“I forgot about the condom.” He rolled over and gave me a serious look.
“It’s okay, I forgot as well.” I turned toward him and bit my lip. “It’s not your fault.”
“I’ll buy some condoms tomorrow.” He ran his fingers across my face. “And if you get pregnant I’ll be there for you.”
“It’ll be fine.” I smiled at him and then yawned.
“You’re tired.” He jumped off the bed and pulled the sheets down. “We should sleep.”
“I should call Rosie.” I sat up, but he shook his head.
“It can wait until tomorrow.” He picked me up as if I were as light as a feather and placed me on the clean sheets. “Tonight we sleep.” He got into the bed beside me and pulled me into his arms.
“I think I can agree to that.” I snuggled up next to him and laid my head against his chest. “I need to shower in the morning as well.”
“We’ll shower together.” He kissed the top of my forehead, and I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.
I rubbed my eyes and stretched under the sheets. It felt weird to be lying in a proper bed now. Part of me missed the island, but I was happy to be gone. I looked over to the other side of the bed, disappointed to see that Jakob wasn’t next to me. I glanced at the clock on the nightstand next to me and frowned. It was only 4:00 a.m. I yawned and wondered where Jakob was, and I realized that the light in the living room was on. I got out of bed to go make sure everything was okay, but as I reached the door, I heard voices.
I paused, since I didn’t want to interrupt him, but who was here at 4:00 a.m.? I bit my lower lip and pressed my ear to the door.
“How’s Steve, sir?”
“He’s alive.” Jakob’s voice was angry, and I shivered as I thought back to how the scariness of the day before. I’d been so frightened, but I’d known in my heart and soul that Jakob was the one I could trust. “He deviated from the plan,” Jakob continued, and I froze. What plan?
“I’m sorry, sir, I’m not sure what went wrong. Billy is friends with him. I’m sure he can find out when he regains consciousness.”
“He’s lucky I didn’t kill him for going rogue.” Jakob spoke again with a menacing voice.
“I know, sir.” The other voice spoke again, and I realized it sounded familiar. I racked my brain trying to think where I knew the voice from. And then I remembered. The blood drained from my face as I realized the man talking to Jakob was the same one who’d worn the mask and pointed the gun at me when I’d been kidnapped. “Did you at least get what you needed on the island, Mr. Bradley?”
“Almost,” Jakob replied, and I ran back to the bed.
Jakob was the one who’d kidnapped me. He had set the whole thing up! He had known Steve the whole time. He had purposely put Steve on the island with us. But why?
I ran to the bathroom and locked the door, shivering with fright. Why had the man called Jakob Mr. Bradley? I swallowed as I thought back to the beginning. I’d been set up from the start. I looked around the bathroom and spied a phone. Thank goodness for new high-tech hotels. I picked it up and decided to call David. He was the only one who could answer the questions I had.
“Hello?” A groggy voice answered the phone.
“David, it’s me, Bianca.”
“Bianca?” He sounded surprised. “Where have you been?”
“What do you mean?” My face flushed with anger. “You’re the one who set it up.”
“What are you talking about?” He hissed.
“The kidnapping,” I whispered into the phone.
“Bianca, you should know something.” His voice was low and panicked. “My brother, Mattias, was really angry when . . .” he started, and then the phone went dead.
“Bianca?” Jakob’s voice called through the door, and I froze.
“Yes?”
“Are you in there?” His voice was low, and I couldn’t tell if he knew that I’d heard him.
“I’m just going to the toilet.”
“Do you want to have a bath together?” His voice was soft.
“No, it’s four a.m.” My voice trembled as I looked around the bathroom, trying to figure out what to do.
“That doesn’t matter to me.”
“I’m tired, and I’m feeling sick. I’m just going to sit in here for a few minutes. Go back to bed, and I’ll join you in a few minutes.”
“You’re sick? Open up the door and let me take care of you.”
“It’s fine.” I bit my lower lip to stop it from trembling. “I tried to call room service to bring me some pills, but the phone died.”
“That’s the problem with being on an island—service isn’t always reliable,” he answered, and my face went white. “Let me in, Bianca.”
“No!” I shouted, unable to keep the fear out of my voice. Silence filled the air as I waited for Jakob to respond to me. It seemed like minutes had passed, and I wondered if he had just gone back to bed. My heart relaxed for a little bit as I closed my eyes and walked to the door. Maybe I’d be able to sneak through the room quietly and escape from the front.
“You know, don’t you, Bianca.” His voice was soft and deadly, and I stood still in my tracks. My hand on the handle of the door froze as I realized how close I had come to walking right into his trap.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” My voice was nothing more but a whisper, but I was certain that he heard me.
“You heard me talking.” He sighed. “You weren’t meant to hear that.”
“You lied to me.” I took a step back from the door.
“I think we need to talk. Please open up.” He banged on the door hard, and I could hear him trying to open it. “Please open the door, Bianca.”
“You lied to me!” I shouted, and looked around the room for something I could use as a weapon.
“You said you trusted me.” He banged the door harder and more frantically, and I felt my insides starting to panic. I had made a mistake. I had trusted the wrong man.
“Who are you, Jakob?” I screamed, while looking around for a way to escape. “Why didn’t you call the police to tell them we were kidnapped?”
“I already told you why.”
“Because those who are meant to help us may do more harm than good, right?” I cried out as I realized what a dumbass I’d been. The reason Jakob had given me the day before for not calling the police was almost the same thing that the man had told me on the phone after the fake policeman had entered my house.