Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 1045

In the western Pacific Ocean, a ship bobbed up and down the waves as it sailed northward through a thunderstorm.

Bianca laid on the bed. She had been force-fed multiple times. The area surrounding the bed was indescribably messy, and it was starting to stink.

She did not know how many days it had been since she boarded the ship. There was only one door, and there were no windows.

Her hands were tied, and her mouth was gagged, though her legs were free. However, she was limited to the cabin, so she did not know if it was day or night.

Her stomach churned as the boat swayed. She had the urge to vomit, but the cloth in her mouth made her unable to do so.

She turned her head away and took deep breaths to calm her stomach down.

She had only met three other people aboard the ship -- Abel and the two mercenaries. They did not care that the conditions of the cabin were deteriorating. The bed was beginning to get moldy, but they had no intention of changing it.

That was why she had been feeling unwell in the past few days. When Abel tried to force her to eat, the urge to vomit became greater.

The cabin door opened. Abel came in with a bowl of oatmeal porridge.

He had been trying to feed her solids, but she did not want to eat. Eventually, he decided to feed her oatmeal instead. It was much easier to force it down. Usually, half a bowl of porridge would go down her throat, which would ensure that she did not starve to death.

Bianca shuddered when she heard the door open.

Without looking, she knew that Abel had come in.

Other than force-feeding her oatmeal and water, he did not give her any trouble. However, she did not want to eat, and her body reflexively twitched in fear whenever she heard the door open.

Bianca did not want to eat whenever she thought that she would be Luke's burden in the future.

Even though Abel did not say what he was going to do to her, she could imagine what would happen. If that were the case, she would rather die.

At least she would not be Luke's burden, and Abel would not get to threaten Luke with her.

Abel saw that the mercenary was nodding off, so he kicked his chair. The mercenary instantly jolted awake, stood up, and lowered his head in anticipation that he would receive a scolding.

Abel said coldly, "I hired you to keep watch, not sleep. If you can't do such a simple thing, you might well jump off the ship."

"Sorry, Boss." The mercenary felt a chill course down his spine.

Then, Abel looked at Bianca. She was lying on the bed in an awkward pose. He went over, took out the cloth from her mouth, and said, "You stink."

Bianca chuckled coldly when she heard him say that.

Looking at her defiant expression, Abel pinched two points on her lower jaw to force her mouth open, then poured the contents of the bowl into her mouth.

Bianca did not have the strength to resist. She could only spit out the porridge in her mouth. She managed to spit out half of it before choking.

"Why can't you just be a good, obedient girl?" Abel showed no pity toward the woman who was coughing violently.

If Bianca had obeyed him, she would not have to suffer like this.

However, she remained defiant. The more defiant she was, the more interested Abel became. He wanted to make her bow to him.

Bianca finally caught her breath. She glared at him. "In your dreams."