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119. Sounds like an Explanation
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Erica“Thor! Thor!” I walked into the dense thicket that outlined the trees as I cursed myself for putting him down when I came out of the castle. The little dog ran off like a shot, like he was living in a cage and just now saw the outside world, whereas in truth I had spent the last few days playing with him all around the castle especially at night when we would enjoy our time on the terrace after dinner. At that time Antonio would leave me alone as he maintained his distance with Thor like my little dog carried plague with him. Now here I was looking for him, when I should be teaching him a new trick. Just yesterday, I taught him to sit and stand. It was fun being with him, especially when he took my mind off certain things and one sexy arsehole who had somehow managed to hypnotize me because one dark look and one sensual touch from him sent me into heat that I couldn’t seem to shake off.I heard a branch snap behind me and turned around to find Ephraim standing there with Thor i
CAGED- A Dark Billionaire Captive Romance 121. Nothing left to heal
AntonioI leafed through the number of brochures that Ephraim had handed me after the breakfast, which had been a fûcking amusing event considering my little devil couldn’t stop herself from looking at Ephraim then back at me— she was curious and Ephraim was equally uncomfortable to be sitting there with her knowing eyes on him.The moment the breakfast had ended, Ephraim had found me and questioned me, “What did you tell her?”“Nothing that should be kept a secret.” And then before he could get his non-existent panties in a twist, I had changed the subject. “Find me a few courses that women are interested in nowadays.”“Courses?”“Some sort of classes. Like women generally do as a hobby, or maybe to learn something new?” Out of nowhere at that moment, I became aware of our age difference as it had been years since I last picked up a book to study. But with Erica I had never thought of our age difference. She was so self assured and confident in the way she behaved, the way she stood
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CAGED- A Dark Billionaire Captive Romance 123. Open your eyes, little devil
AntonioAs soon as Nikolai left the office and made his way downstairs, I made my way to the second floor. Even when I was halfway up the stairs I could hear Thor’s frantic barking and the way he whined, it made my shoulders coil tight as an uneasy feeling slipped through me. By the time I reached the half shut door of the little cell, I wasn’t sure what I would find but what I saw, I wasn’t prepared for it.Erica was on the floor where I had left her, but she wasn’t relaxed or in deep sleep while she was unconscious due to the drûg. No. Her whole body was tossing and turning like she was fighting an invisible opponent. Her eyes were closed but her lips were moving, muttering unclear and incoherent words that I couldn’t decipher. She looked like she was in pain and the scene brought a burn to my chest.Thor gave a low growl as I advanced toward her, I held my hands up as I neared her and crouched down beside her seizing body. Thor rubbed his head on her side, trying to wake her up. W
CAGED- A Dark Billionaire Captive Romance 124. You drûgged me
EricaThe darkness surrounded me from everywhere. Shadows threatened and touched me without my permission even when I screamed. It hurt when they touched and they didn't care when I pleaded with them to stop. They didn't stop they never stopped. I was a little girl trapped with the faceless monsters. I didn't have anywhere to run. I was trapped. Trapped with these dark shadows.Until...The door opened and the shaft of light entered, backlighting a tall man who entered the darkness like he feared nothing. Like he ruled it and everyone in it. I cried for help and begged him to save me. Wondering if this shadowy figure would be my salvation and then he turned to look at me and I caught his golden brown eyes.“Antonio!”I jerked awake, my breathing fast and hollow as I looked around myself, half expecting the shadowy figures standing around the bed but there was no one. I tried to clear this heavy feeling surrounding my mind and my thoughts. I was in the bedroom. In Antonio’s bedroom. I
CAGED- A Dark Billionaire Captive Romance 125. I hate surprises
Erica“You drûgged me.”Instead of slapping me back or punishing me or getting angry, he nodded and said, “I am sorry.”My eyes widened at his apology, at the sincerity that reflected behind the words and in his eyes, and I took a step back from him as every part of me doused in the cold reality. Panic started to rise inside me as I shook my head, denying it when I could see it with my own eyes. He couldn't know. No one can know. “Y-you know.” He didn't have to answer, I wasn't even asking. It was in his dark eyes that were somehow bright from within as he looked at me. “How... How m-much? How could you know? I c-couldn’t have. I’d never... Never tell you!”And I tried to think back, to think how much I let slip in my drûgged state. “Y-ou kn-ow? Tell me....” I sobbed, and tried to breathe, tried to stop the bubbling hysteria but it was useless. I didn't know how to react, how to cope with this. No one knew. I didn't tell anyone. He wasn’t supposed to know either. “How m-much do you k
CAGED- A Dark Billionaire Captive Romance 126. A gift
EricaAs I walked to Antonio’s office, Thor followed after me but I had to pause and instruct him to stay put to stop him from entering his office. Even though he had brought the dog for me, I had noticed every time he’d stiffened just because Thor got too close to him. Thor gave a cute little whine but stayed still as I knocked on the door. Antonio’s deep voice filtered through the thick wooden door, “Come in.”I pushed the door open and entered. Antonio was sitting behind his desk as he wrote something on the ledger opened in front of him. The fire was burning low in the hearth, keeping the room warm as the temperature outside dropped with each day that passed. For a brief moment, I took him in in his shirt sleeves that were rolled up to his forearms and the way his shoulders looked, strong and wide. Even here sitting in his office, engrossed in his work he looked the most handsome man I had ever laid my eyes on. And believe me, I knew most of them.And then he looked up and paused,
CAGED- A Dark Billionaire Captive Romance 127. Hey, big sister
EricaI was impatient for the whole ride in the chopper and then the drive to the big city centre where there was a building with twenty floors and each floor except the reception on the ground floor had a different set of classes going on at the same time. I hadn’t looked at the template that Antonio had handed me as I had been too busy getting ready to get out of the castle.The only thought that circled my mind was to make a call to my sister from the new phone that belonged to me, as soon as possible. I still couldn’t believe that Antonio had given me a phone when he didn’t miss a chance to call me his captive. The lines were getting blurred and as much as I missed my sister, I’m sure talking to her will put things into perspective and I’d come to my senses and realise that Antonio was nothing but my enemy. And after yesterday, the vulnerable moment I shared with him, I needed that reminder before I totally forget that he wasn’t the man who had kidnapped me for the sole purpose o
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