Chapter 7.
Life in Northern Europe was peaceful and simple.
I was staying with Nessa.
After watching that livestream, she couldn’t stop laughing. “They put on an act to trick you, but who knew the real ‘Best Actress‘ was right there with them! I heard the Greyson family is a mess. Those brothers are losing their minds trying to find you.”
Totally expected.
Before I left, I hit Rylan where it hurt most–not great in bed.
To be fair… cough, he wasn’t that bad. But since I was leaving, I might as well make a clean break.
I bit into an apple. “Nessa, did you book the surgery?”
“Don’t worry, just need to finish the pre–op tests.”
“Great. Let’s get it done soon.”
Nessa came with me to the hospital. I’d scheduled a no–pain procedure.
A week before the surgery, she bought a bunch of my favorite nut chocolate to cheer me up.
Hugging the big bag of sweets, my nose stung a little. “I knew it. Life does feel different depending on who you’re with.”
On the day of the surgery, I changed into a hospital gown and lay down on the hospital bed. The anesthesia was injected, everything started to
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blur, and my body went numb.
I heard footsteps coming closer.
Doctor?
They stopped next to the bed.
I forced my heavy eyelids open.
A cold shiver ran down my back.
Not the doctor.
དང་ དེ་དེང་ད་ཡོད་ག་ཚད་ ད་ ་ཆ་ནས་ཡོད་དམ་ཅིག་གིས་ན་མིག་ཆ་དད་ཡོད་མེད་ས་མེད་འདད་ད་འོད་དུ་
་་ལ་པ་ ་ད་ ོང་་་ ད་བ་དེ་ན་ན་ད་ན་དངགས་ནས་ལག་ ག་ དགོས་ཞེས
Kellan and Rylan were there, surrounded by a crowd of bodyguards.
“Damn!”
That was my last thought before the anesthesia fully took over.
Right before I blacked out, Kellan leaned down and gently picked me up. Rylan stood behind him, fists clenched so tight his knuckles were white.
***
I woke up in an unfamiliar bedroom with minimalist decoration.
Kellan was sitting in a chair by the bed. Around his neck was the crooked gray scarf I knitted back in university. It looked completely out of place with his expensive suit.
“You’re awake. Hungry?” His voice was hoarse.
Ilooked at him. “How did you find me?”
He reached out to touch my hair, but I avoided it. “If you want to find someone, you’ll figure it out.”
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“You found me just to torture me again?”
He frowned, confused. “When have I ever hurt you?”
“Then let me go.”
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“No way,” he said firmly, pulling me into his arms. “From now on, you’re not going anywhere.”
***
Kellan had me locked up in a seaside villa.
I started a hunger strike.
He sat by the bed with a tray of food. “I’m sorry for what I did. But don’t hurt yourself.”
I just kept saying the same thing, “Let me go.”
“Go where?”
“Anywhere you’re not.”
“Why?” he asked again. “I can give you the best life. I’d treat you like a
queen.
“Or… did you fall for Rylan?”
