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

pushed open the door and stepped in. When they entered our space,

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

glanced at us; a bunch of women gathered in a group. Then they exchanged glances

haven’t had fun in a while anyway. Our stocks this time

we can’t touch these

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 that, he made

real world. They knew what he meant but they still managed to remain calm in spite

us. Her voice was soft as she made an offer, “Oh, hey, handsome. Since you brought us all the

put forward his suspicions.

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

looked back at his

“Any of you

replied with a faint smirk, “Well,

moment later he knitted his brows and

I do? It’s been like this for days. I can’t eat, I can’t sleep, I don’t even know if I’ll die soon. In the face of life and death, what do purity and innocence even matter?

more sincere she became. “I know, you’re just doing your job. It’s impossible to ask you to let me go. Since that’s not going to work, I’m not 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 you and satisfying your needs might be quite rewarding for me

a look that was filled to the brim