Chapter 16

Three women whom I don't recognize enter the room and walk to a door on the left of the room. My master stands and and without even sparing me a glance, he gets up from his seat on the sofa. His long legs carry him through the door in no time and it closes behind him as if he hadn't just made my whole world tremble only moments before.

My eyes follow him as he vanishes before my eyes, every ounce of warmth I had felt has now fled my body. What is this? Why do I have such a feeling of loneliness now? An hour ago, I wanted to be left alone and now, I feel like a small child in need of a reassuring embrace. It doesn't make sense to me how someone so cold to me, a man I resent so much can make me yearn for their touch this way.