The Merman, My Man by Black Velvet Chapter 25
Gary clamped his grip down onto my shoulder and forced me to look directly at him. I was shocked that he had an expression of regret on his face.
“Linda, I warned you not to get too close to the merman, didn’t I? Why didn’t you listen to me? Even then, I wasn’t expecting something like this to happen! Please remain calm and don’t do anything stupid! “
“What do you mean remain calm?“ The words Gary said made it sound like I wanted to murder someone and it confused me.
I rubbed my aching thigh and said angrily, “Since when am I not calm, if there’s anyone that isn’t calm, it’s you. You hurt me like a madman! “
Gary couldn’t hide his surprised expression, so I took the opportunity to escape from his grip and tolerated the pain as I got off the bed. But as soon as my feet touched the floor, a wave of pain surged throughout my entire lower body and I almost collapsed.
I rushed to sit in a chair by the bed, I held my abdomen, gritted my teeth and I said, “Damn it, why does it hurt this much…“
“Other than repeatedly saying that you’re hurting, don’t you have anything else to say? Wow, I really admire you.“
I didn’t want to care about Gary’s strange words but he pinched my chin and forced me to face him. He was always manipulating me and I couldn’t stand it anymore. So I elbowed him and scolded him, “Get away from me you pervert. I don’t want to talk to you.“
Gary didn’t even bother trying to avoid my jab and just took the blow. He stared at me for a while as though he had suddenly realized something. His nasty expression gradually subsided as he said, “ Linda, let me ask you something. It wasn’t consensual and so you selectively erased that part of your memory, didn’t you?“
Selective amnesia?
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