(PENNY’S POV)
I slumped onto one of the plush, annoyingly comfortable chairs, feeling defeated and trapped.
Was this what my life was going to be reduced to?
To be trapped by my handsome, probably psychopathic stepbrother-in-law in his own twisted bid to protect me?
For how long was he going to keep me here?
All of these thoughts hit me from all angles, sending my heart rate into overdrive and forcing adrenaline into my veins, instantly making me stand back on my feet.
No.
I couldn’t give up.
One way or another, I was getting out of here.
I had tried persuasion, but all my plans had fallen flat on their faces. Perhaps it was time to pull out the bigger guns, to reach out for the more desperate measures.
I looked around the room; the luxurious prison I had been placed in, faintl
