156 Blind sided

"I don't understand what you were actually trying to achieve by attacking her in public like that! Are you stupid?"

Charles was pacing around the room anxiously. His steps were heavier as they went. He brought his hand up to loosen up the tie around his collar and then he unbuttoned the first one.

Heaving a deep sigh, Charles turned around and spread his arm wide apart, "All I'm asking is for you to be patient. And just this little patience you don't even possessed."

Her self-control started to wear off. Helen shot her feet off the floor, and abruptly stood up and yelled back, "What the hell are you talking about? You kept telling me to be patient, yet you didn't do or say anything! How can I be patient while trusting you?"

Charles clenched his hand to a fist, trying to hold his anger in and not to hit her. He took a deep breath, and controlled his anger that was about to erupt.