The faint glow of the phone flickered in the freezing air like a dying star.
Did you see it? Did you hear me? Please… save me…
The chill stabbed into my bones like countless needles. My body shook like a leaf in the wind.
Daniel glared down at me, his tone as sharp as ice. “Stop pretending to die. Crawl over here right now and bow to Vivian.”
I stared at the sight of him holding Vivian, lips pressed into a rigid line.
My heart was already frozen. Every word out of his mouth was a cruel joke. I would never believe him again.
Vivian wrapped her arm around Daniel’s, shooting me a smug glance as she spoke in a falsely kind tone. “Mr. Miller, let it go. People might say I’m abusing your wife.”
“No.” Daniel patted her hand, his voice terrifyingly firm. “I have to get justice for you.”
Vivian’s face lit up, rubbing against him affectionately. “Darling, you’re so good to me.”
The sight seared my eyes, my trembling only growing worse.
I didn’t know if it was the cold, or my heart breaking completely.
Forcing myself up from the ground, my lower body numb as if chained by iron, every move weighed a thousand pounds.