Chapter Five

ANNIE 

Another day to wonder how I would leave the Xavier's estate whole and I realized soon enough there was no escape route. Guards stood almost if not everywhere and they never sat to rest that I somewhat wondered if they were even human. I sat wearily on the couch and switched on the TV. Dylan didn't let me but he wasn't around and by his grace, his bodyguards and the maids weren't snitches. I turned on the news trying to get a view of the outside world.

TEN TANKS CARRYING OIL ILLEGALLY SUDDENLY EXPLODES AND THE CAUSE TO THIS IS NOT YET KNOWN.

One thing came to my mind and that was Dylan Xavier. It looked more like something he would do and honestly he was very much capable of burning down the white house if need be. 

MISSING GIRL BY NAME ANNIE GREGORY HAS NOT YET BEEN FOUND. IT WAS SAID TO BE AN ABDUCTION OF SOME SORT BUT HER DISAPPEARANCE IS NOT YET KNOWN.

I shut my eyes and opened them just to see my best friend, Cammie weeping. We had gone through a lot and I could feel her pain even without asking. When I had run away from my parents because I wanted to have a simple life, I came to her place and she accepted me; her and her grandmother, Mrs O'Neil. We were family and now I was missing.

Suddenly I heard footsteps and knew Dylan was back. I quickly switched off the TV and stared into space. 

"Hi, Dy..." I wanted to say but let my voice trail when I saw him walk in with a woman.

She was beautiful and looked more like a model, she had a mole on her upper lip that brought out her beauty even more and then her figure... She was sexy. Dylan looked at me and clicked his tongue. I pursed my lips to curse out, but chose not to because my body couldn't handle another punishment now so I just shut my mouth.

"Who's she?" The lady asked and I eyed her biting my lips in irritation. I wondered what he was going to say, that I was poking my nose where I wasn't meant to and he abducted me and I'm now his so-called toy. That was the most logical  and honest explanation but he didn't say that, he just touched her lips and smeared her makeup with his fingers.

"Is she a maid?" The lady asked again, eager to know , he shrugged and whispered to her ear but loud enough for me to hear. " Let's leave feeble matters for feeble people, should we?"

My blood boiled, rage surging through me. I had this despicable urge to stab him in the chest and run away but I didn't.

I couldn't.

The young lady smiled and kissed his cheek, she was the one who looked as red as a ripe cherry, but he was just standing staring at her and I saw something malicious cross his eyes but, the glint disappeared in a twinkle of an eye and was replaced by pretence — something he did better than an actor. 

"Let's go into the room, woman", he said and I was strangely relieved he didn't call her milkweed or love or even toy! 

Strange.

The lady went into the room escorted by some guards and he stood watching me. Who knew how beautifully designed and interesting the tiles beneath my feet were. He came to me and I shut my eyes expecting a kiss but I got nothing so I opened my eyes to meet his gaze. "Be good" was all he said and left for his so-called woman. 

Mother fucker.

I breathed out.

***

It was dark and neither Dylan nor the woman had left the room and I guessed they were so engrossed in their ecstasy and forgot that it was already late. I stood dusting invisible dirt from my dress to go help in making dinner when Dylan came out. He was fully dressed in his suit, looking irresistible as always. 

"Beautiful", he called and I looked at him blushing a little, then I realised I was supposed to be angry with him. I made to walk away but he pinned me to the wall even before my adrenaline could make a move.  A streak of sweat rolled down his face, and I found that strangely appealing.

Resist him you dimwit!

I cursed myself, but the way his soft breath brushed my skin, the thought of being angry dissipated like steam. 

"I want to go make dinner", I said expecting him to stab me or shoot me like he did the last time but he just grinned.

A boyish grin.

"Hmm, really?" He asked too playfully for my liking but I did not laugh instead I pinched his neck and felt electric current flow over my body.

"You fuck with another woman and then want to kiss me? You're so unholy!" I snapped and he rolled his eyes.

I wanted to look him in the face and tell him that whatever he did I would never fall for it, but I couldn't because I knew I would regret those words, maybe not now but in the future.

"You have guts that's why you're still breathing milkweed"

"Huh?" I looked at him, meeting his eyes and looked down at my shoes. 

"You're weak, I could break your waist right now", he said, holding my waist. I could feel his large hands on my waist and felt too fragile and safe in his arms.

"I'd make sure I'd break you to the extent that killing becomes a mere play to you, love. That's why I don't plan on letting you go", he said and I bit my lips trying to draw blood but I couldn't.

"Run along, milkweed, go make dinner and come to daddy", he said huskily and I ran my legs all wobbly and shaky.

Come to daddy.

I joined the maids working and then my mind went to his suit. How didn't I notice?

The stain that adorned the piece... that dark red colour. Blood.

I gasped, my eyes wide in horror. He had murdered the young lady!

DYLAN XAVIER 

That woman irritated me more than ever, Lady Madison. She was another slut in the mafia field and needed to be dealt with. She had tampered with the oil my ally was transporting causing serious damage not just to us but to the people living in that area so she needed to be taught some lessons. Being an enemy to my ally was the same as being my enemy and anyone working in this field knew what that meant.

I didn't climb up to the top ladder for nothing!

She was stupid and non tactical to start with to think that I, Dylan Xavier would love to share a bed with her. I laughed at the thought of it. She wasn't my type of woman. I looked at the books I bought, they were still lying there. I had bought them because I didn't want Annie to be bored. After doing a background check of her, I found out that she spent her free time in the library reading these kinds of books so I bought it.

"I can't give them to her directly though,"  I muttered picking one of them or maybe she didn't like them. The thought of it made me frown. Why wouldn't she like it? I picked out the best and even threatened a little kid to give me the one she was holding when it had finished in the bookshop. 

"I guess I should drop them in her room", I said undressing. After the mess I made in my room it needed some cleaning up and first things first, the body needed to be removed and the sheets changed. I entered the bathroom and turned on the shower. This night was going to be a long night and I needed to have dinner with 'milkweed'.

My toy.

I smiled mischievously at the thought of her body as I left the shower cleaning my hair. My phone rang and I picked it up.

"Hello"

"It's the Winter's, their arms were destroyed by Madeline's people". The person said and I frowned. I had to work tonight.

"Wipe out the entire crime family and leave no trace behind. They want war..."

"But don't do it now though, let's wait till after two weeks and a day", I said and hung up before the person said any other thing. 

"Fuck this!" I cursed, throwing a simple shirt on and going down to my basement where no sound could be heard.

Annie would be annoyed.