Love the Second Time Around

Chapter 76

 

Chapter 76 As long As He Does Not Violate Me

The sound seemed very close to me, and I wondered whether Julius was back.

Roughly discerning the direction in which the sound originated, I pinned my gaze there without even blinking once.

A few minutes passed, but still, no one came into sight despite the continual noise.

“Is that you, Julius?” I couldn’t help asking in a holler.

My voice reverberated around the space, yet there was no sign of anyone.

 

Subsequently, I felt something scurrying across my lap even as squeaks drifted into my ears.

Oh my God, it’s a rat! Fear struck me, and I shuddered violently.

 

I inexorably tucked my legs closer to my body.

Ugh! I’m most terrified of rats! I’m not even afraid of whatever Julius might do to me now, be it hitting me or tearing into me. At least he’s a living person, and it’s way better than being here alone with those creatures!

At the thought of him, Coraline came to mind.

Jeez, how stupid am I that I was duped again? As the saying goes, once bitten, twice shy. Everyone knows that except me. Despite having been sabotaged by them both countless times on end, I was still dumbly eager to put myself in the line of fire. Gah! Oh well, Coraline’s acting skills were truly top-notch as well, even surpassing that of Nicholas and Scarlett’s.

I lifted my head and stared up at the infinite sea of pitch-black darkness above me. A sense of utter helplessness inundated me.

If only I’d known that things would come to this, I would’ve immediately told Dominic where I was when he phoned me. Why the hell did I act so childishly? I wonder if he would be able to find me when I only said Ho for Horington. Argh!

After an indeterminate amount of time, a sound snagged my attention again. This time, I could tell that it was the sound of footsteps.

Sure enough, Julius entered my line of sight with a bag in his hand after a few minutes.

out a tablet from the bag,

to see you again. Also, warn him that

to pay, but he has actually jacked it up tenfold! Putting aside the fact that Dominic might not have that much money, our relationship

penny of your five hundred thousand, so they can probably give you that much. But don’t you think five

Slap!

smack interrupted me before I could finish. In the next moment,

Julius grabbed my hair and yanked

of your lover? Liliana, you should actually thank me. This is a test for him, you know?” he

that, his tone abruptly changed. In a cold and ominous voice, he threatened, “Later, just repeat

his threat echoed in my ears, so

say.

that I was being all docile and meek, he finally released his

software on the tablet, he

had already started ticking. After casting him a glance, I began repeating everything he said earlier under his intent scrutiny, his gaze dark

I uttered the final word,

out a bottle of mineral water from the bag and unscrewed the cap. I saw him dropping a pill into the water

Is he kidding me? I saw him drugging the water, so why

hard,

chin forcefully without a single word. Hauling me up, he then slammed his knee against

That was my

went into my nostrils and down my throat while streaming down

so you’ve got to behave!” Julius declared

on the floor, panting. All of a

restraining me, I didn’t think he would be

just after I got an

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