PerfectLife

BOYFRIEND’S DARK SECRET

EPISODE 3 – THE CLOSET

I froze. The bag was still in my hands. My body trembled as Michael’s footsteps echoed across the room.

His eyes darted from my face to the bag I had just opened. For the first time since I met him, I saw a side of him that scared me.

“Amara…” his voice was calm, but too calm. The kind of calm that hides danger.
“What are you doing with that bag?”

I stammered. “I–I was just cleaning. I didn’t mean to—”

He snatched the bag from me, zipped it shut, and pushed it back under the bed with so much force that dust rose from the floor.

“Amara, there are things you shouldn’t touch,” he said coldly.

My heart raced. I wanted to ask questions, to scream, to run. But his glare held me captive.

Seconds later, his face softened. He smiled as though nothing happened, came close, and held my chin.
“You’re too curious, baby. Curiosity ruins relationships. I love you too much to let little things spoil what we have.”

He kissed me, then slipped a wad of money into my palm like he always did.

“Use this to buy yourself something nice,” he whispered.

I forced a smile, but inside, my heart was burning with fear.

That night, I couldn’t sleep again. I kept replaying the sight of those pad wrappers in my head. Too many of them. Not just mine.

Whose were they?
Why was he keeping them?

The next day, I pretended to be sick so I could leave his house. But just as I was about to go, Michael locked the door and pocketed the keys.

“You’re not going anywhere, Amara. Not today.”

I looked at him, confused and scared.
“Why? What’s going on?”

He leaned closer, his eyes dark.
“Because it’s almost that time of the month. And I need you here.”

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