Chapter 263

Shelmaine didn't have a good start to the New Year, as she felt irritable every day. Her emotions swung between good and bad, but more often, they leaned toward the negative. After being repressed for so long, she felt herself breaking down. The main problem was Samuel forcing himself into her home, claiming it was out of concern when he really just wanted to sleep with her. On the third day, she felt better, and the New Year was still underway. That evening, while Samuel was in the shower, he suddenly called out to her, asking her to bring him some clothes. Shelmaine didn't want to help, so she ignored him. She was seething inside, her mind full of dark thoughts. Yet, he still ordered her around. When Samuel didn't get a response, he stepped out completely naked and dripping wet, strutting around in front of her. Shelmaine reached her breaking point and snapped, "Can you just leave me alone?" Samuel could see that her mood was off, likely because of him, yet he found a strange