Trying to be nice? Didn't work! Become a thug! (2)

"..."

"..."

Wang Xiao watched her disinterest with a growing sense of resignation.

He sighed deeply, the weight of the situation pressing down on him."Well, you're in my place now, far from Sydney," he said, his voice a mix of sternness and casualness. "And just to break it to you, there is no escape...."

He paused, watching for any flicker of reaction, but her face remained impassive, which threw him off balance.

Sigh...

Despite her lack of response, he pressed on, driven by a need to set the rules, "Now, you can stay here or anywhere else in the mansion, but you are bound not to leave—"

"Is that how you talk to your prisoners?"

"!"

Eveline voice, sharp and suddenly piercing, broke through his voice like a cold breeze.

Whoosh!

She turned her head sharply toward him, her eyes locking onto his with an intensity that stopped him mid-sentence.

"!"