CRYSTAL My heart was thumping. It was slamming against its rib cages, threatening to be let out so it could sink into its deepest abyss of sadness and despair. I was still trying to grasp the events that just occurred. I can't believe Leonardo had chase beaten up and the brute actually called me his damn woman!?When did i become his woman?Wasn't I the same Crystal he embarrassed in his function and had me flogged because I refused to have dinner with him.So when the hell did i become his woman?Why was he trying to make me feel accountable to him? I hated all these.This pain, this heartache is hard to bear. Leonardo is gradually turning my life into hell. I'm struggling to keep myself afloat in this abyss of darkness that has become my world. My feets quickened in their own accord making me run sharply towards my room.Once inside I shut the door hard with the noise reverberate through the air and carried my staggering legs to the shower. My lips quivered with each breath I
Crystal's pale hands slowly tried moving across the sheets of her bed. But it was barred by a pain so excrutiating it caused her eyes to fly open in an instant. Pain. Every part of her body was screaming pain. How did she come to feel so much pain?It exploded within her skull, trying to suck her back into her shadowy abyss of darkness.Her vision was blurry and her head seemed heavy. It spinned like a roller blade that had lost its control.A beep accompanied by another beep was heard. She whopped her head to see the foreign device causing that noise she felt was annoying like a bug.A shaky breath escaped Crystal's parted lips as her eyes locked with the various medical equipments that were placed like barriers next to her bed. Intravenous injections were pierced into her rigid arms. She made another weak attempt to move but it felt like her joints were glued together, incapable of separating. The pain shot through her cells again and Crystal pinched her eyes closed. It wa
Inaudible yellings was what she could decipher in her slumber. She squeezed her eyes tight as she tried to focus on her sleep but the yellings echoed in her mind. It felt like it was coming from a faraway place, pulling her into its hold. At once Crystal shot her eyes open. Her weak vision was distorted and blurred.Her eyes trailed to the curtains that were opened wide in hopes of a tempting breeze. The sky was painted in a horizontal canvas of blue, orange and pink colours, throwing its enthralling beauty over the mansion. How long had she been unconscious? Through out the day she had been slipping in and out of consciousness.One moment she was awake and the next moment she found herself being dragged back into the abyss of darkness by a strong magnet like pain that was smashing to smithereens her limbs and cells. She squinted her eyes to try and make out the face of who it was thundering orders.It was Leonardo. By the looks of it, he clearly had no clue she was awake as h
CRYSTAL My joints made cracking sounds as I tried stretching my pale body on the bed, wanting to feel the warmth of the duvet. They felt so stiff like rusted irons that needed lubrication. My eyes at once shot open in a flash, the lights in my illuminated room almost blinding my sclera. I whipped my face to take a peak at the windows. The rays of the sunlight were seeping in through the curtains, making the temperature in the room warm. I truly didn't know what was going on with my body. I seriously can't believe I had spent the whole of yesterday slipping in and out of consciousness. I felt so ill and sickly yesterday. My head spinned, my throat ached and my skin was searing hot. This sudden illness was alarming. I had just a hazy memory of what transpired yesterday. My mind travelled to Leonardo and in a flick, the memories came rushing back into my mind like floodwaters without restraint. He was in this same room by night with me, feeding me from his hands whilst
CRYSTAL My hands flailed around on the bed, wandering aimlessly as I slowly drew in deep breaths to calm my stormy nerves that were causing wreckage in my mind. After Maya informed me that Leonardo would be the one to serve me breakfast, I had all the hairs in my body standing so rigid.The more I thought of seeing Leonardo again, the more it sent shivers like cold slithers down my spine even though I was having a hot shower. It gave me frightening goosebumps and I had to remind myself to breathe every now and then. I stared at the white intricate design ceiling of my room with my heart beating so erratic and my palms becoming sweaty. Leonardo had succeeded in making me always shudder by just the very mention of his name. I had never been so terrified of anyone the way I was of Leonardo. He was heartless and selfish, not caring who he hurt as long as he got his way.I hadn't been here for up to a year yet his attitude towards me was nothing to write home about. I truly won
CRYSTAL After my partial emotional break down display, I saw a different new side to Leonardo. I am seriously still finding it hard to believe that I actually surrendered myself to his embrace. He felt so warm and I felt so little as his huge body enveloped mine in a warm hug. He was actually being more human and caring which was totally shocking for a man of his attitude.I expected my lash out to make him reveal why he was being so kind to me but instead it showed me a totally calm and placid side to Leonardo Constanzo. Several times I would ask myself within me if I were dreaming as Leonardo comforted my tensed nerves. I know that before whenever I did try to raise my voice at him, it would always end up in a punishment from Leonardo.But now--today-- he hugged me. He really hugged me like he cared for me. I struggled to get that off my mind but it stayed filtered through my thoughts.I engaged in a little têtê-à-têtê with Leonardo afterwards and I actually discovered
CRYSTAL That tiny ray of hope in a bleak situation can prove to be very fortunate. Watching your world crumble before your very eyes and sacrificing everything including your freedom to see your loved ones happy is probably one of the most painful decisions you can make. Hope they say is a fire in our hearts.It's an anchor that holds us firm. It's a light that shines like the sun if you keep it alive in your heart with the firm belief of a better future ahead. I feel my hope of leaving this mansion renewed and rejuvenate following the talk I had with Leonardo yesterday night and also seeing his now calmer and tranquil side.He was able to tell me a tip of the iceberg concerning his childhood which probably meant he was beginning to feel open with me.Maya did tell me that Leonardo was a very secretive person. One could hardly guess what was going on in that malicious mind of his and he hardly talked about his childhood and parent but yesterday he gave me a glimpse of it.Tha
CRYSTAL I yawned lazily, pinching my eyes shut and flying it back open once I had been aroused from my deep slumber.My eyes peaked at the open windows that had curtains swaying over them in the rhythm of the cool early morning wind. I stood on my wobbly feet and took tottering steps to one of the windows. The cold wind was ever so soothing on my skin, tenderly caressing it. I strained my neck and noticed the pond some metres away.Wow I never did know I could see the pond from my windows.The sun and the moon were clearly visible in the early morning sky.I watched the palm trees sway to the gentle breeze of the warm sun. The entire landscape was basking in the warm glow of the sun. I exhaled slowly and my minds brought back flashes of I and Leonardo's walk in the beach.Strangely, it was nice. It was not how I had totally thought it would turn out. Leonardo's attitude was evolving these days. He was more calm and less angrier.He never snapped back at me. He always loo