Chapter 975 - The prisoner (2) (1/2)

~ Austin, Morgan's family villa ~

Harriet is in the basement. She is locked in there since that disastrous dinner with Lukas White. Harriet knows why she is back here, but how she arrived here… she does not know.

Harriet remembers a maid bringing in her room a long red body-hugging dress with a high slit on the side. ”Madam said that you should be ready by 6 PM.”

Harriet obediently put it on and sighed at the V-neck opening which is too low for her taste.

Before Harriet left the house, both of her parents made sure to bring out the point how the goal of that dinner is to make Lukas like her.

They sent her to the restaurant with a driver and two bodyguards. Now that she thinks of it, she is confident that those men were not there to protect her, but to make sure that she does not escape.

When she arrived at the restaurant, Lukas was there already. The first thing she noticed is the private room, and him… overweight, acne infested face, hair sleeked back with too much hair wax, but the thing that made her cringe internally was the lecherous way he looked at her.

”So, you are Harriet…”, his deep voice filled the room while he ogled at her like he can see through the dress.

”Nice to meet you.” She forced a smile while thinking how this will be a long evening.

Well, she was wrong. It was not a long evening.

They ordered the food and all the bodyguards retreated without a word, to give them privacy probably. Her bodyguards included.

Lukas was rambling about his unexpected but well deserved luck. ”After such a long time, my whole family is getting a chance to see the world from the top…”

It didn't make much sense to Harriet. Can this man make a coherent sentence? Why is he talking like they were poor and suffering and suddenly they hit a jackpot? They are Whites. A well-to-do family. If they had such hardships before, how could he and his sister attend those expensive private schools?

Harriet does not know Lukas personally, but everyone talks about Whites, and she knows his background.

The appetizers were on the table when Lukas' hand landed on her thigh. So much for her thought that this will be a simple introductory dinner.

He caressed her cheek and down her neck. ”Your skin is the best so far. Other girls are not taking such a good care of themselves…”, she can still hear him talking under his breath while inching closer to her.

Harriet told herself that she can take it.

If all this happened three months back, she would probably go through it. She never gave much thought about physical contact and what it means. But since she met Benjamin, she experienced pleasures that can happen when both parties involved are willing. Benjamin's touch made her feel the rush that can arise only when someone cherishes you. And Lukas is definitely not the cherishing type.

When she felt his breath on her face, she realized that this is something she can't go through.

Harriet is not sure how, it all happened so quickly. Lukas pounced on her, and she moved… and her knee landed between his legs.

He pushed her away violently and she landed on the floor.

Lukas screamed how she is ungrateful…”I gave you this opportunity, and what did you do?”… and the last image is him kicking her. And the pain stopped.

She probably passed out because the next thing she remembers is her waking up in this basement.