chapter fifty-three

There was silence, I bit my cheek to keep myself from saying anything else. I looked everywhere but for him, I couldn't face him. I wanted to adjourn the discussion but that came tumbling out instead, I was so finished. I had to go make a murderer angry. He just stared at me, his brows furrowed as he tried to make sense of what I said. He opened his mouth to say something but he closed it and sighed, his shoulder was straight like he was tensed. He held out his hand for the file and I shakily gave it to him, he took it gently. My heart was beating so fast that I was afraid I would have a heart attack. I wanted to explain more but from the look on his face, he didn't want to hear it. He slammed the file down on the table, and I flinched. My eyes widened when I saw him breathing hard like he was struggling to stay calm. That made me confused. Was he expecting me to be okay with whatever he wanted? Or I wanted to marry him so badly that I would take any bullshit from him. I wasn't beggin