ON THEIR WEDDING NIGHT, HE PULLED DOWN HER GOWN — THEN FROZE WHEN HE SAW THE SCARS ON HER BACK
They had married out of duty, not love. He expected obedience. She expected coldness. But when her gown slipped from her shoulders and he saw the painful marks hidden beneath years of silence, something inside him shifted — and neither of their lives stayed the same after that. They were married, but they were strangers….
