Until he's sick and tired

"I don't understand why you're looking at me as if you're staring into a monster."

Ivy gulped nervously, hearing it echo in her ear. Even though Dane claimed to be someone else and spewed all of that, she couldn't help but take it as nonsense at the back of her head. How could she simply believe such a drastic change?

She knew Dane from the moment he started working for Dominic and pursued him just over a year after meeting him for the first time. She felt she knew him intimately, perhaps more than anyone else. After all, she put her heart and soul into knowing him—to the point that her feelings almost appeared like an obsession—just so she could impress him.

But alas…

What was this? Who was this man right now? For sure, this wasn't the same man she fell in love with. If anything, despite the familiar face, she could barely recognize him. Right now, all she could feel toward him was hostility and fear.