LOGINIVYMy eyes opened, and my memories didn't take long to jolt back in.“Grandma!” I gasped, pushing my body up.A hand moved me right back, and I saw myself laying down again.“No,” I protested through heavy breaths. “I need to see grandma. I need to be with her!”“And you will,” a voice I instantly recognized said.My head moved to the side and I saw Yasmin. Instantly, my eyes watered. “Please,” I begged.“V?” She looked straight through me, and that was when I felt his presence.Vladimir was in the room too.“I have to go to her!” A scream tore through my vocal cord, frying it a little.The after effect didn't matter to me. I just wanted to be heard.He touched me, and I turned his way. “Take me to my grandmother,” I said to him when I looked into his eyes.“Okay,” he replied.I didn't know what happened in the five minutes I was left alone in the bedroom, but when the doors opened again, Vladimir was carrying me into his arms.“I’ll have to come along so I'll ensure your blood press
With every step Ivy took away from Vladimir, she allowed her mind to wander.All her life, she had obeyed her grandmother's every word and command, no questions asked.She truly thought that defiance to her grandmother was an actual sin.If the woman had not taken her in, she couldn't even begin to get into what life would have done to her.So to her, obeying Grandma was law.Everything had gone on smoothly, until– Vladimir.Her eyes watered as she thought of everything he said. All the ideas he put in her head.It burned her chest to even so much as think that her grandmother had only told her one version of the truth. Her truth.Never had she questioned if there was more to all that she knew, until now.“I can't possibly believe him over my grandmother,” she sniffled, walking right at the edge of the water.The thrill of the water when the waves dragged it over her feet was the one thing that kept her from halting, and completely breaking down.“What if it's not about believing eit
The waves settled, amidst both Ivy and Vladimir trying to brush away all of the particles and droplets of water that had accompanied them.Ivy giggled. “I love the sea.” Her legs stretched out in front of her, and she breathed in salty air.Vladimir moved into a seated position beside her, observing her with tenderness in his eyes.“You're very beautiful, Ivy,” he said, and her gaze swiftly moved sideways to meet him.Only minutes ago, he had told her he wanted her, and now this.“Don't say things like that,” she whispered softly.“Why?” No immediate response was given, so he took it upon himself to keep the conversation going.“What was growing up like for you?”Her heart jumped. Never in a million years had she expected him to ask her a question like that.No one ever did.They all just assumed since her dearest grandmother loved her fiercely, she must have been the happiest child.“Why do you ask?” The words slipped out of her lips, the after effect, a hollow echo.“Just curious.”
The elevator doors dinged for the third time, and Vladimir's fingers were quick to reset it without his lips breaking apart from Ivy's.Her lips were an addiction he wanted to drown in. It was enough for him. Just kissing this way, with her reciprocation.He could die at this very moment and consider himself as having lived a fulfilled life.They were running out of breath, and so they paused at the same time before they would suffocate.Their chest rose and fell heavily, as they stared into each other's eyes.Fireworks went up in Ivy's brain. She knew at that moment nothing would ever be the same again.So lost in each other's eyes, neither realised on time that the elevator had come to a stop again.This time, it opened, and three technicians who had been made aware of the continuous hoisting of the elevator, stood just outside of it.Ivy was the first to catch a glimpse of them. When her eyes widened, Vladimir whipped his head behind.“Boss?” One of the men spoke up with an alarmed
IVYAlthough nothing was preplanned or properly discussed with me, I was cued in by the only usher in the room, standing at the far end of the room to go to Vladimir.With my stomach still roped in knots, I kept my head as high as I could manage, and my chin, very straight, and walked to him.“Hey.” He lowered his head and placed a kiss on my cheeks right in front of everyone in the room.My already clenched stomach flipped so hard, I got a mini spasm.“What's this, Vladimir?” I finally found my voice to whisper before he completely pulled away.“Just play along,” he whispered back, and straightened up. “Sorry about that. I was–” he paused, and licked his lips. “Distracted.”They laughed.Not like a pack of hyenas on the haunt. But a deep rumble that spelt opulence in block letters.These were clearly all rich people, so whatever was happening here was definitely a capitalistic venture.I was proven right when Vladimir began to speak again.“Ladies and gentlemen, you've witnessed over
When Vladimir returned to the room, Ivy was curled on the bed like a cat, her breath soft and dreamy.With the way she had insisted on knowing what was going on, he hadn't expected her to just fall asleep.But she clearly did, and looked so beautiful doing so.He lowered his body down the little space next to her, his eyes trailing all over her face.“So beautiful,” he thought, feeling her breath rise and fall.Three days, he needed to keep her distracted for three days.A feeling ate him up from deep within. It was, inadequacy.He didn't think he was capable of keeping her distracted. He was greatly afraid, knowing deep down he wasn't enough distraction for her.Despite the tenseness in his knuckles, he was determined to do right by everyone involved in this.“Three days,” he whispered to her sleeping face. “Three days it is.”Ivy opened her eyes, as heavy lights reflected on her face.It took her a couple of seconds to regain cognition, after which she slowly rose into a seating pos
IVYMy sleep paralysis demon always came around just before the first light of dawn.Grabbing me by the chest, and choking until I was completely paralyzed and under the mercy of the unknown.Because of her strength, yes, my demon is a girl, I call her Millicent. Millicent was absent tonight. She
IVY If anyone was going to die tonight, it surely wasn't going to be me. I lifted my hand to the edge of the cup, to stop it from reaching my lips. His eyes snapped down on me. “What are you doing?” “You drink first,” I said fearlessly. “What?” His face contorted. “It's for you, not for me.”
IVYGrandma held my hand. Together, we followed the woman who didn't have the nicest tone to her voice.But grandma was there by my side, and it was all the courage I needed.Like the contrast between day, and night, we burst into a hall not only larger than life, but lit up into the heavens.Diam
IVYBar the man who pointed a gun to Grandma's temple earlier, and the one who approached me with determination in his eyes, I hadn't seen any other man this up close in five years.Usually, the men who dropped by our all female villa were delivery guys, who I only ever caught glimpses of.This one







