CHAPTER 21

　　BETTY’S POV 　　As I cuddled in Ace's soft arms. I felt peace, safety, and love. His presence alone made me feel safe. 　　The past five days had been torture. James wasn’t giving me a space to breathe. He was always in my face, reminding me of how my mother's death struck him and how I would also live the same life. 　　He was so obsessed with me that he planned a mating ceremony between us. He had blurted it out during our last argument, which resulted in him hitting me multiple times. 　　He would harass me. Run his filthy fingers all over my body, threaten to kiss me, and have sex with me without my consent. 　　It was really traumatic, and I wondered how I would have been if Ace hadn’t saved me. That morning, James had hit me the night before, and I was very weak. He had come in early again to give me food, which I rejected. He made sure to slap me before leaving to get kinds of stuff for “our” mating ceremony, which was later that day. 　　I was about to pass out when I saw Ace enter. I th