When There Is Nothing Left But Love

She noticed me looking at her but made no move to respond. Instead, she just sat there impassively.

I paused before commenting on her appearance, “You don’t look like a schoolgirl.”

She chuckled at my statement. Gazing at me, she said, “Why makes you say that? Because I don’t dress my age?”

Realizing that I had made an unnecessary remark, I held my tongue. Next, I scanned the other girls and asked each of them how they got here.

Generally, each of them was taken here under different circumstances.

Some of those who came from poor families had gone looking for work. They were tricked into coming here under the guise of high-paying jobs.

Some of the women had been living alone in the city. One night, after getting off work, they were kidnapped on their way home and brought to this place.

In conclusion, we were all brought here using different methods. But one thing was certain. None of us had any clue what our captors wanted to do with us.

The women tried tugging at the ropes a couple more times but to no avail. It was then that we heard talking and footsteps coming from the outside. The voices belonged to several men.

The women exchanged glances.

back to your positions!” I yelled, but it

and stepped in. When they entered our space, they saw us huddled

brain could tell what we had been doing. Initially, I thought the men would fly into

a group. Then they exchanged glances

said wryly, “Well, we haven’t had fun in a while anyway. Our stocks this time are quite good-looking, if I may say so.

the higher-ups say we can’t touch these women. Shouldn’t we follow

miles away. If we don’t say anything, do you think they’ll find out? Besides, they’ll only be coming at night, won’t they? We have a couple of hours until then. That’s more than enough time to have our way with these girls,” said the first man. With

here had experience with the dark side of the real world. They

at us. A short while later, she turned to look at the man approaching us. Her voice was soft as she made an offer, “Oh, hey, handsome. Since you brought us all the way here, I don’t think forcing it

man put forward his suspicions. “What do you mean by ‘volunteers’?” he

want. But among the girls here, I’m sure there are some who don’t like the idea. Since they

back at his

he spoke, “Any of

a faint smirk,

hear that, but a moment later he knitted his brows and eyed her

It’s been like this for days. I can’t eat, I can’t sleep,

going to waste my breath. I was just thinking, it would be great to have a nice shower and a nice meal before my death. That way, I have no regrets if the inevitable happens. Compared to all that, staying with

that said, she gave the man a look that was