“Nicole! How did you get here?”

“It’s not safe here, Dad. Let’s talk inside.”

After returning to his bedroom, Stephen deliberately dimmed the light before asking his daughter to sit on an inconspicuous spot. He then sat on his bed, and the two started whispering to each other.

“How are you doing, Dad?”

“I’m fine. I may be imprisoned here, but Levant treats me decently. Probably because he still remembers that I was the one who raised him.”

Nicole turned her attention to Stephen’s fingers when she suddenly recalled something.

“Dad… Your fingers…”

“What about them?”

Stephen lifted his hands to show them to his daughter, who was surprised to see that they were perfectly fine.

Nicole realized that it was not really Stephen’s finger that Levant used to threaten her before.

relieved to discover that Levant was not as cold-blooded as

Don’t

of feeling relieved, Stephen

you really

Nicole nodded in response.

giving up

she just hated Evan enough, she would be able to let him go, but her nightmares and worries showed her otherwise. She accepted the fact that

this carefully. I have all I need here, and the environment’s pretty good too. It makes for a

through the same thing because

heartache creeping in, she understood that it would be a regret to not be able to with someone she loved. I admit that I love Evan, but as much as I love him,

her, and she did not want to be trapped in the masochistic struggle. Nicole wanted to

was imprisoned because of her, so there was

I’ll be happy if we get married,” assured Nicole with a shaky voice

a grim look on his face, Stephen let

his heart had

him, and he was not about to let her marry someone else. I won’t let

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