{"id":23588,"date":"2025-12-10T15:39:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=23588"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:39:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:39:49","slug":"23588","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=23588","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My blood turned to ice. What did that mean? Was he a maniac? Insane? But I was exhausted, and I knew that in the morning I had to appear obedient \u2014 for my father\u2019s sake. So I lay down, without even taking off my wedding dress.<\/p>\n<p>When I woke up in the morning, he was gone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b-r b-r--after-p\"><\/div>\n<p>The next night, the same thing happened. He placed the chair next to the bed again, sat down, and silently watched me without blinking, as if waiting for me to fall asleep. On the third night \u2014 the same.<\/p>\n<p>I began to believe my husband was insane, that he was hiding something terrible, and I couldn\u2019t understand what he wanted from me.<\/p>\n<p>But on the fourth night, something happened that froze me in horror.<\/p>\n<p>I was already asleep when I felt movement beside me. A heavy, raspy breath at my ear jolted me awake. I opened my eyes \u2014 and saw my husband right in front of me, so close I could smell h<\/p>\n<p>is old cologne. But what he was doing was even more terrifying. \ud83d\ude28\ud83d\ude31 Continued in first comment \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=23589\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19433 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BUTTONI-USA-2-e1742767963719-1536x885-1-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BUTTONI-USA-2-e1742767963719-1536x885-1-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/readmore.cx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BUTTONI-USA-2-e1742767963719-1536x885-1-1024x590.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/readmore.cx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BUTTONI-USA-2-e1742767963719-1536x885-1-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/readmore.cx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BUTTONI-USA-2-e1742767963719-1536x885-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_23588\" class=\"pvc_stats total_only  \" data-element-id=\"23588\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My blood turned to ice. 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