Lahat ng Kabanata ng WARMING THE BED OF MY BROTHER-IN-LAW: Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 30

The culprit soon joined us in the conversation as well. The signs of hesitation in his face on coming back into the guest room proved his guilt to me. Instead of continuing the conversation, I excused myself and requested Seth to join me.Once, we were in a separate room, I asked him about Anne, “Why did you tell her about me staying in your apartment?”“Because she has been calling me incessantly to get some information on you,” revealed Seth, believing he had done the right thing. “She cried a lot. I couldn’t sit idly and watch her grieve your disappearance like that.”“She will now tell everyone about my whereabouts, including Noah,” I said with visible signs of distress on my face. “If he were to find out that I’d taken refuge in a guy's apartment, he wouldn’t appreciate it.”“Why are you so afraid of him? Am I not with you?” questioned Seth, not realizing the danger that he had put both of us in.Placing my head over my hand, I told him, “You’ve certainly made a grave error. I wo

I didn’t see anybody outside the window the next morning. The man had completely disappeared into the thin air. Since I had seen the silhouette of that man quite clearly the previous night, I knew it wasn’t some hallucination. Somebody was actually there, staring at me in the middle of the night.Last night’s horrific images didn’t leave my mind. I appeared a little disturbed by the same when I joined Seth for breakfast. He, thus, couldn’t stop himself from addressing the same, “Didn’t you have a good night's sleep yesterday?”“No, I didn’t,” I responded, resting my weary head on my hands. “I saw somebody standing outside the window.”“Could’ve been some drunkard,” argued Seth, pleading with me to eat something.I ate a little sandwich and some hard-boiled eggs before grabbing my bag and preparing to leave. Before I could move out of the door, Seth reminded me to call him in the case of an emergency. Since I didn’t want to hear another lecture on my inability to prioritize my safety,

The woman didn’t say anything and instructed the goon to join her in the bedroom instead. While they probably began discussing the most effective ways to dispose of me, I tried to rid myself of the ropes that were wounded around my wrists. I didn’t want to die just yet.The knot that had held the ropes together was strong enough to ruin all of my attempts to free myself. I, thus, realized that I needed somebody else to help me with it. I looked around me to find the goon’s phone on the table beside me.Since my legs weren’t tied, I moved closer to the table and began operating it with my nose. Luckily, it had no passcode. After a few unsuccessful attempts at skilful scrolling, I did manage to get to the num pad. I dialled the police's number. As soon as the call was connected, I communicated my condition to them and requested quick rescue, for I feared the possibility of my abductor killing me before dawn was very high. They promised speedy assistance. I doubted I could sit idly and w

As one might expect, Seth was furious over how long it had taken the police to reach me. Watching him get this worked up, the officer asked him if he was my husband, something that couldn’t be denied without watching Seth sigh in disappointment.“We’re good friends,” I said, recognizing how much Seth had supported me in the last couple of days. But, I couldn’t see him as anything more than that. It wouldn’t be good for either of us.The officer nodded and then suggested, “If that’s the case, I would be required to inform your family, Miss Jennings.”That was the last thing I wanted. After all, it was my family who was the source of my suffering. If the officer were to invite them, my sister and I might end up having a confrontation, which I knew would end badly for me. Therefore, it was not even worth considering.“On second thought, I believe there is no harm in sharing the truth of my relationship with Seth,” I decided to lie to save myself from coming face-to-face with my family. “

“Don’t you know that I’m still naked underneath this towel?” I asked, tightening my grip on my towel.Seth looked at me from the top to the bottom, sort of like taking notice of my curves, something he had never done before, and then asked me, “Has anybody ever told you that you’re really beautiful?”“You’re the first guy to say that,” I lied because I didn’t want to talk about Noah.With a broad smile on his face, he began walking towards me, disregarding the fact that I had just asked him to give me some personal space. He then wrapped his arms around me tightly, as if he was afraid that somebody might steal me from him.Since this behaviour was alien to me, I had to ask him, “What are you doing, Seth?”He requested me to stay mum, as he feared that the beautiful moment between us would be ruined. He then rested his head on my shoulder, something he had never done to any woman before me. It was sort of like he was tired and wanted to rest.Caressing his back, I told him, “You’ve been