When I woke up from sleep today, I felt cold due to the absence of any warmth around me. My eyes slowly adjusted to the bright sunlight as I rose to sitting position. As I looked around myself, I found a very shirtless Sean standing with his face towards the window. He was sipping something from a cup in his hand, probably coffee.

My eyes zeroed on his broad, sculpted back with taut, defined muscles. With each movement, his biceps bulged out slightly, making a fascinating sight for sore eyes. This reminded me of how approximated our bodies were last night and how he kept me secure by pinning me close to himself throughout the night.

It was a wonder that the guy who was always so cold can provide so much warmth while sleeping.

"Get up and make breakfast. The car is back from mechanic. We have to leave in an hour." I heard him say and I stared at him in confusion. How did he know I was up? Does he have eyes on the back of his head?

"Um.... Why should I make breakfast?" I asked, walking off the bed. "Just because I am a girl?"

"Because I had to cook dinner for your lazy ass last night." He corrected me, turning around and to my dismay, his front side was even sexier in broad daylight.

"Fine." I said and went into the bathroom first to avoid staring at him like a creep.

Once I was fresh, I made sunny side up eggs for breakfast and toasted bread with it. Sean said we won't be stopping for some time now so I packed some peanut butter and jam sandwiches with us as well.

"What are you, a kid?" Sean commented when he saw me packing those sandwiches.

"If adults are boring like you then I'd rather be a kid." I replied and gathered my luggage.

Thomas was waiting for us outside the cabin. As he saw us, he took over the luggage and made way towards the car.

"When does he eat or sleep?" I asked, watching the huge guy retreat.

"He does everything. He just doesn't make noice." I said.

"Not even when he has sex? Wait, does he have sex? Does Thomas have a wife or a girlfriend?" I might have asked more questions related to Thomas's sex life if I hadn't received a deadly glare from Sean Miller, silencing me.

"Thomas has pledged to serve me. He doesn't need worldly pleasures." Sean answered, holding my hand as we walked over a rugged path to reach the car.

"What did you do to earn such loyalty?" I asked.

"I saved his life once." He replied and then nodded at me to shut up once we had sit inside the car.

"You saved my life too. I won't serve you for that." I whispered.

"Some people are ungrateful." He replied, giving me a side eye.

He then turned his attention to his mobile screen while I attempted to finish the novel I had started. Hopefully, this was the last day of our roadtrip and by tonight, we'll be in Florida.

I don't know what he intended to do once we reach there. I don't even know if he will find any answers there but one thing was for sure, I would not ever go back to Sean's mansion again with him.

This man was an insufferable twat who had tried to control my life ever since we met. Yes, he saved me a few times but who got me in those situations in the first place?

And lately, he had been testing me in a whole different kind of way. He was getting me used to himself and his way of livings, so much that the lines between good and bad had been getting blurry. Last night, we broke into someone's house and I slept peacefully. In fact, I cuddled with him on someone else's bed. Instead of hating him for kidnapping me, I've starting to find solace in his company.

Sean Miller was a risk to my morality. He was everything I had learnt to hate growing up yet I didn't hate him, not as much as I should.

I was deep in these thoughts when I heard snoring coming from my right. I stared at Sean and found him asleep in an uncomfortable position, his head bobbing with every movement of the car.

Despite thinking of various reasons to hate him for the last two hours, I still felt soft towards him. "Fuck me." I whispered under my breath and scooted closer to him, letting him rest his head on my shoulder.

"Your boss is an arrogant prick. Do you know that?" I said to Thomas.

Thomas kept his eyes on the road, not giving me any attention.

"You can speak now. He is sleeping. We can have some chit chat." I said but he kept his eyes straight.

"Are you made of stone?" I asked.

When he didn't reply, I gave up and rested my head back. Sean's breaths were pricking my skin, making me feel warm and fuzzy inside. I hated feeling like that, specially when he was the one making me feel those things.

Yes there was a minute possibility that I might have a crush on him. So what? It wasn't my fault, was it? He was a handsome guy and I was at that hormonal age where a girl develops a crush on every tall, dark and handsome guy she meets. No harm in that, none as long as it remains just a crush and I keep hating his guts internally.

With that thought in mind, I let him sleep using me as a pillow.

The time stretched into hours and before I knew, we were just two hours away from our destination. We were traveling on an empty, deserted road that I have driven on multiple times. I knew it led straight to the city.

I had just closed my eyes to take a nap when the car stopped. I opened my eyes and watched as Thomas left the car and walked towards a jeep full of men. Apparently, they had blocked our path and were trying to get into trouble.

The disturbance had also awakened Sean, who let out a cute yawn and then followed Thomas towards those guys. Those guys seemed to be out of their minds because who in the right mind would try to fight a giant and a guy that looked like Sean.

Soon, a fight broke between them. There were eight of those and Sean and Thomas were two. But with the amount of muscles they had, they could easily dominate those eight men.

I rolled my eyes at the stupidity at those men and tried to step out when suddenly, a guy in mask stepped inside the car. I attempted to scream to alert Sean but that person put his hands on my mouth, blocking my voice.

My eyes went to Sean as I struggled to free myself but he was too far and too engrossed in showing off his domination on those men that he didn't notice.

Just then, that guy replaced his hand with something like handkerchief and within few seconds, I began to feel dizzy. My eyelids grew heavier and the last thing I remember was him and another person subtly dragging me out of the car.

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As I opened my eyes, darkness greeted me. I was in a constrained space that was moving but I couldn't figure out anything about my whereabouts. It felt like I was in the trunk of the car or something but I couldn't be sure. I didn't know where I was being taken to, or who were those men who kidnapped me. I just knew that I was scared shit.

"Is he following us?" I heard a voice.

"He must be. Drive faster." Another voice said.

"What are the orders? What do we do with the redhead?" The first guy asked and I got alerted at my mention.

"We have to keep her secure until the next order." The second guy said.

"How secure?" The first man asked with a dangerous glint in his voice. "Can't we enjoy with her at least?" His words made me shudder and I felt tears welling inside my eyes.

"I'm not sure she is my type." The second guy said.

"What's your type? 12 year olds." The guy said and I felt disgusted at that. How can someone joke like that?

"Anything under 18." The other person replied and I clenched my jaw.

Fucking pedophile.

"Well, I love my women pale, curvy and not a fucking child so she and I are gonna have fun tonight." The first guy said and I got goosebumps at the nape of my neck.

I rolled over and curled up into a ball, tears streaming down my cheeks in a long trail. I was kidnapped again but this time, I was stuck with actual bad guys with nasty intentions. All this time, I wanted to be away from Sean and now that I had finally escaped him, I wanted nothing more than him to find me again and take me away.

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