Sylvia's POV:
Flustered, I grabbed Rufus' sleeves and asked, "What are you doing?"
Did he really want to lock me up? I couldn't help but panic.
Rufus narrowed his eyes at me. "From now on, you don't need to go anywhere. You just stay here and I'll take care of you myself."
My eyes widened for a moment. When he didn't say anything else, I let out a nervous laugh. "Rufus, you've got to be kidding. Are you really going to treat me like you Barbie doll? Do you think this is a game?"
"Yes," he nonchalantly answered. "And I'll play this game with you for the rest of my life."
"Rufus, you can't do this to me. I have my own freedom!" I retorted. I didn't expect that he would go to such extremes just to keep me by his side. This was unlike him.
He sneered. "I've already given you too much freedom, and you easily left me because of that."
I was rendered speechless. It was indeed my fault that I escaped from the imperial palace, and I felt guilty about it. But that wasn't enough reason for him to imprison me! He had no right to do this to me!
"I'm sorry, Rufus. I won't do it again. Can you please remove the shackles from my ankles?"
When I lifted my ankle, the golden shackles made a sound loud enough to tear my heart into pieces. It was like Rufus had bound both my body and soul in one place.
He calmly put his hands in his pockets and kept glaring at me. "No."
I bit my lip and pretended to cry as I shouted, "You can't do this, Rufus! I'm a living person, not your doll!"
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