Chapter 51; Stop it!

"Why are you doing this to me?!" she screamed, her voice raw with grief and rage as she threw a photo frame, the glass smashing into the wall beside his head, "What do you want from me?! What did I ever do to deserve this, Shen Xiao?!"

His dark eyes never left her. The sharp edges of broken glass glittered around his polished shoes as he stood rooted in place, watching her sobbing breakdown with an unreadable expression.

The dim golden light from the overhead chandelier barely reached the corners of the vast living room. Shattered glass glittered like cursed diamonds across the marble floor, mixed with shards of porcelain and splatters of blood.

Yueyao lay crumpled amongst the wreckage, her thin cotton dress stained with crimson and dust. Her dark hair tangled wildly around her tear-streaked face as sobs wracked her frail frame.

Her chest heaved with silent, desperate gasps between her broken whispers.