Sold To a Handsome Trillionaire (Caroline and David)

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Caroline's voice cut through the air, firm and unwavering. "When I said it hurts, I meant here."

David froze, his lips tightening.

"David, this so-called concern of yours? It's nothing but your ego at play, making you feel like you've done enough-as if you've been thoughtful and considerate, and I'm the ungrateful one for not appreciating it! But the truth? All you're doing is reminding me-over and over again-of what happened last night! How you tied me down, how you silenced me with your tic, how you took whatever you wanted just to satisfy yourself! Hurt? What a joke."

Her eyes burned, but she forced a bitter smile. "But do you even know what hurts the most? Not my body. My pride. My dignity. You can't possibly understand what it felt like lying beneath you last night, drowning in despair. And now you show up with your fake concern, but let's be real-you just want to see your

accomplishment, don't you? Look at you, David-the mighty, powerful man who left me shattered, barely able to stand. You left me broken, and now you want me to thank you for caring?"

She had done everything to suppress it last night. She buried herself in work, forcing herself to forget.

But David wouldn't let her.

The moment she distanced herself, he chased after her.

The moment she refused to acknowledge it, he forced her to remember.

The past couldn't be changed. She couldn't undo what had happened. The only thing she could do was forget. And yet, David wouldn't even grant her that.

-So what if she was in pain? It wasn't something a little medicine could fix.

And what next? Now that it had happened once, it would happen again. And again. As long as David wanted, he could take her at any time.

"I never saw it that way," David said, his brows furrowed. "Caroline, you're my wife. We-"

"Stop." She cut him off, hugging herself tightly, rubbing her arms as if trying to shake off the chill seeping

into her bones.

She curled inward, the images of last night flashing through her mind.

So humiliating. So unbearable.

She had thought she could erase it, but it was already carved into her memory.

It was just like that night...

When a stranger stood by her bed and took her against her will.

"I'm begging you, David. Stay away from me. I don't want to see you," she whispered, her voice distant, eyes hollow. "You make me sick."

His face hardened instantly.

"You're no different from him," she said, her voice sharp. "Both of you are the same-men who take without

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are you even capable of?” Her voice cracked. "Are you leaving, or should I? Because I refuse to sit here any longer, and I refuse to walk out that door just to see the judgment in everyone's eyes.

Her head tilted back, tears welling in her eyes.

Whatever dignity she had left was gone in front of him.

"So I was wrong to care," David said, his voice eerily quiet. "Is that it?"

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"You'd rather I act like you don't exist?"

Caroline clenched her teeth. "The best thing you can do is disappear. I never want to see you again! And you actually think I'd accept your concern? David, you were the one who hurt me first, and now you want to play the good guy?" She let out a breathless, bitter laugh. "What is this, some twisted game? Hurt me, then try to patch it up with a meaningless gesture? Keep it."

David held her gaze for a moment before turning away.

Because if he stayed any longer, he might say something that neither of them could ever take back.

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