Chapter 86 The Woman Victor Didn't Expect

• ELARA
• Victor started visiting my room more often after that first meeting. He would come in the afternoons or evenings and sit in the same chair across from me. He seemed convinced that I would eventually accept my new life with him. He spoke to me like we were already husband and wife planning our future together. At first I stayed quiet and listened carefully. I wanted to learn everything I could about him and his organization. But as the days passed I realized I could use these conversations to my advantage. I started speaking back to him in a calm voice that never showed fear. I smiled at him sometimes in ways that made him uncomfortable. I could see it in his eyes. He had expected a frightened woman who would cry and beg. Instead he found someone who looked at him without blinking.
• One afternoon he came in carrying a tray of fresh fruit and tea. He set it down on the table and sat across from me like always.