🌼 CHAPTER TEN 🌼Christiana slowly turned with her legs and hands trembling, only to see Damien standing before her, his brows pinched in anger. He had a towel wrapped around his thin waist and his hair was still drippy wet indicating he just got out of the shower."What the fuck are you doing here? " He demanded. Christiana went stiff and the book she was holding fell off her hand. Damien saw the book and his face squeezed up in an ugly scowl."I warned you, Christiana. I told you, you would get caught but you refused to heed my warning ""Well, the initial plan was to take a peek and leave. But then your stupid self went ahead and started reading a novel. I definitely don't have a hand in this " Yep, that was Christiana's two sides of mind talking to her."Will you two shut up and help me out here?! " "I warned you. Sorry, I can't help you. I'm out ""Yep, me too. This definitely has nothing to do with me so... Yeah. I will be waiting for you outside... If you can make ou
🏵 CHAPTER ELEVEN🏵Damien left his office after handling the last file for the day. It turned out after he and Christiana signed the marriage licence, he sent her back home and headed to his office.By the time he arrived home, it was already midnight. Everyone was fast asleep including Christiana. The only people awake were the guards who were working their night shifts. But one more person was awake; Ma’am Theresa.“You’re awake?” The old woman entered Damien’s room.Ma’am Theresa and two other people; Jeremy and Mr. Hefty, were the only ones who were permitted to enter Damien’s room.It turned out Damien was done taking a refreshing bath and was now in his night robe. He was sitting at his reading table that was located at the balcony, outside his room. It was what one can call, peaceful scenery, with the moon shining brightly and the stars decorating the beautiful night sky. The calmness and quietness was accompanied by a cold, calm and chilly wind.This plac
🌼 CHAPTER ELEVEN CONTINUED 🌼"What have you been doing? " Arianna's voice was laced with so much coldness, it can send shivers down anyone who heard it. The way her eyes were darkened and empty, void of emotion, can make even a grown man pee on himself. Mr. Kennedy adjusted uncomfortably on his chair and let out a nervous chuckle."Nothing, my dear. The thing is I've been so busy that I wasn't in the position to answer or reply to any calls that were outside my work..."My calls are not just any calls! " Arianna slammed her palm on the table making her father flinch."You're supposed to... suspend everything that you were doing to honor my calls " She muttered amidst gritting teeth."I'm so sorry, Princess. It wasn't... ""Quit calling me Princess! " Arianna breathed angrily.She walked up to her father's chair, twirled it to face her fully, and leaning closer, she placed her finger on the tip of his jaw, tilting his head to stare her dead in the eye."I've been disgraced and em
🌼 CHAPTER TWELVE 🌼It was another boring Monday for Christiana. Ever since she and Damien signed the marriage license, she hasn’t seen him anywhere close to the mansion talk more about inside it.She couldn’t help but wonder where he was. Did he travel or something? Or is he extra busy with some work? Probably the latter.Everything was going… Let’s say, fine. Well, except for one thing.Christiana herself. Due to how bored she was, Christiana wanted to try out something fun or maybe crazy. She wanted to sneak into Damien’s room again so she can finish reading that novel.She was also planning on doing something very stupid, to get on Damien’s nerves on purpose. Hey, don’t judge her!This mansion is so boring, she needed something to spice it up. Today was the perfect day to execute what she had been planning for days. Since Damien wasn’t home, his room would obviously be locked.But that wasn’t a setback for Christiana. Not when she has Zendaya to help her. Zendaya to
🌼 CHAPTER THIRTEEN 🌼"Get on your knees and strip!... ""Mr. Fernandez... I... ""Get on your fucking knees... Christiana! "Christiana flinched and slowly, she knelt. She didn't dare to ask Damien why he wanted her to kneel. There was no point trying to act ignorant. It's obvious he already found out everything."Now take off your clothes "Christiana's eyes widened a bit and she looked up at Damien whose eyes were literally in flames."Mr. Fernandez I'm sorry. I didn't mean to enter your... ""Take... off your clothes! " Damien gritted and Christiana looked down in shame. With her hands shaking, she zips down her gown and let it fall to the ground, leaving her in only her pant and bra. She wrapped her hands around her chest in an attempt to cover herself."Take everything off, Christiana.... everything.... "Tears flooded Christiana's eyes as she obeyed Damien without a word. Soon, she was now naked, completely."Good. Now get up and go stand right under there " Christia
🌼 PROLOGUE 🌼 Christiana slowly opened her eyes but quickly shut them back up as a splitting headache ran through her head. She immediately let out a groan. Not only was her head hurting but her whole body was literally on fire. And to add to the pain she was feeling, her eyes quickly snapped open when a sudden realization drew to her; Wait a minute; This wasn't her room! Christiana tried to jerk up but was held back by something and it was at that moment her eyes widened even more. One, she was on lying on a king-sized bed, completely naked! Secondly, her hands were tied to the fucking bed and there were scattered rose petals used to decorate the bed. And did I add the fact that looking down, Christiana could vividly see the traces of love hickeys all over her body? "What the... " What was she doing here? Why is she naked in an unfamiliar room? These questions kept ringing in Christiana's mind and her brain didn't hesitate to give her the answers. She slowly started to rem
🌼 CHAPTER ONE 🌼What Jeremy said felt like a missile was dropped right on Christiana's head and it exploded immensely. She went stiff in shock still trying to digest what Jeremy just said.Her father... sold her off as a SURROGATE?! without her awareness, to someone she has never met before in her life!That's impossible!How will her father sell her off? How can he ruin her life like this when he wasn't even there?"You don't know what you're talking about " Christiana chortled in disbelief."For your point of information... I don't have a father. And I don't know nor do I care whatever nonsense both this document and you are talking about. The most important thing to me right now is to get home to my mother " Christiana turned to leave but..."I'm sorry but you're not allowed to do that, Ma'am. According to the contract, you won't be able to leave this mansion until the contract has expired " What Jeremy said made Christiana pause and shot him a glare."What?! Are you out of your
🌼 CHAPTER TWO 🌼Christiana obediently walked back into the mansion with her heart still hammering against her chest.If there are this amount of guards at the back gate, what about the front gate? How many of them will be there? With the mansion surrounded by thousands of guards, how will one be able to escape a place like this?Elizabeth came to realize; Trying to run away was nothing but a suicide mission! If she wanted to truly escape, Christiana knew she needed to plan it out.First, she needed to familiarize herself with this place and everyone living inside it. But that will take months to happen. Who will be taking care of her mother till then?Christiana needed a phone! She decided to ask for help from one of the maids. She was still on her way when she bumped into someone. "I'm so sorry, it wasn't intentional " Christiana didn't hesitate to apologize. She looked up and was surprised to see an older woman, dressed in a different cloth from that of the other maids who were