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“Yes, Sweetheart?”

“Well, you know my name, I think it's only proper that I know yours as well,” she said, curving her lips into a deceptively sweet smile.

Quirking his head to the side, the man wanted to kick himself for his rudeness. It was easy to forget that she didn’t know anything about him. It was something he looked forward to changing.

“My name’s Kade,” he said before exiting the room and locking the door behind him.

CHAPTER TWO

Keeping her eyes glued to the popcorn ceiling of her cell, Lexi let out a sigh and methodically wiggled her tingling fingers and toes. She hated waiting more than anything in the world but was thankful that her captor had been gone longer than she expected. It gave her mind an opportunity to formulate a plan of action, and her body a chance to recover. Thankfully, she could now move her limbs without any extra effort and hoped it wouldn’t be long before the rest of her body followed suit. The quicker she could fully move again, the faster she could escape.

Although Kade wasn’t physically in the room with her, she knew she was being watched. The red blinking light in her peripheral vision told her so. It took every ounce of control to not look into the white bubbled camera and tell her captor exactly what she thought of him. How he was a pathetic, limp dicked motherfucker whose ass she couldn't wait to kick.

Soon,she thought to herself.

Tapping her fingers against her blanket covered thighs, she replayed the interaction with her abductor repeatedly in her mind. It was obvious that he had done this before, but something told her that what he was doing with her was different. There was something other than murderous intent behind his chiseled features. He was too soft with her and lookedat her too fondly. Without meaning to, he had told her exactly where his weakness lay.

A stupid mistake on his part.

“Sloppy,” she said aloud, turning her steely gaze directly at the camera.

Within the span of a second, she heard a loud buzz followed by Kade’s honeyed voice echoing against the walls of her sparse cell.

“What was that my love?”

Painting a sugary smile across her chapped lips, she blinked innocently at the white bubble and shrugged her heavy shoulders. Yes, he was watching her indeed.

“Oh, nothing! I was just wondering when you were coming back. I’m getting lonely in here,” she said, pouting her mouth slightly.

A dark laugh came across the speaker of the camera. She couldn’t tell if he was annoyed or amused by her comment, she hoped it was the latter.

“I’ll be right there,” he promised before quickly silencing the speaker.

Taking in a deep breath, she pulled her eyes away from the camera and focused on the metal handle of her door. Soon, she heard the heavy lock lift, and something press against the hatch. My, wasn’t her captor an eager beaver.

“I’m sorry it took me so long, Sweetheart,” Kade said as he entered her cell, “I wanted to make sure that the sauce tasted just right.”

Using his foot, he closed the heavy door behind him and made his way to the small cot, carrying with him a mahogany tray thatheld a plate of spaghetti and meatballs and a glass of red wine. Not bothering to lock the door, he instead sat down beside Lexi and gave her a warm smile. He was so proud of her for accepting her current situation and intended on rewarding her for being so calm and reasonable.

“I made you your favorite spaghetti, the one you only make on special occasions? I even added a touch of brown sugar to the sauce. That's your secret ingredient, right?” he asked, placing the fragrant tray of food and wine at the foot of the cot.

“You really do know all about me, don't you?” she murmured, giving him a small smirk.

Gently pulling her into a sitting position, he carefully moved her against the wall at the head of her bed. Making sure she was strong enough to sit on her own, he scooted his large form to the edge of the cot before reaching back down to grab the wooden tray.

“That I do, but don't worry, I won't tell anyone about the sugar,” he said with a wink before picking up a fork and twirling a bit of pasta onto the utensil. “How are you feeling?”

Watching him intently, Lexi felt her mouth water as he lifted the filled fork and brought it towards her. While the spaghetti smelled delicious, she knew she shouldn’t consume anything her abductor gave her. She would rather starve than have him drug her again.

“I’m feeling fine, but no, no thank you. I’m not hungry,” she lied.

Noticing her hesitation, Kade turned the utensil and shoveled the pasta into his own mouth. Swallowing the food, he put the fork down onto the plate and moved the tray onto her lap. Hecouldn’t blame her for being cautious, but this wasn’t going to work if she didn’t trust him.

“I promise you, I didn’t put anything in the spaghetti that shouldn’t be there.”

Pursing her lips together, she pulled her gaze from his intense stare towards the glass of red wine on the tray.

“Nor did I spike the wine,” he said with a small sigh before picking up the wine glass and taking a deliberately large sip. If he needed to show her that her food and drink were safe before every meal, then so be it.

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