Captive of the Billionaire
hand closes on my arm, pulling me back with an implacable force. I vacillate, but the embrace does
skull. I try to move, but my wrists are hampered. Rigid plastic encloses my flesh. My ankles too. I'm sitting o
adow in the embrasure. He enters. Large, silhouette carved in an almost unreal precision. He does not wear mask or hood. His face is disc
are
trolled. No nervousness. No impatie
ere
n object which we have just acquired. His gaze touches my linked wrists, goes back to my neck, lingers o
d you re
too many
jump, but it is faster. A fluid movement, barely a thril
are here for a specific reas
ominate me, establish a dynamic of f
amn
in the air. Then a laugh, discree
alread
s shadow blends into the darkness of the co
e. For th
etrays my mind. My breath is too fast, my fingers tremble. I always thought
termittent sizzle of neon. The soil frozen under my fingers. My brain records,him as well. His attitude leaves no room for doubt: he is in contr
way to destroy it b
wo men enter, framing M
tach
y something, but the two gorillas by his si
. He awaits an explosion, an insult,
ges, he commen
ort hi
r, exactly? That I thank
ile is
llow
ither I stay here, locked in this cage, or I take
resonates on the concrete floor. Closed
ist. A large black leather chair sits behind a glass desk.
Si
t my
nnoyance cros
erstand, Émilie, that
not a doc
ilence is
is office. Its presence is overwhelming,
he whispers
, a new glow. A
thority. His gaze fixes mine, an invisible tension floating between us. He waits for me to gi
n't
, he whispers, slight
to obey the orders of
has fun. Worse, it seems to a
m, Émilie? It's simp
ch my
es do not
a predator who gauges his prey. He is not in
existence, in this place, depends entirely on my will. You eat when I o
my spine, but I refuse to
if I
tal heat emanates from him, contrast
will lear
threaten. He states a fact, as if he alre
ll not
ides on me,
wil
ey compared without a word, closing the door behind them. I
he re
in mot
rabs me with the wrist. His embrace is firm without being painful, a demonstration of a
mediately, the burni
force me to
s gaze explores my face, lingers on
end up understanding that everything is simple
uns through its gaze fleetingly. A tiny, almost imperceptible he
and settled be
to know why
viou
s, taking the time to
present
rt tig
at v
can be a problem
nd his enig
ak cl
le disa
d to people you shoul
row
w what you're
rward, placing his f
ll know
ith me, distills the drop-down
I'm supposed to follo
ly. Just in
ke my
are
. He does
too daring for
and plant himself in front of me. This time,
. Fight you against me and mak
n my chair, lockin
rn to play i
ber my
not a
plunges i
pro
in. I don't give in
raightens up a
m. Clothes are waiting for you. On
otest, but he r
n invitation
me before ordering one
ell, nor a dismal place. Sober furniture, an adjoining ba
el relieved
y to like me, to make me believe
fall into
e fatigue digging my face. My mind wants
les. I choose a simple outfit from those made available to me, avoiding those that see
rd is waiting for me
llow
. No possibil
us dining room where Max
, a calculating s
Si
e he ordered it. Because I have
ling me as if he were trying to guess what I was going to do afterwards. This silence, far from trivial, is a tactic. A
, refusing to be the one
ner will be enough to mak
hes his mout
is a more formida
en screaming famine for hours, and the smell of dishes a
imply, serving w
re you hav
ietly, then cross his
certain truths are more da
t my
ke the
arkens imp
ve no
his lips and drinks a si
o understand wh
Ye
, as if he wei
th a simple question. What d
nced my first name with disturbing fa
up. Just that you are a rich man w
e widens
an interesting descript
t me to add
e inaccurate. You ar
row
nd that I l
nd relies against th
tence is linked to eve
oat ti
xpl
topping, then his da
ow the name
ind, familiar without my c
ction, perhaps see
vereaux was an influential, p
Wa
ied. B
climbs i
es this have
lass with a me
bad place, at
e spreads
't unde
eople ready to do anything
you one of
becomes m
. involved
ete truth.
d you re
slightly
e something that
eath
know this man, I have no
ly. But you
o w
tate, then ends up letting
as not
to be contrac
ard
was... diffe
ses in his eyes, and suddenly, the air becomes
that
o w
ng away from the table
made to believe that humanity was the only
ke my
waiting for? Th
ng in his gaze changes. A raw intensit
e no othe
travels
lling me tha
t respond
erewolf would be a
semble the parts. It's
Ye
silence sett
hy
ches agai
ng, without being aware of it.
heart resonate
remember
ot
ts in the air. A feelin
What are y
s black and unf
you fear the
from an absurd
nt to
impos
elieve in y
eventuall
but each word reson
f silence.
You will ne
n't
r wh
le disa
he night wi