prologue

"So, you made a choice?" His dark voice vibrated in the room, making me flinch.

I brought my legs closer in fear, as if I could stop this fear from crawling through my skin, reaching all parts of my body, and nodded my head, whispering "yes.".

"Here." He slammed the contract in front of me. I flinched, raised my head, and looked into his dark, angry blue eyes, immediately lowering them in fear.

I once wished for him to spare me a glance, and that could make my day, but right now, his deep blue eyes scare me the most, and I don't want him to even look at me.

"You are ready to sacrifice yourself to save that motherfucker?!" His angry voice rang in the room with a hint of pain, making me flinch, and an instant guilt followed.

I feel so guilty for hurting the man that I love the most, and yet... I am not ready to hurt the other important people in my life.

I tried my best to stay calm, not giving him an answer.

"Fine! I know how to make you talk!" His voice was low and filled with anger as he said it through his clenched teeth.

My hands started to shiver at the thought of going through the same pain he just put me through a few hours ago.

How to make me talk? Is ... is he going to hurt me the same way again?

'you deserve it'

My conscious replied.

My eyes blurred with tears, and I just signed the contract without reading it so I could get this over with.

I am bound to do everything he asks after I caused his life to turn upside down, or, should I say... I completely destroyed his life with a stupid mistake.

I am in the wrong!

I hurt him!

I can't blame anyone, so ... so I am going to sign my life to him!

He owns me from this moment on!

I am ready to give my life to the man that I love the most, not for love but for my friends.

I am ready to sacrifice my life for them.

I felt him snatching the contact from my hold. This leads me to raise my head to look at the handsome face that I fell in love with. 

He turned the papers in the contract and raised an eyebrow, looking at me, and asked, "You didn't read the contract.".

I shook my head because I knew that I had to sign it, no matter what was written.

I moved back a little when he brought his face closer to mine and whispered in his deep voice, "Then read it now. All the rules you should follow are mentioned here. I don't want a clumsy slave.". slamming the contract in front of me on the table. 

I flinched, but I took the contract and started to read.

My eyes grow wide as I read each and everything. It looks worse than I imagined.

What?! Is he for real?

It is much worse than I thought? Yes, but do I get to complain? No, I don't.

I knew my life would change drastically from now on. I should sacrifice all of my dreams, my family, and my friends.

I took a long sigh, nodded my head, and gave back the contract to him like it didn't affect me, and he didn't like it.

He took out his phone and called someone and said, "Fire all the maids in Rose Mansion, my slave can take care of that," He sounds angry, but why? Didn't I do everything he asked?

I took a deep breath and let it out, staring at him, and opened my mouth to say something but stopped seeing his intimidating eyes glaring at me like, 'If you open your mouth, you are dead!'. Then he ends the call

"Now get up, I wanted to see what I own," he orders, getting up from his seat and staring down at me.

I gulped in fear but got up, following his order. My legs trembled in pain, but I forced them to stand still with his intimidating muscular body hovering over my little one.

I fixed my eyes on the ground, not daring to look at those scary yet beautiful eyes.

"Strip!" His words felt like a dragger hitting my heart. I raised my head in shock to look at him with my wide-open eyes.

"I... what do you mean by that?!" my voice trembled. Fear and shame rose inside my chest, making it hard to digest.

"Didn't you read the contract? You belong to me! Everything about you is mine! So you should do everything I ask you to do," he said, like it's not a big deal, taking a step closer.

"But... these things?" My voice barely comes out as a whisper.

"Everything! You should do everything I ask you to do! This is nothing compared to the thing I am going to put you through. And now, show what belongs to me." He spat those cruel words, tearing my heart into pieces. I clinched my dress like it could disappear at any moment.

I didn't move and shook my head, standing on my feet and rejecting him.

My head turned to the right as I felt a string on my left cheek.

My eyes turned blurry with tears, and the pain was so unbearable.

He... He slapped me!

I moved a little under the force of his slap.

It took a few seconds to recover from it, and then I turned to look at him with my teary eyes, which were wide open in shock. He grabbed my hair without giving me a second and said in his deep dark voice, "Obey me! If you dare to deny my orders, you will go through hell-like punishments." While staring at me with those intimidating eyes that I once fell in love with, but right now, they are unrecognizable.

I nodded my head in fear and started to strip with my trembling hands. I tried to hold back my tears, not wanting to look weaker than this.