Caleb knew he wasn't meant for Odella, and there would come a day when they would part ways. She was a Bale, the people he loathed the most in the world. Thinking about her family, he narrowed his eyes.
However, there was a tight knot in his chest, so constricting that it left him gasping for breath. He had married Odella not long ago, and now he was alone in his room, pondering how their future together would unfold. How would he behave with her around?
He reached out to open his room's window for a clearer view of the fig tree just across from him. An old rope hung from its largest woody shrub, swaying in the chilly breeze. An inexplicable mix of emotions played across Caleb's face.
‘I shouldn't have married Odella.’
That had to be the most foolish decision he had ever made in hi
