#Chapter 132: Not A Typical Relationship

For a moment, I’m too stunned to speak. How could I have gotten this so wrong? How could I think that Caleb would be reasonable, and want to save me from further hurt, when everything that he’s ever done until this moment has only been in his own selfish interest? Of course, he wouldn’t want to free me from this torture. Why would he? Not when he can have what he wants by forcing me to stay here. This is a man with a harem. He doesn’t understand what monogamy means, or why anyone would want it. With a heavy sigh, my entire body sinks, pulled down by the weight of knowledge of the pain to come. There will be no escape for me, then. What if they have children? Oh, gods. I put my hand on my stomach, willing myself not to be sick. “If you mean what you said, about me mattering to you more than I realize, then why would you want to torture me like this?” I ask. “This won’t be torture,” Caleb says. “Nothing will change between us.” He’s delusional if he believes that. Or,