Total pages in book: 34
Estimated words: 31834 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 159(@200wpm)___ 127(@250wpm)___ 106(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 31834 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 159(@200wpm)___ 127(@250wpm)___ 106(@300wpm)
“You can’t be serious.”
“I’m not lying to you, Eve. I have no reason to lie to you.”
“Aren’t you afraid I will go to the police? That I’ll tell them the truth?”
“You wouldn’t get very far. When you become as powerful as me, you have friends in high places. The kind of friends who will make a phone call.”
Eve dropped her hands. “So … I have no way of leaving? No way of making an escape?”
“You are going to see that leaving me is not an option. Right now, you’re hurt, and I accept that, but I’m not letting you go. You’re mine, Eve.” He got to his feet.
“Where are you going?”
“It’s been a long day and I know you can be stubborn, but you also need to eat. I’m going to make you some food.”
“Food? You expect me to eat now?”
“You still need to eat. You can be difficult all you want, but food is good for you, and I know you have some leftovers either in the fridge or freezer. I’ll be back.” With that, he got to his feet and left the bedroom.
He was tempted to put the bolt on the door, but he didn’t want to. Eve would try to make her escape, but she wasn’t going to leave this house until she came to her senses. She needed to realize that he was the same man he had always been. The only difference is she now knew the truth, because she was ready to handle it. Other than that, nothing had changed.
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Eve sat on the edge of the bed, keeping her feet up and crossed. She couldn’t believe what had just been said. She had a feeling Grim had kept his word and that none of it was lies. She didn’t know if he had a real reason to lie.
He’d not put the bolt on the door. It was a trap.
Eve dropped her feet to the floor and then stood up. She didn’t move for a second, and then a bit longer. She wasn’t sure if she was expecting Grim to come charging at her with rope, threatening to tie her up to keep her in one place.
When he didn’t appear, she closed the distance between herself and the door, putting one hand on the door handle and the other flat on the wall beside the door.
Was he waiting on the other side?
What did he want?
What did he expect?
Eve didn’t know what to do, what to feel. This was all so confusing, and she hated that she even felt this way. Even as she was afraid, deep down, she knew she still loved her husband, and that feeling wasn’t going away anytime soon.
Taking a deep breath, she opened the door and peeked out. No one was there. Not even a soldier.
She slid out of the small gap she had made, which was actually a good size, because she still needed to squeeze her ass through. She didn’t close the door, for fear of what noise it would make. With every second that passed, she felt her heart start to race. This was insane. She was sneaking around her home, for what? To avoid her husband, hoping to make her escape.
They had found her once, and she had no doubt unlike the cabin, he had men patrolling the grounds. She wouldn’t be able to make her escape quite so easily.
Moving along the corridor, she headed toward the stairs, and there was no sign of anyone. She knew from experience that the steps didn’t have a single squeak. Most of the house didn’t make a sound when she moved around. The moment she was clear of the stairs, she went to the door, and of course she tried the handle and it was locked.
Gritting her teeth, she spun around and then let out a gasp as Grim was there, an apron covering his clearly expensive suit. She didn’t know why she hadn’t realized the quality of his clothes. He had spent a small fortune on her own clothes. Even though she had taken off in her jeans and ratty old t-shirt that had indeed seen better days. Much better days.
“All the doors are locked. The windows are bolted. Snow is on the ground, and it’s cold out. I have men walking the perimeter and I have cameras everywhere,” Grim said. “You will not get lucky this time.”
She gritted her teeth. “Do you think this is funny?”
“Do I look like I’m laughing?”
She glared at him. “I don’t think this is funny.”
“Neither do I. Do you have any idea what people would do, what my enemies would do to you if they ever got ahold of you?” he asked. He moved toward her, and then blocked her against the door and his rock-hard body.
There was nowhere for her to go. No place to make her escape.