You and I, Never to Meet Again

Amanda’s dying grandmother wishes for her ashes to be scattered at sea, but a devastating cancer diagnosis means Amanda might perish first. Desperate to fund a ten-thousand-dollar miracle drug, she surrenders her body and freedom to the powerful Aaron. Claiming she will never escape him again, Aaron locks her away in his golden cage. To survive, Amanda weaves a web of lies, promising her captor a forever she knows her failing body can never give him.

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Chapter 7

When I woke up again, Aaron was gone, but he left a note.

"Amanda, I've got work. Be good and rest at home."

I closed my eyes, pain radiating from my wrist. A small blue dot indicated that the tracker was active and could pinpoint my location.

More attention than they give to prisoners. I forced a bitter smile.

On the TV, Aaron and Nora appeared together, a picture-perfect couple.

Aaron always said it was just a contract, a business arrangement between their two families.

He explained it back then so I wouldn't be upset.

But I was just a bird in a cage. How could I ever compete with the daughter of the Peyer family?

Just then, my phone rang. It was Aaron.

"Amanda, I've been drugged. Come here."

Outside, the wind was howling. I threw on some clothes and rushed out.

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