Mia froze in place.
She could no longer hold back. "You have to give me a deadline! I can’t… keep doing this forever…"
Lucian let out a light chuckle, cutting her off.
"Deadline? Do you even deserve one?"
Mia’s face went pale as she watched the man calmly walking toward her. She instinctively stepped back.
Four years.
She thought her nightmare had ended when the police took him away. She never expected him to be out so soon—or that he would come after her again.
The memory of the thin, boyish figure was still clear in her mind. Now, he towered over her by a head, strong enough to pin her against the wall with one hand.
Her back pressed to the cold elevator wall, Mia couldn’t suppress the fear crawling through her. She instinctively tried to flee.
Lucian watched her movements, voic
