Captive of the Billionaire
motionless. As if the who
on the handle. I turn it slowly, once, twice. Not
precision. The smallest detail, the most tiny abnormality co
gaze clings to the high windows, the heavy curtains that partially mask the out
ye can see. No road. No neighbor. Just this
dn't just locked me. He c
ise sounds
ce. Person. Just the discreet breat
quickly. I have t
, but it does not move a millimeter. Locked. I strike against the glass, more
m the panic that threatens to overwh
of the sofa, pass my hands under the furniture. Nothing. Not
e that he has forgotten a detail. But ...
e. The noise resonates violently in the room, breaking th
s later, a c
lo
, tackling the wal
ly. A shadow
t. I hit, wit
movement of
wards the
es on my arm,
t so
t the spark in his gaze be
t he tightens his e
tly? That I had neglected
ocking, and that mak
me l
nizing me like a predato
I r
e burns
all possible m
iles
ho
wer cut
gesture, and this time I hear thg as you want, Émilie. B
back as he
n always
like a rope ready to break. Maxime fixes me with disturbing intensity, his gaze anc
test your limi
myself, cle
like to im
smile tackl
e what is
ng else under this apparent mastery. An underlyin
n against her will,
y his head, obse
our ca
sturbing emotion. He stands too close, his body projecting a shad
se to
much as you want. It
eal
step. I tense myse
tle game a
ot a gam
erious, and a shado
t? A pun
wly, as if he w
otec
t a joyl
wisted design
aze d
o idea what
, refusing to let
are you? My jai
silence
my heart gets carried away. He doesn't touch me. He simply lets his fi
it of both,
m. I should be terrified. However, something in h
king this invisib
o get ou
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ved since our confrontation, but
ison ha
each window, each possible outlet. The only que
n the corridor
have tim
se and slip inside. A thin net of air infiltra
nly
etch my arms until ventilation. It is
under the sink and
ork on the latch, holding m
cl
gets carr
enough to see the outside. A
my teeth.
ffort. My feet leave the safety of the soil
the edge of the roof. A burst of wind strikes me,
sounds b
at opens
mil
is sharp,
hesitate
my feet violently touch the ground. I ride
ave time
hten up
almost unreal presence. I don't know where I a
me, a
gr
are to tu
el his p
ses at an in
react, a violent shock p
uggling with
arms Im
nderstand, whispers
kin, contrasting violently wit
me l
es no
think you
is harder
ll get
ile
n a low
me that you
e body
always feel his contained strength, l
does th
lowly, forcing me t
worse than
efusing to accept
t an excuse t
t respond
he wh
u think
mine, and a strang
rt tig
o l
my eyes, his
ow
be a simple
ly, his eyes take on a supernatural
onger
the world in which you
refuses
slightly, but the
u still try
darker, mo
ke what is waiting for
ble shiver tra
e, I bel