Chapter 87

I jump with the jerk that jolts through my body and try to sit up in alarm, failing epically as heaviness pulls me back down. I’m confused, dizzy, and realise I’m topless in a bra, and Alexi is yanking my wet trousers down my legs. I have no clue where I am as I was sitting in his car thirty seconds ago, and I don’t know how I even got in here.

I’m so out of it; it’s like I am on something, wondering if he would influence me to be compliant and remember I never took anything from him to get this way. It must be the fever hitting me full-blown, as I am so out of whack I am practically walking on clouds.

I have no idea which reality I woke up to where Carrero men are bedside nurses, and Alexi willingly looks after me. I seem to be on the apartment bed I have been staying in. Mico sets up a tray by my bed with various fluids and medicines before switching on the TV on the wall behind him.

“What the hell are you doing?” I blurt out groggily, my voice weird and speech s