Chapter 373

Chapter 373 He Claimed Her She wanted to escape. To shut it all out. Pretend it wasn’t happening. But she couldn’t.

Caroline’s muffled cries filled the dimly lit room, blending with David’s deep, heavy breaths.

Their bodies were tangled together.

“Ah-”

A sharp gasp broke from her lips as her entire body tensed, her expression twisting in pain.

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Finished David moved over her in an instant, his lips landing on her nose, then brushing against the damp skin near her eyes, kissing away her lingering tears.

“Caroline... Caroline.” His voice was rough, thick with emotion, his back drenched in sweat. “You’re mine now,” he murmured, his lips curling into a slow, victorious smile. “You belong to me.”

From the day she became his wife, she had never truly belonged to him. But now she did.

David reached down and pulled the tie from her mouth.

“David...” Caroline’s voice was barely a whisper, raw from sobbing. “I hate you. I hate you!”

She knew she must have looked wretched–weak, broken, stripped of all dignity.

But she couldn’t bring herself to care anymore.

David let her curse, let her sob.

It made no difference. He had her now.

Body and soul, she was his. And nothing would change that.

Slowly, he loosened his grip, freeing her wrists and ankles. The moment she was free, Caroline struck him, her fists colliding with his chest, her legs kicking out with all the strength she had left.

“Go ahead.” David didn’t stop her. “If it makes you feel better, do whatever you need to.”

“David, I despise you! I will never forgive you!”

Her voice trembled with pure fury. She couldn’t find the words to express how much she loathed him. All she could do was scream those same words over and over.

“I know,” David said simply. “Hate me all you want. It won’t change anything. You’re mine.”

David’s patience was unshakable, his tone unusually soft. No matter how hard Caroline fought–how she screamed, how she clawed at him–he remained unfazed, his lips curved in quiet satisfaction.

Caroline sobbed as she struck his chest, her nails dragging viciously across his back, leaving raw, angry welts in her wake.

Some scratches cut so deep that beads of blood seeped through his skin.

David didn’t flinch. He didn’t even feel the pain.

Didn’t stop her.

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Finished Chapter 373 He Claimed Het None of it mattered.

He had done what he wanted most. The woman he loved was now his.

And that was all that mattered.

“Caroline... Caroline.” He murmured her name, savoring every syllable. “Do you feel me now?”

For him, this was everything. For her, it was unbearable.

She wanted to fight harder, but she held back–because she had something far more important to protect. She feared hurting the babies she carried.

Her body trembled with the force of her sobs. “David, why... Why are you doing this to me?”

Caroline’s sobs came in gasping, uneven breaths. “David... why? Why are you doing this to me? You could have anyone–

anyone–and yet, you won’t let me go. You have Elizabeth; you have a child. But me? What right did you have to claim me? You got what you wanted; you satisfied yourself... and then what? I will never love you, David. Never. I will only hate you!”

David leaned in close, his voice low and intimate. “Why not give me a chance?” His words were slow, deliberate. “Caroline, you know I care for you... You know I’ve already given you my heart.”

“Is this what love is to you?” Her voice was hoarse with rage. “Forcing yourself on someone, ignoring everything they feel?”

David sighed, his lips brushing against her temple.

“I had to have you first, Caroline–only then could I truly love you more.”

The words made her stomach twist. What kind of twisted reasoning was that? Unforgivable.

Caroline bit down hard on her lip, the bitter taste of blood filling her mouth.

Before she could turn away, David kissed her, his tongue brushing against the wound as he whispered. “Don’t hurt yourself... It pains me to see you like this.”

Before, the tie had kept them apart.

Now, nothing stood between him and the kiss he’d been waiting for.

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