To want him so bad

IRIS

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After the maid, Danika, left, I was on my own for most of the day. She only came in to serve me lunch when it was afternoon, and packed the plates from breakfast.

Yes. I had forced myself to eat. The thought of being stubborn and saying I would not eat until I was freed from the shackles I was put in crossed my mind, but I was too hungry to be stubborn, at least for that day.

Danika helped me run my bath with warm water, and set out a sky blue dress for me to wear. She offered to get my hair ready, but I wanted to leave it the way it was.

I did not want Damon Maddox to return and get the wrong ideas about everything, including why I was there.

She also helped me apply a strange scented ointment. I had noticed my bruises disappeared minutes after it was applied, and my skin was as smooth as before. It bothered me, I never knew an ointment that worked that fast existed.

I sat on the bed and stared at the ceiling for hours on end. With nothing to do and nowhere to go - see