Secret Private Life of the Villainous Grand Duke - Chapter 116

Instead, Hartmut felt an overwhelming urge to drag Lily into his bedroom, r-pe and torture her all night.

“Roll.”

“Please….”

“Roll.”

There was no room for negotiation. Hartmut frowned deeply, his expression showing that he won’t repeat himself twice. He looped the end of her leash around his hand.

Lily shut her eyes tightly, dropped to the floor, and rolled. The action was simple, nothing physically demanding, but it shattered her dignity.

Unlike se*ual humiliation, this type of degradation hit her harder. Despite a lifetime of enduring disregard, moments like this felt unbearable. Perhaps all the more so because of that.

“Get up.”

As she struggled to her feet, Lily suddenly lunged toward the door, gripping the handle. Hartmut swiftly yanked the leash, pulling her back into his grasp.

“You must’ve noticed the armed guards outside.”

When Hartmut released her, she collapsed sideways onto the floor, too exhausted to get up.

“I’m not… a dog.”

“Get up.”

Her voice was full of suppressed sobs. Lily shook her head. Hartmut grabbed her by the hair and forced her to stand.

“So, it wasn’t about escaping. You just wanted to defy me, is that it?”

“…”

His large hand moved slowly but deliberately, slapping her across the cheek. The sting of the blow reverberated through her face.

“Don’t make me question why I should bother keeping you alive.”

Hartmut knew exactly how to manipulate someone, and in this moment, he recognized that a veiled threat would break her far more effectively than outright violence.

“…”

The phrase ‘reason to keep you alive’ rationalized Lily’s compliance to Hartmut. With a trembling body, she struggled to get up.

“Good girl.”

Kneeling on one knee, Hartmut grabbed her chin and pressed his lips against hers. He kissed her as though hypnotized, his mouth moving hungrily against her trembling lips that were holding back tears.

The terrified Lily froze. She didn’t resist when his tongue invaded her mouth. She was too shaken, the sting on her cheek still fresh.

So, you’ve managed to find yourself quite a woman, Kneiss. It’d be a shame to break her too quickly.

He finally pulled back, leaving her lips wet and flushed. As he gazed down at her, she looked even more disheveled. Swollen lips, ragged breaths, confused and resentful eyes, and the desire she couldn’t suppress.

Knock, knock. Hartmut knocked on the door without shifting his gaze from Lily. His men entered, carrying a tray with food and water.

“Eat. You don’t want to die, do you?”

“…”

Lily shook her head. She refused to eat anything Hartmut offered. Her throat felt parched, as if it might crack, but it had only been two missed meals.

“You said you wanted to live. Why are you refusing to eat?”

“…I can endure it….”

“Endure what?”

He found it absurd. She had begged to be spared not long ago, and now she was refusing to eat. Hartmut couldn’t understand her reasoning, or why he had already wasted an hour trying to get her to eat.

“…I won’t eat….”

“That’s not your decision to make.”

Hartmut grabbed her jaw, forcing her lips open, and tilted the water bottle. Liquid poured over her mouth, spilling down her chin, neck, and onto her chest and thighs.

It was almost torturous.

Lily choked on the water, coughing and glaring at him. To her, this wasn’t nourishment. It was mere hydration to keep a hostage alive.

Her beautiful stare, the way she only stared at his feet and legs lacked any real threat. It wasn’t even enough to be called hostility, and somehow, that made it cute.

Hartmut reached out to Lily’s chest as he kneaded it softly. Although it was unspoken, it radiated an air of fondness that deepened Lily’s shame.

“Why… are you doing this to me…Why kidnap me, lock me up, and treat me like this…?”

“Do you really not know?”

“I don’t know you… I’ve never even heard the name Hartmut before….”

“The Pax family is the rival of the Kneiss family.”

At the word ‘rival,’ Lily’s memory remembered the name Pax from some conversation.

“The Pax family has hidden their ledgers too cleverly—it’ll take time to uncover the truth.”

“They’re a troublesome lot, that Pax family.”

She remembered now. Hartmut was someone politically opposed to Moritz, and if he had taken her hostage, it could only mean one thing. Leverage to coerce Moritz.

But Moritz would have killed Lily. Would he even come to save her?

She wasn’t sure. Moritz was a perfect villainous mastermind. She couldn’t figure out his true intentions. He could be affectionate at times but could kill her when it suited him. Lily’s tears fell as she sobbed.

Watching her break down at the mention of Moritz’s name, Hartmut let out a short laugh. Her tears stirred an excitement within him.

“As long as you obey me like this, I’ll keep you alive.”

Hartmut loosened his pants, pulling out his already hardened member. The veins running along it throbbed as his thoughts drifted to Lily’s inner walls hotly squeezing him.

It was unmistakable what a man with a swollen shaft standing before a naked woman would do. Lily shook her head frantically and tried to back away, but soon she hit the cold surface of the wall behind her.

“You’re surprisingly cute.”

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