Chapter 60
Blindfolded, I was completely surrounded by darkness.
I felt like I had fallen into an endless abyss, unable to escape
no matter how hard I struggled.
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If I’d thought Roman was terrifying...I was learning there was
someone even more terrifying than him.
Nervous sweat drenched my body, and I couldn’t keep my legs from trembling.
Tied, blindfolded... I was helpless.
The only thing I could do now was try to calm down, to figure
“Sir.” My voice was just as shaky as I felt. “Wh-What are you
doing?”
The man did not answer. Instead, he picked me up.
I yelped as I was lifted and then was thrown onto the soft
hotel bed.
I was positive he was going to ra pe me, but he didn’t touch
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me. Instead, I felt the bed shift as he sat down beside me.
My dagger.
It was beneath the pillows.
If I could get just a little bit closer, I could use it to cut the ropes off my wrists.
Wiggling around under the pretense of getting away from him, I managed to push my body closer to where the dagger was. But
just as my hands were about to touch the pillows, the man suddenly pressed down on top of me.
Then his rough voice was in my ear, so close I could feel the
warmth of his breath.
“You asked Roman to come to this hotel, and you drugged the wine. What were you planning?”
I froze.
Why was he asking about something that had nothing to do
with him?
Could Roman have seen through my plan and sent this man to
sniff out my true intentions?
No, that was impossible.
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This wasn’t Roman’s style. If he had known I wanted to k ill him,
he would have sent someone to chop me up and feed me to his hogs.
“It’s...it’s just a kind of drug to get someone excited. Like an aphrodisiac.” I pretended to be calm and spoke quietly.