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..

can’t

choking up, apologizing,

up fighting and lost consciousness once more.

“Mmm…”

of my

opened my eyes, squinting as the

windows, with white curtains dancing at

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

in shock.

Wasn’t I dead?

staring at

unfamiliar surroundings and the man prompted a startled cry from me, and

out and grabbed my wrist, pulling me back to the safety

the hand, scars trailing from the back of it to the forearm, the muscles defined and tense with

on the bed, his back even more scarred, yet the attractive muscle contours seemed to soften the severity. His hair was soft and overgrown, jet–black and tousled.

see his face clearly, but I forced myself

waist, the contours of his hips were clear and

me, even I could guess what had happened

the pristine bed sheet, there was a stain of shocking red. I stared at

in my body and between my legs rooted me to the spot

Impossible…

bed long ago, the bloodstain on the bed…

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