A cold, damp chill and the acrid bite of dust and stale tobo filled Lauren''s senses as she struggled


    to open her eyelids. Reality blurred with the remnants of a nightmare.


    Blurry and disoriented, she felt a pair of icy hands stroking her skin.


    "Who''s there?"


    Lauren''s eyes snapped open, bulging wide like a startled deer. As she shifted her focus, a horrifying


    scene unfolded before her.


    Freddy sat by her bedside, his cold hands creeping along her slender waist, inching their way up,


    touching every inch of her skin.


    "D-Don''t touch me!" she rasped, the wordsced with raw fear. A surge of adrenaline fueled a frantic


    struggle, but her limbs met only unyielding resistance. Only then did she realize that her hands and feet


    were bound.


    Helpless and trapped, she could only watch as Freddy''s hands roamed over her body, feeling the


    burning humiliation coursing through her veins.


    "Don''t touch?" Freddy smirked, his lips close to her ear as his hand continued to roam over her body.


    His voice dropped to a husky murmur, thick with desire. "Telling your precious fiancé to back off?


    ying coy, are we? You''ve been with a man for so long. What haven''t you done? Come, let''s have


    some fun, as husband and wife."


    "You''re not my fiancé... You''re not!" Tears welled in Lauren''s eyes as she shook her head vigorously,


    desperate to escape the clutches of this vile man.


    "Don''t fight me when I''m being nice!" Freddy''s patience wore thin, his demeanor shifting as his darker


    impulses took hold. His eyes widened, his arm rose, and he pped her. "You''re a lunatic despised by


    the Harpers. The Hodgsons graciously epted you, yet you''re ungrateful, seducing other men behind


    my back!


    "Do you really think Cyrus Taylor would even consider you, you idiot? He just enjoys the thrill of


    competition! It''s like how I despise Landon to the core, so I wanted to marry you—just to let him taste


    the bitterness of seeing the love of his life with another man."


    With a rough shove, Freddy forced Lauren onto the bed. Reaching for his clothes, his eyes glinted with


    a dark possessiveness. "You''re no innocent child anymore, Lauren. Landon''s had his fill of you. You


    won''t be losing anything if I have my turn with you too. Consider tonight our official night together,


    Lauren."


    Lauren''s body trembled uncontrobly. Tears streamed down her face as she screamed in defiance, a


    desperate struggle against her restraints. "Get lost! Get off of me! Don''t touch me!"


    But her resistance only seemed to fuel Freddy''s twisted desire. A dark urge consumed him, his gaze


    fixated on her tearful state. He yearned to punish her, a twisted fulfillment of a depraved fantasy.


    As Freddy reached for his belt, the door swung open with a bang.


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    Two figures—a man and a woman—stood framed in the doorway, their expensive clothes marking their


    affluent status.