“You… How dare you hit me!” she eximed with a trembling voice.


    Cyrus let out a heavy sigh and responded earnestly, “This is just my way of teaching my woman to be more obedient.


    I love you, but your actions have been unreasonable.


    It’s the only way I can bring some sense to you.


    ”


    “But who gave you the right to punish me?” She bit her lip as tears continued to well up in her eyes.


    Hearing her shaky voice, Cyrus gently ced his hand on her buttock and rubbed the spot where he had just struck her.


    “You can’t just decide to break up when I haven’t agreed to it.


    You’re still living with me in my house, and you’re still my girlfriend,” Cyrus asserted.


    Noelle’s resolve seemed to waver as his words sank in.


    Despite feeling both embarrassed and annoyed by his butt-rubbing, she found herself tightly pinned down by him, unable to break free.


    Taking notice of her silence, he continued to rub her butt gently and inquired in a hushed tone.


    “Noelle, what’s really going on? What did I do wrong that makes you want to end things between us?”


    Tears streamed down Noelle’s cheeks and she felt wronged.


    “You’ve asked me to ingratiate myself with the Shaw family countless times because you want their eptance of me.


    You’re seeking to marry someone of equal status, so you won’t be the subject of ridicule.


    Tell me, Cyrus, do you love me for who I am, or do you love the idea of me being a Shaw family member?”? 2024 N?v/el/Dram/a.Org.


    Cyrus was taken aback by her words.


    It finally made sense why she wanted to end things.


    He had indeed brought up this topic several times before, hoping that Noelle would be acknowledged as part of the Shaw family as soon as possible.


    He wanted her to change her surname to Shaw.


    Sadly, this had led to numerous heated arguments between them.


    He realized that he might have conveyed himself poorly, leading to her misunderstanding him.


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    After some thoughts, Cyrus asked in a hushed tone, “Noelle, why do you hold such animosity towards the Shaw family? They are your biological family, after all.


    ”


    Noelle’s smile turned bitter.


    “They don’t love me.


    Their house feels like a suffocating cage.


    How can they be considered family without any affection? In my eyes, they mean less to me than Lucinda does.


    ”


    Although not connected by blood, Lucinda held a special ce in her heart, like family.


    On the other hand, despite being biologically rted to the Shaw family, they treated her with coldness, as if she were a stranger.


    “I have no desire to return to them.


    It’s a ce where I’m unhappy,” she confessed.


    Her sister Sally had never shown her warmth or weed her.


    Sally wished Noelle to never go back.


    Mekhi, though seemingly the most caring toward her, was also the coldest of them all.


    He treated his family like mere subordinates, barking orders andmanding them around.


    But beyond the facade of their old Shaw family house, a massive secrety hidden on the top floor.