Lili-Rose opened her eyes. The British Gentleman wasn't next to her.

She quickly grabbed his shirt from the floor, pulled it over her body before opening the bedroom door to sneak out.

"Ah, my Lili-Rose."

Lili-Rose froze as she saw him standing outside the bedroom door in his casual business pants.

"Have a nice rest?" He reached his hand out to her "I know, I did."

She pushed past, into the bathroom before slamming the bathroom door shut.

"There's a change of clothes for you." She listened to his voice as she looked at the clothes folded on the sink's bench.

Tears began to roll down Lili-Rose's eyes, she closed her eyes. She felt trapped.

Lili-Rose realised she was still wearing his shirt; she opened her teary eyes as she looked down at the casual business shirt covering her body.

Having his shirt over her naked body reminded her of the first time she had worn one of his shirts, she was only eighteen and he was nineteen; she gave him her virginity, she felt like she had found the one. Now she wore it, because she needed something to wear when she had failed to escape.

Lili-Rose adjusted the shower taps, she didn't bother taking the shirt off as she stepped under the running water. Her tears blended into the shower water as the tears fall down her face.

The shirt began to cling tightly to her body as she allowed herself to drop to the floor of the shower, crying.

She felt numb; hated herself for allowing herself to sleep with the monster. She felt disgusted, she felt used, and she felt like she was now just his plaything.

The British Gentleman controlled everything; what she wore, when she ate; even though she had refused expect for the bite of strawberry she had before she slept with him and when she went to bed. What freedom did she have? Nothing.

The British Gentleman barely left her alone expect when she needed to shower or use the toilet though he didn't force her wake, instead just watched her sleep.

Lili-Rose regretted ever meeting him, regretted ever falling for him and regretted saying yes to him. They were in the past, her past relationship. She was thirty-five and had spent most of her twenty's and early thirty's running from the man she didn't love anymore. She didn't understand how The British Gentleman didn't understand, they were over.

She jumped when she heard a knock on the bathroom door.

"Lili-Rose, everything okay in there?"

She wanted to scream at him, but she didn't; knew she couldn't give him the satisfaction.

Lili-Rose tucked her knees up to her chest, rested her head on her knees as she wrapped her arms around her legs. She felt small.

She didn't react as she heard the bathroom door unlock, she didn't react when she saw him from the corner of her eye step into the bathroom.

"Oh, look at you." The British Gentleman stepped into the shower and sat down next to her. His business casual attire began to cling to his body as the water struggled to cover the both of them.

Lili-Rose ignored the water starting to become cold.

"Come here." He pulled her into his wet grip, wrapping his arms around her.

Lili-Rose tried to pull away, Unfortunely he tightened his grip.

"I know this may be hard for you." He sighed "But I just want you to understand that I'm doing this because I missed you and I love you."

This wasn't love.

Lili-Rose knew that.

No one should be held hostage for the sake of love.

The British Gentleman couldn't ignore the cold water any longer, he reached up and turned off the shower taps.

They stayed on the shower floor, soaked in their clothes.

The British Gentleman kissed the top of her head as she remained silent.

After sitting in silence and in their soaked clothes for a few moments, The British Gentleman carefully helped himself and Lili-Rose to their feet, he reached for a towel and wrapped it around her body before grabbing another towel of the shower rack and wrapping it over his shoulders.

The British Gentleman began to carefully pull the soaked shirt Lili-Rose was wearing over her head, he adjusted the towel around her body before speaking "I'll let you change in peace."

She attempted a smile as he stepped out into the hallway; still soaked in his clothes, he closed the door.

Lili-Rose dropped her head as she tried to hold back tears as she shivered with coldness.

After she was dressed, Lili-Rose made her way out to the kitchen.

She watched as The British Gentleman placed two plates of pancakes down on the kitchen table, he grabbed the can of whip cream from the kitchen bench.

Lili-Rose sat down as The British Gentleman grabbed the bottle of wine from the cupboard and two wine glasses from another cupboard in the kitchen. He placed those items down on the table.

The British Gentleman carefully popped onto the bottle of wine and poured some into the two glasses before placing the bottle down and sitting in his seat.

Lili-Rose rose up from her seat.

"Lili-Rose?"

She stepped over to the fridge as he watched her, she pulled out the container of fruit before sitting down and placing the container on the table.

"This is why we go together." He smiled at her.

Lili-Rose didn't react to his sentence as she grabbed the whip cream and began to cover her pancakes. She didn't trust his food, but she couldn't hold out on avoiding food any longer, Lili-Rose knew she was risking her alertness just for the sake of food. She picked up the fork from next to her plate before scooping several pieces of fruit onto her whip cream covered pancakes.

"Oh, look at you." He awed over her finally eating. "Remember when you tried to get us to use whip cream in the bedroom?"

Lili-Rose kept her focus on her plate as she continued eating.

That was the first sign of him scaring her, she remembered the moment in perfect detail.

"please, just try it." Lili-Rose begged.

"I said NO!" He threw the whip cream can across the room, causing it to add a hole into the wall as the whip cream can bounced off.

The bedroom was his domain. His way or His way.

"Fine, no sex." She looked him dead in the eyes "I just wanted to try something."

"Food is not for the sheets, it'd ruin them!" He reached out to her, she pushed him away as she stood up from the bed.

"Where do you think you're going?"

She tried to push past him.

"Lounge room. I won't sleep next to a man who won't try."

"No, you're not." He pushed her down onto the bed before taking advantage of her.

"Maybe we could try..." He trailed off.

Lili-Rose kept her gaze on the plate. She wasn't in the mood to eat anymore.

Five days with The British Gentleman was emotionally draining her.

She rose up from her seat, he watched as she began to walk out of the kitchen. He watched as she started to walk up the hallway, but she stopped.

Lili-Rose was going to find her freedom. She didn't care whether he watched or not. She rushed over to the front door; she pulled open the wooden door before pulling on the handle of the screen door.

Locked.

She pushed down the handle of the screen door, pushing her weight against it.

Nothing.

Even though the screen door did budge, it wasn't enough for her to squeeze through.

"Lili-Rose."

The British Gentleman was behind her as she kept trying to force the screen door open.

"I didn't say you could leave." He pulled her away from the door, she kept her grip on the handle as he forced her to finally let go.

They both knew she wasn't going to scream.

The British Gentleman began to slowly push the wooden door close, trying to squash her between the two doors.

Lili-Rose reluctantly let go of the screen door handle before moving out of the wooden door's way.

The British Gentleman closed it "Now, come on." He reached for her hands, she slapped him across the face.

He pinned her hands up against the wooden door.

"One thing I've noticed is you very rarely pull away from my affection. So, why run? If you wanted me so badly." He began to kiss her cheek; she turned her head to the side; she didn't want his touch.

Lili-Rose mustered up the courage to knee The British Gentleman in his manhood, he let go of her as he felt his pain.

She ran up to the bathroom and locked herself in the bathroom. She pushed away the blinds from the bathroom window, she let tears fall as she realised, she couldn't escape through the bathroom window.

Lili-Rose shoved a towel against the gap of the bathroom door trying to stop him from looking under, if he tried. She sat down on the bathroom floor, leaning her weight against the door.

She heard him groan in pain as something crunchy moved.

"Lili-Rose."

Lili-Rose could hear it in his voice. Not only was he in physical pain but also emotional. Even though he didn't understand the pain he was causing her, he did understand the pain she was causing him.

She didn't care how long she had to stay in the bathroom, if it meant she could be left alone.