C20 The Bird in the Cage

Zorin's gaze lingered with a playful malice as he dismissed her with a chilling indifference. "Miss Fowler, you should be well aware by now. Women like you, who exchange money for a romp in the sheets, are nothing but cheap. Remember this—you are a bird trapped in my cage. Your fate is not in your hands; it's in mine."

With those final words