Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 50

I was gone, yet the killer hadn’t truly been brought to justice.

Colin was bailed out by the Langley family once more, armed with a psychiatric diagnosis and an alibi. The police were powerless, and they had no choice but to let him walk free again.

“You little brat, if you don’t give the Langley family an heir soon, you can forget about ever leaving this place!”

In a daze, I heard a vicious voice. It snapped me back to reality.

“Sir, the drug has been administered, and the woman is in the room. This time, it’s bound to work.”

My heart raced with panic. Where am I? Why are my eyelids so heavy?

“Phoebe…” A raspy voice reached my ears, filled with hurried breaths and a trembling desire that couldn’t be concealed.

Suddenly, a kiss laden with burning urgency pressed upon me, and my shock and dread peaked.

Where is this? Where am I?

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“Mmm…” A low groan seemed to escape my throat as I struggled to resist and to open my eyes, but to no avail.

“Phoebe…” He kept calling my name, yet it felt so alien to me.

His touch was frantic, but I could feel him fighting with all his might to restrain–his desires. It was as if he cherished my body, not wanting to hurt me..

Phoebe, I can’t control… my

up, apologizing, seemingly out of his mind.

up fighting and lost

“Mmm…”

of time, the soreness of my body dragged me back to reality.

slowly opened my eyes, squinting as the light blurred my

in through the French windows, with white curtains dancing at

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my aching forehead, took a moment to gather myself, and then my eyes snapped

in shock.

Wasn’t I dead?

up, I sat bewildered, staring at the man

The unfamiliar surroundings and the man prompted a startled cry from me, and I nearly tumbled off the

and grabbed my wrist, pulling me back to the safety of the bed.

hand, scars trailing from the back of

attractive muscle contours seemed to soften the severity. His hair was soft and overgrown, jet–black and tousled.

see his face clearly, but I

covered his lower waist, the contours of his hips were clear and

I could

a stain of shocking red. I stared at the

body and between my legs rooted me to the spot in

Impossible…

and I had been together in bed long ago, the