Page 34 of Liberating Lily

Paddy: Gramps is asking for you.

Harvey: Tell him I’ll call. I have things to do. Just find out everything you can about the doctor.

Paddy: Sir, yes, Sir!

His younger brother sent an emoji giving a salute. Harvey rolled his eyes. Then another emoji came in, giving him the finger.

Yeah, that was more like it.

Getting up, he moved into the bathroom to get ready for bed, and when he walked back into the room, he slid a mattress out from under the bed. No way was he sleeping in a different bedroom from her.

Especially not considering how often she’d run away from him.

One day, she’d learn to run to him.

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Lily was surprised to wake up on her own this morning.

Surprised and grateful.

She wasn’t sure how she would have reacted if she’d found Harvey in bed with her. And she needed a few moments just to herself to breathe and think.

How the heck was she gonna get out of here? If there were cameras and alarms on the doors and windows, as well as outside, she had no hope. She either had to figure out how to dismantle them, how to contact help, or how to take out Harvey.

Not that she wanted to hurt him. So far, he hadn’t really done anything to harm her. If you could call being kidnapped harmless.

This was going to be tricky, especially when she kept forgetting to pretend to be compliant.

After a shower, she put her old clothes back on.

Urgh, that was gross. She couldn’t bring herself to put the same underwear on so she went without.

But it still felt disgusting.

However, when she walked out into the bedroom, she found a whole set of clothes lying on the bed.

Checking the size, she saw that they were all perfect.

He’d planned this, didn’t he? He’d planned to take her, maybe not yesterday. He said the opportunity had just come up. But at some stage, he had been going to bring her here. He’d set this place up.

For her.

A shiver ran through her and she sat on the bed, wrapping her arms around herself. Normal people didn’t do this sort of thing. If he liked her, couldn’t he have just told her that?

Right. And how would you have reacted?

She probably would have shrugged and walked away, if she’d even acknowledged him.

She stared down at her hands. Where was her engagement ring?

Actually, it made no difference to her. He’d probably take it off, and honestly, he could keep it for all she cared. She didn’t need any reminders of her disastrous engagement.

She’d taken the bandages off in the shower, and her hands looked fine, a little bit red in places, but nothing too bad.

Lily hated that she’d done that to herself and could barely remember it. She stared out the window at the forest beyond. Even if she got out of the house, where could she go? She wasn’t good in situations like this.

Right, because you’ve been kidnapped so many times?