Chapter 1: Kidnapped

Kidnapped

I roamed my eyes around the area. I tried my best to calm myself down, trying to not shiver in fear after realizing that I am not in my own room nor any familiar room in our house.

Where the hell am I? The last thing I remember is I have an appointment to attend to and someone offered me a drink on my way there. I didn't took a sip though, I was too occupied to do so.

How did I got here? How many hours am I unconciously lying here already?

I was even ambivalent earlier when I woke up because this room is too luxurious for me to think that I am kidnapped! I just completely realized it when I saw how even the windows are locked, not letting me even take a peek outside.

Luckily, I was not tied down. I can freely moved around the room, the only problem is I am locked inside. I don't even see any door nor window that I can try to used as my escape route.

Are my friends pranking me again? They love doing things like this! pranking each other in a ridiculous way! They are right? Are there certain problems I need to solve to get out of here?

But I can't see anything inside this room aside a bed with a nightstand beside it and one closet, nothing more. The space is too big to be empty!

I set aside my questions and tried to busy myself by finding any keys or pathway I can used to get out of here.

To no avail, I found nothing.

I defeatedly sat on the floor, already on the verge of crying but is still trying to look strong by only having a stern expression plastered on my face.

I brought my eyes back to a little red dot hidden in the corner of the wall. I noticed it earlier when I tried to pushed every part of the wall, hoping that there's something like hidden door there I can use.

Someone is watching me, I know it! Someone is really watching my every move!

This is not my friends doing, they would not get this far! They won't do this to me!

I pressed my lips tightly together as I stared directly on the red light I am seeing right now. I raised a brow, challenging them, wanting to tell them to show themselves. I don't know if they can hear me but I don't care. I didn't even screamed earlier when I woke up.

I just calmly think about what is happening to me right now.

I am abducted, for what reason? My father? I understand it. There are so many people in our province who wants to pull him down. I just hope they're finding me already. I hate this place, there's nothing in here.

The side of my lips rose up in disbelief when I noticed that I don't have a food here! Not even a glass of water!

My throat is dry already! It's been three hours since I woke up and I didn't even see any shadows here! No one is coming in! No one is showing theirselves to me!

"Can you give me some water here? Or are you killing me by starving me to death?" I drawled.

If they can't hear me, they can still obviously read the movement of my mouth. I wish they're not that dumb to really kill me this way, so boring.

I immediately stood up from my seat when I heard the door lock clicked. Someone is here! What do I do to escape here? I know how to fight but I am not good enough!

A silhouette of a man caught my attention. The door is open but he's still not showing himself. Is he taking some time?

This is not the time to think about these things! I need to runaway from here!

I snapped out from my train of thoughts and immediately thought of running towards the open door but even before I got out of the room, an arm immediately caught me and carried me back to where I am standing earlier.

I keep cursing him and screaming loudly! What the hell am I even thinking?! I should've run the moment I saw the door opened! I'm so stupid!

I mindlessly lay my back down hardly on the bed after he put me down carefully. I'll probably stay here for a few days huh.

After calming myself down, I sighed and just stared blankly at the ceiling.

I know that even though I manage to get out of this room earlier I will still be caught. I had a glance of bunch of people outside, probably guarding this room.

I have no chance!

"What do you want from me?" I queried in a calm way. I even thought that my voice is too soft and calm in this situation but I am really not nervous at all.

I have been in this situation tons of times already. My father's man will find me anyway. I just hope I am still alive if they did.

I didn't hear him talk, making me got up from laying down to look at his face.

My eyes widened after realizing that he's not even trying to hide his identity! He's just calmly putting the glass and a pitcher of water down on the nightstand beside the bed!

"Who are you?" I asked with my gritted teeth.

The guy sluggishly bore his eyes on me and arched a brow. He look decent for someone who's doing deeds like this. People are really evolving huh, they can now fearlessly do things like this.

"Your father must be panicking right now... her only daughter is missing," he gravelly trailed off.

I gave him a chortle, teasing him, wanting him to see that I am not even feeling scared because of this. If I die, I'll die. I already fulfilled all my wants, I didn't had the chance to have a lover though.

"My father? He won't even leave his office to find me. He doesn't care about people like you," he knows that I can make myself alive until they find me.

I didn't add that. I just really want to provoke him.

What is his reason? He looks like he came from a known family, I am familiar with his face.

Too good looking. If he's not doing this to me, he's probably one of the guys I am having my eyes onto.

"What did my father do to you to resort on doing this?" I frankly asked.

The corner of his lips lifted up mischievously. I stiffened on my seat when he suddenly held my face gently and crouched down to level my eyes

I gulped, leaning back to give us a space between our faces.

Seeing his face this close made me see how good looking he is. I really saw him somewhere, I just don't remember where! My friends probably know him!

But why is he doing this? I don't know! I have no idea! If it's because of my father, I bet they'll be threatening him now but they seem to not mind if my father will find me or not.

"You're pretty," he suddenly complimented. He didn't even answered any of my questions! "How about a marraige with me?"

My eyes doubled at that. What the fuck?! Is he serious right now? Is he playing with me or what? I can't fucking understand him.

"I'll take your silence as yes, Elysian. Take a good rest, I'll call you out later at dinner."

My mouth hung agape at that. He's really serious! This is confusing! I thought he's doing this to scare my father but it seems like I am his only target! Why me?!

"What do you mean?!" I asked in disbelief. "A marraige? Are you fucking kidding me?!"

His steps halted, he didn't even bother turning to face me. He just tilted his head to the side and chuckled.

"You don't know what your father did to you? Poor woman," he said before leaving me alone inside the room, confused.

My father did what?! What is happening?! Why is this suddenly about marraige?! I thought this is just about my father's position in the government! Why am I in this situation?

I tried so hard to escape from here. I even tried to break the window but can't. It's too hard to break it just by using my hands.

"Mr. Cojuanco is asking you to come down to eat dinner," a guy suddenly entered the room to say that.

My face crumbled. Is he sort of a boss here? Well obviously he is!

I stiffened on my place when I saw how every guy guarding my room have their own kind of guns on their hands. A gun just to guard a woman? Are they really planning to kill me if I escape?

They're unbelievable!

My face remained stoic as I saw him sitting comfortably on his seat while eyes is piercing onto my frame.

He's in the middle of the huge dining table, like the father of a house. Just by looking at his face, you can already sense how dangerous he is.

If I am going to marry a man like him, am I going to be safe? Will he let me go if I marry him? Probably not. He'll just have more reason to locked me in here.

"Breaking the window won't do you good, just stay put on where you are. I don't want you hurt," he uttered in monotone which makes it more scary.

He doesn't want me hurt? But is letting those guards guard my room with guns waiting to shoot me?

"You want marraige? If I marry you, I want all your properties on my name," I bravely remarked.

He obviously won't let me have his properties. He worked hard for it!

His nod made my lips twist. Damn, he didn't even hesitated!

"You own me, I own you. My properties, your properties."

I glared at him, "I won't marry you!"

"You have no choice. You're in my territory. I can marry you here right now if I want to. You can't do anything about it."

He didn't even blink when he said that. He's just staring at me, straightly in my soul. It's like he's trying to read me and he is succeeding! He knows what's on my mind! I hate it!

He then raised a brow when he didn't hear a word from me. He stood up from his seat to pull a seat for me.

I remained standing on my place, ignoring his move. It annoyed him more making him briskly walk towards me to drag me on my seat.

I thought he'll hold me hardly but his hold is too gentle, I can't even feel any weight on it like he purposely did it to not hurt me.

Right, he doesn't want me hurt according to him!

"If you don't want me mad, you should behave, Elysian. You won't like it if I do."

I eyed him bravely, not breaking the eye contact I made to provoke him.

"What if I do want to make you mad?!"

"Then ready yourself, I will make you mine the whole night. That's how I calm myself down, Elysian. I won't hesitate to bang myself onto you."

I flinched on my seat when I felt his hand slowly climbing up to my chest from my waist. I immediately yanked his hand away and glared at him.

"Don't touch me!" I hissed, standing up from my seat to retract myself from him.

"Sit down, let's eat."

I heave a deep sigh when he finally go back to his seat. I can feel my knees weakening, my hands are trembling. I haven't been touch by anyone! This is maddening!

"You don't have the right to touch me without my permission," I firmly remarked.

I don't even know his name. What? Cojuanco huh. His surname is familiar. I didn't really care about those big names that much that's why I am this clueless.

If I am with my friends, they probably told me his name already in a snap.

"Eat now, Elysian."

"You want me to eat this? How can I know if this is not going to kill me?"

"I don't do things like that. I don't want to marry a dead body," he shrugged like what he said is just nothing!

"Eat now, Elysian, or do you want me to make you eat? I'll willingly do that."

I frowned, "Shut up. You eat first."

He sighed, "Come here."

"What?"

"I said come here," he firmly repeated.

I pursed my lips and stood up to go closer to him. He took a spoonful of food from my plate and ate it in front of my eyes but what he did next is what surprised me.

He fucking kissed me! He made me taste the food using his mouth! And damn! I can't believe that I didn't pushed him away!

"Eating this way is more fun huh," he chuckled making me get my sanity back and took a step backward away from him. "You're mine now. This lips..." his eyes went down to my lips, "is only mine now, Elysian."