Chapter 41 : Safe space

• It didn’t take long for the food to arrive after he stepped out, and unlike the other times, I didn’t argue when the food came this time. I ate like a starving animal. Well, I was starved, and I was also a higher animal, and I could see the look Damor, who brought the food, gave me from the corner of my eyes. I paid no mind to him. Among the both of us, one hadn’t eaten in over twenty-four hours, and that person’s name wasn’t Damor.
• I reached for the glass of milk on the tray, and I gulped it down, sighing in relief. The rice and fish tasted heavenly, but I couldn’t compare them to the ones Aaron made for me years ago. It was so delicious, and I hadn’t forgotten it even after so long. Perhaps it tasted better because I liked him.
• I burped, picked up the glass of water, and gulped it down my throat.