Chapter 202

Five minutes later, I heard the door click and footsteps approaching. When I finished washing up and stepped out, I saw him pulling out a bag of frozen dumplings from the fridge, like he was actually gonna make me breakfast. I didn’t plan to deal with his fake niceness—just walked straight for the door, ready to head to work. But he turned the burner off, ran out of the kitchen in a few strides, and slammed the door shut before I could leave. Staring me down, he said, not even bothering to hide the threat, “You wanna see Evan? Then sit down and eat first. If you leave now, I’ll just keep hiding him until you’re willing to behave.” I bit my lip, glaring at him, furious but completely powerless. In the end, I had no choice but to sit at the table, burning with anger. He looked way too pleased with himself, even tried to feed me with a spoon. Once I chewed and swallowed, he reached out to touch my lips with a smirk. “You can be mad all you want—it changes nothing. There’s no way I’m letti