Charlie wiped the tears off her face and said softly, "If I had known that the girl was you, I would have asked you to be my lady earlier. You are very important to me. Do you understand?"
He looked back on the past, which was completely hellish.
But that girl was an exception, who made him feel that he was still a person, a living one.
Yvette could not stop her tears. She did not know what he was talking about, not even a word.
Then she thought, there is someone out there now. I should ask for help.
"Help! Help..."
But Charlie covered her mouth with his palm as he smiled in a low voice, "They won't hear you. And even if they do, they won't come in. Do you understand?"
Yvette felt despair upon hearing this.
She thought, Charlie is well prepared, and all of this is a trap.
Then he pressed his long index finger against her lips. "Do as I tell you. Give it to me, and I promise to do better than him."