He walks into his study hurt and pained, he pours himself a glass of whiskey, and gulps it down making his chest burn, but it was nowhere enough to the burning in his heart.
He knew he had hurt her with his words, with his cruelty, he believes she deserve it for betraying him. And he could not bear to see her with another man. Not Jack, not Anderson and not anyone.
The moment he saw her smiling with Anderson at the ball; he feels the surge to charge at him and pull him by his collar away from her. He took all of his strength to restrain himself from punching him in the face and pulling him away from her.
Pretending not to care was a lot of torment for him, but he knew it is what he had to do. Though he already gave Anderson a very serious warning after the ball, threatening to end him
