“No.”
“Do you want me to tell you a story?”
“No.”
“Are you hungry? Send me your address, and I’ll order some takeout for you. There are still some restaurants open at this hour.”
“I’m not hungry.”
Nathaniel ran out of ideas.
Why was it so hard maintaining a conversation with this woman?
In the end, Lucinda had to accept his offer to tell her stories.
Nathaniel scoured the Internet for a bunch of dad jokes and told them to her one by one.
He was horrible at it, and the atmosphere only grew even more awkward. Even so, they did help Lucinda to doze off, and she was soon fast asleep.
The next day.
Lucinda adhered to her prior arrangements.
Unfortunately, Levi never left his villa the entire day.
The hours were ticking by, and she was getting impatient. As a last resort, she asked Cyrus to trick the man into going out.
After another hour, Levi finally emerged from his villa with Cyrus.
Almost immediately, someone knocked him at the back of the head, rendering him unconscious.
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Levi woke up to find himself tied to a chair, his hands and feet bound, and his mouth taped.
He looked around and figured that he was in some cold, dark basement.
The only other objects in the room were another chair and a table in front of him.
He struggled against his binds, confused and afraid. He tried screaming, though they only came out as muffled sounds through the duct tape.
Then, the door to the room opened, and a woman entered and approached him. She was wearing exquisite makeup that highlighted her remarkable eyes.
Levi froze in chock, forgetting for a moment that he was tied up and gagged, because he recognized her.
Lucinda didn’t miss his reaction.
“Uncle Levi,” she sneered.