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He spared me one long glance before heading toward the door again and I couldn’t help myself from speaking up.
“Did something else happen?” I asked.
“What do you mean?” He stopped but kept his eyes trained on the door.
“Did I do something? Or did someone say something?”
He shook his head.
I wracked my brain, wondering if he was lying to me or if this was just how he reacted after he took his captive’s virginity. “Did something happen with my dad?” I asked. The idea popped into my head so fast it was like I had cracked the code. His eyes narrowed and I felt a chill on the back of my neck. “Is he doing what you asked?”
“Why wouldn’t he?” his head cocked to the side.
I wracked my brain. I didn’t have an answer, it just seemed like the only logical conclusion. If he was being different— distant, maybe it was because of something my father did. When he cleared his throat, I swallowed down the lump in mine.
“You don’t?” He sat forward. “Darya, is there somethingyou’renot telling me?”
“No.”
He cut the distance between us, and I shrank in on myself, forgetting the way his scrutinizing gaze felt on my skin.
I didn’t want to fight. I just wanted him to talk to me, spend time with me, hold me, fuck me, anything but this. I pushed the thought out of my head as fast as it appeared.
“Why wouldn’t he follow through on his promises, Darya? Did you give him some code over the phone or write a secret message in the letter to your mother?”
I shook my head.
He stepped forward until I was forced to crane my neck to look into those dark eyes. I sucked in a breath at his closeness, wondering if he was feeling the stirrings that I was. “Because if you fuck this up for me…” He trailed off.
My chest tightened. “What? What will you do?”
“Don’t make me do anything.” He turned. I stood and my hand shot out, wrapping around his bicep. I yanked at him, trying to pull his bulky body back around to face me.
His eyes narrowed and he pulled my hand off of him, severing our connection. My mouth dropped open at the realization. “You’re trying to push me away.”
His scoff fueled me further.
“You’re trying to pick a fight. Do anything but admit that sleeping together meant more than what you wanted it to.”
“Shut up,” he spat.
“It wasn’t a moment of weakness, and you know it,” I said, bending down until his lowered eyes saw me.
He lunged forward, his hand closing around my throat. “If that’s what you need to tell yourself then fine, be my guest. I took pity on you,” he waved around the room as my hands gripped his wrist. His fingers were tight, but he wasn’t choking me. “I let you stay up here so you didn’t start starving yourself again.”
I sucked in a breath when he tightened his grip.
“But I can see it wasn’t worth it. You’ve grown attached.”
I shoved away from him; my uninjured hand touched my throat where his hot hand had been. “Fuck you!”
He cracked a smirk. “You already did that, cariño. Did you do it to get some semblance of comfort during your captivity?”
My mouth gaped open at his cruel words. If I hadn’t been staring at him, I would have sworn that he doubled in size, sucking all the air out of the room. He stood in the glow of that lamp, his eyes black as he looked me up and down.
“Or did you just want to stick it to daddy by fucking the criminal? He would be so proud of his little girl.”
I nearly doubled over. Days ago, I had given myself to him. Willingly opened myself up to him even knowing there was only one possible ending— pain. But he found a way to twist that dagger so deep into my chest, so swiftly, I wasn’t prepared for just how much it was going to hurt. An ache below my ribs made breathing tiresome and I took a step away from him, sinking into myself.
