He Begged After I Was Gone
Language: en
Five years ago, my family went bankrupt. It was Julian Thorne who cleared our massive, crushing debts. I asked him how I could ever repay him. He looked at my face, a deep, lonely longing flickering in his eyes. "You don't have to do anything," he murmured. "Just stay by my side." From that day on, I became a strange presence in his life. I wasn't his maid, yet I managed every detail of his life. I memorized all his allergies and dietary restrictions, and I tied his silk ties every single morning. I wasn't his girlfriend, yet we lived together, and we shared a bed. But whenever we…