was her husband's angry face. It didn't take long for her to realize that the weight on her neck was due to strong grip of Alex's hand. She rolled her eyes and saw that Alex's knees were on the bed on her either side. She was on the bed under Alex. Weight of Alex's body was not on her but the strong grip of his hand was on her delicate neck.

"What are you doing?" She was confused. She was scared. She panicked.

Seeing his red eyes, her whole body began to tremble automatically. She was terrified to see his devilish appearance. Instead of answering her question, he tightened his grip on her neck and moved his face closer to hers.

"What am I doing? First tell me from whom you took money for compensating. Tell me my little wife, Did you find sugar daddy for your self."

Her eyes widened in disbelief. She never thought Alex could think so lowly about her. He knew very well how she was.

"Which man did you go to? Say it" He shouted. He tightened his grip. She couldn't believe her ears at that time. His strong grip made her cough. Tears began to flow from her chocolate brown eyes. She tried to loosen his grip.

"SAY." He shouted again but she was unable to say anything. He tightened his grip even more. This time her eyes rolled upwards. She started having trouble breathing. She was trying to get more air through her mouth and nose.

The strength in her body was decreasing. She couldn't resist Alex any more. Alex released her throat before she could go into an even worse condition.

Her asthma was slightly triggered by Alex's action, which Alex noticed. He quickly pulled out an inhaler from a nearby drawer. He shook the inhaler and took off the cap of inhaler and put it in her lips.

"Take a breath"

"Hold on."

"Release."

He began to instruct her. When her breathing calmed down, he placed the inhaler on the site's table and lay down beside her. She closed her eyes as he placed his hand on her waist. She clenched her fists on both sides. His face was very close to hers so she could feel his breath on her face.

"Lucas." He whispered and with that, she turned her head and looked at him. There was a smirk on his face and a look of surprise on her face.

"Lucas offered you money. Am I right.?" she wanted to say no your wrong. Because this not fully true. But fear did not let her tell. Lucas did not offer them money directly. He had offered them a job.

He came closer to her ear. He pulled his hand from her waist and placed it on her neck and tugged her even closer.

"If you try to get close to him again or try to get his help, I'll cut him into small pieces and will feed the dogs." His words brought tears to her eyes again. She tightened her grip on the bed mattress. Her lips began to tremble. She knew that in that situation Alex was not joking.

When Clara raised her hand to her, he didn't try to stop her. And here he was threatening her with Lucas's life. It was now clear to her that he had no feelings for her in his heart. Alex had threatened her before. But this time there was a big difference compared to the past.

After sleeping next to her for half an hour, he got out of bed. "Be ready on time. Chauffeur will drop you at the airport. I don't want any drama this time." After saying this, he left the room. Avery's eyes were closed but her ears could hear his words clearly. She said nothing and remain in the same position.

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