Chapter 4 It's time to come out

"I told you that you couldn't go back to China. Your passport and ID are with me!"

Alice was taken aback. "My passport is with my aunt?"

"Yes, I couldn't find you when I called, so I went to your hotel. How could you leave your passport in an unstarred hotel? It's not safe. I cancelled your room and you can stay with your aunt."

Even if Alice wanted to stay with her aunt, she couldn't. She was completely under Adam's control.

"Auntie, I won't go there for now. I'll stay with a friend for a few days and leave as soon as I get my passport."

"It's been years since you came back. Where do you have friends?"

"High school classmates..." Alice's words were a bit far-fetched.

"Auntie knows that it's because of that you're like this, but it's been so many years. Let bygones be bygones."

Alice laughed at herself. Let bygones be bygones? What about now...

"Come to Auntie's place. It's been so many years, and Auntie has so much to say to you." Bella said.I...I'll come later."

Alice hung up the phone and sat on the floor at the foot of the bed.

How could she leave without Adam's permission?

She was very clear that if she didn't leave, Adam would never let her go.

In Adam's eyes, her aunt was the third party who destroyed his parents' marriage and caused trouble for her...

At noon, Alice was invited to have a meal in the dining room. When she saw the table full of seafood, her face turned slightly pale because almost all of the dishes were seafood, expensive yet poisonous to her. Alice's gaze fell on the vegetarian dishes and she picked up a chopstick of vegetables. However, the smell of seafood rushed to her nose and scared her. She quickly threw away the chopstick, stood up, and asked the nearby maid with an unsteady breath, "What are the vegetables made of...?". "Seafood soup," the maid did not hide it from her. Alice wanted to turn around and leave, but her feet wouldn't move. If she didn't eat this meal, what about the next one? Could she still hold on for three days? How could she leave if she didn't eat enough? "You want me to eat plain rice, right? Then I'll just eat it," Alice sat down again, not eating the dishes, only eating the rice, stuffing it into her mouth. The maid watched Alice eat the dry rice without changing her expression and was stunned. Alice stayed in the luxurious mansion like a fish in a pond or a bird in a cage, eating plain rice for three days. During these three days, she didn't see Adam's shadow at all, as if he had left her here to fend for herself. She felt like an animal trapped in a cage, not knowing what the future held, and her heart was filled with panic towards the unknown. That day, while eating plain rice, Alice couldn't take it anymore. She put down her chopsticks, walked to the hall, and asked the butler Daniel, "Where is Adam? I want to see him. When will he let me go?" "I'm sorry, Miss Baker. As servants, we don't know Mr. Davis's whereabouts," Daniel said.

"How long is he going to keep me locked up?"

"We don't know that either."

"You..."

Alice couldn't bring herself to bully a servant. After all, this was Adam's order!

It was around nine o'clock at night, and Alice couldn't sleep. She huddled in a corner of the balcony, thinking about her children. She had never been away from them for so long. Would they miss their mommy? Would they cry at night...

Just as her eyes began to well up, she heard the sound of a car below. Her heart tightened, and she turned and ran downstairs.

Outside, a car slowly pulled up to the door, but it wasn't the black Rolls-Royce. It was a Mercedes.The man who got out of the car wasn't Adam. He wore business glasses and a professional suit, and walked up to Alice with a calm demeanor. He carried a handbag, and Alice wondered what was inside.

"Miss Alice?" Frederick glanced at her bare feet, which looked like white jade.

"Who are you?"

"Let me introduce myself. I am Mr. Davis's chief secretary, Frederick."

"Did he send you to release me?" Alice asked anxiously.

"I'm here to take you to see Mr. Davis," Frederick said, holding up the bag. "These are clothes and shoes for you."

As Alice listened to his official tone and looked at the clothes in the bag, she felt uneasy and asked, "Where are we going?"

Bar.

Alice was wearing a black tight-fitting dress with a straight neckline, revealing her white and glowing skin and clear and beautiful collarbone. Her waist was slender, and her legs were straight and white. Her unique temperament attracted the attention of many men as soon as she entered, and they shamelessly stared at her.Frederick led Alice straight to a private room without looking around.

When the door of the private room opened, the light shone in, but it made Alice feel like she had stepped into an unknown and dark world.

People were drinking and playing, men were touching women, and women were hugging men. In this decadent atmosphere, there was no sign of Adam.

The people playing noticed Alice, and the men's eyes did not hide their admiration for the beauty, even if they were still holding women in their arms.

"Is this the new model? She's of good quality," said one man named "President Henry."

Alice felt disgusted by the way she was being treated like a product and asked Frederick, "Where is he?"

"You wait here," Frederick said before leaving.

Alice stood there, feeling out of place in this atmosphere.

Why didn't Frederick explain when her identity was misunderstood?

Why did he leave her alone here to wait for Adam?She would soon get her answer...

President Henry came over with a glass of wine, slightly drunk, and said, "Sit next to me, how about it? I'll be gentle with you."

Alice's brows furrowed slightly, feeling disgusted inside. "Why sit next to you?" another man approached. "I'll pay a thousand for her appearance fee!"

"I'll pay two thousand, and no one else has this price for their appearance!" President Henry generously offered.

"You've got it all wrong, I'm not a model here," Alice's face turned pale.

"What do you mean you're not? Don't act innocent here, you just think the money's not enough!" President Henry sneered. "Do you think you're bedazzled? You look innocent, but who knows if you can even take off that outfit!"

"Otherwise... why don't you take it off and let's see?" the man next to him said lewdly.

President Henry grabbed Alice's wrist. "Let me check if the quality is up to par."

"Let go..." Alice struggled in disgust. "Let go!"

She used all her strength to break free from the man's grip, but the inertia from the force caused her body to fall backwards -

"Ah!"

Alice thought she would fall, but her back hit a thick, solid body.

In her ear was a man's low, deep, and cold voice. "What, not satisfied with my arrangements?"

Alice's scalp went numb. Adam...

"After eating white rice for a few days, it's time to have some meat!"