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I didn’t know how to answer him. It was obvious that I did, but I wasn’t going to admit to it. I would die first.

It didn’t seem like he wanted an answer, anyway.

“Be a good girl today, okay?”

I frowned at him.

What the hell did that mean?

He reached over and patted my hair. I could only watch him silently, and after a while, he stood up and turned away, heading to the walk-in closet. I caught sight of the realistic wings that spanned across his shoulder blades.

Just before he walked into the closet, he dropped the towel.

I couldn’t be sure, but I thought I let out a small squeak in surprise, and Dominic laughed at me.

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Dominic leftthe room soon after that, with that stupid smile plastered across his face.

I would be fucking smiling too, if I was allowed to leave my prison.

I might have been embarrassed about this morning, but now that he was gone, it was replaced with anger and frustration.

I quickly got ready for my day and settled back on my usual spot, in the recliner and looking out the locked window.

The door clicked open, drawing my attention. Lucy came in. Her gaze automatically moved to me, and she shot me a friendly smile.

I didn’t smile back.

“You’re up,” she said, her voice soft and airy.

My eyes widened in surprise. She did not sound the way I had expected. She had a very soft feminine voice.

She laughed at the look on my face, and I schooled my features back to neutral.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” she asked.

I shook my head. “Just surprise you’re actually speaking to me.”

“You are?” she asked, and I couldn’t tell if she was being serious or coy. The small glimmer in her eyes told me the latter, but her expressionless face suggested otherwise.

I shifted in the recliner, not knowing how to answer her or react to such an odd woman.

“Would you like to see the house?” Lucy asked.

I narrowed my eyes at her. “You’re allowed to let me out of this room?”

She nodded. “Of course. Dominic wants you to be comfortable here.”

I didn’t know whether to laugh at that or not. He wanted me to be comfortable here? How comfortable did he imagine me getting?

Lucy tilted her head to the side, and I knew better than to look a gift horse in the mouth. And that was what this was. A messed-up gift.

I quickly got off the recliner, and Lucy walked outside. I looked down at an invisible line at the threshold, unsure why my heart was pounding so hard. It wasn’t like I had been in this room all that long, but I had believed I would be here longer, until Dominic…

I didn’t exactly know why Dominic took me or what he planned on doing with me.

I should be scared, and though I was initially, a sort of numbness had settled over me now. I was just taking it one day at a time.

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