The man parted her messy hair and said in a laid-back tone, “Tell you a shortcut.”

Sabrina said, “What… What shortcut?”

“If you served me well, maybe I alone can help you clear off the debt you owe me.”

Sabrina was speechless.

Before she regained her senses, she saw the man raise his hand to switch off the wall light instead. The man then wrapped his arm around her again and said in a relaxed manner, “Sleep!”

Sabrina had no choice but to carefully lay on his chest, but she was hesitant to sleep.

She wanted to get up to see how her daughter, Aino, was sleeping, but before she could get up, the man lifted his leg and pinned her down. She could not move.

She could only nestle in his arms, not daring to breathe too loudly.

Sabrina could only pray now that she could hear when her daughter woke up and cried because she could not find her mother.

Perhaps because she was too exhausted, perhaps because she was missing her daughter, Sabrina did not even know how she fell asleep in t