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I ate lunch while giving him the side eye. Each time our eyes locked, he would wink at me, and I would scowl at him. For lunch, he actually gave me a butter knife and sat next to me while collecting the plates. It was as if he were daring me to stab him. He must have known I wouldn't be able to do that, not after seeing him bleeding from the cuts he gave himself. For a psycho like him, I needed to do something different. Harming him wouldn't work.“Is there anything you want for dinner?” He asked after getting up, convinced I wouldn't attack him as I did earlier. “Can you let me go?” I whispered, too tired to even yell at him. “Please, Stein. I don't want to stay chained here like a damned prisoner.” I lifted my right foot, and the chain dangled. “Please.” A tear rolled down my right cheek. “I'm sorry.” He dropped the tray on the table and sat on the bed. He reached out and wiped the tears under my eyes. “I'm afraid I can't let you go, Schatz. Unless you promise never to leave me.

STEINI leaned against the door and closed my eyes. My heart was hammering so hard I could feel it in my fingertips. I pressed my fist to my mouth to stop the sound that wanted to come out. He had spoken, looked at me and actually fought back like I was hoping he would. For twelve hours, I had watched him disappear into that silence. If I'd known threatening our son was all it took for him to speak to me, I would have done that last night. Now I knew how to get him if he ever tried that trick again. I opened my eyes and looked down at my hands. I had saved him. Why couldn't he see that? Why was he hell-bent on seeing me as a monster when all the things I had done so far had been for him?! He'd called me a monster, but wasn't I that way because of him?Damn it!I pushed off the door and walked downstairs, wondering why he thought this house was a prison when I built and furnished it in a way I knew he liked. Kai's such a complicated man, but I love that about him. I went to my study

I kept smiling each time he showed up, and most times we even conversed as if everything were okay. I knew that I was finally pulling down his walls, which was why I wanted to hasten it. “Will you come after you drop those plates?” I asked when he picked up the tray. Since I wasn't wounded, I knew he wouldn't return to the room until tomorrow morning. Tonight was the night I planned to escape, and I couldn't afford to let the opportunity pass me. He arched a brow. “Why?”“Where have you been sleeping?”“In the guest room downstairs. Why?”I gulped and sat up on the bed. “Will you sleep with me tonight? I've missed feeling your arms around me while I sleep.”He frowned before he nodded slowly. “If that's what you want. I'll return after doing the dishes.”Gotcha. My lips lifted in a smile, and my eyes crinkled at the sides as I gave him my first genuine smile after a week of faking it. “Okay.” I leaned back against the headboard. “I'll be back in a few,” he said before he left.I

The hallway stretched before me as I ran for dear life, intent on leaving this godforsaken place. My bare feet slapped against the hardwood, but I couldn't slow down. I had to leave this place before Stein woke and realised I wasn't sleeping next to him. I didn't doubt he would give chase, which was why I wanted to put as much distance as I could between us. I took the stairs two and three at a time, stumbling and righting myself as adrenaline pumped through me. I hit the front door at a full sprint and scrabbled for the handle. It turned, but the door didn't budge. It was freaking locked. Of course, it was. I was a fool to think he'd leave it open, even in sleep.I spun around, heart hammering against my ribs like a trapped bird. I searched until I found the keypad. I swiped my palm on it, and it lit up. I tried his birthday, and the light flashed red.I tried Lukas' birthday. Red. I also tried my birthday and the day we adopted our son, but none of them worked. I tried the day we

KAII tried running again. This time, I broke the window and dragged the wood the chain was fastened to. I was almost there, but he came in before I could jump down the window. He pulled me by my hair and tossed me on the bed. “You're not going anywhere, Schatz!” He hissed, narrowing his eyes at me. “If you escape, I'll always find you. You're safer with me here.”“I'm not! Let me go, you bastard!”He smiled and reached out to touch me. I flinched, and his expression darkened. He took his hand back and glared hard at me. “If you ever try to run, I'll break your legs.”I shivered in fear. “If you can't willingly stay with me with both legs intact, then you don't need them.”“Stein —”“And if you still tried to run despite that, or hurt yourself, I'll kill you, then kill myself. You're stuck with me forever, Schatz. I'm never letting go. You'll forever be by my side!”My lips trembled in fear at the mad expression on his face. I knew he meant every threat. This man is mad, and he's t