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.

the bag, he

to see you again. Also, warn

thousand, Dominic will probably be willing to pay, but he has actually jacked it up tenfold! Putting aside the fact that Dominic might not

can probably give

Slap!

before I could finish. In the next moment, my cheek

grabbed my hair and yanked it backward, jerking

yakking! I’m not asking you for money! Why? Are you that distressed on behalf of your lover? Liliana, you

changed. In a cold and ominous voice, he threatened, “Later, just repeat whatever I

echoed in my ears,

I’ll repeat whatever you say. S-So, how should

that I was being all docile and meek, he finally

the tablet, he brought it close to my

casting him a glance, I began repeating

as I uttered the final word, he yanked the

for a long moment before putting it away. Then, he took out a bottle of mineral water from the bag and

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

bit my lip hard,

my chin forcefully without a single word. Hauling

That was my downfall, for

my throat while streaming down my

you’ve got to behave!” Julius

sprawled on the floor, panting. All of a sudden, he untied the rope

rope restraining me, I didn’t think he

wall and stand up, but just after I got an inch off the

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