Chapter 51

Once Evan steps out of the apartment, I lean against the counter and cry.

I can’t stop thinking about how bad things have gotten for me. I try not to crumple the check in my hand but I have very little control over my fingers. It doesn’t even matter that I have the money to get away from here anymore.

Julius forbade me from going anywhere earlier, and he’s using Victor to blackmail me into staying.

When his bodyguard grabbed my arm and dragged me downstairs, I thought that I was being abducted. That was the first thought that crossed my mind. I couldn’t fight him as he dragged me down the steps with a force that was unquestionable.

The same car as before was parked right outside my building, and the man opened the car door and shoved me inside.

Julius was in the backseat, and he didn’t look happy like he usually did. His cheeks appeared even more sunken than before, and his black brows were drawn.

“What’s the meaning of this?” I asked him. “What are you doing?”

“My people saw you