Just as Vicky was about to keep searching, a hand reached out and presented her with a box of pills.
âItâs here,â Tyler said.
Once Vicky took the pill and returned to the bedroom, she saw Tyler reading an instruction guide with a
tube of ointment in his hand.
It was not until later at night when Vicky came out of the shower and saw Tyler approaching her with
the ointment that she finally came to realize what it was.
âI can do it myself,â she said awkwardly as she stared at the man before her.
âYou canât.â
âI can!â
Vicky reached out to snatch the tube of ointment out of his hand, but he moved away swiftly and
glanced at her flushed cheeks. âWeâve done everything there is to do, so why are you shy?â
He ignored her protest and moved to apply the ointment for her, but Vicky refused to comply and kept
dodging.
It was not hard for Tyler to retrain Vicky, but he was holding the ointment in one hand and needed to
apply it to her wound with precision, so he was rendered helpless at the moment.
After a few attempts, Tylerâs expression darkened.
âVicky Shaw.â His dark gaze landed on her body as he spat coldly, âIf you keep moving around, Iâm
going to take you right here and now.â
Vicky instantly froze.
It was unwise to provoke Tyler because he had already hurt her, and there was no telling what he might
do if he was angered.
Since she had stopped resisting, he proceeded to apply ointment to her wounds and did not initiate any
intimacy for the rest of the night. Instead, he fell asleep with her in his arms.
â¦
They stayed in the house for a long while without being discovered by others, and it became apparent
that whoever was tracking them could not locate them without the tracker on Vicky.
Just when Vicky thought that they would remain there forever, Tyler started packing the next day.
âAre we going somewhere else?â Vicky asked.
He shot her a look and said, âThat passerby saw us. We need to leave soon.â
Whether or not the person Vicky saw was indeed a random person, the risk of them being discovered
increased, and it was crucial that they leave immediately.
Vicky thought that Tyler was being too cautious, only to be proven wrong when an accident happened
on their way out.
They had been found, and because of that, the relationship between Tyler and Vicky had worsened
further.
Magnus rescued Vicky from Tyler directly the last time, but Tyler had learned his lesson and made full
preparation this time. He managed to escape Magnusâ ambush and escaped with Vicky.
The trust between Vicky and Tyler was hanging by a thread to begin with, so it was only natural for
Tyler to suspect that Vicky might be responsible for Magnus discovering their whereabouts.
At first, it was only a thought in Tylerâs mind, but all trust he had for Vicky was broken when the
passerby who claimed to be Monty appeared alongside Magnus.
Vicky knew Tyler would never trust her again.
The endless betrayals Tyler had been exposed to began to affect his mental state.
He became extremely paranoid and would suspect that Vicky was up to something whenever she
disappeared from his sight for more than five minutes.
Vicky thought that that was the rock bottom for her relationship with Tyler at the time, only to be proven
wrong later on.
There was a long time after the incident that she refused to think back to it; there were even times
when she would dream of forgetting about it.
She knew that the memories of that time were just as painful for Tyler as they were for her.