Chapter 82
Staring at him, I couldn’t quite put my finger on the feeling, but wasn’t he just a little too obedient?
Was it possible that he’d agree to anything I said?
“Stay put; I’ll dry your hair,” I said, fetching the blow dryer and setting to work.
He sat still as if he were a statue in the bathtub like he really was that compliant.
Skepticism crept in, and I decided to test him again. “You’re crashing on the couch tonight; I get the bed.”
Colin glanced back at me, his eyes a mix of innocence and allure.
I expected resistance, but he simply nodded. “Okay.”
“You’d agree to anything I say?” I prodded.
He nodded again.
“So, if I told you to jump off a bridge, you’d do it?” I couldn’t help but ask, curious.
His body stiffened, he didn’t turn to face me, just nodded.
breath, standing up to leave. “Come on, get out and go to sleep. You can sleep on the bed, but
bed, waiting for ages before he
a pillow, seemed to resign himself
take the bed,” I said,
His voice was low,
had shared the bed
and now that we had
hurt you.”
“What?”
for
tighter around me. “Then,
noon. Colin was still on the floor, looking
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sick, seriously so, and had been unconscious for far
having him sleep
taking my word and spending the
couch, I rubbed my temples in a daze. My phone rang,
“Hello?”
was Stella
up. “Stella.”
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